Pixel Sites -- Do they work?

You may have heard the story by now. In August of 2005, Alex Tew, a 21 year old British student, was trying to think of a way to pay for his University expenses. He wondered if he could set up a website and sell each of one million 'pixels' (the extremely tiny dots of light that make up your computer's display) for one dollar. He knew that the screen held a million pixels, so he figured if he sold each one for a dollar he'd eventually make a million dollars.

At first the going was slow. He sold a few to his brother and some friends. But then a newspaper picked up the story, and then another, and then more media outlets. More and more people were intrigued by this crazy idea, and bought pixels. At first, pixels were bought as a lark, because the t View the rest of this article