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May 8, 2002

Early Morning Edition! 4:30 AM MST

Driving Denver USA! - Just got back from the Paul McCartney Driving USA Concert in Denver Colorado. Fabulous! Right now, we will finish up putting together the newest edition of MacMonkies! It should be ready in a couple hours. In the mean time, check out the latest Icons and Desktops! Thanks for your patience!

P.S. Sorry about the typos on the dates! They have been fixed!

May 7, 2002

The Early Late Edition Sometime MST

The Early, EARLY Bird Special - Since it was necessary to leave town to attend a very important engagement, all of the GUI goodies scheduled for Wednesday's debut are now available for consumption! Slip on over to Page 3 of the Icon Section or step over to the Gallery to view the latest cool stuff from MacMonkies and all of our awesome contributors. The rest of the update will be posted early Wednesday morning. Take a look!

Note from the Executives: Don't be fooled by the "very important engagement." Monkie Man and the BeanHead went to see Paul McCartney in Denver CO and didn't even invite us! So, we (the only dedicated ones of the Banana Bunch) will be holding down the fort until those juvenile monkies return. Tigger and Toenails.

Barrel o' Fun! - Stop back tomorrow for barrels of Monkie fun! Coming to our GUI Department are 8 new desktops and 7 new icon sets. Desktop artists include EA Design's Ed Allen and Alan Sherwood, Melissa of MAJArch Studios, and MacMonkies' real executives - Tigger and Toenails!

Icon artists will feature Melissa of MAJArch Studios, Samuel Krueger of Pixel Jerk, Rene of Happicon, and DV Graphics' Paul Sahner.

Be sure to stop back on Wednesday and check out the exceptional GUI and all the latest right here at MacMonkies!

May 6, 2002

New GUI! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah! - Melissa of MAJArch Studios has done it again! Added to her ever tasteful collection of desktop art is a set of Paul McCartney desktops and Beatles icons! She loves us - yeah, yeah yeah!

 

Site News - It's been a while since we have heard from InstoSoft - AKA The Doghouse - but this dog is still alive and kickin'! Michael Rabe gives some inside info regarding the kick off of the InstoSoft entity. Hurry over to The Doghouse and check out the details!

May 5, 2002

Up-To-Date! - DV Graphics announces the official opening of yet another new section. Called MacBox, it provides visitors to the site with up-to-date Mac and
tech-related headlines. Visit http://macbox.dv-graphics.com for more information. Check It Out!

 

Sunday Go To Meetin'! - One Sunday, a pastor told his congregation that the church needed some extra money. He asked the people to consider donating a little more than usual into the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out three hymns. After the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had placed a $1,000 bill in the offering. He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation and said he'd like to personally thank the person who placed the money in the plate. A very quiet, elderly, saintly looking lady all the way in the back shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front. Slowly she made her way to the pastor. He told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much and in thanks asked her to pick out three hymns. Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the three most handsome men in the building and said, "I'll take him and him and him."

May 4, 2002

New Icons and Desktops! - DV Graphics reports the release of a new icon set called "Random Icons II." Also, for the first time since last January, the desktops page has been updated the with some new wallpaper. Hurry over and check out the coolness at DV Graphics!

 

Software News - Default Folder X has had a significant update and is now available in version 1.5. From St. Clair Software:

Default Folder X now enhances the Open and Save dialogs in both Cocoa and Carbon applications! This release also allows users of Bare Bones Software's Super Get Info to use it in place of Default Folder X's Get Info window, provides integration with version 1.1 of Keyboard Maestro (coming soon), and corrects a number of problems in the previous release of Default Folder X.

For info on the latest changes, you can go to their Release page, or you can grab your copy of Default Folder X 1.5 from one of the following URLs:

http://www.stclairsoft.com/cgi-bin/download.cgi?DX

ftp://ftp.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX-1.5.dmg.bin

ftp://ftp2.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX-1.5.dmg.bin

 

Beta News - The latest build of the AOL for Mac OS X software - build 31B - is now available at Keyword: Beta.

