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Establish an online directory of dormant websites.
These sites would either have been found by the search
engine as unchanged for a period of 12 months, or
submitted by the owners following a decision not to
continue with a project. Visitors to the directory would
be able to view dead websites and, should they find a
93site they wish to resurrect, bid for it online.
James Cragg
12 December 2000
Editor’s note:
This idea offers a
particularly clear
picture of its
inspiration and you
can be sure that it
was Dan Friedman
rather than his
partner who was
94wokenunnecessarily
Develop personal alarms that would wake people by
means other than sound. These devices might be
designed as bracelets that constrict, vibrate or even
inject the wearer. The alarms would allow couples with
different work schedules to get up without waking each
other up at the same time. They could also be employed
by anyone who needs to sleep covertly – office staff in
early every weekday the habit of snoozing at work, for example.
morning.
Dan Friedman
13 December 2000
