The last time a friend was ill and I was inspired to send an e-card, I was quickly uninspired by the range on offer. Either I had to pay for a quality card, I had to sit through minutes of advertising to get to the good stuff, or I had to settle for something a little low on the artistic scale. I ended up sending a 'hope you feel better' email instead.

So I was excited to read a post on Lifehacker about a company called Postcard.fm. Go to their simple-to-use website (no registration required) and just upload a picture, a sound/music file and a message, and your personalised e-card is good to go and beats a hastily-drawn cartoon any day of the week.