well, ben thought of it

Ben wants an emoticon for rolling eyes. So, I'm documenting it here in the event that such an emoticon is created, so that Ben/I can take all the credit for putting the idea out in the ether.

The New York Times has finally endorsed Obama. I was waiting on the edge of my seat. If only I had thought to endorse Obama afer everyone else had...

Forgotten Attachments? Never Again!

August 20, 2008 G-Chat archive:

10:25 PM me: yeah

i always forget to attach attachments

10:26 PM gmail needs a setting where it will search your e-mail for the word "attach" and let you know that there are no attachments

Steuart: that would be clever

me: maybe i will suggest that to them

it can't be that difficult

10:27 PM Steuart: =)

10:30 PM me: how does one contact google?

10:31 PM nevermind, i found it. they have a feature suggestion spot!

10:33 PM Steuart: nice

what if it happens?

how special will you feel?

me: like incredibly special

Today, my sister discovered that this feature DOES in fact exist as a Google Labs feature, and has since September. We both tried it: it worked fine for me, but Kaitlin had some trouble (until she disabled Mail Goggles, another amazing Google Labs feature).

In case you were wondering, I do feel incredibly special.