Pete Dudchenko

Yesterday was the anniversary of the fact that we didn’t die back in 1983.

“On Sept. 26, 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Army was a watch officer at a satellite surveillance facility outside of Moscow. His job was to monitor the satellites that would warn of a surprise nuclear assault from the United States. At a little past 12:30 a.m. Moscow-time, his board lit up. Petrov’s instruments were telling him that the United States had just launched a nuclear missile against the Soviet Union.”

Thanks to Colonel Stanislav Petrov for not listening to his instruments and starting World War III.

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A bunch of us went to New Orleans this weekend for the big Monday Night Football game against the Atlanta Falcons. What a fantastic victory for a town in need of something positive. The fans were amazing and the win was sweet. Below are some pics from the game:

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Does it look like me? Think you can design one better? Create your own character like-ness by checking out this South Park Studio.

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I don’t know much about this phone yet but I know I like the design. It’s claiming WiFi, a 2 mega-pixel camera, mini SD memory card, Bluetooth, Windows Mobile Pocket PC, and it may even be able to make and receive phone calls!

So far, the expected release is this November but at this point, no one seems to know if that’s accurate or if its just a concept phone right now. Plus who knows where it’ll be released…may not be in the US.

More info can be found on Engadget.com or the Official Website or here.

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Nebraska fans travel really well. Ok, this is probably not news to a lot of college football fans but after going to the USC/Nebraska game (at USC) on Saturday, its amazing to see how well The Cornhuskers were represented. I’m not sure of the actual totals but of the 92,000 stadium seats, I think an estimated 25,000-30,000 were cheering for the visiting team. Next time though, when the run doesn’t work, try something else. USC over Nebraska, 28-10.

Direct TV has this pretty interesting feature for those that get the NFL package that allows you to select players that you are interested in, to receive on-screen alerts when something good happens (i.e. someone scores a touchdown, forces a turnover, etc). I knew I was in trouble for my fantasy footbal league this week when I only received one alert.

Have you seen those VW commercials where two people are driving, engaged in a conversation, and all of the sudden they get hit by a car running a light? Its meant to focus on the safety features of the vehicle but for those of us with slightly twisted minds, it causes me to NOT want to buy that car. I mean who wants to buy a car people keep smashing into? (insert groan-over-lame-joke here)

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I recently reported on my smooth move at the beach the other weekend where I accidentally took my cell phone surfing with me. While the loss of my Razr was a pain, I was secretly excited because it meant I was able to justify a new electronic toy. In fact, not less than two days earlier I had been checking out websites looking at new cell phones (I wonder what Freud would say about my subconscious on this one).

About 10 minutes after leaving the beach I found myself at the nearest Cingular store looking at the latest toys. After a quick customer look-up I was informed that I’m not currently eligible for a phone upgrade until November…meaning if I wanted a phone I would have to pay full price. I decided a month or two is not too long to wait for a new gadget but in the meantime I still needed a phone so I ended up purchasing the cheapest one they had.

Now let me tell you, when I say cheap I mean it’s barely functional. I used to think that most expensive phones cost so much because of the “extras” they offered but in this case, the extra cost apparently pays for your calls to not be dropped or something because this phone can’t hang on to a call to save its life!

Plus with me, being a gadget geek, I’m missing my bluetooth and camera functions. Anyway after researching phones in an attempt to tide me over until I can get a new one, I found a pretty cool Samsung phone that seems to be an upgrade from the Razr (actually, I didn’t find it, Amy did). Its the Samsung SGH-D807 and you can find a review here.

I haven’t seen many, if any people with the phone so if anyone out there has it or knows anything about it I be interested in hearing your opinion on the matter.

I’m also looking at the Sony Ericsson W8100

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