February 15, 2003

Monkie News

Miscellaneous Monkie - Phew! It's been a busy couple of weeks! So, we'll be taking a couple of days off. While the Monkie is snoring away and the rest are out to play, feel free to browse around. There's plenty of New Icons and New Desktops and just a good ol' time to be found. Hope your Holiday was great and keep stayin' safe! See you soon!

A big fresh CandyBar kiss is just a click away!

P.S. - Make as much noise as you like. The Monkie shouldn't sleep THAT much!

February 14, 2003

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At The Top - Holy Cow Monkies! Today's Edition is rather packed with all kinds of GUI, news, and info! And returning today is our Featured Link which can be found in the Monkie News section. Be sure to check out all the sections for plenty o' fun. Enjoy!

New GOO!

New Icons! - Did you remember to buy your sweetheart a box of chocolates? Uh oh! Well, no worries! As with every Friday, we have new icons for your GUI delight. And might we recommend sending a set of your favorite icon combos with CandyBar's new iContainer feature! Now that you dig that, let's dig in!

AGRAPHA Icons - Harvey Lubin of AGRAPHA Icons throws a big heart in your direction with AGRAPHA System 3. You can't help but find eye-appeal for this set as it sure shows the love for your Mac!

Happicon - Spreading peace on this heart's day is Happicon's Rene with No Evil©. Rene offers this happy set with a plea for a peaceful solution to today's current crisis of possible war.

James Cox - Returning from the Forums of 68kmla is James Cox with his rather exceptional System replacement set titled System Replacement: Ray-dux. Phew! What a title! But still, a great set from James.

EMKdesign - Evan Kaufman of EMKdesign wraps up this week's Icon Edition with a simple little package of 4 icons with that cool EMK logo: EMK Icons. Great things come in small packages and this set is no exception. Enjoy!

 

Thanks to:

Rene, Evan, James, and Harvey for your wonderful work!

Brad

Community News

Mandolux - Master desktop craftsman Mando Gomez notes his latest addition Sulfuric: Troix, as well as sending us the recap for this week's additions at Mandolux. Let's look:

Mandolux has issued this week six new desktop: three Vector-based (Techno/Giant/Abstract), one Technosis/Anthraxis (Abstract), and two Lincoln 2K2 (Abstract/Scenery) desktops.

Get your mouse on the move and make your way to Mandolux! GO!

Monkie News

Featured Link - If you make a click trip here and gander to your left, you will see our latest Featured Link: Terraholic.net. We have also added this wonderful site to our Links Page. Grab a look!

Happy Birthday BeanHead! - What a day for a holiday! Our Nose for News and Assistant Editor - Ms. 'BeanHead' Spicer - was born this day back in 1825 making her a tender 128 years of age!

Kidding of course. But she does celebrate a Birthday today and we just wanted to see her blush a bit. So, here's to you, Miss BeanHead! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

On The Net

Mac OS X 10.2.4 - Apple has released Mac OS X 10.2.4, the latest update to their Operating System. The latest version includes several enhancements and can be downloaded via the Software Update pane in the System Preference panel. The Stand alone updater can also be downloaded by clicking here.

Speed Download 1.9.5 - Need more download speed? Check out the latest version of Speed Download from Yazoft. Speed Download is a download manager that dramatically improves your download time. The latest version includes:

• Updated SD PLUGINS for better performance and compatibility.
• Fixed a small bug relating to adding items to the queue manually.
• SD now supports the .sitx extension.
• Fixed the bug where some items in the queue were getting a negative queueposition.
• Many other internal enhancements.

Zoom yourself to Yazsoft and grab the latest copy of Speed Download. Race ya!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

THAT BITES

A man walks into a pub and sits down next to a man with a dog at his feet. "Does your dog bite?"

"No."

A few minutes later the dog takes a huge chunk out of his leg.

"I thought you said your dog didn't bite!" the man says indignantly.

"That's not my dog."

BACK TO THE EGG

Psychiatrist: What's your problem?

Patient: I think I'm a chicken.

Psychiatrist: How long has this been going on?

Patient: Ever since I was an egg!

I SEE!

A policeman stops a lady and asks for her license. He says "Lady, it says here that you should be wearing glasses."

The woman answered "Well, I have contacts."

The policeman replied "I don't care who you know! You're getting a ticket!"

