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DotComGuy to Live Off Net for Year DALLAS, TX. — The Net has found its ultimate flagpole sitter, and he is named DotComGuy — a former UPS computing systems manager who is not leaving his house during the entire year and will live entirely from e-commerce items shipped to his home. His restrictions are not quite like those of the famous Biosphere project; the DotComGuy “compound” house is not a self-contained environment. And he can have friends in. But he can’t leave, and he must “live off the Net” for one year. The twenty-something DotComGuy (his new legal name) has a number of prominent e-commerce sponsors, including: NetBank.com, PeaPod (a Net grocer), Mall.com, Bizland, Borders Books, FitLinxx.com, and UPS to deliver goods from the outside world to the DotCom compound. And he, of course, has already garnered much public and media attention. He has done over 400 news interviews in less than a month. And during one 12-hour period, his website had 900,000 visitors, DotCom said. Among other entertainments to keep himself distracted, DotCom plans to hold regular “Karaoke Nights” in his compound. He writes the following in his journal of Jan. 22 about his first such effort. “I think I need to be clearer with guests that our viewers expect our events to start on time. It’s not a regular party; it’s a global event,” DotCom complains, but added. “We were honored to have some celebrity look-alikes sing for us. Among them, Cher, Elton John, and Elvis.” Even in the few short weeks that DotcomGuy has been in seclusion, he has become sufficiently popular that women are clamoring for dates, and even tendering marriage proposals. The catch is that dates with DotComGuy must take place with in the confines of his home, something that many bachelors probably would not mind. Items and services ordered by DotComGuy via the Net have included a personal fitness trainer to help stay in shape, and a large Philips flat-screen TV as the centerpiece of his Super Bowl party. |
