http://www.badcat.com/ en-us Copyright 2009, badcat.com Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:45:44 +0000 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:45:44 +0000 BadCat The main news feed from BadCat.com. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification badcathttp://feedburner.google.com New Papercraft CubeeCats! Imagine roasting weennies on the fire, telling ghost stories, widdling, creating craft projects (only a mother could love) and eating smores until you burst – these are but a few activities to enjoy at Camp BadCat this summer. Join Campers, Dexter, Jenny, Jack, Counselor Craig, and even Big Foot! Pitch a tent and earn your Camp BadCat badge! Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:47:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/q3BpqYc00nk/camp-badcat.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/camp-badcat.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/camp-badcat.html May 5, 1862, Cinco De Mayo, is an important date in Mexican history because it was on this day that the outnumbered Mexican Army defeated the French at the Battle of Puebla. This battle was also significant because it was the last time the Americas were invaded to this day. Let’s honor those brave souls that fought on the fifth of May and celebrate with the Cinco de Mayo Gatos Cubos! Add some candy inside Piñatita, Dance with Baile Folkloricat, Be careful with Spike, Make your mouth water with Caliente Kitty and Sing along with Meowiachi. Whatever you do, bring your X-acto knife and scissors and enjoy the papercraft fun. Happy Cinco de Mayo from BadCat Design. También disponible en español. Tue, 05 May 2009 09:00:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/w1dMZ0Lomyg/cinco-de-mayo-gatos-cubos.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/cinco-de-mayo-gatos-cubos.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/cinco-de-mayo-gatos-cubos.html One of the secret weapons in our wireframing arsenal just got much better. The folks at Paste Interactive pushed out some awesome updates to JumpChart, including multicolumns, an overhauled UI, even a WordPress WXR export. Jumpchart has always offered collaborative tools – that’s one of the key features, but for us it’s simply a way to knock out a rough draft of a site for client approval of content. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:58:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/zYD5Wz3Kzck/secret-wireframing-weapon-jumpchart.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/secret-wireframing-weapon-jumpchart.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/secret-wireframing-weapon-jumpchart.html The Conserv-O-Cat is trying to reduce it’s carbon paw print and educate people on becoming more green this Earth Day. For less paper waste, Conserv-O-Cat’s four faces of environmental conservation are rolled all up into one cat. Enjoy four cubeecat friends and only use one sheet of papercraft fun. Now that’s green! Happy Earth Day, meow. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:47:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/wxS59iN3LTo/earth-day-2009-conserv-o-cat.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/earth-day-2009-conserv-o-cat.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/earth-day-2009-conserv-o-cat.html Summer is just around the corner, so get ready by printing and assembling your very own Summer 2009 Catendar. This isn’t the same old twelve month calendar, it’s season specific. If you ask us, who needs those other eight months anyway, let’s celebrate summer! Use your Catendar to highlight barbecues, swimming lessons, long days at the beach, vacations to tropical destinations, and any other fun and sunny events you have planned for the next four warm months. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:08:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/5cfeZuQo0og/summer-2009-catendar.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/summer-2009-catendar.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/summer-2009-catendar.html Emerging from the Delaware River, BadCatZilla has been running amuck all over New Hope’s ‘Little Japan’ some fifty years. His best defense is that he exhales a deadly atomic rage, and you thought your kitty had bad breath!? Oh, and by the way, he totally knows martial arts… Lucky for you, the closest you have to get to BadCatZilla is this PDF poster of the angry beast for your visual pleasure. Download your free poster of BadCatZilla from the Big Bad Fun section now and hang him up in a spot that might need a little excitement. Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:10:00 EDT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/NZKGllCIwt0/badcatzilla.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/badcatzilla.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/badcatzilla.html Love, Love, Love. Hopeless romantics, lonely singles and paper crafters get your printers ready. Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with the LoveCats Cubees. LoveCats are just part of the kitty papercraft fun at CatCubeTopia. (and oh yes, we luv The Cure.) Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:33:00 EST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/YH7y6XIbjbk/lovecats-at-catcubetopia.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/lovecats-at-catcubetopia.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/lovecats-at-catcubetopia.html See my 2009-03-13 UPDATE at the bottom. We’ve been torturing WordPress (and other blogging software) into being a lite CMS . From a few pages that we manage for clients to hundreds of pages managed by the clients themselves, we thought there must be a better way. Sure, we’ve used ExpressionEngine, Drupal and other “real” CMSs – even BadCat.com is running off of a small newcomer called Frog (plus some custom enhancements) – but how could we wrangle WordPress into doing the task? Most of it is quite easy since WordPress manages Posts (entries) as well as traditional Pages. The real issue comes with custom datatypes and simplifying ways to enter repetitive information into custom areas on a particular page or post. WordPress’s Custom Fields handles much of the work, but the core install still doesn’t have a decent “front-end” to make the data entry and set up easy. Enter WordPress CMS plugins – an easier way to manage the Custom Fields through manipulating the KEYS and VALUES with forms based editors. Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:22:00 EST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/fAEGO3yldtU/wordpress-as-a-cms.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/wordpress-as-a-cms.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/wordpress-as-a-cms.html Santa loves milk and cookies, cats love milk…coincidence, I think not. Anyway, come take a look at the new JingleCats! I mean, what else have you got to do…figure out the best way to re-gift that hideous sweater from your aunt? Drown your boredom in egg nog? Dissect the fruit cake to try and figure out what on those little clearish chunks are made of?…seriously… Go get the JingleCats at CatCubeTopia. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:25:00 EST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/eu5tryHw7bM/jinglecats.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/jinglecats.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/jinglecats.html Well it was off to a rocky start, but I think the fine folks at Updatable are getting it together… FrontPocket is a new iPhone application that connects to 37Signals Backpack web application through their API. I’ve been following this application for quite some time since I use Backpack daily. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:52:00 EST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/badcat/~3/nzabkMZGBzE/whats-that-in-your-frontpocket.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/whats-that-in-your-frontpocket.html http://www.badcat.com/journal/whats-that-in-your-frontpocket.html