February 13, 2003

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Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons! - Wanna make your Mac Happy for Valentine's Day? Well then! There's 4 sets of Icon eye candy from great artists such as Evan Kaufman, Harvey Lubin, James Cox, and Rene for the job. We've got your iThumper covered with our Friday Icon Update here at MacMonkies!

Community News

burntcanvasdesign - Alan Sherwood presents a special Valentine's piece, a stunning photoshop composition called ever more dedicated to his partner. Alan updates burntcanvasdesign for just a couple of days before returning to the photographic update previously. Drop by to see this dedicated creation. Get to clickin'!

On The Net

Mighty Mouse 1.0 - Another great haxie has come from the talented minds of Unsanity called Mighty Mouse! With Mighty Mouse, OSX users can:

• Animate any of the system cursors (including the Arrow cursor);
• Use cursors of any size - smaller or larger than the default ones;
• Magnify your existing cursors for easier accessibility;
• Download and import cursors made by other users;
• Create your own cursors and share them with others

This is some majorly cool stuff! Best way to get a feel for Mighty Mouse is to swing over to Unsanity and give it a whirl!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

British Survey Flavors: Apple, Then Coke - In a British online survey, Apple was named as the second highest brand that affected people’s lives in the year 2002. Apple gained 14 percent of the vote, coming in ahead of Coca-Cola, which gained 12 percent of the vote. Google came in first out of the 1,315 voters from around the world. People say they like Google’s set up because its interface is not as cluttered as those of other search engines on the net. - from Lycos and MacCentral

February 12, 2003

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At The Top - Another wild and wonderful Wednesday has come upon us as we dig into the GUI Galleries. Time to add that extra spiff to your eye candy X-perience, as well as the usual Monkie fun. No sense in listening to me ramble. Let's dig in!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Some great desktops have come through our Submission doors! This week we welcome work from our latest contributors Grzegorz Przymus, Bruce Hulvey, and Rob Randtoul. Shall we?

Etc... - Updating our Etc. Department this week is our latest contributor Grzegorz (Greg) Przymus with Be Real! Greg, obviously a big Bruce Lee fan, sends this nicely done desktop from Poland. This one ought to leave you green with envy!

 

3 Dimensions - Firing up our 3-D Section is Bruce Hulvey with his hot number titled Man In Water. If you look closely at this piece, you'll find some interesting and nicely done contrasting elements. We'll let your eyes do the walking.

Second up for our 3-D goodies and also a new contributor is Rob Randtoul of PlasmaDesign. From Rob's cool collections comes Going Up! This soothing selection is one of the many great pieces you will find in his vast archives of amazing works.

We seem to have quite the Aqua theme going here as Mr. Bob Wiley adds plenty of splash with his latest creation called Falling. Me thinks your GUI eyes might just find themselves falling for this cool pic!

Closing up our 3-D Section this week is another fantastic piece from Martin Schulte, master landscaper of Terraholic.net. Ready for this one? How about Cumulonimbus Congestus! WOW! What else can one say but wow?!!

 

Nature - A natural shoe-in for our Nature Department is the amazing talent of Michael Heath from Australia. This week we have another lush piece from Michael titled La La Falls. Do you feel your eyes drooling over this piece already? We thought you might!

 

Desktops - At long last! The return of Ed Allen from EA Design! And with his return we have quite the great desktop piece called Shimmy. Once your desktop gets a good look at this great piece, we think it's for sure to do the shimmy! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Keep up the great work, guys!

A million thanks!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Mandolux - Just released from Mandolux is a new Technosis piece titled Pebbles. It is a picture of random shapes in a wonderful blue background. Plus, if you look around a tad, Mando offers a sneak preview of what's to come this Friday! Hurry over to Mandolux and grab a look!

On The Net

iFix©2 - The keen eye of the Mac web, Happicon's Rene has been keeping Apple's new looks consistent with iFix©2! In teaming up with Max Rudberg, Rene has offered a fix to add the new iMovie 3 look to iTunes 3 and QuickTime Player 6. Kinda makes you think Rene should be working for Apple, wouldn't you say? Get yourself over to Happicon and make your Mac apps shine!

iCash 1.0 - The folks from over at Max Programming have announced the release of iCash 1.0, a Personal Finances and Money manager software for Mac. This simple tool is intended to control your personal finances, keeping track of incomes, expenses, credits, debts and Banks transactions for you. It's easy to use and you don't even need to know about accounting or even care about it! Swing by Max Programming and check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

HERE'S YOUR SIGN

In a New York medical building: "Mental Health Prevention Center."

