Other Things

Other Things is the blog of Things Made Out Of Other Things, makers of Eucalyptus – the library, to go – for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

A Blio Update

October 18th 2011

A new update of K-NFB's Blio for iOS [app store link], which uses our libEucalyptus, was released today. If you're not aware of Blio, I wrote a bit about it when the iOS app first came out a few months ago. There are lots of great little additions in the update - both utilizing updates by us in libEucalyptus, and otherwise in the app itself. I'm really enjoying reading with it on my iPad.

The major changes are of course all listed in the "What's New" section in the App Store, but I thought I'd take a little space ...

Introducing Blio, With Eucalyptus Inside

July 14th 2011

Recently I (Jamie) - through Things Made Out Of Other Things - have been working very closely with the folks at K-NFB Reading Technology on bringing their ebook reading platform, Blio, to iOS. I'm delighted to be able to say that the Blio app is now available, for free, in the App Store. It runs on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (iOS 3.2 or above), and I think it's great. Blio library view on iPad 2 and iPhone 4

Blio library view on iPad 2 and iPhone 4

The reading interface is based on a greatly enhanced version of Eucalyptus' book display 'engine' I call libEucalyptus. I'm really excited that it's now available. Just ...

Eucalyptus on Sale for Thanksgiving!

November 24th 2010

Travelling for Thanksgiving? Eucalyptus makes the ideal companion! That's why we're offering it over the holiday for almost half off the usual $9.99 price.

Why not take advantage of the offer to get what many say is the iPhone's most readable app? For less than the price of one traditional book, you can load up on free classic books from a library of over 20,000, and have a relaxing flight.

Eucalyptus 1.3.1

July 7th 2010

Apple has now approved the Eucalyptus 1.3.1 update. This should fix the problems that some users with iPhone 3G and iPod Touch devices running iOS 4 have been experiencing.

Of course, Eucalyptus still looks great on the iPhone 4.

Problems on iPhone 3G and iPod Touch With iOS 4

July 4th 2010

We've found a bug that's affecting some users with iPhone 3G and iPod Touch devices that have been upgraded to iOS 4 and Eucalyptus 1.3. For affected users, Eucalyptus will crash shortly after launch. We have submitted Eucalyptus 1.3.1 to Apple to fix the problem.

If you're affected, updating to version 1.3.1 when it becomes available will fix the problem, and your library will remain intact.

Many apologies to anyone affected by the bug - we know how frustrating it is! Many thanks also to the few users who emailed us to report the problem - we couldn't have tracked ...