My last two posts have been medically related, and today's is going to follow in that same vein. I found out today that UK Hospital offers a service through which you can send e-greetings to patients (I discovered this fact through my friend's family's blog, which I wrote about two posts ago). So I immediately took advantage of this fantastic service! You can create a greeting though this website, and a UK Healthcare volunteer will print it out and deliver it to the patient. Cards can be sent to anyone who is at UK Chandler Hospital, Markey Cancer Center or Kentucky Children's Hospital.
Originally, when I was thinking "e-greeting," I was imagining being able to pick a template or at least a picture or some kind of design to go on the card. I wanted to send a sappy card with fuzzy kitties and hearts and balloons... you can imagine my disappointment when I was not able to do this. As you'll see if you go to the site, the only option available to me were patient's name, room number, etc., and a box to enter "your message." So I was thinking, how boring can this be? My friend will receive a piece of paper with my typed message on it. And there are only so many of these :) :) :) a person can put up with.
I overcame this obstacle through the wonders of ascii art. You might have seen a little bit about ascii in our readings for module 1. Today it became very useful for me. I found a website that is a veritable ascii art bonanza! So now the only limit to my e-greeting is the size of the text box (500 characters) and the extent of this ascii dictionary. I was amazed at how many people have obviously put much time and effort into creating these designs. My e-greeting was ultimately a success-- I used the butterfly seen above. And in case anyone is wondering, it is nearly impossible to incorporate ascii art within the text of a blog!
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