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From the maker of Baconnaise and Bacon Salt, we introduce Mmmvelopes, the first bacon-flavored envelope.

I’m not sure the what the ratio is between postal workers and postal workers who would eat anything bacon-flavored, but even psycho gun-wielding mailmen gotta love their bacon. Just look at Newman for Christ’s sake. You know he’s enjoyed a few pounds of bacon in his lifetime. If you have no intention of your letter ever reaching its destination, these Mmmvelopes are likely the sending receptical you want to use.

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Did you think that all of your movies were shoved into those little red envelopes using a huge array of machines? Up until today, we thought that much of the Netflix system was ran by software and machinery, but as it turns out, a lot of manual human labor goes into the Netflix shipping cycle.

At the Netflix plant in Northborough, Massachusetts, about 50 employees sort through and repackage DVDs, manually deciding which are fit for recirculation. Employees sift through about 700 discs an hour. Some of the depots have repackaging machines which can stuff around 3,000 envelopes an hour, but many are still done manually. Save the Netflix crew some work and start streaming all the movies you can. More action after the jump. (more…)

Forgot to send your nephew his Christmas present for this year? Quickly order one of these Plane Mail postcards to send him and quickly place the blame on the US Postal Service. These postcards are made out of wood and pop out into an easy-to-assemble balsa wood glider. Just like the old days!

The best part is that you can write all over the side of the postcard with your messages of love. I’d say this is better than getting cash in the mail. It’s equally fun and a lot more creative. It’ll run you around eight bucks.

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I had to check and make sure the calendar wasn’t nearing April 1st when I first read about Google’s Mail Goggles. It seems like such a silly idea that I figured someone was just messing with me. I seem to be wrong, though. Mail Goggles is a new feature designed to keep you from sending emails in a drunken state of anger. When you enable Mail Goggles, which is only available during late weekend nights, you’ll have to answer a series of simple math problems before you can send your email. It sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel but it’s for real.

This nifty little feature was designed by Google’s Jon Perlow, so if any thanks is due, he deserves it. I like the idea of Mail Goggles due to the fact that I tend to drunk email once in awhile. If only my phone had the same features…

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Just because the USPS tracking system happens to be as unreliable as a women’s period with PCOS, you might need a little extra push to ensure your snail mail still arrives at its proper destination. This way, at least it’s the right person who calls the cops on you for stalking. The GPS Mail Logger is just the kind of thing to save you the tracking fee.

Measuring only a quarter of an inch thick, and compatible with Google Earth, The GPS Mail Logger from Brickhouse Security fits easily into a typical envelope, and weighs little enough to save the expenditure for an extra stamp. After the letter moves on its way, you can watch the precise path it takes to reach its destination. Track your mail on your terms for the low-low price of $695.99. (more…)

When we send photos to our loved ones, we send them with the hope that they will show the photos in their home with pride, but what if they don’t have any open picture frames? They’ll eventually forget about the photos all together, throwing them in some mildly messy filing cabinet for postmortem separation.

GetFramed is a new concept which ships the photo for you, alone with a paper picture frame which can be constructed using the same envelope the photo was sent with. Just open the envelope, fold, and assemble and the 10 x 15 cm frame is ready to showcase your new ugly photo for the year. — Andrew Dobrow

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