Did I hear my name??? I can see where something like that would be handy for people who drop in unannounced. Slap it on their back like a "Kick Me" sticker, and in 40 seconds... Poof, they're gone. Not permanently, just gone from your sight, unless you flip this little... Poof! ;)

I, for one, can sure remember times when I wish there was an "unsend" button on my keyboard.

I'm working on a "send key" safety. It will require entering a pass code in order to disable it so that the "send" key will work. This will give you a second chance to rethink the wording of your text before sending it out. Remember, "Send" buttons are like triggers on guns, once you hit it, there ain't no calling it back. ;) Quoting Patrick Wiggins <paw@trilobyte.net>:

It's been way too quiet here lately. So I'll toss this out and see if anyone bites (or "shoots" in Guy's case).

Now ya gotta wonder what dumb/embarrassing thing someone did to cause them to think this up:

This text message will self-destruct in 40 seconds... http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8459

Patrick

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