How do you turn a paperclip into a house?

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Scotsman.com Living - How do you turn a paperclip into a house?: "How do you turn a paperclip into a house?
EMMA COWING

EXACTLY one year ago today, at 12:48am, a 25-year-old Canadian called Kyle MacDonald sat down at his computer in Montreal and uploaded a picture of a red paperclip on to his web page. 'This might not surprise you,' he wrote above it, 'but below is a picture of a paperclip. It is red.' MacDonald went on to explain that he wanted to trade the paperclip for something bigger. 'Maybe a pen, a spoon, or perhaps a boot.' He was, he said, 'going to make a continuous chain of 'up trades' until I get a house. Or an island.'

Today, MacDonald will make the ultimate trade up from that original red paperclip when he takes possession of a three-bedroomed, 1,100-square-foot, white clapperboard farmhouse at 503 Main Street, Kipling, Saskatchewan. Over the past 12 months he has bartered away random items, such as a snowglobe and a part in a movie, travelled across North America in search of the perfect trade, and been interviewed worldwide by a fascinated media that included several Japanese TV channels and Good Morning America. It is a story that has reawakened the notion of bartering, proved the brilliance of one simple idea, and once again demonstrated the ferocious power of the internet."