cat-scan.com

There has been the odd occasion where I’ve put things in my scanner that wouldn’t normally be put in a scanner. I would imagine I’m not alone in doing this. Out of plain and simple curiosity, you wonder how an object might come out. But, never have I been tempted to scan my cats. Cat-scan.com is a site dedicated to displaying pictures of cats. Not your conventional camera snap shot, but scanned images of cats. Yes, you read that right. People actually put their cats on a flatbed scanner and scan them!! “Welcome to CliffyB's Cat-Scan! Cat-Scan is home to people who love ... more

Someone needs to explain this apparently 'hilarious' site to me because I really haven't got the faintest idea what the joke is. Yes, I appreciate a good laugh as much as the next person and I love most of the weird stuff on the web just because it is well erm...weird. Cat-Scan.com is weird certainly but is it entertaining? Hell no! What you get is basically a bunch of pictures from members of the public who have scanned their cats. Yes, thats right, taken their cats and held them on the scanbed and scanned them. Sounds interesting? Then obviously you need to get out more. Lets ignore the ... more

I am not an animal lover but I was appalled by the site, sick people sending scans of cats in. The fact is that there are many people who take things to extreme, what if they send a picture of a dead cat in, that would be sick. Exposing cats to the bright light of scanners can't be very good either. When I first went to this site, it seemed a good laugh, some of the photos were really funny, and there were some good shots. They were WEIRD, and I supposed it seemed ok, but as I thought about it I thought how cruel. I know there are warning about not exposing you're cat to bright light but I ... more

If you're really worried about the rights of animals and the way we treat them then you may object to this site, although personally I don't think there's much wrong with it! The idea is that those people with pet cats, and a scanner attached to their computer, can combine these two in the obvious way and get a picture of their cat put up online. The pictures are mostly of cat fur pressed against the scanner, with a couple of paws visible. I found the idea of this site pretty funny, although I'm not sure I'd bother going back to it again and again. Once you've seen one scanned cat you've ... more

This site first came to my attention back in July 1998, when it was mentioned in weekly satirical newsletter Need To Know (www.ntk.net). Back then, the site didn't have its own domain name, and was just a page on someone's personal website. Now, it has a far more professional look, following an extensive redesign in October 2000, with it's own personal URL at www.cat-scan.com, and I paid a recent visit to the site to investigate. Basically, the site consists of images of cats taken using flatbed scanners, and invites visitors of the site to submit their own images. Inevitably, the site has ... more