February 8, 2004

At The Top - Gads! What a day! Updates become rather difficult when your ISP goes out for several hours. But we're back up and runnin' as usual. Anyway, as a result of the misfortune, today's update will be abbreviated. Check out the Software Updates (right column) and browse around for a great time. Pasta la Taco!

Enter Your Icons At Pixelpalooza 2004!

February 6-7, 2004

Icons | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Is it Friday yet? By golly, it IS! And it's about time! Another work week has passed us by and it's time to get down to some fun. Headlining that fun for today is another fine selection of Icons for your Friday Icon Edition. And if that isn't enough, we have some News and Humor to get the old digestion system in operation. Kick back, perk up, and chill out! Groovin'!

New GOO!

New Icons - Seems ya just can't get enough of that sweet GUI stuff! So in honor of all you addicts, we have 3 New Icons Sets to satisfy your addiction fix! Let's get to gobblin'!

MBStuart.com - Just in time for the season of heart felt fondness come a "classic" set of fuzzies from Michael Stuart called Care Bears. These cuddly characters from the artistic pixel studios of MBStuart.com will do the ol' heart some good. Thumpa thumpa!

wbc icons - The return of the Yazoo smile comes back at you in a big ear to ear way as we bring you Yazoo Smilies '04 - 1 & 2. This exceptional set from wbc icons combines the first set of Smilies featured earlier with a fresh set of grins to give you one full set of happiness for your desktop!

Robert Luciano - Pitchin' a hit with his sports pixel expertise is Robert Luciano and his icon home run titled MLB Hubcaps AL. Robert's sports icons have recently been burnin' up the internet and this set is no exception. All your favorite baseball teams from the American League can be found in this collection with plenty of pixel pizzazz. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Yazoo, Michael, and Robert...

EXCELLENT WORK!!!!

Let those pixel pleasers keep shinin'!

THANK YOU!!

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Community News

Mandolux - You know it! Mandolux's Mando Gomez has been busy all week adding great new desktops to his vast collections. Updates include:

Seven new desktops: one Vector-based (Abstract), two Pets (Boston Terrier), and four Clouds & Skies (Nature).

Mando's latest is a new theme titled 2ENTWINE. This is a collection based on the desktops he created for www.2entwine.com whose product, Gush, makes instant messaging and news aggregation simple, functional, and attractive. Make your way to Mandolux and check 'em out!

On The Net

StockIcons - The fine pixel creators from The Iconfactory have announced the release of Carbon, the latest addition to the growing collection of ready-to-use
icons at Stockicons.com. Carbon is a striking icon collection that's both distinctive and flexible. Rich gradients add just the right amount of depth to bold, iconic forms. This ready for purchase set will blend perfectly with Panther and can be yours at a great price simply by making your way to Stockicons.com. Go get 'em!

Speed Download 2.3 - The developers at Yazsoft have announced the release of a significant update to Speed Download 2. This is a very important update as it introduces what Yazsoft would like to term the new 'download hub'. As of this version, Speed Download 2.3 is the all in one Mac OS X utility that provides unique advantages to both users and for the first time ever, software developers. For all the details and to grab the latest Speed Download, head to Yazsoft and get to grabbin'!

Photologist 1.6 - Just in from To•The•Point Software is word of the release of Photologist 1.6. This Mac app is a versatile image management, manipulation, and presentation solution. It provides users with easy but powerful ways to work with digital photos. The latest update fixes a bug where iPhoto albums would only be listed if a Photologist album had been created first. Your updated copy of Photologist is just a click away over at To•The•Point Software!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

PLAY ON WORDS

A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.

Shotgun wedding: A case of wife or death.

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.

TOP 10 FUNNY STORE SIGNS

1.Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary, we hear you coming."

2.Outside a hotel: "Help! We need inn-experienced people."

3.On a desk in a reception room: "We shoot every 3rd salesman , and the 2nd one just left."

4.In a veterinarians waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes, Sit ! Stay!"

5.At the electric company: "We would be de-lighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't you will be."

6.On the door of a computer store: "Out for a quick byte."

7.In a restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry, come on in and get fed up."

8.Inside a bowling alley: "Please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop."

9.In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully, we'll wait."

10.In a counselors office: "Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional.

IBM AND LIGHTBULBS

How many IBM employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?

10,000: one to hold up the light bulb, and 9,999 to turn the building around.

