March 2, 2003

On The Net

Measles 2.1 -EEEK!! I am seein' spots! Er, no, I guess that would be Measles 2.1 by Stick Software. This fun little "desktop critter" is a bouncy desktop companion that can act as a CPU monitor if so desired. The latest version fixes two bugs that caused measles to get stuck and click madly, and Japanese localization was added. Grab your copy of Measles today!

CandyBar: The taste you can't resist!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Not Just Anybody - This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anyone could have.

- Anon

March 1, 2003

Commmunity News | On The Net | Monkie Business

Community News

Live Pencil - Just in time to liven up your weekend is a great update from Live Pencil! Ramon Teja knows just the dose of fun to dish out to make your computer happy. There's great new goodies for your e-mails, personal website, and just a super way to have fun! Don't just sit there! Click over to Live Pencil and have a blast!

On The Net

Eyeballs 2.4.1 - Just released from the "factory of fun" is Eyeballs 2.4.1 by Stick Software. This fun Mac OS X application plops a set of eyeballs in your menu bar or on your desktop that watch the cursor move around as you work. The latest version removes a spurious console log. We know you have an eye out for a good time, so grab a copy of Eyeballs and have some fun!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

What Really Counts - Not everything that can be counted, counts. And not everything that counts can be counted.

- Albert Einstein

February 28, 2003

Icons | Community News | Very Ape | Bananas

At The Top - Ahhh...the weekend! And with the weekend on it's way, we have New Icons, Community News, and Bananas for your Winter Blues. Plus, we've added some info to our Submissions Area for all of our Desktop and Icon artists, so everyone can share the wealth of GUI goodies. And would you have guessed it? Very Ape, a Monkie place where we give a nod to cool stuff, has returned! We won't detain you further. Let's get down and do the Monkie!

New GOO!

New Icons - We all know that the Head Monkie couldn't make an Icon if his lunch depended on it (careful now). So we are oh so grateful to our contributors for their fine work, including this week's latest artist Steve Ansell. Welcome Steve! With all that said, me thinks it's time to check 'em out.

Steve Ansell - Lights, camera...and Bubble Icons 1 from Steve Ansell! You don't need any swelled headed stars around to pop these bubbles. This great set of 16 was designed for Steve's own personal use, but quickly became a favorite among friends, as will be the case with you.

WatiWorks - Racing in with snazz and style is a classy set from WatiWorks called Transportation. Wati Larke sports his fine artistic abilities with cool vehicles from modern day to old time eras. Rev 'em up, Wati!

AGRAPHA Icons - Fun fun fun! From AGRAPHA Icons hops Harvey Lubin with AGRAPHA Animals 3. There's more fun in this collection than you can shake a tad pole at! You'll find 10 credible critters in this set that won't even clutter your desktop (just bark a little).

miX the piX - Winding up this serving of GUI goodies for Icon Friday is yet another well crafted package from the master miXer titled Server Icons. Hein Mevissen from miX the piX always manages to grab your attention with his work, whether you're a techy at heart or just wanna have fun. Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Steve, Wati, Harvey, and Hein...

Your work makes the entire net SHINE!

Thanks!!

Have Icons?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send them in!

 

 

Community News

Mandolux - Over the last week, Mandolux has added 6 new desktops to the galleries. The latest is a new Vector/CALMA called Christy Deux. Here's a quick run down for the week:

Mandolux has issued six new desktops: one Vector-based (Techno/Christy/Survivor), a Technosis/Anthraxis (Abstract), a Money 2K2 (Australian), and three Turning Leafs (Nature/Macro).

And you're still here? Get yourself over to Mandolux and check 'em out!

Very Ape!

Safari Menu - Ever been right in the middle of typing that all-too-important term paper and thought "Oh yeah! That URL I need is bookmarked." You find the app folder, get on line, open your browser, open your favorites and...mmm, which URL was that?

