A brief respite from my work binge

Sorry for the long delay in posting -- I've been swamped with work, I've barely had time to come up for air. It's still crazy-busy in my work life, but it's all good -- I'm luckyy enough to be working on fabulous projects for top-notch clients, I'll be sure to share more when these projects are public. Until then, expect light posting over the next few weeks.

In the meantime, here's an item from Ringtonia that caught my eye today. File this under "users will always surprise you with their ingenuity."

Remember the teenager repellent called Mosquito I wrote about a few days ago, the ultrasonic device that emits a sound only audible to teenagers? Shopkeepers in England have been installing them in order to prevent anti social youths from hanging out in front of their stores.

Well now techno-savvy pupils have recorded the ultra-high sound - audible only to under-20s- onto their cell phones, and are now receiving calls and text messages in class - without teachers having the faintest idea of what is going on.

The kids call it Teen Buzz, and it's spreading it from phone to phone via text messages and Bluetooth.