The Million Sad Ducks: $1 makes one of them permanently happy

Pan and zoom the whole world for free. Pay $1 and one duck becomes permanently happy, takes the name you give it, and gets an absurdly official Certificate of Duck Happiness as a PDF. Six ponds from $1 to $1,000, depending on how dramatic you want your duck. Works as a silly gift — name the duck, and the certificate goes to whoever you're gifting it to.

Hi everyone. I made a world with a million sad ducks in it and you can make one permanently happy for a dollar. It comes with a Certificate of Duck Happiness that is, I think, the best part — a full A4 landscape document with seals, laurels, three fictional signatories and a Department of Avian Emotional Welfare. Yes, it's the Million Dollar Homepage with ducks. Not claiming originality. The difference I care about is that a pixel was ad space whereas a duck is a gift: you name it, and someone else can be the one who gets the certificate. The bit I'm quietly proud of: the sad ducks don't exist. Every duck's position, colour, pose and accessory is derived from its ID number, so the whole million-duck world is a pure function and the database only stores the ones people actually made happy. Built solo, shipped, taking real payments. Would genuinely love to know whether the certificate makes you laugh, and whether $1 feels like the right price.

Hi Bogdan. This is delightful. Got a favourite duck name someone's given one yet?