Home Photo-Stamp Experiment Cancelled
Looks like someone took advantage of a great new technology twist and spoiled it for the rest of us. Stamps.com had a great idea when it rolled out a program called Photo Stamps that allowed you to upload a digital pic of your dog or family or whatever, and make a legal US stamp out of the image. Fast, easy to order, and truly customizable.

We of course were quick to order up a few sheets, but now the service is no more thanks to people using the service to, shall we say, depict more unsavory images including the Unibomber, Osama bin Laden and of course many more adult-themed snaps. Oh well. Hopefully they will find a way to bring this service back, because custom stamps actually made us want to write and mail letters instead of using email for everything.

Fine print add-in: The USPS plans to make a decision on the future of the PhotoStamps program within the next 90 days. If you wish to express your interest in seeing the program continue, it would be extremely helpful to write to the following person:

Nick Barranca, VP Product Development
United States Postal Service
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 5012
Washington, DC 20260-5012

Fine print add-in #2: To the person who asked what it was that had gotten me out of a t-shirt and into a tux, the event in question was not long after my start with Shopper and the Hard Edge and John Dickcinson (the EIC at the time), had arranged for my Bar Mitzvah. Satisfied?

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