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June 22, 2014
Tracking Pokey
Above: Timmy's tracks from back in August 28, 2009....
So Pokey's been disappearing a lot lately, especially around dusk when it's time for her to come in. To figure out where she's been going, I decided to put the CatTracker on her. Of course, I couldn't remember how it worked or anything.
I was surprised to find the software installed on one of my old PC's. I exported Timmy's old CatTraqs onto Simon at s:\CatTraq.
Found the directions explaining how the little GPS reciever works, what the blinking lights mean...made sure it was charged, verified the time was correct, made sure the tracks were all cleared from it
Of course, once I got it all charged up and working properly, she disappeared like snow in the Springtime. To find her, I played an injured rabbit mp3 file on the PC really loud with the windows open. Not surprisingly, she was climbing through the window about 4 seconds later looking for an easy meal. (Big surprise.)
Grabbed her, and put the CatTraq on her, and then sent her on her way. She's not happy about it, but it is what it is. My guess is she'll wriggle out of it somehow and I'll never see her again.
But I'm going to go ahead and set up my newest server with the software, which you can download here: http://www.a-trip.com/download
Here's some of Timmy's old cat tracks from 2009:
http://www.peeniewallie.com/2009/08/timmy.html
http://www.peeniewallie.com/2009/08/wheres-timmy.html
http://www.peeniewallie.com/2009/08/wheres-timmy-1.html
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 22, 2014 at 1:04 PM
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