A Web lock-in, Sam's secret site, and tradimenti Influenced by reality TV shows like Survivor and Temptation Island, a local artist is allowing people to watch her create paintings and sculptures on the Web this week. Starting at 9 a.m. today, Jennie Piercy, a graduating student in the University of Ottawa's visual arts program, will be locked in a room on campus until Friday at 4 p.m. If anyone thought we were foosing around with our March 5 story on how foosball was sweeping the capital, think again. It was only a matter of time, and of course, it happened in Silicon Valley. When you check in to the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara, the concierge Anna Morris appears only as an image on a 44-inch plasma monitor behind the desk where she used to work.
Tomorrow is to be a special day set aside to cheer for the Internet economy.
The big squeeze You know times are tough when you lose space in the cubicle race. Her cyberfile consists of luring sports-hungry males to the sports channel's legit Web site. But that's what's happening to five Walter Mitty types from CommVault Canada Systems' Ottawa office. The first instalment in New Line Cinema's Lord of the Rings film trilogy won't hit theatres until December. Welcome to the son of HAL Sir Arthur C. Clarke is 83, resides in steamy Sri Lanka with a one-eyed chihuahua and is mostly confined to a wheelchair.