May 3, 2002

iTools Maintenance - From Apple:

Most iTools services, including email, will be offline for scheduled maintenance May 18, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. PST. Your iDisk will remain accessible through the Mac OS X Go menu and through the Mac OS 9 Chooser menu. All mail received at Mac.com during this time will be delivered when maintenance is complete.

Mark your calendar!

 

Picture of the Day - Are you Prepared?

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- author unknown

May 2, 2002

New Mac Site! - From Why the Mac is so great.com, comes a new Mac site - AquaticMac! Founded on 30 April 2002, AquaticMac is a website centred on Mac OS X, Apple's newest OS. This new site includes news, info, some rumours, downloads, analysis and other interesting items which concern Mac OS X.

http://www.whythemacissogreat.com/aquaticmac

Don't be monkeyin' around! Hurry over to AquaticMac and have a blast!

 

Pixel Jerk - If you're looking for icons that will knock your sock off, click your mouse over to Pixel Jerk! In addition to his already awesome icon collection, Sam has another fine set about to hit the cyber waves - Dreamweaver MX Flavors. Head over an get an eyeful!

 

iPhoto 1.1 - Now you see me, now you don't. Several sites reported the "quiet" release of Apple's iPhoto version 1.1. However, it was also noted that Apple themselves had not officially announced its release and that the link available was that of a direct download link. Since then, the link has been pulled and the download is no longer available.

May 1, 2002

At The Top

Hello Again! Welcome the eMac - You just can't get enough of that innovative stuff! Apple announced the new eMac, an education-only version of the classic iMac. This new beefed up version includes a 17" CRT screen, a 700 MHz G4 processor, "five USB ports and two FireWire ports, as well as a choice of a tray-loading CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo drive for watching DVDs and burning CDs."

As anticipated, Apple also beefed up the Titanium PowerBooks to the following specs:

667 MHz G4, 30 Gig HD, 256 Megs of RAM, with DVD/CD-RW

800 MHz G4, 40 Gig HD, 512 Megs of RAM, with DVD/CD-RW

Guess that makes them the New Book on the Block! - from MacCentral and Apple

MonkieNews!

MacMonkies' 5 for 3 Icon Edition - For our 3rd installment of our recently opened Icon Section, we bring you 5 splendid sets from five fabulous artists! Let's get to it!

TakeFive© - Ah yes! Kick back, relax, and TakeFive! This is yet another fun filled set of icons from Rene of Happicon. You are sure to catch your desktop smiling back at you with this fun set!

Assortment 1! - You won't get bored with this fine variety of quality icons by Patrick O'Kelly of Eye9design. Assortment 1 is certainly a hidden treasure about to be discovered by your thankful eyes!

The Village Radio - The Village Radio is a tasty set of icons designed by master craftsman Matthew Bice of IheartNY. Yummy!

Mac Iconoci! - How about some Classic icons for your Classic Mac?! This classic set by Scott Chitwood is called mac iconoci. NO! That's not macaroni! But these spiffy icons are just as classic as ye old Mac & Cheese!

Chrome Apples! - No need to shine up the apples when you have Chrome Apples from Dan Flax of Flax Creations! Just be sure your teacher doesn't bite into these!

Check 'em out!

In The Gallery - This week in the Gallery we have five 3-D entries and two entries to the Desktop area. Let's dive in!

3-D Density! - Reaching deep into the pool of ponderance comes Reflections On A Eutopian Landscape. This piece comes from the very talented Alan Sherwood of EA Design.

Also from EA Design is another "gem" from Ed Allen called Tumbling Diamonds.

From our resident Monkie comes a piece titled from what he seems to do best - Trouble.

Next in line from the Monkie Zoo is a second version of the serene landscape titled Miracle Mile II.

Bringing up the Monkie rear in the department of dimensions is a work just gushing to get out called StarBurst.

 

Desktop Dining - In the line of desktop duty is a darker piece centered with light called Different World! We all know monkies don't live in the real world! =)

Move over Microsoft. Step aside Bill. And say Hello Hal! This built-from-the-ground-up Photoshop digital delight comes to us from the artistic hands of Todd Darland. Have a feast!

