Remember that article I posted yesterday about Gmail?

April Fools.

Did you fool anyone yesterday? Let us know!

This new system will basically answer emails for you based on what the person sent you.

“The easiest email could possibly be.

As more and more everyday communication takes place over email, lots of people have complained about how hard it is to read and respond to every message. This is because they actually read and respond to all their messages.”

Read more about it here.

More details tomorrow. Don’t spoil the fun now.

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Dept of Water & Power in Los Angeles is giving away 2 CFLs to every household door to door.

LADWP Compact Fluorescent Light Bulb Distribution:

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is pleased to launch its city-wide distribution of energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). LADWP representatives will be out distributing two energy saving bulbs, along with other energy saving materials to all of our residential customers. The door-to-door deliveries will take several months, but we will be reaching all of our residential customers.

These energy saving light bulbs can help you save up to $68.00 on your electrical use. If a customer installs the two bulbs, which we encourage each customer to do, in place of traditional incandescent light bulbs, a customer will save an estimated $34 for each bulb over the bulb’s life. So, don’t just place the CFLs in your utility drawer or cupboard, install them immediately and start saving energy and money.

CFLs offer many advantages over traditional incandescent bulbs. A CFL lasts for approximately 10,000 hours compared to 1,000 hours for an incandescent bulb. CFLs operate at a lower temperature and are less of a fire danger. CFLs help reduce your air conditioning use, as the lack of heat results in a cooler environment.

CFLs can reduce your energy use and can help make Los Angeles the biggest “green” city in the United States. When a customer installs and use CFLs, we are all helping to reduce global warming. Each bulb used reduces the burning of 400 pounds of coal in energy generation, and lowers the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. We hope that each residential customer will use these bulbs and remember to use CFLs each time a light bulb needs to be replaced.

Providing these energy saving bulbs is just one way that the LADWP wants to help its customers become more energy and water efficient.

For questions or more information on the CFL distribution, please call (213) 367-4614 or email.

Why is the LADWP Distributing CFL light bulbs?

CFLs are one of the simplest and most effective energy saving tools available. A single efficient CFL bulb can reduce an annual electrical bill by $8 to $10. Two CFLs can save you approximately $85-$100 over five years.

CFLs are much more energy efficient because they do not use heat to produce light and as a result last longer. This makes them cooler to the touch and good to use in hard-to-reach applications. A CFL bulb will last 10,000 hours compared to 1,000 hours for a traditional bulb. CFLs use less energy and thus reduce energy demand, which helps to reduce power plant emissions of pollutant greenhouse gas

For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. Unlike any election in history, it is not about what country you’re from, but instead, what planet you’re from. VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community. A call to stand up and take control over the future of our planet. Over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday.

We all have a vote, and every single vote counts. Together we can take control of the future of our planet, for future generations.

VOTE EARTH by simply switching off your lights for one hour, and join the world for Earth Hour.

Saturday, March 28, 8:30-9:30pm local time.

http://www.earthhour.org/home/

Mine is 7-pen-19-bogs.

http://www.phonespell.org/phoneSpell.html

Ok, here’s the email I got.

I bookmarked this video. This is hilarious! Watch the man sitting down in yellow.
You’ll understand it better when they give him a microphone.

I am not sure why I got it – maybe I checked on it online. Anyway I
got a small flyer about prescription help. I sent my information in
and hope it works. Free meds??
Call toll free 1-888-812-5152. Web site is www.freemedicine.com.
You can download and print out the forms they want and send you.
They will give you the information needed.
We – wife and I are on disability and just got cost of living increase.
So now we are getting too much and I will have to pay 15% of cost as
copay. If they hadn’t given me the coli it would really have been a
coli as I would still be able to afford the meds. Now I will have to
pay over 150$ for copay for 2 meds – together we take 10 but most
won’t come anywhere near that – the coli will be gone in 4 months or
less. a cost of living decrease!
Good luck and I hope this helps!
Jim

Thanks Jim, I appreciate it. Here is the website he is talking about.

http://www.freemedicine.com

James

This is soo cool! Congratulations again!!

This email is dated 11/21/2008

Hi James!

Did you publish the Parliament "Smart Escape" contest sponsored by Phillip Morris?
I'm thinking that your site is where I entered the contest, and guess what!!? I got
a Fed-Ex the other day stating I am one of 20 Grand Prize Winners! The grand prize
is a 2009 Smartfortwo passion Cabriole and a check for $6,100.00! OMG! I won a CAR!
I just bought a pack of post-it notes today and I am putting your website on them
and passing them out to anyone who asks how I won this contest! I hope that's ok      

Debi

02/14/2009

Hi James,

It's me again...just giving you an update on my prize.  I received the $6,100 check
last month, and it is sitting in the bank waiting on my car to arrive (don't want
to spend it if I'm going to need it for the car). Someone with smart car called my
house yesterday and left a message with the number for the Atlanta dealership,
where my car is being shipped to now.  The eta is 3-13-09, because the car is
literally being "shipped" from France. I did find out that it is blue metallic,
with silver trim and black leather seats. I'm SO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!  Now it is
27 days and counting. You definitely will get pics when I get the car.

Debi

I skipped a couple of her other emails, but here is the last one on 03/15/2009
Hi James!

I finally got word that my car was in Atlanta at the SmartCenter in Buckhead,
so my husband and I drove down there to get it. You know, I still had trouble
believing I had really won a car til they handed me the keys and said "it's
yours".  Anyway, I promised you pictures, and here they are.  There's one of
me in the car, one of the interior, and several of my husband making fun of
how small the car is on the outside.  But, he is 6'4", and he rode in and
drove the car with no problems regarding height.  There is lots of room inside,
despite it's appearance.  And every single inch of space is utilized to the
fullest.  The only problem:  it doesn't have a spare tire, or a place to put
one.  You get a can of fix-a-flat and a pump, or you call for roadside
assistance.  It really does get 40 mpg or better, depending on how and where
you are driving.  I could go on and on, but I won't.  Suffice it to say, I
am tickled pink, blue, red, green, yellow, ......
  

Debi