February 5, 2004

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - My how time flies when your eyes have been mesmerized by great gobs of GOO! But it's already almost that time to roll out another batch as we prepare for tomorrow's Friday Icon Edition. So be sure to take a little fast and prepare your appetite for another round, right here this Friday. Bon appetite!

On The Net

iClip 2.7 - The developers at Inventive Inc. have announced the release of iClip 2.7, the productivity software for OS X. iClip is a multiple clipboard/scrapbook application designed to improve user efficiency and productivity for various computing tasks. Version 2.7 adds several new features including scrolling, window transparency, and multi-line text pasting. For all the details on this great new update, point your browser to Inventive Inc. and check out all the latest on iClip!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Apple Discusses Download Files - Dynamic duos Apple and Microsoft are having discussions as to cross-coding their music downloads. The parties involved want a single standard to set their sights to, rather than splitting everything up between two platforms. And since the iPod uses different files than Windows, a big barrier is brought about when it comes to digital downloads and the applications that will play them. It is hoped that if cross coding occurs those barriers can be broken down. - from The Register

Father Names Son Version 2.0 - A techie has successfully talked his wife into tacking 2.0 onto the tail end of their son’s name, rather than II or Junior. Jon Blake Cusack 2.0 (version 2.0) is the result. Jon Blake Cusack simply wanted to do something different. After the baby was born he had fun sending out an electronic birth announcement. In it he explained all the new features of version 2.0, including the insight that version 2.0 had many of the same features as version 1.0. Good grief! - from Yahoo

February 4, 2004

Desktops | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Hoooweeeee doggies! Seems like the entire world of GUI just got an extra zap of energization in the last day or two! All kinds of GUI goodness is going down - from the pixel pizzazz at the 8th Annual Pixelpalooza, the ShapeShifter Theme Contest, to great GUI work popping up everywhere -- the entire community seems ready to beat Spring to the punch line with pallet full of zing! So let's do our best to get the fun covered while we have a little fun of our own with your Wednesday Desktop Edition. Shall we?!!!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Keep an eye on your eyes! 'Cuz they're likely to bug out once they get a good look at the 5 New Desktop selections for this week's Desktop Edition. Fasten your seat belts and put your safety GOO goggles in place as we prepare for a fun filled pixel trip! Ready...?

Desktops - If you're looking for great conversation, singing, and dancing from a special class of professionally trained Japanese women, then Geisha Gold by Wati Larke will be just the piece of entertainment for your desktop. From the gorgeous galleries of WatiWorks, this fantastic number also goes great with Wati's Butterfly Beauties and Give Me Sushi!

 

Nature - Whoa! Nature is certainly blooming as we usher in a Springtime theme with an outstanding selection by Beverly Martin titled Whatcom Falls. A couple of miles upstream from the scene of the huge gas pipeline explosion a few years ago, Beverly snaps this fabulous photo from the falls at Whatcom Creek near Bellingham, WA. Simply amazing!

Another fine time in nature's design comes all the way from Australia with Merimbula NSW by everyone's favorite Aussie, Michael Heath! This beautiful shot was taken by Michael's eye for amazement just before sunrise at Merimbula bay in NSW, Australia. Michael finds this a favorite because of its peacefulness. We certainly agree!

The sky's the limit with a view to the top with Skies 3 by the ever talented Jack Juliussen. There's no black clouds of "bad luck" hangin' around this crowd. Just a serene scene from the home of Jack's ever cool collections at RAMASJANG. With a number like this in your desktop collections, you'll feel the calm after the storm without a single drop of rain!

 

Logos - Diggin' through the Logo archives of Monkie history, MacMonkies' Bradford Wiles found ResExcellence, a most excellent "pre-work" of an earlier number titled ResEx. This piece was a rather fun one to rework, as Bryce letter placement for Logo design is rather a bugger to work with. And with most of the work already in place, it turned out to be a spiffy little design as well of a tribute if you will to pass to those great GUI hack masters at none other than ResExcellence.com. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Beverly, Wati, Jack, and Michael...

This is certainly one of the finest gatherings of talent

and eye catching design in quite some time!

THANK YOU!!

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Community News

The Iconfactory - The fun just never stops at The Iconfactory as they roll out another icon pixel package for their Icon Tuesday! This week's treasure comes your way from the most addicted Smoothicons Factory artist Corey Marion. One of the Factory's most popular offerings, Smoothicons Volume 8 expands on Corey's last release of application icons with even more popular apps such as Apple's Keynote, Garageband, Microsoft Office, Panic, and even The Factory's own suite of application icons. This must have collection is now available for download at everyone's favorite pixel palace: The Iconfactory!