Thanks go out to
Alan, Ed, and Todd!
Excellent work, gentlemen!

 

Monkie Updates - We've been scratchin' away finding improvements and needed updates at the Monkie Nest. Among the changes:

We will continue to find ways to make your stay here at MacMonkies more enjoyable with each visit. Have a suggestion? Let us know! Drop us a line or head over to our Comments Page!

 

Featured Link! - Be sure to check out this week's Featured Link - Fonthead Design - over there in the left-hand column! We have also added them to our Links Page! Check 'em out!

Community News

MAJArch Studios - Melissa of MAJArch Studios has updated the site with some cool new stuff for your desktop! New in the Studio are 3 Outlook Express Splash Screen Replacements and 3 Pop Culture Desktops. Take a click and have a look!

EA Design - Oh my gosh! The gents of EA Design do it again! They have updated their site with 12 new pics for you to get your hands on. While you're there, watch out for the Magic Carpet Ride!

MacMotiva - Clicking around the waskley web we found another place to rest your mouse whilst checking out themes for your Mac's OSX appearance. Feast your eyes on the newest X-perience - MacMotiva!

This easy-on-the-eye OSX theme site stocks up on the latest GUI modifications to make X theming an X-ceptional X-perience. Check it out!

IconBuilder Pro 3.5 - The Iconfactory has done it again! Now available is IconBuilder Pro version 3.5! The popular Photoshop filter for building Mac & Windows icons has been engineered to work specifically with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Apple's Mac OS 10.1.3. The new version is certain to make your icon building a snap! Click over to The Iconfactory for more details.

Ethereal Creations - Ethereal Creations updates with five new and guest releases.

Xicons - Boy! That didn't take long! Barely after the official release of Apple's new eMac and upgraded Titanium PowerBooks, plops new associated icon sets at Xicons: Apple eMac by Stephen Horlander and PowerBook 2002 by James Meister. Hurry over and check out these cool icons and all the latest at Xicons!

ResExcellence - GUI Editor Dan Flax announces that ResExcellence will be "dedicating the day to posting a raft of backlogged Icon submissions which have been just burning to see the light of day." If you just can't get enough of the good GUI stuff, head over and check it out!

 

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News On The Net...

Apple 1 Of A Kind! - One of the original Apple 1 computers sold recently at an auction for $14,000. The Apple 1 was originally made by Wozniak for Hewlett Packard and sold for $666.66. The computer was won by the developer of HyperStudio, Roger Wagner. Roger also has an original Lisa in his possession, but says the Apple 1 will be his prized piece. - from MacCentral

Less For More - AOL Time Warner has reported a loss of $54.2 billion for their first-quarter results. This means they have lost nearly half of their value, which was $106 billion at the time of the merge in January of 2001. Much of the loss is due to bad results with online advertising. AOL has plans to try to improve online advertising, but they are not hopeful for a considerable increase in this area. The company's gain was $9.8 billion, only one-fifth of it's costs. This in spite of 1.4 million new subscribers. Gee, imagine that. - from MacUser

Stockholder's ScuttleButt - Last week Apple held a shareholder's meeting in California. Here is some of the scuttlebutt generated from that meeting:

On Intel - Jobs said Apple has "no plans" to put Mac OS X on intel.

On Digital Cameras - Jobs said having Bluetooth support available for Digital Cameras would not come about because of speed issues.

On Piracy - Jobs said that Apple would take the "middle ground" on the issue of stealing music.

On Email Suggestions - Jobs said, "you'd be surprised how many we consider among ourselves within the company," and encouraged people to keep sending Apple your suggestions via email.

