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...Blue Mountain's whimsical missives don't strike your fancy, there are other sites worth visiting. The free E-Greetings Network egreetings.com offers animated Austin Powers cards ("Very Shagadelic!"), along with Star Trek- and King of the Hill-themed cards. Unfortunately, the site's obnoxious registration form requires personal data, such as year of birth and zip code, before letting you send a card. For photo-realistic images, nothing tops the selection at Corbis.com which lets visitors turn any of its thousands of high-resolution art and nature images into digital postcards. The one catch: www.corbis.com prominently appears on each...
...want to design something unique, several sites let you mix and match images, music, text and background designs. At postcards.org I got some animated hamsters to dance to an Irish jig, then sent my masterpiece to an animal lover. A similar site, 123greetings.com offers a nice feature that allows you to order a card today for delivery, say, next Thursday. At the much smaller Micro-Images site microimg.com/postcards/) I placed a World War II plane on a dark blue background, added a military marching song and e-mailed it to my brother. He loved it! It was so simple...
...electronic cards came from Blue Mountain Arts bluemountain.com) a free site with more than 1,000 animated greetings for every occasion from Easter to Nauroze, the Zoroastrian celebration of spring, on March 21. To use the site, simply click on a holiday or occasion, pick a card you like, fill in the names and e-mail addresses of yourself and the recipient, and add a personal note. A preview option allows you to see how your card will look and sound (and check for typos!). Then you're ready to send...
There are dozens of free greeting-card sites online (see electronicpostcards.net or type "electronic greeting cards" in the search box at yahoo.com for lists), but Blue Mountain is by far the most popular. While some sites can be a hassle--requiring either a membership, special add-on applications or file transfers to your hard drive to see and send cards--Blue Mountain is refreshingly simple. If you know how to fill out a form, you can send a card. Also, the site's quirky graphics and discreet ads give it a homey feel...
ESCAPE THE PITCHMEN Sick of junk mail and sales calls during dinner? Spend a few minutes at www.populardemand.com and be free at last. The site promises to remove you from direct-mail and telemarketing lists (but, sadly, not those of e-mail spammers) at no cost. It can also tell you about good deals on stuff you're really interested in--without revealing your identity (or e-mail address) to the vendor...