Something Magical

On "It's a Wonderful Life," we learn that every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.  My brother had a teacher who wished that every time a student passed gas, his or her hair would fly up and stay that way for a couple of seconds.  My friend says sometime when she walks into her house and it's a mess, she folds her arms and blinks.  (I keep trying that now, but it doesn't work for me.)

Today someone is doing something on their computer that makes it "bling" every few seconds.  I think it must mean SOMETHING, but I have no idea what that is.  It's probably something boring and predictable, but mostly I'm pretty sure it means Bill Gates just made another $100 or something.