Monday's Futile Endeavor

How did your week begin?
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Maxie Feels the Pawbo Burn #ad

When last we left you, Faraday had decided that everykitty in this house needed to be as fit as he is.

So he ordered a Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera, complete with a Laser Pointer Game (and way cool treat dispenser, but we digress) to get Maxie up and running.

While Faraday does a little light reading, here's my impression of the camera:

• The interface is the easiest of any wireless camera I've yet to try out. It immediately found my network, prompted me for the password, and - done. And it reconnects automatically when I move it from room to room and plug it back in.
• The second feature I really reeeally like: it automatically syncs with my existing cloud account for any video you want to record. (Still photos save directly to your phone)
  
  In my case, it's a Google Drive account, but it also interfaces with Dropbox. Downloading video clips is a breeze, and you don't need any fancy video app to play the clips - I tested them and they played fine with QuickTime.
  
  This is nice, since I've heard other brands (none that I've ever used, though - so this is hearsay) require a cloud subscription for a fee, to access the footage. 

This shiny new addition to our home comes complete with red dot and treat dispenser!

To be honest, about the only feature I can think of that the Pawbo⁺ camera doesn't have is the ability to pan and tilt. I'm not sure how much that would add to the final cost of the camera, but that's a feature I really enjoy, so I'd be interested in that addition.

The camera's not cheap - it retails for $199 - so if you're in it for that much and a pan/tilt feature was just an incremental cost, I'd want that on future models.

And of course, there's the Red Dot.
And .....

We can confirm the treat dispenser works. Very well, indeed.

Allie: Wait. Is that a treat dispenser I spy????

Yep.
Want to see how well it works?

Faraday: Remember, Allie. I'm in control of the remote, so you only get treats when I say so.

Faraday controls the mobile phone app after reading on the Pawbo⁺ website how to use it

And I say you have to exercise first to earn them.

Allie: You are such a brat.

Maxwell:  Whewww, whatta workout. I'm beat.

Allie: Really, Max? Really? You didn't even break a sweat. That's just a play for sympathy, and - newsflash - no one's falling for it.

Maxwell: Well in that case, I'll just head on over to my lounger ... unless you plan to push that treat button again?

Faraday: (yelling from off screen) You gotta EARN those, Maxie. Now drop and give me fifty!
Maxwell: That's exactly what I plan to do: drop into my lounger and give you a good fifty minutes of snooze time, starting .... NOW.

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This post is sponsored by Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera. We received this product for review at no charge. We also received a fee for writing this review. Receiving the free product and the fee did not influence our review in any way. All sponsored posts will always reflect our honest and unbiased opinions and feature products and information we feel is relevant to our readers.

Exercise is a 4(x2) Letter Word #ad

When last we left you, Faraday had "resolved" to help Maxwell "get fit."
We join our story, in progress:

Faraday: "insert tension rod into weight grip"... uh-huh ... *flips page in manual*
Maxwell: Dood, I'm not sure about this exercise thing ....

Faraday: Yada, yada, Maxie. You have to tone that belleh if you wanna be a housepanther like me.
Good thing I'm licensed as a Purrsonal Trainer.

Can't you just see yourself busting reps with those pawbells?

Maxwell: *sniff* No. Not really. 
Faraday: Now Maxie, just let me finish setting this weight bench up ... there you go!

*cue tah-dahh SFX*

Maxwell: uhhh, I don't think --

Faraday: Perfect! We'll get you started right away.

I'm offering the first month FREE as a New Year's special.
(After that, it's just easy monthly installments, direct deposited from your allowance into my account.)

Just sign this contract here and I'll have you fit in no time.

Please click to biggify and to read "fine print"

Maxwell: Dood, the only activity I'd participate in involves the Red Dot.
Faraday: Well, you coulda said that before I invested in that torture device equipment, Maxie. Seriouslies.

Disgusted Faraday is disgusted.

Faraday: That's okay, I can work with that.
                 In fact, I have just the thing.

Why don't you just sign that contract, Maxie, while I get this all set up.

Maxwell: I, uh, think I better have Momma my lawyer read this first ....

Faraday:   mumble-mumble    plug it in, uh-huh    mutter-mumble    download the mobile app ...

                 MOMMY! I need your mobile phone, STAT!

That's right, folks. Faraday got a Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera to go along with those pawbells ...
and he's ready to turn Maxie into a lean, mean purring machine*.

(*Your mileage with Faraday's Fitness may vary. Purrsonal training fees may will apply. Faraday's Fitness accepts all major credit cards, wand toys and bonito flakes.)
 

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What is the Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera?

This shiny new addition to our home: a Pawbo Wireless Interactive Pet Camera

The Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera 4-1-1:

• Pawbo⁺ connects to your wireless network quickly and easily
• It comes with an easy-to-use mobile app, for Android or iPhone

Pawbo Life App

• Pawbo⁺  also has two-way talk, so your pets can hear you, and you can hear them
• It allows up to 8 people to chat with your pet at the same time 
• You can remotely control the treat dispenser & laser pointer (or set laser to automatic)
• Take photos or video, and share to your social spaces

See the orange arrow in the first pic?
Tap icon to take photo, tap check mark to save, tap social icon to share.

• Also connects to your existing Google Drive or Dropbox account for easy cloud storage of video (which can be downloaded, too). Photos save directly to your phone.

But did it work?

Did Maxwell, the Red Dot maniac, feel the burn?

Video at 11 on Friday ;-) 

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This post is sponsored by Pawbo⁺ Interactive Pet Camera. We received this product for review at no charge. We also received a fee for writing this review.
(And okay, we also had tons of fun - and a lot of giggles - doing it).
All sponsored posts will always reflect our honest and unbiased opinions and feature products and information we feel is relevant to our readers. 

'Toon Tuesdays: Now in VIDEO!

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(ask our mom sometime about how to cast a cat in a starring role. Oy!)


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Toon Tuesdays feature animal (and sometimes human) humor created by the peeps over at Shoebox Greetings (a tiny little division of Hallmark) - where our mom works, too!

Move Over, Red Dot!

Maxwell: Coooooooooool.
Wait'll I tell Waffles our Red Dot is...

BLUE.

Allie: It looks more violet, if you ask me, Maxie.

Faraday: Uh, Maxie? Don't look now...

But it just turned green and...and...made babies or something!

Holy cat, we'll never catch them all!
Call the exterminator, Allie! We're infested!!

About the Lasers

Our dad loves scientific gadgets, and when he saw a 405 nanometer blue-violet laser, he just had to buy it. And then he found a 532 nm green laser!

He only bought one of each, honest.

What you're seeing in that last photo is an optical effect. It's a single laser shining through a diffraction grating. It splits the laser into a multiple dot pattern.

Boy, the kitties will NEVER catch all those!

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