Handwritten letters are always a delight to receive, but who really bothers with paper and pen when sending an email is so much easier? A company called Bond is using robots to reinvent the way we send personalized correspondence.

The idea is really simple: you use your computer or phone to send to Bond whatever you’d like written on a card or letter, then the writing ‘bots use your own handwriting or a stored calligraphy style to carefully write it out on paper. The envelope is sealed with a wax seal and then sent out for you.

Bond acquires your handwriting through a sample you provide or, if you only communicate in chicken scratch writing, you can choose one of the styles offered on Bond’s website. Whether in your own handwriting or some random pretty calligraphy, the service saves you the irritation and pain of having to write out every single note yourself.

The robot-centric service is perfect for recently married couples who need to send tons of thank-you notes or for businesses that want to add a personal touch to their correspondence. There’s a $199 setup fee for Bond to acquire and store your handwriting, but after that you can send cards for $2.99 each – less if you’re making a large bulk order.

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Designers Biegert & Funk have given your classic hand-dial watch a personal assistant. The QLOCKTWO W watch gives you the time in descriptive phrases like “It is Half Past Seven.” This worded timepiece has re-written how we watch time.

It’s a smaller, portable re-make of the Qlocktwo wall clock that maintains the unique word-based time telling method. The square face features no numbers, but 110 letters. When you press a button on the side, the appropriate letters light up to spell the time in English, German or French.

The Qlocktwo W can even display the date or the seconds that are slowly ticking by. It’s a rather more sophisticated and modern way to tell time than the typical number-loaded watch face.

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Remember the kindergarten letter books that featured every letter of the alphabet in its own special sentence? Freelance writer and illustrator Neill Cameron has created the grown-up (geeky) version called “The A-Z of Awesomeness.” It’s every bit as awesome as its name implies. Cameron created a gorgeous illustration and absurd sentence for every letter of the alphabet and rolled it up into a bundle of sci-fi, geek and dark humor.

The sentences were actually suggested by Cameron’s followers on a variety of social networking sites. He asked for input and chose a design for every letter – one a day for 26 days in June and July, 2009.

We doubt even the artist could have predicted how epic the finished product would be. He includes references to Star Wars, Buffy, Xena, Hello Kitty, and tons of other recognizable characters, but he gives them new lives through his awesome illustrations.

While Cameron was selling posters of The A-Z of Awesomeness for a while, they’re all sold out and he’s not planning on printing more. But you can (and should!) still enjoy the awesomeness online. You’ll never look at the alphabet in the same way again.

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