Between Tivo, Hulu, DVR and the PiP swap button on my remote, I haven’t sat through an entire commercial on TV since Dubya’s first term in office. Nevertheless, corporate America thinks they’re still useful as rapacious instruments of absolute mind control. Companies like Orbitz-owned CheapTickets.com, who’s offering up $50,000 worth of air travel to whomever films the best 30-second ad showing travelers “just how to good it feels to save with them”. It’ll air on something called the “Travel Channel” (I’ll assume that’s one of them stations buried inbetween Spice XCESS and Jus Punjabi?) throughout August. You have between now and July 13 to channel your inner Bud Light auteur; it’ll then be voted on by the general public the week of July 20 – 27.