I was reading tonight on the Official Gmail Blog about a new feature called “Mail Goggles” which when enabled in Gmail, requires you to do some simple math problems before you are allowed to compose a message.  If you take too long or miss too many questions, you are forbidden from sending email.  The inspiration behind the idea is obviously to try and curtail the number of emails that are sent while the sender may not be in the correct mindset to frame a message.  One can only imagine how many emails have been sent to ex-girlfriends, boyfriends, wives, bosses, etc. when really the sender should have just drank a glass of water and gone to bed.

As I read the post, I was also reminded of my previous post about Letting a Drunk Guy publish on your Blog and couldn’t help but wonder, if “Wordpress Goggles” would have prevented these posts from being composed in the first place.

If I had a better handle on PHP, maybe I could compose a admin plugin for Wordpress called “Wordpress Goggles”.  If I get enough responses, I’ll get someone on rent-a-coder to do it for me and I’ll post the plugin here first.

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