Nudge, nudge - reminders made easy

Remember the Eric Idle character in "Monty Python" who keeps saying, "Nudge, nudge?" Well now there's a email service that delivers digital versions of elbows in the side to keep you from forgetting what to do or where to be.

I know cell phones have alarms and reminders and all that but I'm fascinated by NudgeMail's ability to accept crude directions via email then deliver timely reminders back.

Here's how it works: Let's say it's Wednesday morning and you have an important meeting the next day -- but your suit at the dry cleaners won't be ready until 5 p.m. Wednesday, an hour before close. With NudgeMail, you address an email to 500pm@nudgemail.com, then put "Get dry cleaning" in the subject line or text.

That's it. You'll get an email reminder at 5:00. If you're busy at 5, you can email "snoozetime@NudgeMail.com with your new time (let's say 5:30) in the subject line. 

There are a ton of other alert options for day, specific date, snooze alarms, recurring events and more.

NudgeMail is free during its beta phase, so give it a try.