Huckabuck has at least one thing in common with that ill-fated little online calendar Kiko. The New-Orleans-based "Web 2.0 search engine" is being auctioned off to the highest bidder over at Ebay. The site only makes a dollar a day through pay-per-click ads (making its promise to donate 10% of profits to Katrina victims underwhelming), so the current high bid of $9,100 probably won't rise to anything near the $250K that Kiko earned.

Failed

• In the first of our responses to calendar startup Kiko's death, reputable tech writer Paul Graham tries to convince everyone (mostly Web 2.0 investors though) to implement the "stop, drop, and roll" technique to battling that evil Google Empire. Then take out your bazookas and fire away. After all, it's for the good of all mankind. [Paul Graham's Blog]

In this age of rising and falling get-rich-quick schemes, let us pause to honor a fallen dot-com that sought no wealth, that was truly meant for the greater good. Brothers and sisters, CouchSurfing.com has passed away.