Adver-menus rock! Actually, they are bloody awful. I understand there’s a trend towards turning usability cues into advertising with companies like Google and Amazon joining the fun, but this is ridiculous. The entire fly out menu is covered with a giant ad. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the ‘adver-menu.’

MSNBC Adver-menu

The only logical endpoint to this is a company offering to raise your child for free as long as they can put digital mesh across his eyeballs so they can show him contextual advertising as he goes about his daily life. Given the escalating costs of education, this might not be as far-fetched as it might seem at first. Think about it.