- from The PowerBook Zone and Think Secret

Sneaky Snakes! - Many people fled their homes in the capital of Bangladesh after a snake charmer found over three thousand cobras and hundreds of eggs in two of the homes. The snake charmer, Dudu Miah, was only called to find two large cobras that had been spotted on the property of Mantu Kasai. But digging underneath the houses unveiled the enormous nest of cobras. Miah may look for more cobras in the area but has yet to decide what to do with the cobras he has already found. - from Excite

Doin' The Domino - Mike Uris from New Jersey has eaten a steady diet of pizza and Coke for the last five years. For lunch he orders a medium Domino's pizza and eats 6 slices, along with two cokes. He follows up with one slice of the pizza and a coke for dinner, then the last slice and the last coke for supper. This means the retired advertising director has eaten 2,000 pizzas in the last five years, not to mention how many Cokes he has consumed. Uris eats something other than pizza about once a month and occasionally requests different toppings on his pizzas. He always has his pizza delivered and always orders from the same store. Sure that's not Chubby Checker and Blimpies? from Ananova

Parting Shot - Some do, some don't. It seems one party in Washington wants to give your money back. And the other wants to take it back. The ongoing battle over the destination of your surplus tax dollars seems a never ending fight. However, somewhere amidst the squabbling, a brand new tax form appeared. This new "simplified" form would certainly make things easier filling it out. But would it really end the battle? CLICK HERE to view the new 1040 EZ 2 DO TAX FORM.

 

Have you Heard?

Buzz In Brief - Some quick notes:

It seems that due to comments from Steve Jobs at the recent Apple stockholder's meeting, that some are anticipating the release of the G5 processor to be "around the corner."

Still no definite word on the arrival of QuickTime 6, but screen shots can be found HERE (break out le French).

iPodHacks reports that there may be a version of iPod for PC users "with modified firmware to work with a Windows-based, iTunes-like application provided by RealNetworks."

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Spaced Out! - If you're naturally spaced out or just a space cadet for the stars, perhaps the NASA Homepage is the space or place for you! Just yesterday, NASA posted the most recent pictures from the Hubble's new camera offering some really far out views of the universe! Plus, they offer news, resources, and other cool NASA links to feast your mouse on. If you have to keep your feet grounded, put your eyes in the stars at the NASA Homepage.

Check it Out!

Just Plain Nutz!

THE COMPUTER EXPERTS GLOSSARY (Part I)

Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

Information Center: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is to tell you why you cannot have the information you require.

Information Processing: What you call data processing when people are so disgusted with it they won't let it be discussed in their presence.

Machine-independent program: A program that will not run on any machine.

On-line: The idea that a human being should always be accessible to a computer.

- Charlie McCarthy

 

ONLY IN TIME

Man: God, how long is a million years?

God: For Me, it's about a minute.

Man: God, how much is a million dollars?

God: To Me, it's a penny.

Man: God, can I have a million dollars?

God: Sure thing! In a minute.

 

ATTENTION DEFICIT

If you have trouble getting your children's attention, just sit down and look comfortable.

 

HE'S OUTTA HEAR!

Did you hear about the tired kangaroo?

He was out of bounds.

 

BRIGHT IDEA!

Q: How many Support staff does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: None. The bulb was fine you just forgot to turn the switch on.

 

GLASS LINING

Then there was the glass blower who inhaled and got a pane in his stomach!

 

NEW MATH

What is 2+2?

To the mathematician, it is 4. 

To the philosopher, it depends how you define the concept of 2.

To the accountant, "What would you like it to be?"

 

TEXT TO SPEECH

We were discussing how to pronounce certain computer names. Is "Linux" pronounced "Lin-ucks" or "Lie-nucks"? And is the editor "vi" called "veye" or "Vee-Eye"?

So we tapped them into our friendly Mac, and asked its verdict on pronunciation:

"Linux" is pronounced "Lin-uks".

"vi" is pronounced "Six".

 

E-DUMB

Q: How do I send electronic mail?

A: I'm busy now, please send me e-mail.

 
 

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Odds and Ends

Too Rolling Stoned

Takers get the honey, givers sing the blues.

- Robin Trower

 

Me And My Big Mouth

Oh Lord, help me keep my big mouth shut until I know what I am talking about.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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May virus definitions for Virex are now available for download.

Sales of Apple's new iMac bump their market position up a notch.

May virus definitions for Norton are now available for download.

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