UK university student Alex Tew (21yrs) brainstormed how to make a million dollars to pay his overdraft and uni fees. He came up with the idea of creating a homepage and selling pixel space on that page with links to advertisers websites. He has made $999,000 from the page so far.
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4585026.stm
SMH: http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/making-a-million-dot-com/2005/12/30/1135915692410.html
W: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/