March 9, 2003

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

True Art - Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.

- Groucho Marx

CandyBar: The taste you can't resist!

It All Adds Up - The word "four" has four letters. In the English language there is no other number whose number of letters is equal to its value.

March 8, 2003

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Pic of the Day - If you don't learn to relax, you might end up looking like me! Think I am monkeying around? Take a peek at this week's Pic of the Day and see what you have to look forward to if you don't take time out and soak your toes in the tub. I dare ya...CLICK!

Just Another Line - If you put one foot in front of the other and walked a straight line, wouldn't you end up walking in a BIG circle??

- B. Wiles

The Little Things - Beware of small expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

- Benjamin Franklin

March 7, 2003

Icons | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - PHEW! This Monkie was startin' to wonder about today's update! But I got most of the coconuts pushed aside and was able to get to the good stuff. And that means we have a couple of cool new Icon Sets for your enjoyment, Community News, Software Updates On the Net, and the usual Monkie shoes for your weekend fun. Let's get to kickin'!

New Goo!

New Icons - This week we have a pair of icons ranging from the band room to the game room! One of them comes from our latest contributor Isabelle Laffy and the other from Max Rudberg. Who done what? Well! I guess we'll just have to read on!

Mac@dam - Sound your horns folks! Our latest contributor Isabelle Laffy from Mac@dam sends a brassy set of musical instrument icons titled BigBand. This cool collection of 13 includes both brass and woodwind instruments that are sure to strike a perfect pitch among your pixel pleasures!

 

Max Themes - From master theme maker Max Rudberg comes a ton of fun sporting Game Icons for OS X Ultimate Edition. Wow! What a title! Mr. Rudberg of Max Themes gathered up 80 game icons, some old and some new, and added his artistic abilities for a brilliant set. Out form the caves of Tomb Raider to the towers of Sim City, you're sure to love this set. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Isabelle and Max...

Ya just gotta love the fun stuff and yours is awesome!!

THANKS!!

Send us your Icons!

Community News

Xiupe Créations - Woo hoo! It's been a while since we have heard from Xiupe Créations. The the wait was worth it. S. Stéphane has let us know of a brand new 3-D creation called 3D Bruce Lee. Apparently the Bruce Lee craze is still alive and kickin', and this great pic has plenty of punch! Make a couple clicks to Xiupe Créations and check it out!

DV Graphics - Mr. Pixel Paul Sahner updates the pixel parlour at DV Graphics with a brand new icon set called Everything But the Kitchen Sink. This new set contains retro-styled icons that depict bizarre, "evil" appliances from around the house. Paul has also updated his Iconize Me! service. Swing over and see what all the madness is about!

Mandolux - Another great update comes to Mandolux with the addition of another Vector/Christy called Café and a new zenas|closer titled Ronat. In addition, here's the weekly recap:

Mandolux has issued this week: three Vector based desktops (Techno/Christy/Survivor), two Tutorials (Photoshop/Original Artwork), one Money 2K2 (Mexico), one Fire & Flames (Logs/Chimney), and one zenas | closer (Abstract).

All these and plenty more are waiting for you as you make your way to Mandolux!

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On The Net

BigFoot 2.2 - If anyone knows fun, it's the Ben Haller of Stick Software. And Ben has just released Big Foot 2.2, one of my all time favorite "useless" applications. Well, it IS useful for a smile, as you have fun feet prancing all over your Mac OSX desktop. And the latest version adds a new behavior for the feet, has a brand-new icon by Alexander MacLean of widgetwidget.com, adds support for Dutch to the many languages already supported, and fixes a console log bug on OS X 10.2. Seeing is believing, so we suggest you do some immediate stomping over to Stick Software and check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

ALL ABOUT X!

The other morning, my husband leapt out of bed, eager to finish installing the new window system on our home workstation. "You men," I sighed. "All you ever think about is X."

ONLY IN AMERICA

This definition of "compiler" must rank as the BEST of the possible wrong answers. Written by a student in a introductory Computer Science course.

"A compiler's primary function is to compile, organize the compilation, and go right back to compiling. It compiles basically only those things that require to be compiled, ignoring things that should not be compiled. The main way a compiler compiles, is to compile the things to be compiled until the compilation is complete."

GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES

When is it definitely better to be a woman than a man?

When you are in the lavatory and the plane hits turbulence.

March 6, 2003

Monkie News | Community News | Network News

Monkie News

Monkie Notes - Hi folks. Mr. Monkie here. I just wanted to let you all know that we are currently planning to update tomorrow with our weekly Icon Friday Update. However, some things have come about that may need tending to. So, there is a possibility that Friday's Edition may be postponed or cancelled. Drrrrrrag! I'll keep ya posted. Now, let's get to the good stuff!