There's too many times, in too many apps, and too many places on your OSX desktop that you need that bookmarked web info NOW! Safari Menu surfs in and offers the solution! This great little app puts all of your Safari bookmarks in your Menu Bar so that no matter where you are or what you are doing on your computer, they are just a click away. You can go to any URL or search the Google search engine. And you're gonna love this part: It's FREE! What more can you ask?!! Ten toes up Safari Menu!

Check out this great little app from the smart folks at e dot software. GO!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

SOW NEGLECTED

What did the neurotic pig say to the farmer?

You take me for grunted.

NOT QUITE PIG LATIN

Howard County Police officers still write their reports by hand, and the data is entered later by a computer tech into their database. One theft report stated that a farmer had lost 2,025 pigs. Thinking that to be an error, the tech called the farmer directly."

Is it true Mr. (Smith) that you lost 2,025 pigs?" she asked.

"Yeth," lisped the farmer.

Being a Howard County girl herself, the tech entered: "Subject lost 2 sows and 25 pigs."

You'll have to use half a brain on this one!

GETTIN' OLD

The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.

February 27, 2003

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Monkie News

iCon Friday Plus! - Tomorrow is Icon Friday, our Weekly Icon Update. Of course you will find your favorite icon artists along with our latest contributor Steve Ansell. AND...

You asked for it, you got it! Several Icon Artists have requested 'guidelines' to submit their icon work. Request granted! We have updated the Submissions section in the Gallery area on the About Page. It now includes Icon Submission info. Eventually, we will post a Submissions page all its own. There's more, but we'll blab later!

Community News

MAJArch Studios - Woo hoo! Melissa of MAJArch Studios is back with new desktops for your eyes' delight! Just added to her star studded studios are silver surfer and submerged. If you're thinkin' what I'm thinkin', your mouse is already there. Get yourself over to MAJArch Studios and check 'em out!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Boch To The Drawing Board - Alex Salkever of BusinessWeek has suggested that Apple counter-act Microsoft’s purchase of Virtual PC by developing Bochs open-source software that would emulate the Windows desktop. He believes that if "Apple could weave Bochs into the operating system" and run Windows code in an upcoming version of OSX, they could compete more equally with Microsoft. Now that, my friends, would be the ultimate Switcher bait. - from MacMinute

New Napster In The Near Future - Roxio, maker of Toast, has plans to relaunch Napster sometime this year. They purchased Napster's assets and kept the creator of Napster, Shawn Fanning, as a consultant. After legalizing all the details, Roxio plans to reopen Napster as a service in which customers can pay for downloads separately or through monthly subscriptions. What was that about a Led Balloon? - from Yahoo

Clothes Your Nose - A new technology called Sensory Perception Technologies (SPT) is allowing manufacturers to make scented clothing. "Tiny droplets in miniature waterproof particles" are weaved into the fabric, and whenever those particles are rubbed against or moved they give off a scent. The particles may consist of things such as "moisturizers, deodorants, (and) fragrances." In addition, the fabric is washable. That ought to help my smell...my sense of smell that is! - from Excite

February 26, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - It's time to enjoy another Wednesday Desktop Edition here at the ole Monkie Zoo! The great Submissions keep coming in, and we even got the Main Monkie off his butt and working on some new 3-D rendered work. Till then, let's gander at all the latest in the Desktop Department. Let's roll!

New GOO!

New Desktops - This cool collection of Desktops was actually kind of hard to categorize. Nevertheless, it's an awesome set. So, let's get to diggin'!

3 Dimensions - Our sole entry into the 3-D Department this week is another amazing work from Terraholic's Martin Schulte called Heli Skiing. This is one of the many wonderful works from Martin's gallery made with terragen, a photorealistic landscape generator. It is now available for public beta testing for the Mac platform. YAY!

 

Desktops - Rick Weiss, the first of 2 of our latest contributors, adds For Columbia to our Galleries. This beautiful pic was taken with his digital camera and pays tribute to the crew members lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia. Note the illumination of the flag even against the dark sky...wow!

