Cat's Chess Sort of Updated using cme

I just uploaded Cat's Chess's latest PGN today. Download it at this site or view it at Catuse MEB. Catuse MEB, you see, is the Beta of Catuse ME, which is the coolest thing about Catuse X yet.

Furthermore, Catuse ME will be the basis of the Daily Mousehunt, so Lé Radio Store will be leaving Daily Mousehunt for good. It'll be moving to an all new kind of tech&mdashME's ALL NEW Lé Radio Store Bar!

Column: Tuesday's Cat Care Tips

Check Fuzzle's health at www.catage.com.

Catuse X Housekeeping

Many of you have noticed the many changes of Catuse! We are currently working on making X the best yet. In fact, we're going a lot faster, but we still need to:

1. Move PetWars slide show, the Utilities bar, and chat room to the BottomBar, a new cool thing at the bottom of Daily Mousehunt
2. Merge Go Green Team!, Catuse Calendar, Cat's Chess, and PollWorld into one

Note: Many obsolete things have been deleted, and so many old Daily Mousehunt links are out of date. We apologize for Error 404s.

Column: Sunday's QuizMo

Answer from last week: Marc Andreseen. This week: What ancient civilization worshiped cats as if they were gods? Hint: The civilization's ruler's title began with Ph.

Catuse X Warning

Catuse and GameSaver will both be going through massive changes until mid-January to make Catuse X. This may cause many Error 404s, so, among other things, please DON'T edit SuperKitty on days that we issue the Don't Edit warning on the Daily Mousehunt. ***UPDATE: 8:55 P.M.***

• Gamesaver's work is done, but expect Voyager Media's homepage to be done later.

***UPDATE: 9:40 P.M.***

• Okay, Voyager Media is done. Now just to make the changes to Catuse itself. Please don't get angry if you see an Error 404, the whole site software is being renovated to the latest and greatest in PHP tech, which will make Catuse X a whole lot better than Catuse A2.2. Don't worry, Daily Mousehunt fans, Catuse X will still have this cool little blog.

Free Christmas Music

Check out http://xmasfun.com/lyrics.asp for free Christmas MIDIs and YouTube music shorts. NOTE: For obvious reasons, I'll be taking Dec 25, 26, and 31 as well as Jan 1 off.

Column: Tuesday's Cat Care Tips

Sometimes Kitty shouldn't be allowed to go near things...like candles?

Lincoln & Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are composed of fifteen letters. Creepy, no? Pass this on to as many friends as you can! Just press the "mail" button at the bottom of this post.

Column: Sunday's QuizMo

Answer from last week: King George II This week: Who was the founder of Netscape Communications? Hint: His first name is Marc.

Pet Wars Season 2 Closeup

NOBODY joined for Season 2. Sorry, you'll just have to wait till Season 3 in March. I guess it's just Llumni and Trix.

Tell me what you think...mhmm

Please comment on this article concerning CXBR's big change. I like it, but I don't know how many of you will agree, though.

VoyagerMedia!

VoyagerMedia is a joint project of Catuse and several other people. This will be the group that offically develops Key to the Lost City. Please, check it out.

Firefox: 3.0.5 built, 3.1 to be released soon, 2.0.0 dropped

Firefox rules! Three things happened yesterday starring the technologically superiour web browser:

1. Firefox 3.0.5 was released. This browser has only two new things about it: A security fix and a bugfix that has to do with downloading multiple XPI's at once.
2. Firefox 2.0.0's 2.0.0.19 release is the last of Firefox 2. Firefox 2 fans, please switch to Firefox 3.0.5!
3. I read an article announcing that Firefox 3.1 will be released by January 5. Firefox 3.1 will feature:
   • A Private browsing mode that will not save any information, like Safari's
   • It permits you to clear a specific domain from your history automatically (like http://icantgoonthiswebsite.net)
   • Support for the W3C standards HTML5 Working Draft, Geolocation, JavaScript query, CSS3 Working Draft, and SVG Transform.
   • Gecko bugfixes
   • New JavaScript engine, TraceMonkey

Phew! I think that convinces me to get Firefox 3.1 when it's done!

