Thain Pain: Why Some CEOs SHOULD Get Bonuses

What do you think?

All of America now can rest easy: Merrill Lynch chief John Thain won’t get his $10 million bonus after all, having succumbed to browbeating calls for fiscal restraint.

Upside: Maybe we can avoid another round of outrage from Congressmen and other whiners who are shocked—shocked!—that anyone on Wall Street could get paid so handsomely, much less actually deserve it.

Downside: Thain gets screwed out of what rightfully was his, for he did deserve a bonus, for myriad reasons. Same goes, arguably, for Morgan Stanley chief John Mack and the seven senior execs at Goldman Sachs, all of whom will forgo any year-end payout. Worse, this whole kerfuffle may embolden the self-righteous, sanctimonious mob that now decries wealth creation and the profit motive. Where were all these populist prudes when the stock market was rising 63% from 2003 through October 2007? Answer: They were fat and happy and counting their money.

Blackberry Storm (Is it worth the Hype?)

i love blackberry, but not sure about this one, will be testing it out shortly

AP Blackberry Storm

Today should be a momentous day forResearch in Motion and Verizon as the two unleash the new BlackBerry Storm on the market. It’s a slick, touch screen BlackBerry that could offer Apple’s iPhone its first real competition. We’ve been playing with the device for much of the week and think some of the hype might be a little overdone.

This isn’t an entirely technical review, since those of you who understand the software, pixel count and various apps have gotten your information before now. This is a far more consumer-oriented look at the device and whether you might want clip the Storm to your belt.

First, some background: I’m a CrackBerry. Addicted. I check and re-check for new emails. Feel compelled to respond to everyone. I text, I snap photos. I’ve shot video. When I’m out in the field, working out of a satellite truck, I write my scripts on this thing. I surf the web. I usually write my blogs on it as well, though I’m using my desktop this morning. When I’m at an Apple event, I live blog via the BlackBerry as well. I like it, a lot.

FINALLY!!!! or should I say Hopefully

BLACKBERRY BOLD GETS OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE

This is it! This is the news we’ve been waiting for since May. On Wednesday, Research In Motion announced that the long-awaited RIM BlackBerry Bold will finally be available starting November 4 at AT&T for $299.99 with a two-year contract and after a mail-in rebate.

If you have an Idea (CHECK THIS OUT)

GOOGLE SWAMPED WITH ‘GREAT IDEA’ SUBMISSIONS

A $10 million call by Google Inc. for beneficial, world-changing ideas has generated more than 150,000 online submissions.

More than 150,000 people have submitted ideas they hope will benefit the world — and be funded by Google.

The deadline for people to submit ideas for the initiative, called Project 10^100, was Monday. Google employees will now sift through the ideas, submitted in 25 languages, and choose 100 semifinalists by January 27. Funding for up to five winning ideas will be awarded in May.

New Music By Kanye and Eminem, yes thats right Eminem

Nothing to add, just listen

Kanye West

http://www.zshare.net/audio/2061601598dc2cb1/

Eminem

http://www.zshare.net/audio/20617146f1166a42/

Check out the Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard

I am suprised i haven’t heard about this before, just discovered it while watching an episode of CSI Miami.

The Future continues to Arrive

Remember when you were promised all those amazing future tech innovations? Just around the corner was supposed to be a shining technology utopia with flying cars, personal space travel to distant galaxies, and bio-implantable cell phones. It’s almost disappointing enough to make you sit at home and watch old episodes of “Space 1999″.

What’s Made the Price of Oil take a Swan Dive? (Good question)

This is a good question?? It agrees with my personal belief that price of oil is influenced by so many factors, its hard and unwise to attribute it to 1 particular factor, spikes may occur as with everything, but you cannot predict it, the only ones with good foresight work for the oil companies and the only foresight they need is demand will always be there( because of the people, and will see if the green thing will change this) so whatever the price is they will make money.  

 

“It all seems so quaint and distant now, that debate about the cause of sharply rising oil prices during the first half of this year. When homes and jobs and the whole damn economy seems at stake, the pump has stopped, at least in the media’s focus, appearing to be such a threatening object.

A new song by the killers (that is the rock band)

Nice song, a bit slow tempo, but i liked the production on it

WHAT HAPPENED (to the ECONOMY?)

I am still trying to understand it, this is like a natural disaster, hard and fast with apparently no one seeing it come. Everyone is scrambling and worrying; government, companies and people (even rappers are rapping recessions, and these guy never seem affected on a national scale). No one is really good as far as I know. I am pretty sure some people saw this coming, I think a lot of people saw it coming but when their is a lot of money to be made and no end in sight, people just keep going.Right now WHOSE FAULT IS THIS? (I don’t really but the government and American people love to find the villain almost as much as the solution to the problem

A policeman tries to calm and direct customers crowding the entrance of a branch of Hong Kong

Cool Songs

I like her she seems talented and david banner whose talent seems…..

Lupe Fiasco stays cool  and brought along cooler people in Pharrel and Qtip for the ride, Sarah Green  is really good, just its hard to stand out as a singer sometimes but she rocks. I do want to go to Paris and Tokyo some day