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Update!

June 25, 2002

LATENIGHT GUI FEST! 10:03 PM MST

What Time Is It? It's GUI Time! - As always, the GUI Goodies get done before the guests arrive (and before the host is ready!). So, for all those who are ready to feast, line up in the Gallery for all the latest in delicious new Desktops. And for all of your Icon treats, Page 8 and Page 9 offer a great selection of those tasty good icons. It's feasting time!

Looky!

Mark FrauenfelderIcon News! - Digital visionary Paul Sahner, the man behind all things GUI at DV Graphics, has crafted another fine icon set of caricatures of those crazy Mac switchers from the new Apple Ads. This new set is appropriately titled SWITCHERS! We shouldn't have to tell you where your next click will be. The Switch is on!

 

Software Update - OmniWeb 4.1, the awesome OSX web browser from the good people of The Omni Group, has left the beta stages and entered prime-time! You can grab your copy of this fine browser here!OmniWeb 4.1

Note from the Editor: The latest release of the OmniWeb browser truly is a popular item. You may not be able to get through on your first attempt to download. However, don't quit trying. It is worth the wait!

 

More Monkie Madness!- Wednesday brings more Monkie Madness and great gobs of GUI from the best of the Mac web GUI artists!

You're sure to enjoy this week's icon selections from miXthepiX, Eye9design, Happicon, and that crazy-from-the-heat, master of madness, Scott Chitwood of Rampant Mac!

Of course your Mac would not be complete with out some great desktop works from Bob Spence, EA Design, Rampant Mac, and MacMonkies.

Wednesday! Here! MacMonkies! You could go some place else, but it wouldn't be as much fun!

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June 24, 2002

Desktop Update - Mando has added new material to the vast collections of Mandolux: A new addition for the Giant/Dual Monitor Series: Giant Petals (9 desktops) and a new Austere Petal: Iva. Take a click and grab a look!

 

Icon Update - Xicons has updated with a new set of icons - SilverMX by James Meister - for OSX, despite the rest of the site still being down. Things should soon be back to normal. Be sure to check back often!G4 Dock

Another awesome set of OSX icons can be found at Hein Mevissen's miXthepiX. Swing by and check out G4 Dock, as well as the rest of the fantastic icon sets at miXthepiX!

 

Thought For The Day - Yes, I'm smiling. But it's just gas!

- Bradford J. Wiles

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Weekend Update!

June 23, 2002

RFireworks!AMPANT MAC RETURNS: IT'S OFFICIAL!

The Return Of Rampant Mac! - GUI gunslinger Scott Chitwood has officially reopened the doors of the best GUI stop on the web - Rampant Mac! The new and improved Rampant Mac has a new URL:

http://www.riversidedesign.net/RampantMac/

Scott has been released from the GUI goblins and "broadcast depth has been attained & [they're] ready to get back on the gui train." Get your mouse a clickin' and make your Mac happy at the new Rampant Mac! Happy days are here again!

Happy Days!!!

Pic of the Day: Hi Tech Cat And Mouse - The times they are a changin'! Perhaps this Hi Tech Cat and Mouse pic adds some weight to that statement!



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Contributed by David Vincent

 

Speed DownloadSoftware Update - Got the need for speed? Get the latest version of "the fastest must-have download manager" for Mac with Speed Download 1.8.2b - now available for download! Grab your copy today!

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Network News

June 19, 2002

At The Top

World Without Windows! - Walmart is now selling Windows-free PCs No Windows!online. The PCs are preloaded with Lindows, an operating system based on UNIX. According to Walmart, the PCs come with "mail, word processor, web browser, address book, calculator, cd player, MP3 player, Microsoft PowerPoint viewer, Word viewer, and Excel viewer." They range in price from $299 to $599. - Is Walmart next on Bill Gates' wish list? from The Register

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MonkieNews!

A Perfect X: MacMonkies' 10th Icon Edition! - We are Monkie pleased to toss eight AWESOME OSX icon sets your way for our 10th icon edition! Open up and say AHHHH!

miXthepiX - Our latest contributor, Hein Mevissen of miXthepiX, is sure get your eyes drooling with this week's amazing pair of entries. The first set, miXthepiX , sports Mr. Mevissen's cool logo design.Where's the Bomb?

Where are the Bombs? is an awesome set of Marvinesque icons that will keep you wondering: "Where's the kaboom?" Marvelous work!

EMKdesign - EMKdesign's Evan Kaufman knows how to keep things pure and simple. E-Blocks offers an abundance of simple beauty to your desktop experience!

DV Graphics - The GUI goodies from DV Graphics' Paul Sahner just keep getting better. Add lots of color and wit to your desktop with Paul's latest set called Signs.

