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Firmware and Fur: smart-apartment tech comedy where automation meets cat common sense.
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Firmware and Fur #2: Quiet Mode
Pixel upgrades quiet mode, M.O.U.S.E. takes it too literally, and Walter solves it with a handwritten note.
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Firmware and Fur #99: Return Policy
September 25, 2026
Best of this series
All published episodes
Firmware and Fur #99: Return Policy
Firmware and Fur #92: Structural Support
Firmware and Fur #85: Same Language
Firmware and Fur #71: The Happy One
Firmware and Fur #64: The Tail Shortcut
Firmware and Fur #50: The Favorite Toy
Firmware and Fur #43: The Missing Percent
Firmware and Fur #36: Room to Grow
Firmware and Fur #29: Outsourced Cardio
Firmware and Fur #22: Sunbeam Fairness
Firmware and Fur #15: Special Character
Firmware and Fur #8: Predictive Box
Firmware and Fur #2: Quiet Mode
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September 25, 2026
Firmware and Fur #99: Return Policy
Pixel automates tidying up, and Walter discovers that the new routine also plays fetch.
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September 18, 2026
Firmware and Fur #92: Structural Support
A smart apartment blueprint mistakes Walter's commitment to staying put for structural importance.
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September 11, 2026
Firmware and Fur #85: Same Language
M.O.U.S.E. can translate every shade of Walter’s meow, including two very different demands that sound exactly the same.
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August 28, 2026
Firmware and Fur #71: The Happy One
M.O.U.S.E. finds the tiny signal that separates Walter's usual skepticism from the happiest canceled plans of his life.
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August 21, 2026
Firmware and Fur #64: The Tail Shortcut
M.O.U.S.E. learns Walter's irritated tail flick and mistakes disapproval for his preferred smart-home routine.
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August 8, 2026
Firmware and Fur #50: The Favorite Toy
Walter ignores every toy until M.O.U.S.E. tries to put it away.
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July 31, 2026
Firmware and Fur #43: The Missing Percent
Walter's new sleep coach finds one flaw in his nap data: he briefly woke up.
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July 24, 2026
Firmware and Fur #36: Room to Grow
Pixel installs seating that adapts to its user, and Walter discovers the one surface in the apartment that never needs an update.
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July 17, 2026
Firmware and Fur #29: Outsourced Cardio
Pixel adds healthy activity rewards, M.O.U.S.E. measures the moving tag, and Walter discovers the fitness benefits of management.
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July 11, 2026
Firmware and Fur #22: Sunbeam Fairness
Pixel makes the sunbeam fair, M.O.U.S.E. measures fairness literally, and Walter discovers the fastest way to win a smart-apartment vote.
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