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the Apevine

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February 12, 2002

New Desktops - Ethereal Creations has two new creations for your desktop's delight as well as an updated Site News Page. Head on over and have a look.

February 11, 2002

AOL Beta Testers - If you are a Mac Beta Tester for AOL, they have two new bits of beta for you to debug:

AOL Music Search and AOL for Mac OS X (with an updated version of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser).

Use Keywords MSBeta and Beta respectively. Want to help get the bugs out? If you're an AOL member, go to Keyword Beta and sign up!

February 10, 2002

X Marks the Winner! - Apple will be rewarding developers for products of outstanding design at this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in the following categories:

Best New Mac OS X Product
Most Innovative Mac OS X Product
Best Mac OS X User Experience
Best Mac OS X Technology Adoption

Each category provides a chance to win an "Ultimate" Power Macintosh G4 system, a 22-inch Studio Display, a trophy, and the right to use the Apple Design Awards logo on packaging, manuals, and advertising. WOW! For more details, CLICK HERE!

February 9, 2002

New Desktops! - Ed Allen has added a few new pieces to his 3-D and 2-D gallerys. Head over to EA Design and grab some inspiration for your desktop!

 

HotApp! - The good folks over at Trufsoft.com are offering free demo licenses for those of you who would like to take HotApp for a spin. HotApp is a utility application that let's you control various elements of Mac OS 10.1 directly from the keyboard. You can launch applications at the touch of a key that you choose and much more! If you are interested in the demo, CLICK HERE.

February 8, 2002

The Real Deal - Ethereal Creations has added 5 fantastic new desktop images made with Poser4 and Bryce5. Their Site News Page has also been updated. What are ya waiting for?! Stop by and have a look!

February 7, 2002

Winter Olympics - The Opening Ceremony for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah begins this Friday at 6 PM MST. Best of luck to the USA Olympic Team! For more details on events and times, visit the Official Olympic Website for the 2002 Winter Games.

February 6, 2002

MonkieNews! - Wow! 'Tis the season for good-bye's and new beginnings! It seems for all things that come to an end, something new is just around the corner. Let's take a peek!

• New in the Gallery! - We have 6 new desktops including 2 new entries from Kara Kelly and Ed Allen. Let's check 'em out!

3-D Delight - Heading up our 3-D Department is a fine piece from Kara Kelly titled Goin' to the Ballgame and another burst of creativity from Ed Allen titled Creative Burst.

Also of the 3-Dimensional persuasion is Edge of Time and Pinball! Have a peek!

Desktops Deluxe! - Also in the Gallery are 2 new additions to our Desktop Section called Colour of Love and Yes's and No's. Don't be Monkeyin' around...Head over and have a look!

• All She Wrote! - We have officially discontinued our mirrored editions of MacMonkies at our Topcities.com and Mac.com locations. Please make note and book mark the new URL - http://www.macmonkies.com. Thanks!!

 

Holy Cow and the Farm Has Been Bought! - Scott Chitwood of Rampant Mac is closing up shop. Here's what Scott had to say:

Rampant Mac gave me a great ride for two and a half years in the Mac GUI Community and it was made possible by the fun people who came as visitors as well other awesome members of the Community who supported my efforts. I'm also quite amazed by the number of people out there who were impressed enough by what I was doing that they in turn have become artists and members of the Mac Community, it is the biggest compliment anyone could dream of.

Rampant Mac was based on being free to all and that meant for me too, I never wanted to go dot com. But things change and what was once free now comes with a price and rather than pass that cost along to my visitors I felt that the best option was to shut down.

The purpose of this one remaining page is so that folks connecting to Rampant Mac from other site links won't have to stare at an error page.

As things do change I won't rule out the possibility that Rampant Mac could someday return, weirder things have happened...

Once again, thanks to all and may your days be fun ;)

Scott

Though a sad day for the Mac community, we would like to express a deep heart-rooted THANK YOU to Mr. Chitwood for the infinite smiles generated by his endless talent and of course from his larger-than-life heart. 8]

 

Pixelpalooza 2002 - If you're into pushing pixels, then Pixelpalooza is the place for you! The Iconfactory's 6th annual icon design contest is now underway. The Contest is a fantastic opportunity for talented icon artists to create original and compelling icons for the Macintosh platform. This year's prizes are certainly worth mentioning:

Grand Prize Bundle - Apple iPod, iGlove iPod case, Microsoft Office v.X, Fonthead CD-ROM, Choice of 3 Font Diner sets, Vizspring Typeset, Rare "User" t-shirt from Panic, Iconfactory t-shirt, and an Iconfactory lapel pin.

