Wikipedia is now available on the iTunes store, and of course it is free. I’ve always been a fan of standalone applications for the iPhone in the same way that I’d rather run Facebook and in this new case — Wikipedia, a fully functioning app rather than off the Safari browser.

I would observe that there’s a lot to gain on the usability end and browsing using the haptic touch feedback is more efficient if sites were turned into apps. There’s something going on here — i noticed that browsing on my iPod touch brings me to the same sites over and over, so it really makes sense to just have a couple of dedicated apps that run your daily routine. Yes?

[photo c/o Wikipedia]

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The plethora of navigation options won’t disappoint allowing 2D or 3D mapping, map browsing, search, point plotting, and more.

Funny addition in the end — the video author has an interesting makeshift dashboard dock made out of sticky tape.

[photo c/o iTunes]

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In any case, here is a link to Hey Beautiful by The Solids. The familiar theme from How I Met Your Mother starts at the last 30 seconds of the song but with the guitars as accompaniment.

[image c/o author screencaps]

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Here’s a bit of early 2000 nostalgia. I’ve been re-reading Global Frequency, a series of graphic novels about ordinary human beings being called forth to do extraordinary things. There was a pilot movie adaptation from the comic books and one of the accessories that identified Global Frequency operatives was the mobile phone they carried – the pilot episode had a ring tone which became popular for some time.

So I downloaded it. You can find the Global Frequency MP3 ringtone download it.

[image taken from author's movie collection]

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