January 26, 2003

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

The "i's" Have It - When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.

I Want Your MTV - In 1981, Robert Pittman of Warner-Amex came up with the idea for "Music Television." He convinced the company to make a $30 million investment to get it started. Four years after its conception, Warner-Amex sold MTV to Viacom for $550 million. Over 10 years ago, its estimated worth was $2 billion. And Ozzy gets HOW much?

January 25, 2003

On the Net | Monkie Business

On the Net

Save Now With Unsanity! - There's no time like now to grab the best haxies on the web from Unsanity! With a very small price increase coming your way February 1st, they are giving everyone a chance to save some money before the new prices take effect. The price will increase from $7 to $10 per copy on four of their products - FruitMenu, Labels X, WindowShade X, and Xounds. Don't you delay! Get the best for less right now from Unsanity!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Status Quo - The status quo sucks.

- George Carlin

January 24, 2003

Icons | Community News | Bananas

NEW GOO

Icons

NEW Icons - Roll up! Roll up for the Magical Monkie Friday Icon Edition! This week's fab four icon artists include our latest contributor James Gowan. With that said, here's your desktop Ticket to Ride with some fine icon sets to Make Your Mac Happy. Shall we?

James Gowan - The timelessness of The Beatles once again hits the digital net with a fabulous set of Beatles Icons by James Gowan. James created this set for his HDs and their partitions and for all of the different Beatles Albums he owns. The best set of Beatles icons this Monkie has yet seen!

 

AGRAPHA Icons - Harvey Lubin from AGRAPHA Icons returns with the second in his System series with System 2 Folders. This fine set of 11 continues Harvey's excellence for your OSX X-perience!

 

James Cukr - Not to be confused with the Beatles James, James Cukr brings to all of you science fiction fans C7 Hard Drives. By trade, James is a science fiction painter and has painted some of the most collectible lithographs in the science fiction genre. His amazing abilities are quite evident in his work!

 

WatiWorks - Wrapping up this week's set of four is Wati Larke's Flag Buttons v.2 from the fine galleries of WatiWorks. Wati has included additional world flags not available in his first installment titled Flag Buttons. And of course, with every set Wati creates, the work keeps gettin' better all the time! Check 'em out!

Community News

Mandolux - From the ever growing galleries of Mandolux comes this week's desktop recap:

Mandolux has issued seven new desktops this week: three Vector/Graffiti (Abstract), three Giant Petals (Nature/Macro), and one Technosis/Anthraxis (Abstract) desktop.

Check out these and all the rest from the cool desltop collections of Mandolux!

Pixelpalooza 2003 - Just a LITTLE reminder that the Pixelpalooza 2003 begins in 8 short days! For all you icon pixel pushers, this is a great chance to strut your stuff! It's also your opportunity to win some cool prizes from the folks at The Iconfactory. Don't wait till the last minute. Get your icon submissions in to the Pixelpalooza 2003 from The Iconfactory. GO!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

LIGHT ON THE RED STUFF

Three vampires walk into a bar and sit down at a table. The waitress comes over and asks the first vampire what he would like. The first vampire responds, "I vould like some blood."

The waitress turns to the second vampire and asks what he would like. The vampire responds, "I vould like some blood."

The waitress turns to the third vampire and asks what he would like. The vampire responds, "I vould like some plasma."

The waitress looks up and says, "Let me see if I have this order correct. You want two bloods and a blood light?"

SLIP UP

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.

SLAVE SHIP

The slave driver of the Roman galleon leered down at his galley slaves and bellowed, "I've got some good news and some bad news. The good news is that you'll be getting double rations tonight!" The murmuring of the surprised slaves as they struggled with their oars was interrupted by the slave driver. "The bad news is that this afternoon the commander's son wants to water-ski."

January 23, 2003

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Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons! - Just a quick reminder that we will have new icon sets tomorrow in our Festive Friday Icon Edition. Among the work is some cool Beatles icons from our latest icon artist James Gowan. You won't want to miss this great gathering of icon works coming tomorrow at MacMonkies!

