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as many of you (well when i say many i mean the 6 people who read this)know i hate mobile phones.
mine gets used very very rarely, and mostly serves as an alarm clock.

i have been working late recently (so much easier to do than have a life i find) and while there i have been listening to air america radio, among the ads there is one for a recallable and self destructive email.
so i enjoyed this story today about texts that will self destruct after 40 seconds.

it's all about making sure you don't get caught out by incriminating texts. maybe it is me, if it is likely to get you into trouble then it probably is best not to send it to someone who might use it against you, or it could end up in someone elses hands?

the messages will not totally disappear as they will have to be logged on a secure server in order for that to be a data trail, that is in case you have been involved in some terrorist activity.

though i suppose you could get yourself a cheap pay as you go phone to do your texting on.

nothing to do with this but recently i have watched/ listened to two novel ways of using the mobile.
on the bus there was the chap who had his phone on speaker so we could all hear how dull his conversation was and he had to speak even louder so the other caller could hear him. trust me it was rivetting.

then on the dlr i watch a bloke hold his phone directly in front of his mouth, speak into it and then hold it to his ear for the reply. it was odd to watch.

i still hate the mobile.