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Open a restaurant with a biblical theme called ‘The
Garden of Eatin’. The menu would include Adam’s
barbecue ribs or giblets with fig leaves, while the
waitresses would use all their powers of persuasion in
recommending the apple pie.

Rachel Mize

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Editor’s note:
This almost sci-fi
concept was inspired

by the ‘send a
postcard’ features
that are quite popular
on many children’s
websites. We still
haven’t worked out
whether it is simply
the child’s youth and

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Create a software system that locates friends or
colleagues by cyber-location rather than geographical
location. A user would send a query regarding the
whereabouts of a friend by email, text or instant
message. If the friend chose to disclose their
whereabouts, they would simply click ‘yes’ and the
system would return their location by URL (i.e. browsing
for jazz CDs at Amazon.com). On receipt of a response,

them to believe that a the enquirer could click to join their friend and continue

website is an actual their conversation with a shared reference point.

desination or whether Dan Friedman
the same generation 13 August 2001
will grow up with this

understanding.