Column: Tuesday's Cat care Tips

Li'l Mittens can participate in the holidays too! Give them a catnip toy or kitty treat in a ball of newspaper. She'll love tearing it open!

First episode gone beta

The first episode went beta. Check it out @ http://www.driveway.com/n3r0l9d6p9.

Key to the Long Lost City BETA VIDEO 1.

A sneak peek

Go to this website for betas.

Column: Sunday's QuizMo

Every Sunday I will be giving you a random trivia question. The next Sunday I will also include an answer. This time, though, is the first, so I don't include last week's answer (there is none.) Who was the King of England when the colony of Virgina was founded? HINT: Virgina was founded to let debtors try to start a new life.

I hope you have $73,500 for Christmas...

How much the 12 days of Christmas cost

Quantity	Thing	Cost of 1	Total cost
12	Partridges	$40	$480
12	Pear trees	$50	$600
22	Turtle doves	$35	$770
30	French hens	$50	$1,500
36	Calling birds	$25	$900
40	Golden rings	$380	$15,200
42	Geese a-laying	$3	$126
42	Swans a-swimming	$90	$3,780
40	Maids a-milking	$400	$16,000
36	Ladies dancing	$430	$19,080
30	Lords a-leaping	$416	$12,480
22	Pipers piping	$190	$4,180
12	Drummers drumming	$190	$2,280
Total		$2,299	$73,596

A hidden boss

Guess which boss in Key to the Long Lost City this is:

• The TNT Monster
• Scary the Crazy Caterpillar
• The Red Wizard

Lé Makeover

Check out the new Lé Radio Store API. With an all-new system, you don't have to reload Catuse for Lé Radio Store to play. And the glitch that caused computers without the QuickTime 8 plugin to open up an individual player for the C and O-labeled songs has been fixed!   While we are talking about Lé Radio Store, we might just recap the stations.

• CXCR - Catuse eXcellence in Classical Radio - works in all browsers
• CFFR - Catuse French Famous Radio - works in all browsers
• CXBR - Catuse eXcellence in Beethoven's Radio - works in all browsers
• CDMR - Catuse Dramatic Music of Romanticism - works in all browsers
• CSSB - Catuse Star Spangled Banner - works in Firefox & IE, not Safari
• KXPR - eXcellence in Public Radio - works in all browsers
• KXJZ - eXcellence in JaZz - works in all browsers
• KJOY - Joy - requires Windows Media Player plugin
• KHOP - Hop - requires Windows Media Player plugin
• YPBJ - Youtube Peanut Butter Jelly - requires Macromedia Flash Player 7+
• YBSS - Youtube Bound for Ship Shanties - requires Macromedia Flash Player 7+
YGBS - Youtube Gummy Bear Song - requires Macromedia Flash Player 7+
• OFIF - Other Flutes In Flight - requires Macromedia Flash Player 7+

First EPISODE (not just the first level) going Alpha today

Yes. The first episode (Lava Cave) went alpha today. Using the Suplog service, please enter your Alpha-password to view the address:

Please ask me for the Alpha-password if you wish to be an Alpha (!) tester.

Firefox: Fighting back

I just got wind of a Firefox bug which can be easily fixed. FIREFOX FANS--PLEASE READ THIS!!! A computer program called "Basic Example Plugin for Mozilla" somehow mananged to sneak on to many Firefox Spreaders' computers. Go to Tools » Add-ons » Plugins, and if the "Basic Example Plugin for Mozilla" is there, it MUST be disabled. Otherwise, it randomly takes information from forms, like the one I'm using right now to write this... NOT GOOD. This will be fixed in Firefox 3.0.5, I hope.

Friday's Classical Music - Beethoven's birthday is coming up!

