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To: Ron McKinnon who wrote (22791)	3/30/2000 8:29:00 AM
From: Larry S.	Respond to of 53068

futures, smutures, here's something really important, ron: Cat Update: Many readers wrote in with ideas on how to keep a cat off the top of your PC's monitor -- where she can block the air vents -- while still keeping her in the general vicinity to provide soothing companionship. It turns out that this is a widespread problem for cat-loving PC owners. Several readers suggested building a low, comfortable shelf above the monitor, complete with a heating pad. Others proposed using an incandescent lamp to create a warm pool of light on the desktop that might lure the feline from her perch. Many more offered various schemes for making the top of the monitor inhospitable by spraying or gluing various uncomfortable or smelly substances, including sandpaper, between the vents. One reader even e-mailed me a photo of a sadistic looking anti-cat defense he has glued between the vents on the top of his monitor: sharp-edged protrusions of metal made from a cut-up soda can. This tinkerer reported that his wife (appropriately named Kitty) objected to his homemade barbed wire, fearing the cat would be injured by it. But, he says, the cat wisely poked the hideous contraption once or twice with a paw, and retreated uninjured to a safer spot, never to return to the monitor again.