That's no big news for computer geeks. But there's a new twist, according to the Web wizards at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. WPI is one of the few universities offering E-cards, which allow students, alumni and others to log on to the WPI Web site and send these unique electronic postcards with personal messages. From here you can send WPI-themed postcards to your friends, or pick up a postcard that someone has sent you.
Senders then can choose among a wealth of images to attach to a personal message.
There are cards for our fraternity and sorority members to send to one another and to friends at other chapters, and cards featuring WPI's Goat's Head, subject of the fierce Goat's Head Rivalry between the freshman and sophomore classes. WPI E-cards have fun with the Goat's Head, posing it in the shower, in a cooking pot and even sporting Groucho glasses. Or combine nostalgia and science by sending a card featuring WPI alumnus Robert Goddard, father of modern rocketry. However, unlike real postcards, WPI E-cards are free. When sent, the cards offer electronic links to more information on everything from the Goat's Head to Goddard.