Community News

The Iconfactory: iPulse 1.0.2 - The folks at The Iconfactory rock your world once again with iPulse 1.0.2. This great Mac app from the pixel pulse of the icon web graphically displays the inner workings of Mac OS X on the desktop or in the dock. The latest update fixes several bugs, adds support for multiple languages, and is free to registered users. Makes your pulse race just thinkin' about it! Make a click trip over to The Iconfactory and grab the latest version of iPulse!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

iPod Holds A "Human" - Will Gilbert, University of New Hampshire Researcher, has been carrying more than just tunes on his 10GB iPod. He loaded his data regarding the human genome onto it. The “3 billion chemical nucleotide letters” take up less than 1 gigabyte of space, so he still has room for 600 songs as well. Says Gilbert, “The thing I love about the iPod is that you can plug in a pair of headphones and listen to music, or plug in a FireWire and transfer data." - from Yahoo

Horsing Around With A Classic Comedy - A remake of the classic television show “Mr. Ed” is in the works, according to CNN. Saturday Night Live writer Jack Handey is to pen the pilot episode. Fox is developing the return of the show, though the original ran on CBS in the 1960s. The newest “Ed” is to have a more hip sounding voice, possibly like the sound and dialog of Eddie Murphy. Now which end of the horse is Eddie to play the part? - from CNN

January 22, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

NEW GOO!

Desktops

NEW Desktops - With so much great GUI to see, we'll slack on the yack and dig our eyes in the GUI ground. Shall we?

Desktops - From our latest contributor Steve Sharp comes the ultra clean and cool Spotbot. This Photoshop creation comes from Steve's ever growing collection of bots thanks to the ever addictive ebay. It will surely be easy to spot as a favorite in your desktop collection!

Martin Schulte of Terraholic.net returns with a magnificent view of Deep Space. Martin knows no limit to the mind's imagination with this realistic portrayal of the final frontier.

 

3-D Delectables - Scott Chitwood of the Rampant Mac claim to fame tripped over the bottle of instant karma and created Accidental Zen! Personally, me thinks he just created another one of his brilliant master pieces with his ever-so-skilled abilities he is is known for.

Another highly skilled pixelator is Bob Wiley with Is It There. If he's talking about the Monkie Master's brain, we all the know the answer to that. Regarding this great new pic? It's right on target!

 

Etc... - Not knowing the gators from the crocs (or even how to tie my Velcro shoes at times), we'll call the latest from James Naylor a nice toothy Alligator. This cool dude may very well keep the creepies away from your desktop duties while you're out and about in your digital world.

There's only one cool cat that doesn't appear affected by the toothiness of our previous critter and that would be Old Man Kitty from Colin Kerr. This fine feline simply kicks back and helps you relax with a laid back attitude of no other kind.

 

Nature - If a picture paints a thousand words, not much needs to be said about Lake from Jack Juliussen, whose desktop grandeur graces the galleries of Prevision. What more can you say about an amazing desktop such as this?

Finishing up this Wednesday's update is a remake of a previous work by Monkie Master Wiles with Shirley Mountains. II. If you recall Shirley Mountains, it was a doctored up photo that was rather, well, dark. Having fun with some layers and lighting effects, this new pic lightened things up quite a bit!

Enjoy!

 

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Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez spruces up the galleries of Mandolux with another fine Technosis/Anthraxis desktop titled Falcon. This fine new selection is a piece many are sure to enjoy. Check it out!

On The Net

Application Enhancer 1.2.1 - From the makers of the best haxies on any side of the net, Unsanity releases Application Enhancer 1.2.1. Application Enhancer is a system which allows for modules to modify and enhance the way applications behave and operate. The latest version includes fixes and enhancements of its own. Grab a vine and swing over to Unsanity for all the latest on Application Enhancer 1.2.1. We wouldn't be caught alive without it!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

SURPRISE TWIST

How many mystery writers does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Two. One to screw it almost all the way in and the other to give it a surprising twist at the end.

POCKET APPEAL

Lawyer: "Judge, I wish to appeal my client's case on the basis of newly discovered evidence."

Judge: "And what is the nature of the new evidence?"

Lawyer: "Judge, I discovered that my client still has $500 left."

CROOKED CATS

Why should you be careful playing against a team of big cats?

They might be cheetahs!

January 21, 2003

Monkie News | Community News | Network News | Monkie Business

Monkie News

Wednesday's Desktop Update - Just around the corner is another fantastic selection of Desktop works from some of the finest artists across the net! How about a selection from our latest contributor Steve Sharp, as well as Bob Wiley, Colin Kerr, Jack Juliussen, James Naylor, Martin Schulte, Scott Chitwood and Brad Wiles. There's plenty of GUI fun tomorrow right here on MacMonkies Wednesday Desktop Update!

Community News

Double Helix - The former crew of Ethereal Creations has launched a new fantasy art site titled Double Helix. The site features new design and image galleries displaying the finest fantasy art as well as separate sections for poster print sales, downloads and tutorials. Drop in and pay them a visit!

