Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Dies

Doug White, who is 56 years-old has logged close to 150 hours on a single-engine Cessna 172. However, his flight with his wife and two daughters turned into a life threatening situation when the pilot, Joe Cabuk, has died while in the middle of flying a King Air. With the help of air traffic controllers, Doug was able to successfully land the King Air at Fort Myers, Florida.

Via Yahoo! News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/passenger_lands_plane

Philip Stein Watch Initial Review

Here’s a photo that closely resembles the watch I have, my camera took crappy photos of it so I couldn’t use my actual watch.

This is my second Swiss Made watch that I own, a Philip Stein watch. I decided to go with this watch instead of a Breitling or a Longines was because of a watch buying PowerPoint that the cruise setup with some experts that are “well known” in the field that they did and recommended stores that the ship would insure purchases from those stores. This watch uses a Multiple Frequency Technology (MFT) chips that succeeds the Teslar Chip. Things that you can expect from the watch are as follows:

• Deeper, more restful night sleep.
• More calm and less tension in normally stressful situations.
• Improved concentration and ability to focus at work.
• Increased levels of energy.
• An over-all improvement in well-being.

I’ve only have the watch since April 4th, and what I can say about my Philip Stein watch is that it so far works as advertised. I now wake up more restful, note that I sleep close to six hours on school nights (from midnight till quarter to six in the morning). I do feel more concentrated and focused when I am at school, but I did dosed off when my teacher kept lecturing on about the Cold War. Compared to my sleeping in class in the past, I was able to recover quickly from the spacing out. On the cruise ship, I noticed that I was full of energy than I was before when I first stepped on the ship. When I notice more perks about this watch I will report about it on a future post.

Note that I am no Oprah Winfrey fan and I haven’t seen her on television since Barack Obama won the presidential election. The whole she crying on some random stranger’s shoulder was also the other time I have seen her on television. A good warning to anyone interested in Philip Stein watches, DO NOT BUY A REPLICA!!! Buying a replica will defeat the purpose of having the Multiple Frequency chips and will not benefit you in anyway. Buy from an authorized dealer and if they are discounting it more than 15%, then It maybe a knockoff. That is because Philip Stein is a new watch brand and is selling well, since Oprah advertises it on her show.

My first Swiss Made watch was an Omega Seamaster Professional Chronometer. Yes, like a James Bond fan, I liked Pierce Brosnan as Bond. I grew up with him as Bond as a kid and I loved it, till this date my favorite Bond game is Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64.

I love this watch! It's being serviced right now so I don't have the watch on me right now.

I'm Back

Apologies for the lack of posts for the past six days, I was away on a Spring Break cruise. It was a four day, five night trip to Key West, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico that departed from Miami on a Carnival cruise ship. I came back before noon but I am still in cruise ship mode, so I will resume posts tomorrow.

Preview of tomorrow’s post will be an initial review and impressions of a Philip Stein watch that I purchased in Cozumel.

Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 - Over a Million Downloads

Treyarch’s Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 has been downloaded over a million times on the Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The new map pack has been out since March 19, and in its first weekend was able to reach the million download. Map Pack 1 contains three multiplayer maps: Nightfire, Knee Deep, and Station as well as a Nazi Zombies map, Verruckt. This shows that Treyarch was able to produce a game that people enjoy.

“I’m proud that the team at Treyarch delivered an experience that so many people are enjoying,” said Mark Lamia, Studio Head for Treyarch. “We’re excited that the success of Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 will continue to drive the popularity of the game’s Nazi Zombie mode, competitive multiplayer and chart-breaking success online.”

“The success of Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 1 speaks to Treyarch and Activision’s ability to provide fans with quality content during a time when people want to get the most out of their Call of Duty experience,” said Maria Stipp, Activision’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Owned Properties.

Map Pack 1 is out now and goes for 800 Microsoft Points and retails for $9.99 on the Playstation Network Store.

Via Gamers Digest:

http://www.gamersdigest.net/2642/codwaw-dlc-over-1-million-downloads/

Infinity Ward Dropping Call of Duty?

Goodbye Call of Duty, you may or may not be missed.

Infinity Ward, the developers of Call of Duty, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and now Modern Warfare 2 are going to most likely drop the all favorite title, “Call of Duty” of their latest FPS (first person shooter). On the game's site: http://modernwarfare2.infinityward.com/, it shows a teaser trailer and what’s noticeably absent is the “Call of Duty” in the new title. Their reason behind the name change is still unknown; however, a simple assumption is that the modern warfare has taken on a life of its own. Despite the name change, we can only hope that Infinity Ward will still try to continue an aging franchise or push a new franchise through the gates. If Modern Warfare was to continue the Call of Duty franchise, it would have been the 6th installation the series. Modern Warfare 2 will be released on November 10, 2009.

LG Phone with Transparent Keypad

The LG-GD900 was introduced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, initially as a concept. Now the LG-GD900 will be showcased at CTIA 09 with a revised UI (User Interface) and will allow everyone attending CTIA to play with the phone. The star feature of the slider phone is the transparent keypad that is concealed by sliding the screen down, and revealed by sliding the screen up. At the moment there are no technical specifications on the GD900, more specs and information will probably be available by the time CTIA 09 rolls around.

Via Engadget and Akihabara News:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/lgs-gd900-with-multi-touch-transparent-keypad-gets-s-class-u/

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_details.php?id=17854

Eight Killed in Nursing Home Shooting

In Carthage, North Carolina, 45-year-old Robert Stewart went into a nursing home and killed eight people. He didn’t work at the nursing home but shot and killed seven patients and a nurse. He will be charged with eight counts of first degree murder and one count of assault on a police officer. Witnesses saw him armed with a rifle, a shotgun, and other weapons; fortunately Officer Justin Garner was able to confront him and prevented the carnage from getting anymore out of hand than it already was.

Article via CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/29/nursing.home.shooting/index.html