Yeah pixels are awesome. Call screening is my favorite feature. Someone calls and my robot assistant asks why they’re calling, and then I get a real time transcript of who they are and why they’re calling and I get to decide whether or not I pick up.
In my area you get a gift for donating. Usually a T-Shirt, but often a T-Shirt and a movie ticket, or a $10 gift card or once I got an insulated lunch box. The movie ticket era was nice because you could donate blood with your significant other and then go to the movies together, and feel good about donating. A good but weird date every couple of months