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Like many retailers, Chapeau Tres Mignon started preparing for the Christmas shopping frenzy in mid-November. There is just one tiny difference. The accessories shop – renowned for its owner’s signature hats – is located in Dreamworld East 183, 194, 21 on the information super highway, rather than on any real life High Street. But just because the framework of the store and everything inside it is built with bits and bytes rather than bricks and mortar, does not make what is on sale any less desirable. Read the rest of this entry »
A dazed and confused Ben Trovato struggles to get a life in a virtual world. Christmas is a time for miracles. Before the week is out, we will look back, shake our heads in wonder and say: “It’s a miracle we survived.” Personally, I am not prepared to chance it. Taking crime, taxi drivers and the aberrant nature of my family into account, the odds of not surviving are disproportionately high. I don’t have enough money to flee the country. I do, however, have plenty of time. Time which I intend spending with my new friends in my new life. My Second Life. Read the rest of this entry »
For Christmas, Christine Louie has already found a pair of pointy red shoes for her girlfriend, tucked them into a pink box with a white bow and slipped them under the tree. Only her friend will never wear the red shoes. Nor will she match them with her clothes, store them in her closet or exchange them for a better-looking pair of shoes. In the latest example of how our real world is colliding with the online one, Louie’s gift exists only on the Internet on her friend’s Facebook page. Per Louie’s instructions, it can be “opened” on Christmas, when the gift wrap can be removed to reveal the red shoes. Read the rest of this entry »
