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Website of the Day: From a Birdie

GeekSugar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:17 -0700

You know the drill: you get a Facebook reminder that it's your friend's birthday, so you end up writing her an email, or you post a brief note to her Facebook wall. Rather than follow everyone else's lead by posting an impersonal b-day message on Facebook, why not create a collective album of online letters that you and your friends can send to the birthday girl on her special day? A cool new site called From a Birdie, which I found on makeuseof, is similar to the site GroupCard because it allows an entire group of people to collaborate on a personalized card or letter. But what makes this site even better is the fact that you can add photos to your messages, there aren't any size restrictions on the messages or size of photos, and the group album gets its own password-protected website. From a Birdie will email your friend on the day you choose to let them know they have a little surprise waiting for them!

Have an interesting website you want to share? To learn how to post your favorite websites to our Website of the Day group, read more.

First of all, join the Website of the Day group.
Click "New Post" under the website of the day tab at the top of the page.
Give your story a "Title."
Fill in the "Body" with a link to your favorite website and the reasons why you love it.
Type "Technology and Gadgets" in the Categories box
Add keyword(s) in the tag field with relevant tags (for example mine for this story was "Website of the Day").
Choose whether you want the post to be private or public.
Click "Create Post" to submit content.

Do You Decorate With Letters?

CasaSugar — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:11 -0700

While the typography trend continues to truck along, a new trend of decorating with letters, often consonants and syllables from vintage signs, has arisen. Personally, I find it kind of cheesy to decorate with initials - a big "C.S." on my wall is just not my style. But I'd happily put a less self-referential letter in my home if it were eye-catching like this vibrant red T. Putting a letter in your home, even if it doesn't mean anything to you, is a great way to celebrate all of the serifs, shapes, and ligatures that make typography such an interesting art. Do you decorate with letters?

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How Would You . . .

CasaSugar — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:30:00 -0700

These Giant Orgy Letters ($1,800), which are actually Goodyear Tire sign letters from the 1940s, might give your mother a heart attack if you displayed them as-is in (or outside) your home. But, let's not do that, okay? For this challenge, I'd like you to tell me how you'd use the (ahem) excessively indulgent letters as décor without inflicting cardiac arrest on your relatives and neighbors. Would you rearrange them? Paint them? Separate them? Would you hang them? Lay them down? Mix in other letters? Turn them into furniture so they're less legible? Keep them indoors or outside? Or is there just no way José that you'd ever own them? You know typography is trendy these days . . .

Found! Dear God . . .

GiggleSugar — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:00:00 -0800

Move over Bill Cosby. God seems to be getting an earful of the darndest things outta kids these days. The following are a batch of letters - or prayers - intended for the big dude upstairs. Some are thankful for one thing and upset about another, others have questions or make requests, and then there are those that shamelessly hate that b*tch Jennifer Horton. God understands, I'm sure.

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Found! An Invitation, But Not Really

GiggleSugar — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:00:00 -0800

Mmm...the all-you-can-guilt-trip buffet sounds good.

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Found! A Letter To The Fam

GiggleSugar — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:33:55 -0700

What kind of a household is this? Eating and playing boardgames is no crime in my book. Having a strange curiosity about potentially killing off upholders of the law, however...

Thanks, Found Magazine!

Another Letter From Paris

GiggleSugar — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:43:25 -0700

Good news! Paris is practicing her spelling again, which means that she's written another tell-all letter to the people who claim to like her. (We'll call them "friends" for short.) This time, Paris writes about ~~lying~~ talking to Barbara Walters, discovering that Jesus hottie, and all the "friends" she's made in jail already. Oh, Paris... (Want more? Click here to read her first and second letters.)

Another Letter From Paris

GiggleSugar — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:00:00 -0700

Paris plays pen pal to her friends again, but this time, via sidekick. The following email was sent at the time of her return to jail. Putting aside all shock and sadness, Paris openly wrote of her grudges, her new metal "bracelets," and the offensive smell of justice. Poor Paris. Only a couple more weeks to go!

A Prison Letter From Paris

GiggleSugar — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:45:00 -0700

If you don't know already, Paris was sent back to jail on Friday and given a 45 day sentence. What will we ever do without her? Well, have no fear, because the first of her prison letters is here and, to my surprise, the girl's got more than a two-word vocabulary. Dare I say it? Ok, it's hot.

Karma's A B*tch

GiggleSugar — Mon, 21 May 2007 04:00:00 -0700

When you have nothing nice to say, take anonymous revenge and then confess in a passive-aggressive letter. Oh, and really emphasize that you're "Sorry!!!"

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