Archive for January, 2006

Google execs keep $1 salaries

January 24, 2006 with No comments

logo_sm.gifGoogle execs keep $1 salaries | Tech News on ZDNet

Top executives of Google have once again agreed to be paid annual salaries of $1 each in 2006, counting instead on stock options and grants of the company’s volatile stock for their pay.

In a regulatory filing on Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Web search leader said it had approved a base salary of $1 for Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt and its two co-founders and co-presidents, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

The three were paid $1 a piece in salary during 2005.

The action–which was approved by Google last Tuesday but only disclosed this week–occurred ahead of the 14 percent decline in the company’s stock price last week amid investor concerns over the Internet sector’s growth outlook and revelation of a legal spat with the U.S. Justice Department.

But before anyone offers to spring for bus fare for Google executives, note that the 7 percent rebound in the price of the company’s stock on Monday alone means that Schmidt’s shares had recovered $413.8 million in value during the one-day trading session, according to CNET’s CEO Wealthmeter site. As a result, his total wealth in shares is roughly $6.3 billion.

Canada has a new Prime Minister

January 24, 2006 with No comments

promo63_elex2006parties.jpgSo many things have happened since polls closed in BC last night at 7pm. The Conservatives have the most elected seats and will form a minority government. Paul Martin has decided he will step down after his Liberal party lost this election (big surprise there). What’s really interesting to me and very very wrong with our electoral system is that the NDP received 17% of the overall votes, but only 29 seats. Compare this to the Bloc de Quebe Crap or whatever it’s called and they only have 10% of the votes while holding 50 seats in parliament! Wtf? Yeah, I can see that the will of the people was served here. Anyways, change should be good. Let’s see how long this will last. More at CBC.

10th Super Bowl submission rejected

January 24, 2006 with No comments

Hot Points – A blog by Go Daddy founder and president Bob Parsons

Apparently GoDaddy has been trying to submit a TV commercial for this year’s superbowl. However, even their 10th submission has been rejected by ABC. Or maybe it’s the NFL. The NFL apparently has the right to review every TV commercial considered for airtime during the superbowl. I think everyone’s being a bit uptight, it’s football afterall, but you should check out GoDaddy’s commercials on their website (especially the 2005 superbowl web version!) and make up your own mind.

Heidi’s Legs

January 24, 2006 with 1 Comment

One of Heidi Klum’s legs worth less than the other

You have to wonder who made this determination. Not a bad job to have though, evaluating super models’ body parts. I’d like a piece of that, please. I originally read about this at Dvorak’s Blog at, to quote the man himself, dvorak.org/blog.

One of Heidi Klum’s legs is worth less than the other. Klum’s gams are insured for two-point-two (M) million dollars. She knows what you’re thinking and she thinks it’s “crazy,” too. She says her left leg has a “stupid little scar” from when she fell on glass when she was a kid. So that leg is worth only a (M) million dollars, while her right leg is insured for 200-thousand more.

This Weekend…

January 23, 2006 with 1 Comment

…has been an interesting one. Saturday was my brother’s birthday. He’s now 23 years old and showed up for dinner at my parents totally hung over. Poor guy didn’t look so good, even after he threw up in my parents’ toilet, but hey, that’s what you get for partying all night before ;)

Otherwise it’s been a pretty relaxing weekend. Finally got my car’s oil changed on Friday, watched The Cave and The Transporter 2, got my Legion of Merit ribbon in Battlefield 2, my buddy Tibby keeps creeping up on my global score as well as awards in BF2, and I tried out a bit of a free trial for Guildwars. Now it’s a little bit of Erin Brockovich and then some more BF2 before getting a good night’s sleep.

Hello World…This is Linux.

January 23, 2006 with No comments

Last week I posted about someone’s blog entry telling us that something big was going to happen with Linux. That news has now been revealed and while it may not be as big as I thought, it could do a lot to bringing Linux out of the geek’s corner and into the mainstream. Here’s an excerpt from the blog post and the direct link is below.

This is the day that we, The Linux Community, take it upon ourselves to announce our presence. Today is the day we take our first step into self-actualization. Novell is not going to do it, nor is RedHat or Xandros. They mouth promises of support but remain unwilling to “go mainstream� with Linux. The mainstream airwaves and print media are completely absent of any mention of Linux We pass the news of our accomplishments and problems from one news site to another, solve problems in the forums and discuss the wonder that is Linux. We share command line scripts, xorg file tweaks, discuss the latest distro and lament the fact that we are a niche system. Preachers preaching to preachers….myself included.

Many theorize that the larger corporations Like Dell and Intel will not support Linux because they fear Microsoft. It has ranged from slight hints to outright accusation that Microsoft threatens to pull licensing rights to these companies if they support Linux. Given the actions and inactions of some of these companies, that theory seems on the surface to have merit. Microsoft is a monolith that can and has destroyed a company or a person with a simple nod across the boardroom. Perhaps it is wise for a company to protect its interests and employees by bowing to Microsoft. It is in their best interest to fear them. Think Peter Quinn.

Hello World…This is Linux.

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