Here's an article about how evil ad companies have figured out how to get around popup blockers in web browsers. So all of a sudden pop ups are popping up again! Hopefully the browsers will be updated to stop this soon.

To sumamrize the current state of spam in my life:
Safari popup block (hopefully updated soon)
PithHelmet which blocks almost all the ads on web pages, banners, etc. Websites looks totally different (better) without all the ugly ads around them
TiVo for ad-free TV
Netflix for ad-free movies
Phone spam: Dave recently gave me the idea for telemarketers. Talk to them for a minute, then tell them to hold as you "talk to your wife" and then go back to sleep/work. Wastes a few cell phone minutes, but so worth it.
Snail mail spam: I've started filling business reply mail envelopes with random crap and sending it back to the credit cards (with the blank application so they know it's from me)

Finally, I think it's interesting that Mac OS Rumors is asking for donations to reduce the amount of advertising on their sites.

I have always wanted a system where you can click a small icon on a website you enjoy to donate $0.25 or whatever. I would rather do that than look at banners. Sadly, I don't think they could actually make enough money that way.