Just say "no" to wasteful junk mail coupons

If you are anything like me, you get tired of seeing the spam/junk mail "coupons" that show up every few days in your mailbox. The one I'm referring to is RedPlum coupons. (RedPlum.com) They seem to follow me everywhere I go, even when I change states! They are especially annoying as 99.9% of their coupons do not apply to me. I think the only ones I have ever used are for fast food. (Which we all could use less of I'm sure!) For me, all I can think of when I see them is, "Great, more waste."

For some reason the thought had never previously crossed my mind, but I finally decided to get off their mailing list. So, for the people out there that share my displeasure, I have streamlined the not-so-obvious process to unsubscribe from their mailing list; just click the link below and pick the appropriate answers to begin the process:

http://www.valassis.com/1024/Contact/contact_home.aspx

It only takes about two minutes, which will be well worth the long term satisfaction of less junk mail. Oh yeah, the one catch is that you have to unsubscribe again after five years.

Google Maps Aerial View (Not Satellite view)

One of two things: Either I am out of the loop, or this is brand new. I'm starting to think it is the latter, as I have done multiple searches for "Google Maps Aerial View" and found nothing. (I can't even find an official Google source for it.)

So what's the story? Well, I just happened to come across certain areas where Google has taken a page from Bing's "Bird's Eye" view. So far, I have found two areas in California:

San Jose --> Oakland --> Berkeley --> Richmond

Chula Vista --> San Diego --> UCSD --> Del Mar

In these areas, you can switch to an Aerial view, giving you a new view angle with higher quality pics. Embedding doesn't seem to work yet, so go to the following links and look for the Aerial button in the upper right corner:

UC Berkeley Campus

Petco Park, Downtown San Diego

Anyone else know about this yet? Any other areas out there have this?