12 Sep 2012
How I administer little treats to myself
It turns out that Twilio doesn't allow "spoofing" - you can't specify a from_number that isn't a Twilio number, so I can't just forward a text to a random charity directly, which is what I wanted to do in the first place. Bummer!
So instead, now I (or you, if you're into that kind of thing) can text 347-756-4559 with '5' or '10', and it will send back the phone number and code needed to donate that amount to a random charity off the list. (Text anything else, and it'll ask for a 5 or a 10 kthxbye.)
Walking down the street, pass a Starbucks, get that urge to grab a mocha? Feh, just text to get info on a charity that takes $5 donations by text, and send in one of those instead. Don't like the charity returned? Text again to roll the dice again, as it were.
List of charities adapted from here. My modified list is somewhat personalized, with a strong emphasis on charities that focus on medical research and poverty relief over religious institutions.
Just a tiny little simple Flask app, but it really does make me happy.