Twas four days before Beethoven, When all through the house, Catusefans gave Lé Radio an evil stare, In hope that a new song would soon be there. Inspired by part by Nabooti Eve, by Dr. Hare

It's about time...

The frustrating Nabooti Island was FINALLY released today at 3:00 AM in the morning. Wait for Poptropica to make an island not so complicated...

Key to the Long Lost City work resumes...

I made an important discovery last week. It's a lot more work than it looks to make a video-game. But luckily, we've gotten the level-hopping down. Here's how:

• Episode 1: Lava Cave
  • Level 1: Off the Walls
  • Level 2: Rising Lava
  • Boss 1: The TNT Monster
• Episode 2: Antarctic Antics
  • ??

  Some possible new episodes here

• Episode ?: Great Gates
  • ??
  • Level ?: The Lost City
  • Boss ?: The Red Wizard

Tuesday's Cat Care Tips

Anything bad is possible if a cat is overweight. Maybe today's the day for Fatso to start dieting. OBLIVIOUS CAT

Crash game

A lot of you, I imagine, will vote Yes on putting this beta-peek in Fun $tuff. If you object, go to the message board and say why. Use the <LEFT>, <RIGHT>, and <DOWN> arrows to move the bandicoot. Move the <UP> arrow to jump and the <SPACE> key to spin-kick. Break open as many boxes as you can, try to get the crystals, BUT AVOID THE "NITRO" BOXES AND DON'T SPIN THE "TNT" BOXES!

PetWars!: An ALL NEW SEASON!!!!

So folks, PetWars! has an all-new season starting today! As a result, you have until Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008 for you to enter Li'l Kitty or Bo in Pet Wars! If you wait until after December 20, we will add your pet in for the third season, beginning on March 7. The results for Season 1? Trixie and Llumni both tied. Unfourtanetly, no other pets were entered. Many people have asked to see the pets. We are planning to move the slideshow from http://mousehunt.freehostia.co/petwars to the sidebar. See the Message Board and type a message asking to submit your furball. Include his/her name and your email. (Don't worry--I'll delete the message after I get it.)

Chess Begins...

Today's the first day of the State Grade Level Championships. I just won my first game as White. Here it is: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bb4+?! 5. c3 dxc3 6. bxc3 Bxc3+? 7. Nxc3 Bg4 8. 0-0 a5? 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nb4?? 11. Qxf7# Yikes! OBLIVIOUS CAT

Friday's Classical Music

As Beethoven's 338^th birthday grows closer, you will await CXBR's big change. We've decided on the Ode To Joy. Be ready on December 16^th! OBLIVIOUS CAT

Nabooti Island to be released

		Heads up! The all-new Nabooti Island will launch on the afternoon of Thursday, December 11th. Mark your calendar and be one of the first to play. -Poptropica Creators

Advertizing Policies of Catuse

As you might have noticed, at the bottom of the page, below the footer, there is now a small ad. If you want to advertize, please read this policy. Catuse will only advertize non-profit websites and/or websites we've traded links with. These sites must be non-offensive and NOT SELLING ANYTHING! If interested, please see the Guestbook and send me a message.

O Say Can You See...

OSSB features a song, "The Star Spangled Banner", from the War of 1812. Can you believe it?

Tuesday Cat Care Tips

This year, maybe don't "deck the halls". Kitties can climb up the tree, so avoid letting her in the same room as it. Furthermore, many plants such as holly and mistletoe smell good to cats but are death-causing. Keep these too high for Bootser to reach. OBLIVIOUS CAT

Chess Rules! (oh. two new things--Firefox & Poptropica

I was out of town yesterday, so I didn't write. (That's when I need an author). But I'm glad to report on the 6^th of December, I'll be playing in a chess tournament in UOP. More about this later. I expect two new things to be released soon:

1. Poptropica's Nabooti Island now says, "Coming VERY Soon"
2. Mozilla Firefox 3.1 is to be released to the public soon!