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         Exhibit 31.1


            CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
                               OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

         I, Michael S. Egan, Chief Executive  Officer of  theglobe.com,  certify
         that:

         1.  I  have   reviewed  this   quarterly   report  on  Form  10-QSB  of
         theglobe.com, inc.;

         2. Based on my knowledge,  this  quarterly  report does not contain any
         untrue  statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact
         necessary to make the  statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
         under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect to
         the period covered by this report;

         3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
         information  included in this quarterly  report,  fairly present in all
         material  respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
         cash flows of the  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
         this quarterly report;

         4. The small business  issuer's other  certifying  officer(s) and I are
         responsible for  establishing and maintaining  disclosure  controls and
         procedures  (as defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
         for the registrant and have:

         a. designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused such
         disclosure   controls  and   procedures   to  be  designed   under  our
         supervision,  to ensure that material information relating to the small
         business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
         to us by others within those entities,  particularly  during the period
         in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

         b.  evaluated  the   effectiveness  of  the  small  business   issuer's
         disclosure  controls and  procedures  and  presented in this report our
         conclusions  about the  effectiveness  of the  disclosure  controls and
         procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
         such evaluation; and

         c. disclosed in this report any change in the small  business  issuer's
         internal  control over  financial  reporting  that occurred  during the
         small business  issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business
         issuer's  fourth fiscal  quarter in the case of an annual  report) that
         has materially affected,  or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
         the small business issuer's internal control over financial  reporting;
         and

         5. The small business  issuer's other certifying  officer(s) and I have
         disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
         financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and to the
         audit  committee of the small business  issuer's board of directors (or
         persons fulfilling the equivalent function):

         a. all significant  deficiencies and material  weaknesses in the design
         or operation of internal  control over  financial  reporting  which are
         reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect  the small  business  issuer's
         ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
         and

         b. any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves  management or
         other  employees  who have a  significant  role in the  small  business
         issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

         Date: August 14, 2003


         /s/ Michael S. Egan
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         Name: Michael S. Egan
         Title: Chief Executive Officer




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