'Boss button' helps motivate your job hunt

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For 26 years, software programmers have provided "boss buttons" to slacker cubicle jockeys who don’t want their supervisors seeing how much company time is being wasted on Puzzle Pirates or Smallville fan fiction. Now, CareerBuilder.com puts a nice spin on the concept with its boss-button ad on CollegeHumor.com. If your manager walks up while you’re browsing NSFW videos like “Chris Berman Goes Crazy,” just click the banner ad. But you might want to make sure your

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