Buying Shirts on CNN.com

I was rummaging through articles on the main page of CNN.com, I came across a startling bit of news with the following headline:

"World's oldest person credits bacon."

I'll save you the trouble of watching the video. Gertrude is 114. She's the daughter of former slaves. She voted for Barack Obama and lives in LA. That's the entire thing. Oh, and with the remaining three seconds, they mention that she's eaten a piece of crispy bacon every morning and that's what has kept her alive.

It was with this headline that I noticed CNN.com's most innovative feature. You'll notice every headline has this little t-shirt icon:
By clicking it, you can buy a nice, cotton t-shirt, printed with the selected headline.

If I had money to waste, you know you'd see me strutting my stuff in one of these puppies:

Newsflash: US Postal Service Makes Life-Changing Decision

Today while visiting the local post office, I noticed the disappearance of a certain US Postal Service staple:



That's right. The stamp vending machine...gone.

I was informed by the teller that the vending machine is now a distant memory, replaced by the grueling task of standing in line. According to Postalreporter.com (not a site I find myself visiting often), the initiative to phase out stamp machines began in 2007, and by 2010, all 23,000 units will be phased out. This is all due to cost of maintenance, scarcity of replacement parts and dissatisfaction from people who receive handfuls of Sacajawea dollar coins with their purchases.

It's a sad day for USPS technology, but perhaps someday, an invention will come along that will shape the way customers buy stamps once again...