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Blogger Succeeds in Bartering a Paper Clip for a House

After one year of bartering everything from a snow globe to free rent for a year, Kyle MacDonald has acquired a home in Canada.

Taking a paper clip and turning it into a house sounds like a cheesy magic trick.

Kyle MacDonald, however, has pulled it off.

One year ago, the 26-year-old blogger from Montreal set out to barter one red paper clip for something and that thing for something else, over and over again until he had a house.

On Wednesday the quest is ending as envisioned: MacDonald is due to become the proud owner of a three-bedroom, 1,100-square-foot (99-square-meter) home provided by the town of Kipling, Saskatchewan. MacDonald and his girlfriend, Dominique Dupuis, expect to move there in early September.

Full Story: http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17151

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