Thursday, October 09, 2008

Google helps avoid drunk e-mailing

Haven't we all sent messages we later regretted? Google has launched a new feature to combat a particularly disastrous form of e-mailing: late-night drunk typing.

I found out about this on the blog at Good Vibrations (it's great site that sells sex toys and adult videos, but there's also lots of good information about sexual health and other issues). The idea is that when you’ve been partying, you’re less likely to be both willing and able to do simple math problems. So if you enable Mail Goggles (its like beer goggles, but in reverse), Gmail will make you solve some math before you can send your e-mail. Here's what it looks like:



By default, it’s active on weekend late nights since that’s when most people may need it. But if you like to get your drink on in the afternoon, you can set it for any time of day.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What kind of loser send drunk e-mail late at night. Pick up the phone and make a drunk booty call like a man.

Anonymous said...

That is hilarious! I hate math, I would never get an email out, whether I was drunk or not.

Anonymous said...

People never stop coming up with new ideas for the internet.

Anonymous said...

"I found out about this on the blog at Good Vibrations (it's great site that sells sex toys and adult videos, but there's also lots of good information about sexual health and other issues)."

Yeah, like men claim to get Playboy for the articles?

wink, wink; nudge, nudge

& BTW - did Jason quit or get fired? 'cause he ain't posting...