Runner-Up Bundle - Microsoft Office v.X, Aladdin Stuffit Deluxe, Panic Audion 2, Choice of 2 Font Diner sets, Typeset, Iconfactory t-shirt, Iconfactory lapel pin

WOW! They will be accepting entries through Noon, e.s.t. on Monday, April 1st, 2002. Get on over and SUBMIT!

Excellence in Art - Ed Allen and Alan Sherwood bring you 10 excellent new additions to EA Design. Take a moment and check out these fine new works. Your eyes will thank you!

 

Old Dog, New Tricks - In a few months, Michael Rabe will be burying the bone and Doghouse Online will be gone for good. Don't worry about the Doghouse's themes and programs that you have grown to love. They will live on in the new software company named "InstoSoft." The new name is made up from the words "Insto"(Latin for "To devote oneself to") and "Soft"(Software). The Doghouse will die after nearly 8 years of service, but its spirit will continue with a fine new incarnation from the master himself!

 

Mac Music - An elementary teacher from Lafayette, California has created an entire CD of songs that are inspired by and written about his Mac. John Swerdan recorded the CD, titled "StartupSounds," using the school computer lab. He even used an iMac box as a kick drum. Some of the songs on the three-year project include "Startup/Hard Drive," "Quickdraw Bill," and "Poor Sad Mac." Swerdan's CD is available for $15 at his website. As of press time, a whopping zero copies have been sold. - from Wired

 

Monkey Think Twice - Scientists have discovered a way to get a monkey to think a cursor across a computer screen. By implanting electrodes in a monkey's brain while playing a simple video game, scientists at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena were able to detect electrical brain patterns that occurred as the monkey maneuvered. They then trained the monkey to simply think about the movements he wanted to make while playing the game and had a computer move the mouse by reading the electrical patterns from the monkey's brain. They were then able to follow the patterns successfully 90 per cent of the time. Scientists would like to see this type of research lead to paralyzed patients being able to control robotic limbs or communications devices with their thoughts. I would like to see this type of science firmly planted in this Monkie's head for a more coherent website! - from Yahoo

 

Is The Copyright Right? - Napster got a huge break January 16 when judge Marilyn Hall Patel questioned whether the record companies' copyrights extended to the digital distribution of music. No other company has had the opportunity that Napster now has to challenge the record companies on the ownership of their copyrights. The problem is that Napster doesn't have any more money or energy to fight. Still, judge Patel may encourage them to do so. - from The Register

 

Talk 'Till You're Flu In The Face - Thomas Chan of Hong Kong's Chinese University has determined that the people of Hong Kong are more likely to catch the flu virus because they talk too much and too loud. "When you talk too much and too loudly, you are traumatizing your throat," he says. People who have their mouths open longer have a better chance of the virus entering their throats. And people in Hong Kong tend to shout because of the crowded population. Chan also adds that "air pollution and a hectic social life" are contributors to people catching the flu. Open mouth, insert sock? - from Excite

 

Escotel Cells Veggies - The mobile phone company Escotel offers a Cellular Rural Phone Service in which customers are allowed to pay for their phone service via commodities, such as milk, fruit and vegetables. Escotel offers this service mainly as a way for people to keep in touch with their loved ones in the Gulf. For example, "A kilo of cauliflowers will pay for a one-minute call from Uttar Pradesh to New Delhi." Once the phone operator receives the goods, it is up to him or her to sell the goods and pay the phone company in cash at the end of every month. - from Ananova

 

Lunchtime Crime - Raymond Jastrzab of Johnstown, Pa. has been fired for bringing to work brownies that contained laxatives! Jastrzab worked at OMG Americas and said that he "cooked up" the brownies for his co-workers because they kept eating his lunches. John R. Anthony Sr.., one of the co-workers to have a "run-in" with the laxative-laced treats, is in the process of suing Jastrzab due to the incident, which happened on Jan. 27, 2000. - from CNEWS

 

Have you Heard?

TechTool 3.0.6 - In mid-January, an e-mail received from Micromat Inc. said:

"TechTool Pro 3.0.6 will be compatible with OS 9.2.2 on down to 7.5.5. We expect the new version to be available around the end of January."

At press time, the new update was currently unavailable. We will let you know as soon as we confirm the release of the latest available version of TechTool Pro.

 

Mac OSX 10.1.3 - Latest word on OSX 10.1.3 is that it is very stable and quite possibly right around the corner! Keep your Bananas peeled!

 

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

 

Check 'em Out!!

