Wolfram Alpha one of the coolest Technical apps

My computer science teacher put me on to this site WolframAlpha.com a couple of months ago, and I was thoroughly amazed. He also informed me that they have a Iphone app available for $50.00 and I was actually considering purchasing it from the impression I got from there website, luckily they have lowered the price to a measly $1.99 a couple of days ago, so I couldn’t help myself.

I just started poking around, and you can find all sorts of information like the magnification of photography lenses at different focal points, to the wingspan of a  specific model airplane. You can look up information about DNA, you can enter a math function and integrate it just by typing it in. There really seems to be no limit to the amount of information available in this application, and the great part of it is all the sources are completely  reliable.

So basically if you like knowing intricate details of stuff, or you like an easy way to access information you really should check this out.

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Also here is a great video explaining some of the amazing features of the Wolfram Alpha project

Gowalla Iphone app put me on the map

So I am on this new Iphone app kick, and I am getting into checking out all different sorts of applications. One that I have recently started using often is called Gowalla and you can check it out at Gowalla.com . Basically it uses GPS to track you position so you can share with friends all the places you go and explore. You can create places if they have not already been created, which is pretty cool, at times I feel some resemblance  of a astronaut stepping on some uncharted territory. Well maybe that’s a stretch of the imagination, but what’s wrong with that. I enjoy seeing other people exploring this new technology and thinking of the possibilities of expanding on this.Yesterday I was thinking it would be cool to develop app using this GPS information to track Ice cream trucks, because really who doesn’t love ice cream. So I encourage you to download this app and explore away, you can also create trips so that others can enjoy some of the hidden pleasures that you have enjoyed. If you do decide to download this app look me up and I’ll be your friend chrisnolte is my username.

Another similar application to this is called FourSquare which I use as well and it has all the same features as Gowalla I use that app as well because I really enjoy the possibilities of these apps. I hope that you find this post helpful, and I hope you enjoy these apps as much as I do. Thanks to my brother Jeff for recommending this app.

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