Next in line of new coming contributors is Stefan Poulos sporting the desktop titled Aristotle. This beautiful work from the collections of PoulosDesign reminds us that "We are what we repeatedly do...Think Different!" I second that motion!

Long time no see from Eye9design's Patrick O'Kelly! He seems to have returned, well, from another planet with Widggie Desktop - a very nice platter to serve up your Widgets made with Konfabulator! Mmm, mmm good! Quite the tasty treat from Sir Patrick. Just keep an arm's length from his laboratories! =)

The founder of EA Design, Mr. Ed Allen, privileges us with another of his fine works titled Further Down the Spiral. Ed always manages to give things a new twist and still keeps it simple. No clutter here. Just excellence at its best!

Talk about your addiction to Aqua! Radial from PlasmaDesign gives you your Aqua GUI fix and then some! This outstanding selection from Rob Randtoul barely touches the surface of the eye-popping work you will find in his collections. A must-have piece!

Adding a bit of dessert to this fine selection of Desktops is Apple Galaxy from Michele Bugliaro. Michele's eyes are always peeled on what is on the other side and gives us a good glance into the future skies of Apple. Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Rick, Stefan, Patrick, Ed, Rob, Michele, and Martin...

You're the best! THANKS!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez adds 2 new selections to the vast collections of Mandolux. The latest is a new Technosis/Anthraxis desktop titled Guam. In addition, a new Money 2K2 named Australia. These new works are just a click away at Mandolux!

EA Design - The Pixel Meister of EA Design, Mr. Ed Allen, has been squashed by an oversized elephant carrying a mindless Monkie. Ummmm, you're not buying that. Well, fact of the matter is, Mr. Allen IS very sick and has "been advised to do absolutley nothing for 2 weeks." So, things will be on hold for a tad bit at EA Design. We wish you a SPEEDY recovery and hope you get well soon.

On The Net

MaxBulk Mailer X 2.8 - Now available from MAX Programming is the latest version of MaxBulk Mailer X. MaxBulk Mailer is a mail-merge tool for Macintosh that allows you to send out customized press releases, price lists and any kind of text or HTML documents to your customers. Version 2.8 provides new additions, enhancements and bug fixes. Swing by MAX Programming and check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

COMPUTER REDEFINE!

Hard Drive: Trying to get home during a heavy snow storm.

IBM: Incontinent Bowel Movement.

JUST SHOOT ME

A cowboy and a biker are on death row, and are to be executed on the same day. The day comes, and they are brought to the gas chamber. The warden asks the cowboy if he has a last request, to which the cowboy replies, "Ah shore do, wardn. Ah'd be mighty grateful if'n yoo'd play 'Achy Breaky Heart' fur me bahfore ah hafta go."

"Sure enough, cowboy, we can do that," says the warden.

He turns to the biker, "And you, biker, what's your last request?"

"That you kill me first."

NO PRESSURE

A reporter was interviewing a 104 year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked.

She simply replied, "No peer pressure."

February 25, 2003

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Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Whoa!! Tomorrow's weekly Wednesday Desktop Edition is packed with great pixels to delight your eyes! This week's lineup includes our latest contributors Stefan Poulos and Rick Weiss, as well as some wonderful work from your favorite desktop artists. All this and more right here at MacMonkies!

Community News

Happy Belated Birthday, Steve! - Hard to believe we missed it, but we did! Mr. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computer, turned a young 48 years of age yesterday. Born February 24, 1955, Steve went on to help create the coolest of cool computer systems this planet has ever seen. And with this accomplishment, we have the Community News to report! Happy Belated Birthday, Steve!

