by John Paczkowski
Posted on May 22, 2009 at 4:10 PM PT
2009 has proven a lucrative year for departing Yahoo CFO Blake Jorgensen. Sure, he’s leaving Yahoo (YHOO), but he’s doing so with a $1.8 million lump-sum severance payment, according to a company SEC filing. This in addition to the $250,000 bonus he was awarded earlier this year. Yahoo, which announced Jorgnesen’s fate this past February, is still searching for his replacement.
John Paczkowski has been poking fun at the tech industry and the personalities that drive it since 1997. From 1999 to 2007, he wrote the award-winning tech news Web log Good Morning Silicon Valley for the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's daily newspaper. Read more »
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The reindeer had tolerated the cheetah’s posturing — up until today.
From NPR and Chicago Public Radio, this is Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me … We’re going to be cutting our show a little short today, because, as you may have heard, there’s a zombie apocalypse happening!
Who said New York is unfriendly?
”Need a new one?”
Pants on the ground
Pants on the ground
Lookin like a fool with you pants on the ground
Step off Keyboard Cat …
Prerequisites
ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 231WR—Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 209—Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption
Dear Josie,
After repeated instances of vandalism and abuse, I have taken the step of locking the Wikipedia article on our sex life. Although I have previously banned both your user account and your home IP address, malicious edits have continued, both anonymously and from newly registered users “alanequalswanker” and “ooohImabigimportantadmin.”
Droid is a robot and should mostly be handled by other robots. It is packaged inside missiles launched by stealth jets. iPhone records video and seems to have a lot of useful apps.
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