Archive for May, 2007

Google Sucks (Maps)

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Well..no, not Google Search. Google Maps sucks!.
Every time I get directions to a destination using Google Maps, the drive time and miles that it displays is longer than what it actually is. At times, it provides me with the longer route to my destination. If someone gives me directions from Google Maps, I always verify it by comparing it with Mapquest since I’ve never had any problems with the Mapquest directions.
Slowly but surely I am losing confidence in the directions that I get through Google Maps and am planning to use it only as a phonebook or yellowpages. I am starting to rely only on Mapquest for directions.

If any of you disagree with this or think I am doing something wrong, please leave a comment and let me know.

Cats opening doors

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

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I found some neat videos on a blog that is part of the Architecturalclassics.com website which shows some cats opening doors. The blog talks about and has videos of cats opening doors. The different videos show different cats opening doors in different houses. The author states that people think that cats are not as easy to train as dogs to do tricks and to perform things you ask them to do but in reality cat’s are purposely ignoring the owner’s commands or training to do things because they are only interested in doing this that benefit themselves. The author also talks about how to teach cats not to scratch anything in your house and how to train your cats not to open doors. The author states that if your cat learned to open doors, then you can change your door knobs or lever handles to ones that easier for pets to open or following the training steps listed on the blog.

This is an interesting article and the videos on this site prove that cats can also perform intelligent tasks like dogs. When seeing a video of cats opening doors, people find it cute but the owner might not since cats can scratch your furniture or your doors and other expensive items in your house while trying to do so.

So, if you have a cat that can open doors and you are worried that it will scratch your doors and door handles, then checkout the blog to see some steps that you can try to teach them to stop.

http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/cats-opening-doors/