http://www.lockergnome.com/social/2012/01/30/how-to-send-a-letter-without-going-to-the-post-office-using-notestofriends/ - If you miss the days of getting (or giving) old-fashioned letters via the snail-mail postal service, you might find NotesToFriends worth a look. It's a service that, for a pretty minimal price, can be used with the same convenience as email from the sender's point of view, but it delivers physical, printed letters to people by way of an actual mail-carrying human being — just like olden times!
You can watch the entire live TLDR episode here: http://youtu.be/QN0fubjsuPE