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Linux-Based Cat Feeder

Posted by timothy on from the happy-valentine's-day dept.

prostoalex writes "Chris McAvoy is a UNIX administrator and an owner of two cats. So as a natural application of his work to his hobby he built this Linux-based cat feeder. A little hardware hacking and Python scripting can get you a device that would automatically disperse a yummy fish at specified intervals."

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  1. Word choice by ari_j · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I understand that the submitter is just confused between dispense and disburse, but I know for a fact that I never want a fish, yummy or otherwise, dispersed in my home.

  2. Just another way.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..to get more time with your computer and ignore the only other living thing(s) in your household?

    1. Re:Just another way.. by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The quickest way to find a cat in my house is to sit down at the computer. Within 30 seconds there will be a cat on the keyboard.

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      Some mornings it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints to get out of bed.