"Look Before You Leap!"

Usually, I err on the side of caution.

Unfortunately, I have not been cautious when accepting updates to my iPod Touch apps. One of my favorite apps, from Dictionary.com, is no longer working properly. The word of the day still pops up. However, clicking on VIEW no longer produces the result I have come to expect. The app does not open for me now.

When I looked for this app on the Apple App Store, I found a message saying that the update should not be accepted under certain circumstances. Clearly, going forward, I will always read about each update before adding to my iPod.

There is a new update from Dictionary.com. It reads, "Fixed bug that crashed app for devices on OS 3.0"

So wish me luck! I've missed my dictionary soooo much!

Update - Hooray, all is well (and I'm happy)

My Favorite iPhone/iPod Touch App for October

Never the first to try new technology, I usually wait for the bugs to be worked out and the price to come down.

Last spring I splurged and purchased my first iPod, not just an iPod but an iPod Touch with the most memory available to me on that particular day.

I love this particular bit of technology. There is a never ending variety of ways to make use of this marvelous pocket computer.

One of my now favorite applications (Apps) Hangman (the free version). Word settings include animals, cars, celebrities, sports, easy, standard, movies, ESL words, countries, Spanish, Halloween, Thanksgiving, elements, Christmas, astronomy, summer, and monsters. There is something for everyone.

With my settings on either SAT Words or Hard Words, I play away. More often than I ordinarily would care to admit, I find myself referring to another favorite app ... Dictionary.com.

My reading vocabulary has always been greater than my spoken vocabulary. Dictionary.com pronounces words for me, greatly increasing my spoken vocabulary.

Some of the more interesting words I have learned or relearned recently follow below (check out dictionary.com if these words are unfamiliar to you):

stentorian

polyglot

fanfaronade

punctilious

osculation

velleity

confabulation

sinecure

galumph

dolorous

asperity

emolument

diaspora

clathrate

embroglio

littoral

abecedarian

gyre

apostate

imbroglio