Ascii Art

Ascii Art is a fun way to make pictures,

                                ,

                              ,'|

                             (  ;   ,\

                       _..-'';,'._,','

                    ,-' ,-. //,-,:\'.

       _          ,' _  `-'// >',',-.\

      / \       ,'  (_)   //,','  `-' :

     /`-'\     /,-.      //','     _  |

    :  _  :   : `-'    _//,'      (_) |

    |\/ \/|   :       (//')     _     ;

    ||   ||    `._.,-. `-'  _  (_)   /

    ||   ||      ,','/;.   (_)     ,'

    ||   ||     `-' //  \       _.'

    ||   ||        //    `-..-'' 

and fortunately there are a lot of people who like to do it - that way I can go to the Ascii Art Dictionary to find pictures (like the ones I did yesterday). Then I use different editors to fix up the picture for posting to the blog. "Email Effects" from www.sigsoftware.com is a nice one - and you can use it for free.