JUST A NUT

A man walked in to a bar after a long day at work. As he began to drink his beer, he heard a voice say seductively "You've got great hair!"

The man looked around but couldn't see where the voice was coming from, so he went back to his beer.

A minute later, he heard the same soft voice say "You're a handsome man!"

The man looked around, but still couldn't see where the voice was coming from. When he went back to his beer, the voice said again "What a stud you are!"

The man was so baffled by this that he asked the bartender what was going on. The bartender said "Oh, it's the nuts - they're complimentary."

PLENTY O' PUN

A good pun is its own reword.

February 11, 2003

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Monkie News

This and That - Tomorrow once again brings a wide selection of desktops from all over the web. We'll have works from your fave artists, some you haven't heard from in a bit, and a fresh face or two! Be sure to grab your vine and swing by for our Wednesday Desktop Edition that's just around the corner!

Community News

Max Themes - Whoa! A big update has come from Max Rudberg of Max Themes! Just added to his cool collection of OSX Themes is an update to SmoothStripes and SmoothStripes Classic. In addition to the shiny improvements made to these great themes, Max has been working with Rene of Happicon to bring you iFix©2, giving QuickTime 6 and iTunes 3 the new iMovie 3 look. Best get your Monkie rear over to Max Themes and check out all the latest GUI goodness. GO!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

XServe Gets Extra Speed - Apple has upgraded the XServe to a dual 1.33 gigahertz G4 processor. According to Philip Schiller, senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing for Apple, they have acted upon users feedback and are now able to offer “more power and more storage at an even lower price." Apple also announced the release of “Xserve RAID, a 3U rack storage system with a 2.5TB storage capacity.” Xserve RAID will be available in March. - from MacCentral

Cyber Warfare - President Bush signed an order for officials to develop guidelines under which the United States could launch cyber attacks on foreign computers. The guidelines would describe appropriate circumstances, specify who would authorize cyber attacks and identify legitimate targets. The United States has never used cyber warfare, but it could be used in the future to hinder foreign radar systems, electricity and phone lines. - from Excite

Computer Clots - A 32-year-old New Zealand man passed out after sitting at his computer for eighteen hours straight. A blood clot had developed in his leg and traveled to his lung, causing him to faint. Blood clots, also known as Thrombosis, occur when peoples’ legs are immobile for lengths of time. Researchers nicknamed this diagnosis the first case of "eThrombosis” since the clot seemed to develop as a result from the man sitting at his computer. 18 hours? That's nothin'! - from Wired

February 10, 2003

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Community News

theDeskStop - Oh my! Mindy Weaver has hearts a thumpin' all over the place at theDeskStop with a new set of icons called thumpa-thumpa! This great set of 9 is just in time for your Valentine. Don't let your heart skip a beat. Get over to theDeskStop and check 'em out!

burntcanvasdesign - A barrel full of black and white has turned up at the burntcanvasdesign studios. Working as fast as he can, Mr. Alan Sherwood has put up a whopping 20 new photos for your visual delight. WOW! Come on and come over, to bcd. Click!

Live Pencil - Looking for the combination of fun and cool? Then you're looking for Live Pencil! This week you'll see the SINGING ANIMALS from your 2002 Advent Calendar; more Tickle Me's turned into animations that you may use; more fun Smiley Emoticons; Jane Daniell and her TWIRLING FACE; and of course like every week, one on the many Hidden Images for you to find! Phew!! That's a ton of fun. But you won't get an eyeful unless you make that click over to Live Pencil. Go already!

The Iconfactory - Even more GUI goodies have been made available for consumption over at The Iconfactory! Dave Brasgalla cooked up a sweet set of icons for the day of love titled Valentine Hearts. Your sweetheart is sure to pour the sugar on you if you send them this great new set of OSX GUI sweetness. You best get to clickin' to The Iconfactory for this great new set. GO!

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Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

RIDDLE ME THIS

There is a one story house. Everything is blue. The lawn is blue, the windows are blue, the silverware is blue, the beds are blue, the roof is blue, and the walls are blue. Everything is blue. What color are the stairs?

None, it's a one story house. =)

BITE ME

Did you hear about the new breed in pet shops? They crossed a pit bull with a collie; it bites your leg off and goes for help.

DING DONG

Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?

TAPE

I haven't lost my mind, I have it backed up on tape somewhere.