Mobile logos
You know on your older mobile phones where the network provider is always displayed in the centre of the display as a bold centrepiece to remind you which network you're on? Well back in the day, websites used to let you make your own design and change the text involved for free!

When the SMS was sent, the recipient would receive no indication as to who it was from but simply the message "Somekinda logo received: Save, display or discard" or something similar. If you chose to save, the design would overwrite whatever network message was there with the new one and the only way to change it would be through the same method or with one of those cables to connect it to your computer.

One day I went through a spree of sending these messages to every number I had with fitting designs for each recipient. Most people thought it was something bogus so discarded it instantly but it was a laugh at the time.

Two years later, and I'm having a drink with an uber-conservative girl who went to the same school and uni as me in a token "you're from my hometown so we're friends/associates by default" and put her mobile on the table as she sat down. I instantly saw the classic "Confused?" next to a picture of two feminine symbols intertwined.

I cracked up and couldn't stop, but the girl was furious that she'd finally found the bastard that had sparked rumours of her sexuality.

That'll teach her too... um...
( ma0sm, Thu 5 May 2005, 12:39, Reply)