Driving home from the store this afternoon, I passed a man riding a unicycle and juggling three balls. Now there is some talent. He was sweaty and focused, yet totally aware of the location of the parked cars he was passing.

Reminds me of the days I used to read while walking to work. Every once in a while I’d come to a sudden halt. Looking up from the pages, I’d see some object that would not be walked through very easily, i.e. a low hanging branch, a fire hydrant, etc.

Anyways, the thought crossed my mind that I’d send Mr. Unicycle rider a birthday card if I knew when his birthday was. And if I knew what the month and date were, I’d log it in my account at BirthdayAlarm.com. I have about 35 birthdays logged in my free account, some of which I send cards to, and some of which I call or do something else. I suppose you could sneak in other dates that you’d like to remember, like an anniversary or a friend’s annual celebration of being single.

BirthdayAlarm.com will send out a pre-fab email to anyone whose email you put in so that your friends and family can automatically enter their crashing-into-the-world dates.

Or you can enter them yourself. I’ll mention how since it took me a few moments to figure it out. One improvement to this online service would be to make the “enter birthdays manually” button an easy to find object on the web page.

After you’ve created your account, find a link called, “Set birthday alarms”. From this page, to enter in dates yourself, look for a link at the bottom of the copy in the right sidebar. You are looking for, “set birthday alarms manually”. You only need to enter the month and day, no year required. It’s self-explanatory from there.

Several days before any of your entered dates, you’ll receive a first reminder email and then a second reminder email alerting you of your friend’s special day. The reminder email offers to send an eCard which costs extra.

Remembering someone’s birthday is a nice touch for (friends and family obviously!) current or past clients, important vendor type relationships, esteemed colleagues, people who have graciously helped you out… you get the picture.