Archive for February, 2006

Functional Art

Friday, February 17th, 2006

UrinalsWhilst I was enjoying Sushi yesterday happened to come across some interesting urinal design… either that or a cleaner found a nasty surprise waiting in their bucket this morning!Its great to see how even the most mundane things can be turned into cool art. The sink was rather nifty too - just a sheet of glass, totally flat and angled towards the wall. (more…)

Google Talk Security Flaw?

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Something I have just noticed, potentially a large security flaw with Google Talk, following its recent integration with GMail…I come in from lovely Sushi and find messages in my GMail Talk from contacts not on my contact list, and lots of new contacts on my contact list. Obviously I’m a tad confused - I dont have this many friends!Turns out that my housemate logged onto GTalk from the client (not GMail) while I was away. Although she logged out of the client, GMail still assumed I was logged in under her ID, providing me with access to all her contacts.Obviously a bit of a security flaw if you have a shared computer with both a Gmail account and GTalk client. I had noticed that GTalk did allow login from more than one location, and now I’m definately wondering about the logic behind this. Can anyone out there re-assure me? (more…)

GMail Cooks Your Spam!

Friday, February 10th, 2006

GMail Spam RecipiesI noticed this earlier, you can now get spam cooking tips and recipies direct from Google Mail! Take a look at the Web clips displayed in your Spam folder. Its these nice touches which make me love Google! (more…)