Comments on: What good is an army of cats without armor?

What good is an army of cats without armor?

filmgeek — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:22:04 -0800

Armor for cats and rats. Well, really it's cats and mice, but that doesn't rhyme as well.Token Samurai Cat Jeff de Boer, the artist (bio here) all links have been coralized to protect the webhost

By: phaedon

phaedon — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:41:44 -0800

is this technically a double?

By: Luddite

Luddite — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:46:02 -0800

Token Samurai Pizza Cat

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:50:46 -0800

Dammit. It is a double but it works (where the original doesn't.) And worse yet, I did an exact search for www.jeffdeboer.com and it came up blank.

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:55:37 -0800

I want this for my cat.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:05:51 -0800

It is a double but it works Not for me. Is anyone else getting "could not be found" for all of those links?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:07:42 -0800

Ah, if I try it without the .nyud.net at the end, it works, but the links in the post don't.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:19:56 -0800

Wow, these are amazing, filmgeek, thanks. I went looking for the armoured ties and sword-handled briefcases he mentions in the faq and found them at archive.org: armoured ties and corporate viking raider briefcase. He used to make rayguns, too.

By: theantikitty

theantikitty — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:34:08 -0800

Not bad for a farmer.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:38:55 -0800

Yes, I believe it is a double, but I don't give a damn as it is definitely the Best of the Web and should be displayed regularly. Oh, and all the links work for me.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 11:59:02 -0800

Echoing mediareport's comment, WOW! These are amazing! Did not expect them to be *that* wonderful but they are. What a fantastic find filmgeek, definitely +fav. Thanks. And thanks mediareport for the additional links. I love Jeff De Boer's sense of humor. Way cool ties and corporate raid briefcase. Ha! Jeff De Boer's website gallery. Jeff De Boer being interviewd on CBC radio. Exoform trilobite shells. Articulation. Google images.

By: eparchos

eparchos — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:03:51 -0800

Great links, thanks! THIS is what the internet is for.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:07:44 -0800

Oh, and all the links work for me. Yeah, they're now all working for me. I swear I was getting "URL could not be found" messages a few minutes ago, though. Maybe a temporary coral cache thing.

By: Malor

Malor — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:26:14 -0800

Coral isn't especially reliable; it's best used when the target is VERY weak. Any kind of reasonably robust web farm will work much better than Coral, in my experience.

By: quin

quin — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:48:37 -0800

The funny thing about this is that I would love to see a cat actually wear this stuff. Because if the experience of my household is any indication, any kind of clothing makes our cats look miserable and fall uselessly over onto their sides. Which is a shame, because I would love to armor up the kitties and send them forth to do battle with the dogs.

By: ArmyOfKittens

ArmyOfKittens — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 16:22:56 -0800

If I could think of a great username-based gag here I'd use it. Unfortunately I am very tired.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:33:14 -0800

Kittens can use the mouse armor.

By: filmgeek

filmgeek — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:46:47 -0800

I specifically used coral (I tried google first) because I was afraid of metafilter either crashing his server or driving up his hosting costs.

By: ninazer0

ninazer0 — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:04:22 -0800

Oh gosh, this stuff is good. Thanks for sharing (again).

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:07:39 -0800

I can't believe the poster omitted any mention of Miaowara Tomokato. The *real* Samuri Cat, the one who fought Thpaghetti Thauce, among others, to avenge his fallen Daimyo. Not that the armor isn't cool as all get out, but Tomokato was one of the best things ever.

By: CrunchyFrog

CrunchyFrog — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 19:14:11 -0800

Action Cats are awesome!

By: Liquidwolf

Liquidwolf — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 22:10:03 -0800

sotonohito, Yes, I was about to say... is this about The Samurai Cat books from the 80s by Mark Rogers? if not, then this guy's got some explaining to do, cuz it's damn close in appearance to the graphic novels. I used to love those books when they came out, i was only about 10 but I read the first two.

By: mediareport

mediareport — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 01:29:28 -0800

I specifically used coral (I tried google first) because I was afraid of metafilter either crashing his server or driving up his hosting costs. Well, it was spotty. I'm not sure that's a strategy we want to become the norm here.

By: snez

snez — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:07:40 -0800

The sculptures of Jessica Joslin make good companion pieces to this.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:01:00 -0800

snez, Jessica Joslin's art is wonderful. Thanks.

By: fish tick

fish tick — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:27:10 -0800

I have earrings made by Jeff. Not so good at protecting me from slings and arrows, unfortunately.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 08:53:41 -0800

fish tick, way cool, you lucky duck. Can you take a pic of them and post it here?

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 12:57:59 -0800

Meow Tse-tung would approve.