And add to your user experience with another great set called Users.

Pixel Jerk - Wrapping up the icons this week is another great icon artist, Samuel Krueger from Pixel Jerk. Sam offers his flare for simplicity with a shiny set of icons called Simple Buttons.

XFish is another of Sam's popular sets with over 5,000 downloaded!

Chat Bubbles makes a great conversation piece once you've traded in your old chat icons with this great new set!

Check 'em out!

9 New Desktops In The Gallery - This week we present yet another packed Desktop Edition with 9 cool pieces from 5 great artists (and one Monkie Head gone Bananas)! Drum roll please...

Designing Desktops - No, your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. crazy EMK is one fantastic piece from EMKdesign's Evan Kaufman. Your desktop is sure to be crazy about this one!

Bob Spence offers quite the attention to detail with Dolls 1, the first in a series of three. Look deep into the detail on this one and you'll be staring for hours! Great job, Bob!

Mr. Easy, er, I mean the well renowned Ed Allen, offers a third in the traveling series from EA Design with Easy Travel III.

Mean Mr. Monkie wraps up the 1st half of the desktops with two colorful pieces that will fit your desktop to a "T" without too little light to leak out. How about 2 A T and Leak? Sounds logical to me, Mr. Spock!

 

3-D Department - Kara Kelly of Kara-Kelly (dot com that is) expresses her missing element without missing a beat. =)

From the artistry of Alan Sherwood, also of EA Design, comes Our Landscape II, the second in the Landscape series. From Alan:

The brooding atmosphere in the second of this series gives the message an air of dread. The fact that we can hardly ever say what we really think or even think it. And that to people so close we cannot disclose our deepest feelings.

 

Closing out the Gallery this week are two cool new works from MacMonkies - Midnight Rain and Window In Time. Shine on you crazy diamond!

 

SPECIAL THANKS

We extend our gratitude to:

Kara, Hein, Bob, Ed, Alan, Paul, Samuel, and Evan -

Your work is second to none!

THANK YOU!

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Eight Days A Week - Did you know that MacMonkies updates eight days a week? Well, not quite eight, but unless catastrophe hits (like running out of Bananas), we post Network and Community News on all seven of your Monkie toes (that's toe number Sunday through Saturday)! Be sure to stop by daily for your regular Monkie fix at MacMonkies!

 

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Community News

Mandolux - Mando of the magnificent Mandolux adds a new desktop to the vast collections titled "Trawl." Mouses ready...Click click!

 

TERRA Dreams - If awe-inspiring landscapes are what make your desktop smile, then TERRA Dreams is just the place for you! The last couple of days has seen the addition of 5 new desktops including the latest pic titled Global Warming 2054.

 

XThemination - Recently spotted in the OSX theme archive of XThemination are two themes called SlickMetal X 1.0 and MakkiX!

SlickMetal X 1.0

If you're into giving your Mac a new skin, then XThemination is the place for you!

 

IconsTree - The IconsTree has recently updated with 2 new reviews since we last reported. Head on over and check 'em out!

 

DonnieFischer.com - The head web spinner of DonnieFischer.com (me thinks his name might be Donnie) has added another of his spiritual inspired desktops to the Fischer collection: Timeless Voyage! Sail on over and check out this "antiquated" new piece.

 

In Recent News... - Don't forget to check out the cool new icons from around the Mac web. Recently eyed in the world of cool icons are: Icons from Happicon with FinderMoods, Pixel Jerk with Fireworks MX Flavors, and DV Graphics with Signs. Your eyes and your Desktop will thank you for it!

 

Check 'em Out!

 

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News On The Net...

Money Friendly Macs - A study conducted by the Melbourne University iMacFaculty of Arts in Australia has shown that it is 36 percent cheaper to own a Mac than a PC. Macs were "twice as cheap" in ease of use. The study also took the "price of hardware and upgrades, the cost of providing technical support and training, and depreciation" into consideration. The overall conclusion was that corporations would be doing themselves a big favor by investing in Macs. - from MacUser



Mega Mac Music - MegaDeath guitarist, David Ellefson, is out to show people the music side of Macs. He is a huge Mac fan, owns iMacs, iBooks and PowerBooks, and has started a column in which he hopes to get "behind the scenes" testimonies of musicians who use Macs in the making of their music. Ellefson uses his Macs to make his own music and wants the public to be aware of what a big part the Mac plays in the production of the music they listen to every day.
Heavy, man. Heavy. - from MacCentral



