It’s Friday, so you should be happy. What’s one thing that currently is making you happy?
I’ll start . . . I’m happy that I took the time to call our air conditioner people to inquire about a promotion that I missed – having our next month’s electric bill paid for with a new unit installation. Yes, they are honoring the promotion.
A fried chicken patty, 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of bacon, and another fried chicken patty – all without a bun.
Read more about it here.
I must have one of these . . . soon.
TalkTalk launches PutPocketing – the art of putting money INTO people’s pockets without them realising, using real ex-pickpockets.
Yahoo’s researchers want you to voluntarily slap a one-cent stamp on your outgoing e-mails, with proceeds going to charity, in a bid to cut down on spam. Can doing good really do away with spam, which consumes 33 terawatt hours of electricity every year, not to mention way too much of our time?
The idea behind CentMail is that paying to send e-mail — even a single cent — differentiates a real e-mail from spam blasts, and thus, spam filters can be adjusted to let the stamped mail sail right through, according to a report from New Scientist. Users would get to choose which charity benefits from their penny missives, which the researchers hope will convince people to pay CentMail for something that’s currently free.
You know, I would probably agree to a penny per email, but I would be scared of rates going up and then being old and complaining to the youth that back in the day email was free.