Community News

burntcanvasdesign - OH NO!!!! Here we go again with another odd update at the burntcanvasdesign studio! With a whole load more mobile graphics for most mobile madness, and at last the release of his first icon set called another blue folder set. Get your clickers in gear, hop on down to bcd, and say OH YEAH!

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Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Mac Music - Apple will soon be releasing a new music downloading service according to the Los Angeles Times. The new service is unannounced at this time, but it is said that it will be released with the next version of iTunes. It will be exclusively for Mac users and will allow them to "buy and download commercially available music in a simple, non-technical way." - from MacCentral

Clerical Computer Error - A man named Brian Law received an erroneous electric bill from British Gas for $2.3 trillion. He forgot to pay the initial bill for $59.00 and received the $2.3 bill as a final notice from the company. After going to court on the issue, British Gas agreed that Law only owed $59.00 and called the error a "simple clerical mistake" due to the "computer mixing up the reference number for the property." Sounds like my luck. - from Ananova

March 5, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On the Net | Bananas

At The Top - Hooray for Wednesday! It is now hump day, the official time of the week to start sliding into the weekend. And of course to make it through the mid-week blues, we have new GUI goodies in store with our Wednesday Desktop Edition. If we only had enough duct tape for old Monkie Mouth, we would have it made! Oh well...let's dig in!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Me thinks it's time to kick back and let your eyes enjoy this week's gathering of Desktop goodies. There's 7 works of wonderment to grab from some artists that are very close to my feet...er, I mean heart. I best shuddup and find the duct tape!

Etc... - Bustin' down the doors of our Etc. Department is the combination of power and strength with Bruce and Apple by Grzegorz (Greg) Przymus. Greg is obviously a big Bruce Lee fan and certainly has great taste in computers!

 

Desktops - From the Digital Workshop of Peter J. Sucy comes quite the creative piece titled Eclipsed. Peter was inspired by Gravity Well, a background that was included with Max Rudberg's BBX Theme for OSX. The two talents collided and...SHAZZAM! Another cool pic by Peter!

Sneakin' in to our second slot of the Desktop variety is Mr. Slither with Snake Eyes...Oh hi Ed! Sorry man! That would be Sir Ed Allen of EA Design with quite the clever design using his usual minimalistic brilliance. Almost makes ya think you were looking into the sun, or perhaps the Eclipse too long. =)

And speaking of light, we have another phenomenal work from Jack Juliussen titled Road Light. This great selection is one of the many outstanding works that proudly grace the galleries of Prevision. And we're pleased as punch to have this quality work here as well!

 

3 Dimensions - Back after a long hiatus from the digital canvas is Melissa, the lady of class from MAJArch Studios. This week Melissa submits Submerged, a piece that begs the question "Rising or sinking?" This one is sure to rise to the top of the crop of your Aqua experience!

From the awesome galleries of PlasmaDesign, Rob Randtoul offers quite the work of beginnings with Genesis. Rob certainly has a talent for all things Aqua and shiny, but the ending seems nowhere in site...Is that a hint or what!

Stretched out and flattened onto a Bryce canvas comes Stressed, a shiny little piece from the Monkie Man himself, Bradford Wiles. And it's about time! We were beginning to wonder what that Monkie Head was up to. Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Melissa, Greg, Peter, Ed, Rob, and Jack...

It's a blast to have your excellence grace our pages!

THANKS!!

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Community News

Max Themes - Theme Master Max Rudberg of Max Themes has been quite busy as of late brushing things up for your eyes satisfaction! Max has updated all of his cool Themes, spiffed up the site, and even added some great icons and 'wait' cursors for use with Mighty Mouse! There's so much fun at Max Themes, we can't figure out why you're still here. Check 'em out!

TERRA Dreams - Oh my my! Some absolutely gorgeous landscape desktops have been added to the amazing galleries of TERRA Dreams. Among the latest additions are such beautiful works as Silence far off, Wrong way, eclipse, and One day. If you're looking for a great way to get away without leaving your desktop, escape into the vast landscape galleries of TERRA Dreams. Your eyes won't be disappointed!

On The Net

Cocktail 1.1.1 - Nope! You can't have another drink, but you can have another update of Cocktail, Version 1.1.1! This general purpose system utility is an app that simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and gives access to hidden Mac OS X settings. The latest version fixes bugs and checks for BSD subsystem at startup. Grab your must-have copy of Cocktail today!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

IBM COMPATIBLE

Why was Stonehenge abandoned?

