Dot's fun bushwhacking time

Dot must sleep at least 16 hours a day these days, but when she's awake,
she's always brimming with a love of life, and alternately wants affection
and excitement.

This evening, she decided that she wanted some fun outdoor time in the
grass and waning sun, and led me to the door, purring and meowing. I let
her go outside without her lead, since she'd been a good girl these days.
She settled down to leisurely chomp some grass.

But no sooner had I gone briefly back in to take out some trash, that I
found that she had disappeared! She might gone after one of the rabbits
that frequent my yard. I thought I heard what could have been her
delightedly rummaging around in the bushes, but I couldn't be sure whether
that was her, or the rabbits, or the breeze.

So I spent several minutes checking the bushes with a flashlight, and
calling, "Dot! Dorothy!" even though she's quite deaf. The sun now seemed
lower on the horizon, each shade darker, and each shadow longer.

Finally, Dot emerged near the toolshed to excitedly tell me all about how
much fun she had in the bushes. She was promptly grabbed and grounded,
later settling down exhaustedly for a long lapnap.

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:32:01 -0700, The Other Guy
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:21:13 -0400, Takayuki wrote:

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

Had one many years ago, older generation, and it worked
quite well for things without a 100 feet or so.

But you can get them for WAY less than $2500.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Vision-I...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/EyeClops-Visio...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/EyeClops-Visio...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Portabl...dheld+ir+scope

I agree that these are a lot of fun! An important technical point to note
is that these are near-IR, and not thermal IR. Near IR is easy to produce,
because they are close to the wavelength of visible light, so many regular
CCDs pick them up as a byproduct anyway.

I remember some years back, that some of Sony's camcorders were
deliberately engineered to filter out near IR, except in night vision mode,
due to a controversy involving the IR mode being able to see though some
clothing.

On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:57:34 -0400, Takayuki
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:32:01 -0700, The Other Guy
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:21:13 -0400, Takayuki wrote:

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

Had one many years ago, older generation, and it worked
quite well for things without a 100 feet or so.

But you can get them for WAY less than $2500.

http://www.amazon.com/Night-Vision-I...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/EyeClops-Visio...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/EyeClops-Visio...dheld+ir+scope

http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Portabl...dheld+ir+scope

I agree that these are a lot of fun! An important technical point to note
is that these are near-IR, and not thermal IR. Near IR is easy to produce,
because they are close to the wavelength of visible light, so many regular
CCDs pick them up as a byproduct anyway.

I remember some years back, that some of Sony's camcorders were
deliberately engineered to filter out near IR, except in night vision mode,
due to a controversy involving the IR mode being able to see though some
clothing.

Does Dot wear a collar? I have used the Loc8tor for many years now.
There is a small handheld unit and the tags go on each cat's collar.
When I need to find a cat I just flip on the unit and locate the
appropriate cat tag. Usually the cat is still attached to the collar,
although I do use breakaway collars of course. Naturally if the cat
manages to lose the collar, I can easily find it.

Often I don't need to actually find the cat. During nice weather the
cats are free to go into the (fenced in) backyard and when I get ready
to leave the house I want them all back inside so I can close the
door. It's easy to tell from the Loc8tor whether they're in or out
without needing to actually find them.

"Takayuki" wrote in message
...
Dot must sleep at least 16 hours a day these days, but when she's awake,
she's always brimming with a love of life, and alternately wants affection
and excitement.

This evening, she decided that she wanted some fun outdoor time in the
grass and waning sun, and led me to the door, purring and meowing. I let
her go outside without her lead, since she'd been a good girl these days.
She settled down to leisurely chomp some grass.

But no sooner had I gone briefly back in to take out some trash, that I
found that she had disappeared! She might gone after one of the rabbits
that frequent my yard. I thought I heard what could have been her
delightedly rummaging around in the bushes, but I couldn't be sure whether
that was her, or the rabbits, or the breeze.

So I spent several minutes checking the bushes with a flashlight, and
calling, "Dot! Dorothy!" even though she's quite deaf. The sun now seemed
lower on the horizon, each shade darker, and each shadow longer.

Finally, Dot emerged near the toolshed to excitedly tell me all about how
much fun she had in the bushes. She was promptly grabbed and grounded,
later settling down exhaustedly for a long lapnap.

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

They do take their time when having fun
i think cat radar would be handy. I could track Goofy.

On 9/26/2014 7:05 PM, Matt Ferrari wrote:
"Takayuki" wrote in message
...

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

They do take their time when having fun
i think cat radar would be handy. I could track Goofy.


A real-time microchip GPS tracking unit.

Jill

"Takayuki" wrote in message
...
Dot must sleep at least 16 hours a day these days, but when she's awake,
she's always brimming with a love of life, and alternately wants affection
and excitement.

This evening, she decided that she wanted some fun outdoor time in the
grass and waning sun, and led me to the door, purring and meowing. I let
her go outside without her lead, since she'd been a good girl these days.
She settled down to leisurely chomp some grass.

But no sooner had I gone briefly back in to take out some trash, that I
found that she had disappeared! She might gone after one of the rabbits
that frequent my yard. I thought I heard what could have been her
delightedly rummaging around in the bushes, but I couldn't be sure whether
that was her, or the rabbits, or the breeze.

So I spent several minutes checking the bushes with a flashlight, and
calling, "Dot! Dorothy!" even though she's quite deaf. The sun now seemed
lower on the horizon, each shade darker, and each shadow longer.

Finally, Dot emerged near the toolshed to excitedly tell me all about how
much fun she had in the bushes.

I guess she had a wonderful time. Sometimes we worry too much. I know I
do.
I have this idea about how long Boyfie should be out and if he exceeds it,
I start to worry. It's three/four hours.
But he strolls in later than that sometimes. So he comes in and I say
"where have you been?"
He says "nowhere much"





She was promptly grabbed and grounded,
later settling down exhaustedly for a long lapnap.

Oh please do not ground her

But going off-topic, I wondered whether it would be useful to have a
thermal camera on hand in case one of the cats gets out and becomes
difficult to spot. So I'm thinking of getting a handheld FLIR. Does anyone
have any experience with these?

http://www.amazon.com/FLIR-E6-Compac.../dp/B00FKDF9BW

Have no experience of them. I'd love to get a collarcam to attach to Boyfie
to see where he goes. I don't think he goes very far outside of his quarter
acre but who knows?