Need For Speed! - On June 17, 2002, Powerlogix began offering G4 500 G4 ZIFprocessor upgrades on G3 Powerbooks. They will replace G3 processors with a new G4-7410 chip. The BlueChip Pismo G4 500 processor upgrade requires that G3 Powerbooks be sent in to Powerlogix, and US customers are guaranteed to get their PowerBooks back in five business days. They also have announced new G4 processor upgrades running from 750Mhz to 1GHz, available in July.
- from Powerlogix



Windows: Not For Everyone - Windows XPA complaint has been filed with the antitrust department of Israel because Microsoft has refused to support the Hebrew, Russian, Arabic and Korean languages in their Mac versions of Internet Explorer and the Office Suite. Windows supports these languages. The complaint is that Microsoft is again acting as a monopoly by limiting the availability of their competitors while making their product available to everyone.
- from The Register



Search Your Engines! - Search engine AlltheWeb.com has claimed to index Dragstermore information than its rival Google. AlltheWeb has 2.1 billion web pages on their database, while Google has only 2.07 billion. Google considers this only one aspect of a good search engine, and still claims that it has "the most comprehensive search experience on the Internet." -
from Excite


 

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Have you Heard?

Wanted: Your Input! - Attention all webheads and sound enthusiasts! Digidesign wants your input! From DigiNews:

Digidesign wants your input to help us improve our website and generate new feature ideas that will benefit your experience. Knowing more about you, including your insights and opinions, will help us design our site to better suit your needs. In appreciation for your thoughts and time, Digidesign will pick at random one lucky respondent to receive a FREE Mbox - our new portable micro studio featuring Pro Tools LE software. Thank you all in advance for your feedback and continued support.

Can't beat a deal like that! Get your mouse a clickin' and lend them a piece of your mind!

 

Sound A Stirring! - It seems that something has been stirring in the Audio/MIDI Department here at MacMonkies. Could it mean the beginning of something new? SOMETHING seems to have stirred in the Monkie Music Department. Have you noticed? Let us know! ;)
 
 

Have some inside information on upcoming events? Review our Submission Policy and drop us a line!
 
 

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Check 'em Out!

Fun Trivia! - Sometimes your mind just can't get enough of useless information (isn't that why you come here)! So if you're looking to have some fun in the pursuit of trivial information, how about checking out FunTrivia.com? This place is packed with trivial info covering subjects from Brain Teasers to Politics to Sci/Tech to Religion! Got a question you need answered? They've got a place for that and Discussion Forums as well! Check out the place for all your useless information needs at FunTrivia.com! Check it out!


Bananas!

Just Plain Nutz!

SHE'S MY BABY

You know your computer is female when:

1. No one but the Creator understands their internal logic.

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.

3. The message "Bad command or file name" is about as informative as, "If you don't know why I'm mad at you, then I'm certainly not going to tell you."

4. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.


CHICKEN'S WAY OUT

Ham and Eggs:

A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.


A MINOR INCIDENTNotes

What you get when you throw a piano into a mine shaft?

A Flat Minor!


HE'S MY BABY

You know your computer is a male when:

1. They have a lot of data, but are still clueless.

2. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem.

3. As soon as you commit to one you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have obtained a better model.

4. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.


I TOLDJA COMPUTERS WERE RUINING AMERICA!

During a high school break-in in Plymouth, North Carolina, two burglars found a camera in one of the classrooms and amused themselves by taking pictures of each other committing the crime. When they couldn't figure out how to get the film out of the camera, they concluded it wasn't loaded and left it behind. The men apparently didn't realize they'd been fooling around with a digital camera that stores pictures on a computer disk. Investigators downloaded the snapshots to a computer and got a complete photographic record of the break-in. The suspects were quickly arrested.


WHAT IN HEAVEN'S NAME?

Atheism: A non-prophet organization.


HIGH PRICE TO PAY

For Sale By Owner:

Complete Encyclopedia Britannica.

45 volumes. Excellent condition.

$1,000 negotiable.

No longer needed.Recently married;

Wife knows everything.


OOPS! OF THE WEEK

A thief in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina learned a valuable lesson: If you're going to steal restaurant equipment, be sure to remove pictures of the original owner's grandchildren before setting the stuff up in your own restaurant. John Ubbing, owner of Giovanni's Pizzeria in Calabash, North Carolina, lost an assortment of pizza-making equipment in a March robbery. A refrigerator stolen in the heist later turned up inside the Myrtle Beach restaurant - where police found pictures of Ubbing's grandchildren still stuck to the side of it. The owner of the second restaurant was arrested.


WHO'STORY?

After hearing two eyewitness accounts on the same accident, you begin to wonder about history.


