<p>What is the craziest, wackiest, most original, most bizarre YET successful idea that a Blue Devil has come up with?</p>
<p>From recent years, off the top of my head…Two Blue Devils founded mental_floss magazine, whose articles frequently appear on cnn.com. Writing a tell-all book about personal debauchery and belligerence (NY Times Bestseller I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max)…<a href=“http://www.shoeboxed.com%5B/url%5D”>www.shoeboxed.com</a> is apparently pretty successful, started about 4 years ago by people while still undergrads at Duke…Created ichat. Founder of Gawker.com. Other websites by recent Duke grads or current Duke students that I know of: [Beer</a> Universe | Your Choice. Your Beer. Drink Up.](<a href=“http://www.beer-universe.com%5DBeer”>http://www.beer-universe.com), [Campus</a> Destination - know where you are, and where you are going](<a href=“http://www.campusdestinations.com%5DCampus”>http://www.campusdestinations.com)…juicycampus.com started by Duke grad, but now defunct and IMO a terrible site. I’m sure there are a bunch more…</p>
<p>melinda gates must have done something to catch bill gates’ attention :p</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/technology/start-ups/14startup.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=duke%20san%20francisco%20recession&st=cse[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/technology/start-ups/14startup.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=duke%20san%20francisco%20recession&st=cse</a></p>
<p>Whoa, that’s pretty cool</p>
<p>A beer-launching fridge</p>
<p>[John</a> W. Cornwell Beer Launching Fridge](<a href=“http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/beerlauncher.html]John”>http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/beerlauncher.html)
[David</a> Letterman - Beer Shooter](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ysomqy86U]David”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ysomqy86U)</p>
<p>An “invisibility cloak”</p>
<p>[First</a> Demonstration of a Working Invisibility Cloak](<a href=“http://news.duke.edu/2006/10/cloakdemo.html]First”>http://news.duke.edu/2006/10/cloakdemo.html)</p>