Author: Joey deVilla

Today is the first Friday of October, which since 2003 has been “Post a Picture of a Cat to Your Blog” day, or “Catmas” for short. Here’s a quick list of Catmas participants thus far:

• Velveteen Rabbi
• SarahLaughed.net
• My Name is Kate
  
• Norasee
• All the World’s a Lie
• The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind
• NiNjASLICE
• Popagandhi
• The Older I Get, the More I Wonder
• Urban Principessa
• Aurora Walking Vacation
• Hourly Update Humor
• Neatorama
• Kuratkull
• Bellalicious
• All the Good Titles Were Taken
• Jon Watson’s Tales from the Motherboard
• foaf

Thanks for participating, folks!

It’s the first Friday of October, which means that it’s Catmas again! Catmas is the day on which you’re supposed to post pictures of cats — any cats, they don’t have to be yours — to your blog.

Want some funny cat pix? Go check out the official site of Catmas, Catmas.com!

Over at the Tucows Blog, there’s a podcast in which I chat with Bill Ford, Tucows’ Director of Billing Services, about the upcoming version of Platypus, our billing and invoicing software for web hosting providers and internet access providers. If you’ve got a web hosting company or ISP and you need a good billing solution, this is the podcast for you!

Don’t forget that this Friday is the holdiay to celebrate that most bloggy of blog activities: posting pictures of cats on your blog! Join us in the fun!

For more about Catmas, go check out the holiday’s official site, Catmas.com.

In this age of laser printer and computer typography, it’s important to understand kerning — the spacing of characters in a proportional font. Otherwise, unintentional gaffes can arise:

(Thanks to dreamattack and Miss Fipi Lele for the photo!)

Remember, Catmas is this Friday! If you have a blog, that’s the day on which you are obliged to post a picture of a cat on it.

If you feel the need to be inspired or just want to see funny cat pictures, go to Catmas’ official site — Catmas.com — right now and learn about the dangers of overfilling the kitty litter box.