The Rocketboom ad auction ended at $40,000. Sheesh.

Thankfully, if you're thinking of spending your ad dollars online, there are much cheaper alternatives.

The NSA's attempt to creatively recruit kids is creepy.

Note to all would be Burglars. If you're going to break into a house and try to get away with it, don't check your email while you're robbing the place.

Lori Menzel of the town of Kewaskum said the burglar left his Yahoo account open after checking his personal e-mail on the computer at her home.

“He never logged out,” she said.

Apparently, police now “suspect they know who it was”. You don't say. What a moron.

I know you may have seen these in the past, probably in an election year - but there are political charts out there that will tell you where you stand left to right, and where you stand up and down (authoritarian/libertarian). The one I would recommend is politicalcompass.org because it adds you in context to world leaders but there are others that are interesting too.

I bet it would be interesting to see where the YBNBY regulars fit in. I am a slightly left-leaning moderate authoritarian, apparently. I think you might be surprised where you end up.

I think I know what my kids are going to want for Christmas this year - from the makers of Furby comes Pleo, the dinosaur.

Mike Figgis, director of Timecode and Leaving Las Vegas has created a new online film for UK Lingerie maker, Agent Provocateur. Shot in arty black and white to disguise the fact that it's nothing more than 8 minutes of softcore girl-on-girl bondage action, I'm sure it's the kind of thing nobody who reads this site will be the slightest bit interested in. NSFW, especially during the topless scenes.

The hunt is on - google TPJ527 for your first mission. This blog will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Jim.