Face Your Mac! - If you don't like the way your Mac looks you in the eye, there are plenty of ways to dress it up. Of course you can always spiff it up with a cool desktop or two from MacMonkies. But if that just isn't enough, OS 8.5 thru 9.x allows you to change your looks through the Appearance control panel as easy as 1, 2, Theme! All you need is one of the many available 3rd party themes:

ResExcellence

The Doghouse/InstoSoft

MacThemes

And if themes just don't cut it for you, there's always the ever awesome Kaleidoscope which allows you tons of spectacular Schemes! As for the schemes, a good place to begin is:

Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive

And of course, even the spiffy new OSX appearance is just waiting for a new look with some 3rd party Themes:

XThemination

ResExcellence

The Doghouse/InstoSoft

Want more? Just pull out the old Sherlock II and do a quick search with keywords such as "Mac Themes," "Mac OSX Themes," or "Kaleidoscope Schemes" and you'll find yourself busy for hours!

Check 'em Out!

 

Just Plain Nutz!

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONEY...

Dear Dad,
$chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can`t think of anything I need. $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you.
Love,
Your $on

The Reply:

Dear Son,

I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh.
Love,
Dad

EXCUSE ME! (Part II)

Excuse notes from parents (with their original spelling) collected by schools from all over the country:

Please excuse Pedro from being absent yesterday. He had (diahre) (dyrea) (direathe) the runs. [words in ()'s were crossed out.]

Please excuse Burma, she has been sick and under the doctor.

Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.

Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.

I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I
don't know what size she wears.

Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.

Sally won't be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.

ONLINE ADDICTION (Part III)

You know you've been online too long when:

You are doing things more and more that you swore you would never do when you first got online.

You sign on & immediately get 10 IMs from people who have you on their buddy list.

You have a map on the wall with LOTS of red thumbtacks to mark where people are you have met.

You look at an annoying person off-line & wish you had your ignore button handy.

You bring a bag lunch and a cooler to the computer.

You go thru "withdrawal" if you are away from the computer for more than a few hours.

Your buddy list has over 100 people on it.

You wake up in the morning and the first thing you do is get online before you have your first cup of coffee.

You have to inject no-doze into your butt to keep it awake.

You have your computer set so it goes directly into AOL's welcome screen.

You wait 6 hours online for a certain "special" person to come home from work.

You don't know where the time has gone.

You end sentences with 3 (or more) periods while writing letters by hand.

Your relationship online has gone farther than any real one you have had.

You get up at 2 am to go to the bathroom but turn on the computer instead..

OH, STOP IT!
 
Two blonde guys are driving a car on a very hilly road. They get to the top of a very high, steep hill and they start going down it very fast. The guy driving says "Oh no! The brakes don't work!" The passenger calmly replied "Don't worry, There's a Stop sign at the end of this hill."

SCARED 2 DEATH

What happens if you get half scared to death twice?

 

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Odds and Ends

KEY TO CREATE

The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

 

THE SKY IS FALLING

The sky is falling...no, I'm tipping over backwards.

- Rod Schmidt

 

HARD WORK

There is no substitute for hard work.

-Thomas A Edison

 

THE OTHER HALF

Two halves don't make a whole. Two wholes make a unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            
 the Bottom Line

            
(What more did you expect?! )

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Apple to receive Grammy for "revolutionizing the way music is written, produced, mixed and recorded."

Buddy, a dark tabby cat, wakes seventy-five-year-old owner from blazing fire, saving his life.

Download accelerator

Preview version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

Reduces load time of your web pages, checks tags & links

Prevents you from being logged off of AOL

Internet access software for the ISP

Appearance savvy file type changer

Tool to quickly access favorite Mac sites

Provides detailed information on every Apple Mac ever made

Font problem diagnosis and repair tool

Password organizer with strong cryptography

Tetris like casual falling blocks game

Cross-platform development environment

Onscreen keyboard

App switcher/launcher a bit like OS X's dock

February virus definitions for both Norton & Virex are available for download.

Version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

Switch between multiple Dock states

Download accelerator

Tool to enable up 10 different docks

Multimedia slide show player

Fully cross-platform development environment

System desktop calendar

EarthLink Internet access software

Flexible notepad application

Tool to quickly access top Mac sites

Provides detailed information on every Apple Mac ever made

Font problem diagnosis and repair tool

Screen saver that sticks live icons on any other screen saver

Display screen savers on the desktop

Password organizer with strong cryptography

Calculator allowing inline expressions in a global window

Tool to easily print envelopes

Tool to quickly print envelopes

ICQ client

Tetris like casual falling blocks game

Onscreen keyboard

Screensaver simulates flight through an asteroid field

Launch customized application from a contextual menu

Status bar icon to indicate if Classic is running

Download manager and accelerator utility