Have a good line or two that would put a smile on an Ape Face? Check out MacMonkies' Submission Policy and drop us a line!

 

Monkie Business!

Odds and Ends

Test Your Wit

Think you're on the ball? Here's some questions to test your wit. Good luck!

Q: Some months have 30 days, some have 31; how many months have 28 days?

A: All 12 have 28 days

 

Q: A man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?

A: 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two.

 

Q: What is the significance of the following: The year is 1978, thirty-four minutes past noon on May 6th.

A: The time/month/date/year of an American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.

 

Q: A zoo keeper has 17 Monkies. All but 9 died. How many did he have left?

A: 9 Monkies

 

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"In Brief"

Info & Updates

Virus Alert

Low-risk Windows W32/Perrun virus discovered that involves JPEG files. Infected files, however, cannot pass along the virus without the original executable file.


Boo Boo Britney

Singer Britney Spears got "booed" after canceling a show due to power failure.
I've heard of fickle fans, but that's ridiculous!


Java Returns to Windows XP (Kinda)

Microsoft to "restore" Java to Windows XP.


Mac OS9
CopyPaste 4.5

Allows for multiple clipboards & other useful features


StickyBrain 2.0.1

Productivity app incorporates sticky note interface


Lyrictracker Client 3.1

Tool to search a database of over 20,000 song texts


SuperCal 1.1.1

Display calibrator for LCDs, CRTs, plasma displays, projectors


eMail Verifier 1.1

E-mail address verifier


iSwipe 1.1b1

Download/search client for Web, FTP, Hotline, OpenNap, Gnutella


MoonMenu 2.0.1

Adds a moon in the current lunar phase to the menubar


MacLogger DX 1.5b2

DX radio station tuner


Haxial KDX 0.937

Hotline-like client/server system with strong encryption


Discus 2.62

Program to make labels for CDs and DVDs


FontDoctor 5.1.1

Font problem diagnosis and repair tool


DropSite 2.0

Automated personal file transfer utility via FTP and Email


Macintosh Explorer 3.1.1

File browser & file management tool


Mac OSX
TinkerTool 2.2

Adds functionality & options to many OS X features


StickyBrain X 2.0.1

Productivity app incorporates sticky note interface


JustReminderZ 2.9.3

Alarm and event notification tool


Lyrictracker Client 3.1

Tool to search a database of over 20,000 song texts


IPNetTunerX 1.0

Optimize any type of Internet connection; built for speed


Internet Explorer X 5.2.0

Popular Web browser


OpenSourceSaver 0.2

Screen saver that displays its own source


Who's There? X 1.2

Analyze & react to access detected by your firewall


Dock Switcher 1.5

Switch and configure multiple docks


iSwipe X 1.1b1

Download/search client for Web, FTP, Hotline, OpenNap, Gnutella


eMail Verifier X 1.1

E-mail address verifier


MoonMenu 2.0.1

Adds a moon in the current lunar phase to the menubar


MacLogger DX 1.5b2

DX radio station tuner


iBirthday X 1.2

Remembers the special days and events of your life


GooSearch X 1.6

Desktop client for Google.com Web site functions


SpeedMeUp Pro 2.01

Updates prebindings so that apps will launch faster


JustReminderZ 2.9.2

Alarm and event notification tool


OmniGraffle GUI Design Palette 1.1

Tool for general GUI design


BattleCocoa 0.7(build 106)

Tetris game with network fighting


Haxial KDX 0.937

Hotline-like client/server system with strong encryption


Folder Icon X 1.1.8

Make customized folder icons


Blues Music 1.0

Play virtual blues guitar accompanied by graphics


Link Checker X 1.0.3

Verifies the links on your website & more


CharView 2.0b1

Shows all printing characters of a selected font


AquilaCalendar 1.19

Tear-off menu bar calendar with multiple month views


Discus 2.62

Program to make labels for CDs and DVDs


MorphX 2.4

Creates morphing transitions between images or movies


Calendar X 10.2Preview2A51

Multi-discipline Calendar


America Online 5.1.3 Build2(5G)

AOL For Mac OSX Version 2
Use Keyword Beta


FontDoctor X 5.1.1

Font problem diagnosis and repair tool


JustReminderZ 2.8.9

Alarm and event notification tool


Super Get Info 1.0.8

Replacement for the Show Info command


FruitMenu 2.0

Haxie: customize & enhance the Apple & contextual menus


Macintosh Explorer X 3.1.1

File browser & file management tool


MonkieBarrel

 Editor's Notes

Moment of Silence

In memory of our friend Alice Hall, we will pause in a moment of silence.

We miss you, Alice.

BJW

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