Showing You Care: Internet Style
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Erik A. Helsley
Pendulum Columnist
The greeting card is a symbol of appre
ciation towards our friends, family and co
workers. It is only a matter of time that the
greeting card become cyber.
From flowers to postcards to greeting
cards, the Internet will let us keep in touch
with others in a more personalized way than
words on a computer screen. All that is
needed to pick up an online item is an e-mail
account and web browsers like Netscape or
Explorer.
After filling in the mailing information,
the web site prompts the receipt with an e-
mail and the web address to where their
flower, greeting card or postcard is.
http://
www.bluemountainarts.com/
index.html
From animations to the simple thank
you, Blue Mountain Arts Greeting Cards is
the most unique online card service. Send
ers choose from an array of specialty cards
including the upcoming Passover and
Mother’s Day. The greeting cards are pre
written and developed by local artists and
poets in the Boulder, Colo. The greeting
card service is free to all.
The special holidays like Mother’s Day
and Hanukkah are added to the wed site
when the holiday closes in. The animation
and music that is added to the cards give the
card life that is not possible with a store
bought card.
Similar to store bought cards, you can’t
create you own message into the card.
http://www.iflowers.com
Are you sending that special someone
you’re stalking flowers constantly? To re
duce cost, send the flowers through the
phone line. With iFlowers, anyone with an
e-mail account can send and receive bou
quets, roses and the occasional tulip.
The process is the same as the greeting
cards, except you can add your own mes-
Student Tries
One of the most emphasized portions of
our education at Elon js expanding our un
derstanding and appreciation of different
cultures.
In learning a foreign language you not
only gain a helpful tool of communication,
but a window into that country’s unique
culture, and Japanese is certainly no differ
ent.
When you tell someone that you are
taking Japanese as your foreign language,
the immediate response is normally... why?
When the Japanese classes got together
for a cultural excursion to Kabuto Japanese
Steakhouse in Greensboro, we found at least
sage with the flowers. The pictures are well-
arranged real flowers. With iFlowers, the
sender can choose from several subjects like
•Happy Mother’s Day to I Would Not Trade
You For A B1 Bomber. The flowers are
immediately sent and the recipient uses their
own password to pick the flowers up.
http://www.alI-yours.net/postcard
The Digital Postcard is the most advance
form of cyber mailing out there. You get to
choose the background music with the post
card, the photo, the background and add your
own message. The most remarkable feature
on The Digital Postcard web site is that you
can upload any image you want to send as a
postcard. If you want to send a picture of you
to your friends, The Digital Postcard will
upload the scanned picture and added it to
your personal collection. The web site warns
that pictures should be of general interest, not
family or private pictures. For international
students. The Digital Postcard ranges in dif
ferent languages including Suomi.
After you have finished the postcard,
preview it. During the preview process you
can customize your e-mail notification that
notifies the recipient, he or she has a postcard
waiting and you can ask The Digital Postcard
to send you an e-mail immediately when the
card is picked up. Very similar to certified
mailing at the United States Postal Service. I
highly recommend you check this web site
out, if not for the features, but for the personal
feel The Digital Postcard web site gives to the
user.
New Culture
one answer.
The trip to Kabuto gave the class a chance
to sample authentic Japanese cuisine, and
practice our language skills under the watch
ful eye of Professor Sumiyoshi. It is one thing
to practice your ability to speak Japanese in a
classroom environment, it is quite another to
put it to use in real-life.
Speaking of learning new things, another
bonus of the trip was the opportunity to try
sushi for the first time.
While some members of the class were as
familiar with raw fish as are sharks, and
others decided to stick with the shrimp-
slinging chefs at the grill; a small few gath
ered the courage to sample this well-known
part of Japanese cuisine.
The trip to Kabuto exposed us to a differ
ent culture and definitely a different cuisine.
It helped to further our understanding that
different does not mean wrong, and that one
should always remain open-minded about
new things.
While some classmates at my table had
mixed opinions about their sushi, I believe
that everyone was pleased that they were
brave enough to try something new.
Without trying something new, you’ll
never find out if you truly like it, and you’ll
find you’ve unknowingly missed out on many
of life’s great pleasures.
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