The Postcard Store Review                   
Copyright (c) 1995, Joe DeRouen
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Postcards From the Edge of the Web
by Joe DeRouen


When words alone can't seem to express how you feel, point your WWW
browser to http://postcards.www.media.mit.edu/Postcards and send a
postcard to a friend. 

You can choose an image from literally dozens of folders; anything from
the ever-popular Insect Drawings to the classic works of Da Vinci and
Van Gogh to the whimsey of Alice in Wonderland illustrator Sir John
Tenniel. 

Once you make your selection, (who could ever resist Pea Weevil Life
Cycle on a postcard?) write a short note to go with the card, address
it, and mail it off.  You don't even have to buy a stamp. 

Your recipient will soon get e-mail with a claim number and notification
that their postcard is awaiting them at the site's pick-up window.  The
lucky claimant then need only make his way to The Electric Postcard,
enter the identification number, and pick up the missive. 

It's a good idea to make sure your recipient has a graphical-based web
browser; text-based ones such as Lynx can see the message, but not the
image itself.  And, really, what's a message without a Pea Weevil to go
with it anyway?