On The Net

FruitMenu 3.0 - The folks at Unsanity have done it again as they bring you FruitMenu 3.0! This amazing haxie that gives you the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus has been packed with new enhancements and fixes, including the "Click and Hold Mouse Button to Access Contextual Menu In Finder" option. The upgrade is free to registered users of FruitMenu. Hurry over to Unsanity for all the latest info on FruitMenu 3.0. GO!

eMail Verifier X v1.1.2 - Just released from Max Programming is eMail Verifier X v1.1.2. eMail Verifier is a powerful solution for the standard "message delivery error." It verifies every e-mail address from a given mailing list. For a list of the enhancements, changes and bug fixes, swing over to Max Programming and check it out!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Powerbook Press - Mike Wendland of the Detroit Free Press wrote in his column that "the 12-inch PowerBook G4 is the finest laptop I've ever used. I like it so much that I bought it." He says that what won him over was the size of the powerbook, though he would suggest a lighted keyboard as an improvement. The 12-inch powerbook is shipping and starts at $1,799. - from Apple and Freep

Back In The Backyard - Paul McCartney held a surprise birthday concert for Wendy Whitworth, executive producer of "Larry King Live." Whitworth’s husband arranged it for $1 million. McCartney played a ninety minute set and donated the money to Adopt-A-Minefield. He finished up by presenting Whitworth with fifty roses and breaking into the song "Birthday." Money can't buy me love, but can buy a backyard Beatle bash. - from Excite

February 24, 2003

Community News | On The Net | Monkie News | Bananas

At The Top - Burrrrr! It snowed a bunch and got way cold over the weekend. But we won't let the Winter blues get us down. It's all the more reason to shared the warmth of the GUI Community and happenings on the Net. Plus, we have once again added a Featured Link as well as our usual dose of Fun. Let's Boogie!

Community News

Mandolux - The fine desktop works just keeps being added to the vast archives of Mandolux! Mando has just issued a new sub-theme for the Giant Petals section titled Turning Leafs and it's first desktop set is Aidan. The desktop is available in Giant (1920x1200) and Dual Monitor setups. Make your way to Mandolux and grab a look!

burntcanvasdesign - Holy cow buckets! Alan Sherwood of burntcanvasdesign has done it again! He has put up an outstanding update, filling it to the brim with a total of 11 new artistic works. He woulda made it 12, but we're sure he was busy picking up the overwhelmed cows. Hurry over to bcd and check 'em out (the pics, that is)!

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On The Net

IconBuilder Pro 4.0 - The folks at The Iconfactory have just announced the release of IconBuilder Pro 4.0. This great plug-in is the professional icon construction filter for Adobe Photoshop that icon artists for both the Macintosh and Windows operating system have come to rely on. Some of the major new features include:

• Support for Open/Drop folder states in Mac OS 10.2+ (Jaguar)
• Features to improve speed and ease-of-use
• Improved & expanded User's Guide & Tutorial including new tips & tricks
• Improved user interface & much more

For all the details and upgrade information, hurry over to The Factory and check out IconBuilder Pro 4.0.

simpleDays 2.0.5 - Now available from To•The•Point Software is simpleDays 2.0.5. simpleDays is a personal information manager with features that go beyond the standard PIM set. The latest update fixes a bug that caused a crash when setting a repeat interval on a reminder. Get you Monkie butt over to To•The•Point Software and grab the latest update to simpleDays!

Monkie News

Featured Link - We are pleased as purple plasma punch to present PlasmaDesign as this week's Featured Link. Just click and let your eyes roll to the left for our take on this great spot in the web. We have also added PlasmaDesign to our Links page. Check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

COMPUTER HEAVEN AND HELL

In Computer Heaven:

The management is from Intel,

The design and construction is done by Apple,

The marketing is done by Microsoft,

IBM provides the support,

Gateway determines the pricing.

In Computer Hell:

The management is from Apple,

Microsoft does design and construction,

IBM handles the marketing,

The support is from Gateway,

Intel sets the price.

 

YOU DRIVE ME NERVOUS

Liz: I get so nervous and frightened during driving tests!

Doctor: Don't worry about it. You'll pass eventually.

Liz: I'm the examiner!

BENDING THE DIFFERENCE

What is the difference between a trombone and a trumpet?

A trombone will bend before it breaks.