About this Site
Who wrote the kitty litter you just read?
The genesis of this site was inspiration from a science fiction book combined with the fact that I wanted to try SASS and make some responsive web design.
Cat Neighbourhood, as you’ve probably figured out, is not a real place. It’s not even my idea. Michael Marshall Smith wrote about it in his sci-fi book Only Forward. In the book it is the near future and everyone lives in separate “neighbourhoods” which have their own rules, entrance requirements and laws. Some are more unusual than others.
The protagonist Stark lives in Colour Neighbourhood where the walls of his flat change colour every day. His cat Spangle lives in Cat Neighbourhood and Stark occasionally visits him there. Stark didn’t send Spangle to Cat Neighbourhood - his cat moved there one day of his own free will. The description of Cat Neighbourhood in the book was so delightfully mysterious that I immediately wished it was a real place. I wouldn’t mind if Colour Neighbourhood was real, too.
I made this site in order to learn specific responsive web design and coding techniques. The site is rather silly because it amuses me to make my practice sites as entertaining for myself as possible.
Please note I intend absolutely no copyright transgression by using Cat Neighbourhood on my site - it's an ode to the ideas in the book and I do not claim them as my own. I’m a big fan of the book and I suggest you read it!
Read Only Forward
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith is first-rate sci-fi. You should read it. I swear I make absolutely no money from flogging it to you here.
- buy it from bookdepository.co.uk
- buy it from Amazon.co.uk
- buy it from Amazon.com
- buy it from iTunes
My Other Sites
Like this site? I’m delighted. Want to waste more time online? I have more sites.
Monster detection app
Heavy metal meets cheap tschotchkes
Credit Where Credit is Due
Other people's photography
There are many Creative Commons photographs on this site. I found quite few pics on Stock Exchange. They are by Stock Exchange contributors Sande2, Krappweis, Mattsgirl, Bigwheel, TanjaS, Grz3gorz, Sofi73, Ayla87, Aljabak, Bluehor, Sander19, Nahopopo and Mordoc. Photo from Unsplash by Ryan-Mcguire.Thank you to everyone who contributed beautiful photos online for everyone’s use. You’re all much better photographers than I am (plus I only have two cats).
The rest of the photos used were purchased from Photodune. Er... I mean they were taken on location in beautiful Cat Neighbourhood.
Technical details
I built this site using the responsive framework Foundation, Sass and Compass, the lovely fonts Droid Sans and Droid Serif and the help of my cats, Alfie and Lola. Alfie and Lola want you to know that if you don't like the site it's probably my fault. And that if you do like the site you can send them large cans of tuna.