Note: This site contains mature content.

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Beta Bats A Million - Since the January 7, 2003 release of Safari, Apple’s new web browser, over one million copies of the free beta version have been downloaded. Steve Jobs, Apple CEO comments, “Safari is a home run, with over a million downloads in less than two weeks.” The browser “loads pages over three times faster than Internet Explorer,” and “runs Javascript more than twice as fast.” Safari runs on Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar). - from Apple

Bananas Bite The Dust - The Banana may be an endangered species. There are many pests and diseases that are killing off the fruit and it doesn't have the strength to fight back. It is believed by the head of the International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain in Monpellier, France, that the banana will not survive unless it has help through “genetic manipulation.” Otherwise in ten years the banana could be gone. Now I am REALLY bummed. - from Excite

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Wasting Wasted Time - It's not wise to waste your time on a person who isn't willing to waste their time on you.

- Unknown

January 20, 2003

Community News | On the Net | Bananas

Community News

Live Pencil - Time to put on a happy face with great new GUI goodies from Live Pencil! Just added to the fun:

• IT IS YOU: - Susan, Deb and Curt are really laughing here. Great sense of humor
• LIVE ANIMALS: Week after week you'll see the SINGING ANIMALS from your 2002 Advent Calendar. Today the tiger.
• EMOTICONS: The oldest Live Animals NOW transparent and smaller, so you can use them on your e-mails.
• ANIMATIONS:2 new animations.
• HIDDEN IMAGE: Like every week.... FIND IT!!!

You can't go wrong by checking out all the pixel enjoyment this week at Live Pencil!

Mandolux - Mando Gomez crafts another fine desktop creation with a new set of Giant Petals titled Pedrine. The set from Mandolux is a close-up photo of a rose petal that combines two colors because of the structure of the petal. Those eyes of yours won't be disappointed with this and many other fine works from Mandolux!

IliCon - Just out from IliCon, the Icon Design and Graphic Design sections of the Portfolio has been updated with new icons, splash screens, CD/DVD cover, and box design samples! Ilona Melis maintains one of the classiest corners on the web and you're sure to enjoy your stay. Hop over to IliCon and grab a look!

On the Net

Startup Doubler 2.7.3 - Released over the weekend is Startup Doubler 2.7.3 from Marc Moini. Startup Doubler is a System Extension for System 7.0 through Mac OS 9.2.2 that speeds up pre-G4 Macs startup time by 10% to 50%, depending on disk speed. The latest update fixes a freeze bug that would sometimes happen when the Startup Doubler Extension grew larger than 500K, and is also slightly faster than previous ones. Don't be slowwww! Make a click trip over to MarcMoini.com and grab the latest version of Startup Doubler!

Photologist 1.1.4 - The folks from To•The•Point Software have released Photologist 1.1.4. With Photologist you can grab all your digital photos and plop them down into a versatile image management, manipulation, and presentation solution. In the latest version you'll find:

• User's Guide updated
• Album Manager source list display problem fixed
• Slide show pause icon moved for use with full screen mode
• Problem with setting default graphic editor to Photoshop, Photoshop Elements 2, or Image Ready fixed

Don't flounder around. Get To•The•Point Software and get the latest version of Photologist!

Loan Calc 1.5.2 - Just announced from Max Programming is the release of Loan Calc 1.5.2. Loan Calc is an easy-to-use tool intended to calculate loans and mortgages repayments in a very simple way. Several interface enhancements have been included in the latest version of Loan Calc. Swing over to Max Programming and check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

FOILED AGAIN

One night a police officer was staking out a particularly rowdy bar for possible DUI violations. At closing time, he saw a fellow stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb and try his keys on five different cars before he found his. The man sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes. Meanwhile, all the other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started his engine and began to pull away. The police officer was waiting for him. As soon as he pulled onto the street, the officer stopped him, read him his rights and administered the breathalyzer test to determine his blood-alcohol content. The results showed a reading of 0.0. The puzzled officer demanded to know how that could be. The driver replied, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy."

THE TROUBLE AT DELL

A Dell technician advised his customer to put his troubled floppy back in the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold on, and was then heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.

Another Dell customer needed help setting up a new program, so a Dell tech suggested he go to the local Egghead. "Yeah, I got me a couple of friends," the customer replied. When told "Egghead" was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant for me to find a couple of geeks."

Yet another Dell customer called to complain that his keyboard no longer worked. He had cleaned it by filling up his tub with soap and water and soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing all the keys and washing them individually.