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AROUND St Valentine’s Day the Internet begins to resemble a bucket of
blancmange as it fills up with pink, mushy stuff.

Given that the average Netizen is a nerdy teenager it is hard to see who all
the electronic cards, gifts and wooing tools are aimed at. One thing’s for sure,
Gillian Anderson (of X Files fame) will be getting a lot of e-mail this
year.

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