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Just what the Internet needs: more cats

07/09/2012 by backofthebook.ca Leave a Comment

Image: Government of Canada website with cat addedA BoB short:

Forget LOL cats and Stuffonmycat.com. A new service from Vancouver-based technology company Mobify allows you to inject cat-related animated images into any website you please. Is the Government of Canada website too stodgy for your tastes — or do you simply think it could use more cats? Meowbify it:

http://cat.www.canada.gc.ca.meowbify.com/home.html

Though for some reason, meowbify also adds an image of what appears to be a discoing owl to the site. But then again — you expected any of this to make sense?

“Meowbify is an experiment to show how the Mobify Platform can give developers full control over web pages,” writes developer Phil Webb on the Meowbify blog. “In this case, to insert cats.”

To meowbitize a website, users type its URL into the site generator at meowbify.com, or type “cat.” Before the link and “.meobify.com” after it. Thus:

http://cat.backofthebook.ca.meowbify.com/

Why, we suddenly look all cuddly and cute!

A few other experiments in cat-ification:

http://cat.www.nytimes.com.meowbify.com/

http://cat.www.laineygossip.com.meowbify.com/

http://cat.www.geist.com.meowbify.com/

http://cat.www.cbc.ca.meowbify.com/

http://cat.www.conservative.ca.meowbify.com/

We realize you didn’t yet have enough ways to waste your time on the internet. You’re welcome.

– With files from Emily Olesen

Filed Under: Science and Tech Tagged With: animals, British Columbia, Canada, internet, Vancouver

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