Apr 11 2008Kit-In Box Prevents Unwanted Keyboard Cats
Kit-In Box is not exactly what it sounds like. I thought it was going to be a box you order that comes with a kitten (like a Cabbage Patch doll, but furry and alive). It's not. It's a little wooden bed that clamps to the side of your desk so your feline friends don't sleep on your keyboard (as they are so fond of) when you're trying to work. They cost $50 and come in cherry, birch, and mahogany finishes. I need several, because my girlfriend has four cats. Well, three cats. One beaver.
A picture of what the unit looks like with two little dogs in it, after the jump.
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Reader Comments
1. Tom - April 11, 2008 1:20 PM
Very cute, but, ack, my eyes! The little white text on the pitch black background is giving me a headache. Perhaps a change of theme would help your website. There's a reason that google uses the opposite color schema.
Tom
2. moofyboof - April 11, 2008 1:34 PM
Tom, its not pitch black, its gray. And the text is light gray. Calibrate your monitor, it should help
Also, don't cats sleep on laptop keyboards cuz theyre warm? i know when i have a laptop my cat lies on the keyboard, but at my desktop he sleeps on the tower for the warm vibratey goodness
3. .Ben - April 11, 2008 1:35 PM
My cats wouldn't be fooled by this.
4. Fedak - April 11, 2008 1:41 PM
Bright letters on a dark background is much better for your eyes then having to squint at a glaring white background because it's too freaking bright....
5. Dutchess of Kickball - April 11, 2008 1:44 PM
The reason that cats lay on laptops is because they are warm. If this thing were heated it might actually work.
6. sportner - April 11, 2008 2:03 PM
One thing's for sure: if you want your cat to sleep somewhere, it's totally not going to sleep there. The truth of this statement is proportionate to the amount of money you spend on the item, too. Like, if you buy a $5 cat bed, I'd probably be a liar. $50? I'm George Washington.
7. Angel - April 11, 2008 2:29 PM
He he he, I thought it was going to be something like this: http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftauto3/petsOvernight/
8. Tap - April 11, 2008 2:31 PM
@ sportner: If there's one thing I've learned about cats it's that they *never* sleep where you want them to. Give them a choice of your sweater and a cat bed and they'll muss up your sweater every time.
9. Pragma - April 11, 2008 2:34 PM
@Tap:
Solution - make a cat bed out of an old (unwashed?) sweater.
10. Scott - April 11, 2008 2:41 PM
It's all in the choices. I give my cat a choice between a block of ice and a catbed. Although on a hot summer day she struggles to choose.
By the way, I made that all up as I don't have a cat. Just trying to blend in and quite nicely I did just that. Furthermore, I'm insane......
11. Crip4Life - April 11, 2008 3:44 PM
Cats definately like to sleep on electronics because it's warm...
My cat's even took it a step further...
Here's a pic of what he does to me all the time...
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believe it or not, he can sleep like that for a long time....
12. looouke - April 11, 2008 5:25 PM
the geekologie writer and the goatse man are one and the same
13. Andrew - April 11, 2008 6:13 PM
cat looks pissed
14. Mandi - April 11, 2008 7:10 PM
Tom-
The background is grey. Adjust your color settings.
15. puddinpie - April 11, 2008 7:25 PM
tom you're an idiot, get in the cat box
16. hippies fucking suck - April 11, 2008 7:45 PM
tom u are stupid I use Stylish (firefox add-on) so that every website has a black or gray background and white text. I can't stand it the other way around.
17. moofyboof - April 11, 2008 9:59 PM
tom
guess what
its LIGHT GRAY on a dark gray box which is surrounded by a DARKER gray box which is on an even darker gray background.
serious
18. RedPaint - April 12, 2008 12:09 AM
Cats also try to gain attention by sitting on the things you use.
Cat: I'm on your keyboard! Now pet me!
19. Samuel - April 12, 2008 4:02 AM
it's not USB powered.....
20. Tom Piltoff - April 13, 2008 4:48 PM
This is exactly why I'm not a 'cat person'. My first thought was 'uh, the cat doesn't get a special bed so it doesn't lie on the keyboard. It gets a Super Soaker in the face every time it does until it learns not to.'
21. Andy Pandy - April 14, 2008 5:20 AM
buy a cheap junk keyboard and put it in the box, the cat will sleep on it feeling that it's mission is done i.e. to prevent you doing any work whatsoever. (might work at least until you start typing) cats always have to lie on the newspaper when you're trying to read it
22. Josh - April 14, 2008 9:13 AM
come on people, just download PawSense!
http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/
23. laz - April 14, 2008 12:30 PM
http://www.blackle.com/
24. phil - February 23, 2010 3:32 PM
What a rip off :-) cats sleep on your laptop because it's warm. Save yourself $40 and but a cat bed that hangs on the side of the radiator.