It wasn't IBM compatible.

TWICE THE SIZE

A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large."

Then they walk around the ranch a little and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, "We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."

The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those?"

The Aussie asks with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?"

March 4, 2003

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Monkie News

Desktops On Their Way! - Could it be that time to announce that new Desktops on their way to brighten your monitor's day? OH YEAH! As usual, we have great work from great artists including the return of Peter J. Sucy, MAJArch Studios, and even MacMonkies! Don't be a grumpy Monkie. Smile a while with our weekly Wednesday Desktop Edition!

Community News

The Iconfactory - Hot Dog! The Foreman and Star Trek fanatic from The Iconfactory, Ged Maheux, has done it again! Mr. Maheux has created a fine set of icons called Trek Insignia. The set includes "logos affiliated with Starfleet as well as many of their better known enemies." This cool set is available for immediate download and you won't even have to wait for Scotty to beam you up! Get to clickin' your way over to The Iconfactory and check 'em out!

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On The Net

Cocktail 1.1 - One of the coolest utilities for OSX just got better! Cocktail 1.1 is a general purpose system utility that allows a user to customize the interface to making necessary maintenance tasks. The latest version includes changes to the interface, bug fixes, and other enhancements. Hurry over and grab your copy of Cocktail!

Speed Download 1.9.6 - Rev up your engines! The folks from Yazsoft have just released the latest version of Speed Download. This cool tool is a turbo download manager that will dramatically improve your download times, even with a fast connection. The latest update includes updated SD PLUGINS for better performance and compatibility, improved support for .zip and .gz extensions, and several other internal enhancements. Speed Download 1.9.6 - run like a rabbit and grab it!

the Apevine

Kara-Kelly.com - If you hadn't noticed, one of the coolest 3-D GUI sites has been MIA (missing in action) for a bit of time now. That site would be the one and only Kara-Kelly.com. BUT...Good good news!! VERY reliable Monkie sources tell us that the return of this splendiferous site is coming really soon with some cool new works and we suppose just as cool of a spiffy new site. You best keep your Bananas peeled 'cuz we're sure you're in for a tasty GUI treat!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Fab Forbes - Forbes released their 2003 list of the world’s richest people. Bill Gates again tops the list, but his worth is down to US$40.7 billion this year, compared to US$52.8 billion in 2002. Steve Jobs, on the other hand, is worth more this year. He is listed at US$1.7 billion as compared to last year’s US$1.1 billion. It is believed that Jobs’ holdings in Pixar have boosted his intake quite a bit. - from MacObserver

Can Fruit Replace Fries? - McDonalds Restaurants in the United Kingdom have added fresh fruit to their menu. Customers may order a bag of sliced apples and grapes in place of fries. McDonalds says they are giving customers more choices, but some speculate that they are just trying to appear like they sell healthier food. A drink called Robinsons Fruit Shoot will also be available. - from Ananova

March 3, 2003

Community News | Monkie News | Bananas

At The Top - Eeeeeew! It's Monday. Couldn't we just ban this day from the calendar week and replace it with two Saturdays? Hmmm...guess not. Since we can't, we'll just have to add some Monkie fun! We've got our usual goodies and humor, and even another Featured Link that you will find in the Monkie News Department. Now, dump the Monday blues and let's roll with it baby!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez from Mandolux announces the public availability of the original PS files for Christy and Christy Deux in a 'sort-of tutorial' for public enjoyment. There is also a crop version of the desktops available. Now you can have an inside look from the canvas to the gallery at Mandolux. Check 'em out!

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Monkie News

Featured Link - Another fine site has been selected as this week's Featured Link: Iconizer Icon Studios. Make a little click, look to your left, and grab our take on this great spot on the net. We have also added Iconizer Icon Studios to our Links page. Check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

REAL SUCKER

A man visits his aunt in the nursing home. It turns out that she is taking a nap, so he just sits down in a chair in her room, flips through a few magazines, and munches on some peanuts sitting in a bowl on the table. Eventually, the aunt wakes up, and her nephew realizes he's absentmindedly finished the entire bowl. "I'm so sorry, auntie, I've eaten all of your peanuts!"

"That's okay, dearie," the aunt replied. "After I've sucked the chocolate off, I don't care for them anyway."

SHAPE OF THINGS

I thought you were trying to get into shape?

I am. The shape I've selected is a triangle.

WAR

Confucius says, "War does not determine who's right. War determine who's left."

I CAN RELATE!

When I was born, the doctor took one look at my face, turned me over and said, "Look ... twins!"

- Rodney Dangerfield