![]() ![]() If you’ve been reading the papers, you know it’s in a bad way for a lot of reasons, a big one being the impact of the internet. (I’ve been using ballpoints filched from my dentist’s office and Weight Watchers meetings.) And I call myself a writer.Īs it happens, 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the USPS. I also own a classic Montblanc fountain pen that I’ve used just once in the last decade. It was a gift from a friend in England back in 2000, and even then it seemed sweetly archaic. I have some lovely embossed stationery from Smythson of Bond Street that I’ve never used. ![]() It’s not like I don’t have the letter-writing hardware. But I haven’t sat down with pen and paper in recent memory to send my best to or catch up with a friend. Yes, I religiously send Christmas and birthday cards (though, sadly, fewer every year), and lately more condolence cards than I’d prefer. Here’s where I make a confession: I haven’t been holding up my end as a correspondent. ![]() A postcard meant a friend was thinking of you and wanted you to share in their experience (“wish you were here”). You could put them on display on the refrigerator or the family bulletin board. Speaking of postcards, I haven’t received one since I don’t remember when. Some of my fondest memories are preserved in those boxes. And how do you save an email or text for posterity? In my garage, I have several shoeboxes full of letters and postcards that I received over the years from girlfriends, wives, old pals, beloved relatives, colleagues, and far-flung acquaintances. Could there be anything colder than a Dear John text? You can’t even rip it up. I ask you, where’s the passion in an emailed love letter? No matter how many emoji hearts and kisses are attached, it’s still just pixels on a screen. There’s no warmth in digital greetings, whereas a handwritten and -addressed card or letter can lift the spirits and bring a special joy. Ultimately though, emails, texts, and Facebook posts don’t cut it for me. As mediums, they’re everything we prize nowadays: fast, convenient, accessible. I send plenty of emails, I text several times a day, and I’ve been known to post photos and share memes on Facebook. I know that the API or remote resource must set the header, but why did it work when I made the request via the Chrome extension Postman? Origin 'null' is therefore not allowed access. However, when I make the request, I get the following error: XMLHttpRequest cannot load No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. I am trying to do authorization using JavaScript by connecting to the RESTful API built-in Flask.
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