a monkey for your iphone

i’ve had the flu for the past few days (i’m doing much better now, thanks) so i parked myself in front of the mac and played around with a bunch of blog themes and extenders. coding has a calming effect on me. i found that i prefer the current orgmonkey theme to other downloadable options out there, so this little guy will stay as is for the time being. i waded around in extenders and activated two treats for my fellow iphone users.

  1. if you view this site on your iphone you’ll now see it has a different look, and loads without a bunch of graphics. if you miss the old version, fear not. scroll to the bottom of the page and click, “normal view.”
  2. the main screen on your iphone is called the springboard. want to add a clickable icon on your springboard that goes directly to orgmonkey.net? while you’re browsing orgmonkey on your iphone, click the plus sign (+) at the bottom of your screen, and then choose “Add to Home Screen.” the next time you go to your springboard you’ll see a monkey face that links you directly to the website. have fun.
  3. iphone springboard with orgmonkey icon

(original screen grab from katielips)

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photographs added to sidebar

i realize that most of you follow this blog via a feed reader, and as a result you’re missing the new flickr badge (rotating photo goodness!) in the sidebar of my main blog page. so sad! find the photographs at http://www.flickr.com/photos/orgmonkey.

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voluminous

hmm…voluminous is a rather nice tool for reading books in the public domain. it’s a downloadable app for macs. i downloaded the free trial and already found 6 books that look entertaining:

  • a history of art for beginners and students – painting, sculpture, architecture
  • fifty soups
  • how to make a shoe
  • lippincott’s magazine, vol. 26, august 1880 – of popular literature and science
  • the botanical magazine, vol. 8 – or, flower-garden displayed
  • pleasing stories for good children with pictures

a nice feature of the program is the variety of style sheets, so that you can read the words in your font/style of choice. the default style is good enough but there is also ‘holidayreading’, ‘scifisaucer’, ‘autumn’, and two kinds of woodcut.

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we don’t have cookies, just books

i’m thinking about switching our reference desk sign that says “ask me” with a sign that says, “we don’t have cookies, just books!” and see if anybody notices.

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philadelphia flickr

i uploaded photos from my iphone to the online photo service, flickr, last week for the first time, during a trip to philadelphia. it was surprisingly easy! i’m posting my favorite one here, but you may check out some others at http://www.flickr.com/photos/orgmonkey.

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