Product design fail

Magis Chair One

Magis Chair One is the most uncomfortable piece of furniture I’ve ever laid my behind on. And not even the cushions help it feel a bit better. Being made of metal also impacts other aspects of its usability – one has to put significant effort to move the damn thing just a few centimeters to the side. I believe it would have been much better if it was made of plastic. It’s not something I’d put in my living room and feel proud of anyway. If I’m about to spend €275 a piece, I’d rather go for an Eames DSR.

The More-Frustrating-Than-Nasty WordPress Exploit

If you are a WordPress user, beware – there is a nasty exploit on the loose. It occured on this very site and on another one I created, as well. After detailed study along with my hosting provider, it looks like a MySQL injection. And that is pretty plausible – both sites had 4-character dictionary word MySQL passwords, because of me being stupid and forgetting to change those after deployment.
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