June 27, 2006

WEB WONDERS - Irish Independent

Filed under: UK — Em @ 4:12 pm

WEB WONDERS - Irish Independent
What a site you are!

Today, there is more to the internet than Amazon and eBay. Here are just some of the quirkier sites to have captured the hearts of surfers in Ireland and abroad:

freecycle.org

Freecycle is the sort of grass-roots innovation that could not have existed without the web. Subscribers to the service offer one another unwanted goods for free. Freecycle is not a barter site - if a person wants rid of something the first person to respond to a circulated email has dibs on it. The only precondition is that you agree not to sell on your new possession. There are a number of Freecycle communities in Ireland. In the past few months, members have passed on anything from old beds and printers to ’80s video games and Harry Potter novels.

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