Engadget are running another one of their “How would you change..?” thingies, this time on Google Talk. There’s over 100 suggestions already, ranging from the sensible to the downright inane.

Here’s a selection of my personal wishes:

• Something NEW. There’s nothing innovative bar the audio quality, and even that’s been done before. I don’t know what - but that’s why they’re the professionals and I’m not. Amaze me.
• Ignore the pleas of others and KEEP EMOTICONS OUT! Display names too, and all that other rubbish. Being able to glance down my contacts and see people’s actual names is rather refreshing. Call me boring, but I’m fed up of wondering who the hell ‘[{-i love milly 05 -}] mark can i hav my cd bac?‘ is. Emoticons are also getting boring - animated ‘LOL’ images don’t make it funnier.
• Talking to two people at once. With audio if possible, but if not, then simple old group chat would be nice - not many clients don’t allow that these days.
• Now here’s one which would make it very popular. Allow users of Talk to add MSN and AIM etc. contacts to your list. The features are there in the Jabber service. There’s too many IM clients for yet another exclusive one.

Engadget: How would you change Google Talk? (via The Unofficial Google Weblog)

I posted a few days ago about the alleged subway pervert that began molesting himself in front of a young woman on a subway in New York.

The victim, as I said, took a photo of the man and forwarded it to police, also uploading it to the Internet.

Now, the picture has gone one step further - to the cover of New York’s Daily News.

Nice going for a camera phone picture, and pretty much what the freak deserves.

NY Daily News (via Boing Boing)