Does anyone ever click on banners?

Simply put, no. Do we? No. Does my boss? No. Do you? Of course you don't.
1% click-through is the norm, 3% is a good day for the banner people. So, we're seeing if we can up the averages on our very own banner. We're hoping to prove that increasingly, personal recommendation is the only thing that makes anyone click-through. So, please click on the little Google Adsense banner discreetly positioned at the bottom of the blog, and you'll earn us precisely 1p.