I have cats. I have their litter boxes in the basement. I used to forget to clean them all the time.

Not because I don’t care — because it’s out of sight. By the time I remember, it’s been too long. The cats are annoyed. I feel bad.

So I crated a widget: a tiny cat that lives on my screen. When the box is clean, the cat’s happy. As time passes, it gets grumpier. Clean the box, log it, the cat resets.

No notifications. No alarms. Just a small, quiet guilt trip sitting at the bottom of my desktop — for anyone whose litter box is in a place they don’t walk past enough.