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I have a long list of items in this world that need some revision, a designer’s eye. Bicycle helmets are definitely on the list. So much more should be able to be done with them. Boingboing pointed me to YAKKAY in the UK who has done some fun stuff. Who’s next? What’s next? Time is too short to miss out on this activity.
Back in June, we told you how to stop credit solicitations. In August, it was how to opt out of both credit solicitations and phone sales. Now is your chance to do the same with junk mail. It’s only in it’s Beta stage, but ProQuo is here to save your day — and a few trees. Did you know:
Each year, 100 million trees are used to produce junk mail in America. That’s the equivalent of deforesting the entire Rocky Mountain National Park every four months.
Americans receive nearly four million tons of junk mail each year.
More than 28 billion gallons of water are wasted to produce and recycle junk mail each year.
Check it out. It’s pretty simple. They also have a good list of 10 Creative Ideas Of What To Do With Your Junk Mail here.
Teleflip allows you to send emails as text messages. Or you can text someone from your computer. Essentially you turn your cell phone into a Blackberry. And you can turn it off when you want too.
Petitinvention is the blog of Mac Funamizu . He’s got lots of good ideas. These are his personalized paper cups so that you never mistake which cup is yours again.
The EU has a whole team of privacy guys. Where’s someone like that in the US? We do have someone there to monitor privacy breaches that occur as a result of the Homeland Protection Act, but that is just the tip of the iceberg, and well, if he’s appointed by this administration, how are we supposed to trust him?
In July, the Department of Homeland Security exceeded 1,000,000 on the Terrorist Watch list, including Ted Kennedy. Additionally, if you cross the border now, custom agents can copy your hard drive virtually at will; do you really want them to have that photo of your grandmama? And you thought just going through airport security was bad. Well, now is the time to complain. The ACLU have a nifty letter all set to go to your rep in congress. It will only take a second
Okay, maybe this does not qualify for The Next Good Idea, but there is definitely a pleasure to be had in being told a specific day you will die. Me, I’ve got over fifty years left, if all goes well.
