Gotta Do Something With That Old CRT
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At least the television gets good reception. Looks like some sort of nature show.
Wow, that screensaver looks so realistic!
It’s putting the Cat back into Cathode Ray Tube
A surprising choice of subject for the first attempt at Smell-a-Vision.
My cat would still sleep on top.
Apparently the cat fried the monitor by sleeping on top of it (note the scorch marks on the case) so they decided to move him about 10 inches south…
The scorch marks are normal. CRTs can get pretty warm, and the buildup of dust over time tends to blacken. I use Simple Green to remove stuff like that.
And you can use the Angel dvds as kitty litter
Someone likes lolcats a bit too much…
In this case CRT is Cat Repose Terminal.
lolcats: now in 3-D!
Darn cat! Can’t decide if he wants to be inside or outside the desktop; inside or outside…
Um, brilliant?
I’m in ur computer, reedin ur fiels.
Yeah, go ahead and shoot me for that one.
CLICKCLICK, BANG!!!
I’m in yr tubez, stealinz yr intrnetz
akshuly, iz interwebs…
Ceiling cat took it to the next level…
So where is this mouse you were talking about?
best. cat bed. ever.
They should make oversized gutted monitors for dog beds. Terracycle should actually mass-produce these!
Woah, 3D cat. Awesome.
What is the cat doing in the moitor?
Hunting computer mices?
no mouse necessary. . . ?
The resolution is great, but it always shows the same thing.
CRT? Haha… They spelled “cat” wrong!
The actual 3D desktop display with Touch’n'Smell capabilities.
I guess the cat is hiding its weight well in the monitor. Notice the weight holding it upright
(s)he wants to be a lolcat.
Schroedinger’s Monitor
OMG! Permanent LOLcat!
No, it still goes away when it wants to.
Somebody hasn’t been using a screen saver. I see they burned the image on their old CRT.
I seriously need to figure out how to do this. I have an old CRT that I keep tripping over and maybe this will keep my cat off of the laptop!
The proper way would be to take it to a recycling center and ask them to get the chassis back, or give you another one. It takes a bit of doing to discharge the CRT and the yoke can hold enough charge to throw you across the room. Even after a basic discharging, the voltage will again increase. There are safe ways to remove the CRT and then ground them (literally – as in with leads sunk into dirt in the back yard). There are a few how-tos on the web explaining how to remove a CRT and discharge it. Or, if you can make a deal with a recycling center to bring in just the CRT (wrapped, and in a box), you can remove the monitor guts, wrap in an old towel/blanket, place in a box with some padding and off to the recycle center with it.
The improper way is kinda obvious at this point and VERY nasty to the environment.
Some professions just use leather gloves and a light bulb in a socket. It’s called a capacitor-forming-tool. You touch one wire from the light socket to the metal chassis of the monitor, and push the other one up under the insulating boot of the big wire attached to the picture tube. If it’s charged, the bulb should show you the progress of the discharge, by lighting up and then dimming until dead. With gloves still on, pull the big wire off of the picture tube and touch it to many mental things in the case. Then tear the sucker apart and send the unwanted parts to your community recycling center. The tool is standard equipment for those that work with monitors and power supplies.
“I swear I could touch it.” “Damn dude, your TV made me bleed!”
Cat says: “You should see what I did with the mouse!”
considering it’s a KDS monitor, I’d say that it is an upgrade
looks like a good idea…mine caught fire last night!
I do hope: not your cat…
Who wants a flatscreen if you can have a catscreen?
shit these HD tv’s are fantastic.it’s so life like.
Putting the (lol)cat to a whole new level. I like it.
one thing is the cat in the monitor..
the big AWSOME in this pic is the “WhiskerCity” cardboard box, used as a toilet..
Yes- clearly these recycling loving dudes have taken stereotypical hygiene lacking hippyness to a new level: notice the curtain dangling in the litter tray? I suppose this could also double as a lovely listing for cats (assuming they are all as computer literate as this one!).
That “WhiskerCity” box is actually one of those boxes with a bunch of cardboard box edges for the cat to actually sharpen its claws… We used to have one for our cats. I hope the cat doesn’t think its a toilet!
Captions not included.
This lolcat obsession has gone far enough >_>
Oh keeey baby looks so happy!
Finally, an ANALOG LOLcat!
ANALOL?
the cat was told there was a mouse in the screen…
The “WhiskerCity” box is a box full of the edges of cardboard for the cat to sharpen its claws on, not a toilet. When we had cats we bought them one. Adding catnip to the box made them go crazy with it! Stupid cats!
That’s my missing pussey. Have pix to prove. I want my Boo Boo Kitty back now.
CRT= Cat Resting There!
Great acronym, that’s still my Boo Boo Kitty. If CRT means Cat Returned Tomorrow page me back. Many GBBK rewards will be given.
computer cat is watching you waste time on facebook.
And I always threatened to turn my old monitor into a fishbowl… What was I thinking??!
My two siamese cats knocked the flat screen over 9 times before they realized that it didn’t have a nice warm top like the old monitor. Now they just chase the Mouse’s curser.
Win for the nerd herd!
The picture’s fuzzy.
Now if he puts a picture of some naked women in there somewhere, it will be an accurate simulation of the internet.
You told me to put “cat” in the terminal!
monitor cat watching you masturbate
I hate late night TV. Nothing on but pussey-mercials.
I’ve always wanted to send my PC in for a cat scan
That’s a 4D CRT with AI technology. Rocket science at a new level !
Want!
Somebody really needs to find a Sharpie and kludge a caption on there. It’s not a lolcat otherwise
Meh, the damn thing was less useful before anyways.
That’s the largest pussy I ever saw in a CRT.
This must be the new Apple OS X House Cat
Maybe we’ve got it all wrong and it’s just a screensaver!
How do you connect that? With cat5 cable?
Look’s like a LOLCat machine…
75 channels of cable and nothing but CATS!
To keep your pets safe make sure you monitor their activites.
this looks like something Ben and I would do. Infact next time he wants to throw our an old monitor…
Woah… I have that monitor! It’s a Sylvania F89, and it’s actually a really good monitor; it supports high refresh rates at 1600×1200, or up to 2048×1536@60Hz.
Shame to see one out of commission like that, but at least the kitty’s making good use of it now.
I wish I could get a 1600 refresh rate on my kitty litter.
analogue lolcats
tragically, our darling pet lost her life later that night when we plugged the monitor in.
- Darling, I have to confess: I often simulate my ‘happy endings’…
- Honey, the truth is I’ve made our cat to simulate Your internets a couple of years ago.
Hey, I still use a monitor like that!
He’s probably thinking while the hell is everyone staring at me.
good for the cat it was not LCD
Pretty nice spot. Original idea.
And we just threw those away at the office. Should have given to the shelter atleast.
Personally, I don’t know whether the cat’s ON the screen or if it’s IN the screen.
This is very very dangerous. Please do not do this. A Cathode Ray Tube holds a very high voltage even a long time after it is unplugged and powered off. Only highly trained people should attempt to open one up.
Here is some information about it
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=759704&seqNum=2
Please stay safe.
now u tell that crt arent nature friendly
Anybody else see the fact that the inside top of the case is charred a bit?
I posted above about this. I’m a A+ Certified Computer Technician. Even in my training we did not take apart monitors. They are DEADLY! Serious! You can be killed from doing something like this. Only someone trained in working with them with the proper tools should even attempt to open one.