Unsanity Theme Contest - The fabulous folks from Unsanity have announced the final stages of the ShapeShifter Theme Contest. For the past 6 weeks, nine graphics experts have been working hard on their themes for submission to the Unsanity OWC contest. The deadline has passed and the results are posted for download and voting. So get ready to play your part and slip over to Unsanity to cast your votes!

warrior~poet - Jamie McCanless of warrior~poet gets all mushy just in time for the up-and-coming holiday with the release of Valentines, 24 colorful heart icons for Valentine's Day. And if that just isn't enough, how about a word or two from the artist of GOO?

Pink hearts! Red hearts! Gold hearts, too. Purple, if you're feeling blue.
Cards and mail and chocolate, Have a look at what I've got!
On and in and as some boxes, Icons for your files and dockses!
Groaning at this verse? That's fine, But won’t you be my Valentine?

Mmmmmm....K! If Jamie's verse gave you the groan, we're sure you'll find your eyes don't mind once they get a good look at his brand new heart set of pixel design from warrior~poet!

Mandolux - Finishing up the news with a big finale, Mando Gomez sends word of an adorable new theme at Mandolux titled Pets. The first desktop is called Gus, named after Mando's sister's Boston Terrier. This is a close-up photograph of Gus looking angelic with those huge puppy dog eyes looking up. You're certain to melt once you get a look at this marvelous selection found at the galleries of Mandolux! Go fetch!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

WORST THINGS TO SAY ON A FIRST DATE

I used to have a real bad bed wetting problem ... but the last couple of weeks I've gotten it under control.

I know we just met and this might seem a little sudden ... but could I borrow five hundred dollars?

Go ahead and Super Size...I found spare change in the sofa today.

Something tells me that you're very special...but with medication I can usually ignore it.

MEN AND WOMEN DRIVERS

A man and a woman are driving down the same road at the same time. As they pass each other the woman leans out the window, points and yells, "PIG!"

The man immediately leans out his window, shakes his fist and shouts back, "WITCH!"

They each continue on their way, and as the man rounds the next corner, he slams into a pig that had wandered into the middle of the road.

If only men would listen.

GEOMETRY HUMOR, BABY

What was the female geometry student looking for at the beach?

A tangent.

February 3, 2004

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

At The Top: Pixelpalooza 2004 - We said it before and we'll say it again: The best Icon Contest in the land has just fired up its engines...Pixelpalooza 2004! The pixel friendly folks from The Iconfactory have just swung open the doors to this year's Pixelpalooza. Iconists everywhere can enter their icon creations into the 8th annual icon designing contest. Prizes include some great stuff from Aladdin Systems, Ambrosia Software, Font Diner, Fonthead Design, Gee Three, Matterform Media, Panic, and Vizspring. So don't you dally! Get your pixels polished and get 'em entered into the Pixelpalooza 2004 icon designing contest. GO!

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - And if your GUI heads didn't have enough excitement for the week, more is on the way with the news of New Desktops brewin' up for tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition! Some great fixin's are tomorrow's menu to add that extra good GUI taste to fulfill your desktop's appetite. All this and more right here at MacMonkies!

On The Net

OmniWeb 5.0 Beta - The great Mac web heads from The Omni Group have released the public beta version of OmniWeb 5.0, a major update to the first web browser built exclusively for Mac OS X. Highlighted new features include a tab drawer, saved browsing sessions, updated bookmarks, page marking, improved shortcuts, site specific preferences, and more! You're gonna love this new release of OmniWeb. So get yourself over to The Omni Group and get to testing!

Maxi Bidder - The colourful folks from Colourfull Creations have sent word of the release of Maxi Bidder 1.83. This eBay bid snipe and auction watch tool has been updated with Automatic password conversion, Native OS X Bidding Engine, window size and positioning, New Time Sync, and new program error handling. Hurry over to Colourfull Creations and grab the most reliable release of Maxi Bidder!

