On rainy days like these, I’m glad that I work from home. I don’t have to commute through that miserable weather. Instead, I get treated to the never-ending sunshine of the blogosphere and all the illumination that is offered from my computer monitor. From random personal entries to news in the world of blog monetization, everyone is writing about everything. We’ve got a lot to read, but here are five posts to keep you captivated over the weekend. Enjoy!

Cameron from Career Ramblings flips a common saying on its head. When life gives you lemons, optimists say that you should make lemonade. Not Cameron, though. What he recommends is that you squish the lemons instead of making an over-rated summer drink. The example he gives is of the PlayStation 3 and how Sony has flipped the poor sales of the gaming console, remarketing the machine as a home entertainment hub.

Darren Rowse of Problogger is probably one of the most knowledgeable bloggers on the planet. He stays on top of just about everything, so it comes as little surprise that he was the first one to report on the major change in Adsense ad units. The whole ad unit is no longer clickable; instead, it’s just the actual text itself that is clickable and Google says that this will reduce accidental ad clicks, protecting their advertisers from unnecessary costs. Will this hurt publishers? Time will tell.

Derek Semmler has been put up some gems at DadBalance and his great work continues this week hen he lists 5 technologies that hurt your work-life balance. I’ve obsessed repeatedly over finding a healthy life-work balance and I always thought that technology could help improve that balance. Derek thinks otherwise. Goodbye iPhone!

Misti Sandefur is a work-at-home mom, but like Derek, she’s having trouble finding an appropriate work-life balance. That’s why she is so excited about the prospects of having her own home office that is actually separate from the rest of her home. I should get one of those too.

John Bardinelli is a huge video game fan. Although his freelance writing work leads him to play a lot of casual computer games, he’s also a retro fanatic. Surfing through the web, he discovered a great history of Super Mario Bros. Do you remember the first time you jumped on a goomba? Do you remember when Mario entered the third dimension in Super Mario 64? Are you psyched about Super Mario Galaxy?