You’ve tried and tried, but the voters over at the New Yorker’s monthly caption contest just don’t get your humor. Lucky for you, the Mac|Life staff is much, much geekier.

What is it with Mac|Life readers and Jack Johnson?

There are only a few days left in October. Which means you better be getting your Halloween costume together, this ridiculously long election cycle is almost over, and we're almost out of time in this year's DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge.

Nearly one week into the month-long Blogger Challenge, here's an update: We've got tons of great prizes, you've got a better-than-great chance of winning one if you participate, and I've got the Top 10 Reasons Why You Should Do So Today.

More about the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge, how you can participate, and how you can win awesome and valuable prizes for doing so. Any more questions? Just email Susie. The Challenge runs all through October, so open those wallets for the children!

The ever-growing list of prizes you could win by donating to the DonorsChoose.org Blogger Challenge!

Maybe you just don't have the expendable cash to blow on a new iPhone 3G. Maybe you're waiting for some of back-to-school sale. Whatever your reason, forget it right now. Because we're giving away one free iPhone 3G to a lucky survey taker.

It's pretty simple, you take a survey and we enter you into the contest to take home a new iPhone 3G. That's it!

So cross your fingers, take the survey and imagine a bold new world of location based social interaction.

Eligibility: Sweepstakes open to legal residents of the United States, excluding Vermont, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico. Void where prohibited by law. Download the rest of the Official Rules here.