Author: Pudgy Cat

The Cats of Istanbul: How a City of 16 Million Built Itself Around Its Strays

Explore the cats of Istanbul through neighbourhood care, Ottoman traditions, Gli, Tombili, Kedi, and the realities behind the postcard.

Why calico cats are usually female: X-linked orange colour, developmental mosaics, rare male cats and the limits of reading genetics from a coat.

Trace the cat purr healing claim from a conference abstract to vibration experiments, and learn why matching frequencies do not prove a treatment.

Discover cats in ancient Egypt through Bastet, Greek accounts of punishment, votive mummies, and the evidence behind their extraordinary history.

Meet Kabosu, follow the origins of Doge and its Comic Sans captions, and discover how a rescued Shiba inspired Dogecoin and a lasting meme family.

How SSD flash memory, garbage collection, TRIM and wear levelling work—and why a healthy drive still needs independent backups.

How epistolary novels tell stories through letters and other documents, with examples from Dracula, The Color Purple and modern fiction.

Learn what causes tides, why the Moon matters more than the Sun, and how coastal geography shapes spring tides, neap tides, and local sea levels.

Discover the Kuleshov effect, the disputed details of its famous experiment, and how editing helps viewers read emotion into a face.

Explore the uncertain origins of clinking glasses, the bread behind the word toast, local customs, and the physics of that familiar ring.