TaskTime 1.3.2 - Look out...It's task time! That is, the release of TaskTime 1.3.2 from To•The•Point Software. TaskTime provides a straightforward method of tracking time spent on jobs you do for your clients and can generate invoices which can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk. The latest version adds a preference option to set currency symbol, cumulative reports by individual client or all clients, and fixes the calculation bug. All you gotta do to take some time outta your tasks is head to To•The•Point Software and pick up your updated copy of TaskTime!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Too Many Apples In One Basket? - Since Disney and Pixar have dropped the merger ball, the question arises as to whether Apple will buy Pixar. Some suggest that it would be a smooth move since Steve Jobs runs both companies, but for that same reason it could also seem self-serving. Apple could amuse us all with ads of Nemo or the turtle (DUDE!) promoting it's products, but it's strength is in marketing. So Apple will probably not be taking over Pixar. - from CNN and MacMinute

Groundhog Gives Frosty Forecast - Another six weeks of winter is coming our way according to Phil, the groundhog from Gobbler's Knob. He successfully saw his shadow yesterday, predicting the frosty forecast. Onlookers who were observing in seventeen degree weather booed at the outcome. Despite the dreary results and the chilly temperature, the people of Punxsutawney still celebrated the holiday, cheering for Phil as they enjoyed the fireworks display. They BOOED the groundhog? What a HOSTILE bunch we've become! - from Excite

February 2, 2004

Community News | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top - Get yer heads outta the ground and get to springin' into a brand new week! Besides, it's Groundhog Day and it's time to check in on Spring's arrival time table with a glance of a shadow (or not). Top it all off with a VERY special GUI announcement, and we all have every reason to start the week off in a most splendifferous way. Lezz doo it!

Pixelpalooza 2004! - Calling all iconists! The icon event of the year is here: Pixelpalooza 2004!! The fine folks from The Iconfactory have fired up their annual Icon designing contest where you get to strut your GUI talents. The main purpose of the contest is to energize the Macintosh icon community and generate a lot of fun in the process. They will begin accepting entries at Noon EST (today) through Noon, EST on March 31st. The contest entry categories include Mac OS X, CandyBar, and Classic. So if you've got a flare for icon design, get your best pixels packed, check out the Official Rules & judging criteria, and submit your icon creations to Pixelpalooza 2004!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez pays tribute to the lost lives of the Shuttle astronauts with a new dual giant Clouds & Skies monitor set at Mandolux. Seven was created in loving memory of: Michael Anderson, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Rick Husband, William McCool, Ilan Ramon. This beautiful inspiring piece will make a great addition to your desktop collection and is now available for download at Mandolux.

Live Pencil - If you're looking to fill your GUI appetite, the latest update from Live Pencil has just the right menu of goodies for you! This week's specials include:

• ANIMATIONS: From this year's Advent Calendar, LIGHT HOUSE, don't miss it. It's special.
• LIVE ANIMALS : Two singing camels!!!
• EMOTICONS for your e-mails: Move your ears and say "HELLO".   
• WALLPAPERS: 3 new ones. February calendar.. and more!
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...Please look for it , you will like it!!!

There's no finer dining for GUI smiles than with tasty meals available from Live Pencil. Dig in!

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Odds and Ends

In A Jiffy! - A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time. It is 1/100 of a second. No wonder I was so impatient when me mum said "in a jiffy!"

Split Decision - The two hemispheres of a dolphin's brain work independently. For 8 hours, the entire brain is awake. The left side then sleeps for 8 hours. When it wakes up, the right side sleeps for 8 hours. Thus, the dolphin gets 8 hours of sleep without ever having to stop physically.

About Mary - Mary had a little lamb and the doctor fainted.

- Anonymous

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts!

STAYIN' ALIVE

A cowboy told his grandson the secret to a long life. He said, "You gotta sprinkle a little gunpowder on your oatmeal, see. If you do, you'll live to a nice ripe old age." So the cowboy did this religiously every day, and sure enough, lived to the nice ripe old age of 96.

When he died he left behind 4 children, 8 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren ...and a 16 foot hole in the wall of the crematorium.

WITTY TRUCK DRIVER

A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads "low bridge ahead." He tries to turn off but, before he knows it, the bridge is right there and he gets stuck under it. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got stuck huh?"

The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."

BLONDE...INFANT SCALE

At a pharmacy, a blonde asked to use the infant scale to weigh the baby she held in her arms. The clerk explained that the device was out for repairs, but said that she would figure the infant's weight by weighing the woman and baby together on the adult scale, then weighing the mother alone and subtracting the second amount from the first.

"That won't work," countered the woman. "I'm not the mother, I'm the aunt."