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April 23, 2002

Late Night Edition 10:01 PM MST

Grab the GUI! - For all you late-nite GUI heads or early risin' go-getters, our latest batch of GOO in now in stock for you! Check out the Gallery for all the latest Desktop Hangings and the GUI Section for all your Icon favorites!

Stop back after bit for the most recent edition of MacMonkies!

Coming Up! - Tomorrow we will have gobs of GUI goodies for your desktop's delight!

Packing the shelves in the pixel department will be cool icons from Matthew Bice of IHeartNY: Xicons, Paul Sahner of DV Graphics, and Rene of Happicon!

Hangin' out in the Monkie Gallery will be some dazzling new works from MacMonkies, Scott Chitwood, and EA Design!

Stop back Wednesday for plenty of News, GUI, and Fun with the next edition of MacMonkies.

 

Money! - Here's a nickel to chew on: If you had a million dollars to blow, you could spend $1,000 a day for one thousand days. That's every day for 2.73 YEARS! Whoa!

Now, think about this: Bill Gates is said to be worth 58.7 BILLION dollars (AFTER the taxes he doesn't pay) according to Forbes.com. If my Monkie Math is correct*, then you can spend spend a grand a day, everyday, for 160,821.9 years! You would literally die trying!

*The Math - 58,700,000,000 dollars ÷ 1,000 per day = 58,700,000 days. Then divide 58,700,000 days by 365 days per year = 160, 821.9. Please let me know if this is not correct.

April 22, 2002

Check It Out! - If you're a Star Wars fan, check out the latest from TIME Magazine online! They've got stories, Gallery and Graphics, polls, and archives just waiting for you discerning eye. And if that is not enough, you can always check out the latest trailers at Apple's "Trailer Park" and the official Star Wars website itself. Check it out!

 

Software Update - Looking for a best-of-breed web browser for the OS X platform? Check out Chimera - the Cocoa native standalone Web browser based on Fizzilla. This fine, still-in-development browser rips right along surfin' down the net! If you want to check out the latest version, CLICK HERE!

April 21, 2002

Thought for the Day - Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.

- Norman Ford

April 20, 2002

TOP NEWS - It seems the artistic rebels at EA Design have been at it again. Not only have they updated their site with 12 new artistic pieces, but apparently they have been finding their way into unsuspecting sites and etching their mark with a shameless plug!

Gads! Some people will stop at nothing! Please hurry over and check out their site before this thing spreads too much! =)

April 19, 2002

Software Updates - Symantec updates Norton AntiVirus to version 8.01. The update can be downloaded using the Live Update feature in the software.

The Mozilla Organization has updated their open-source web browser to version 1.0rc1.

 

New Icon Section! - Just wanted to remind everyone to stop by the new Icon section that we added on Wednesday! The new section is doing very well! We will be adding "short-cut" navigation to this and all sections soon to better serve your clicking needs! Thanks to all for the support!

 

Monkie Honor - We are pleased to share that MacMonkies has been selected by The Iconfactory to receive its "Favorite Sites" icon in their DeskBase. The Iconfactory gives this special designation to sites that they feel "offer users high quality or unique content."

To The Iconfactory and all our readers and contributors, a great big THANK YOU! You truly Make the Difference!

April 18, 2002

Cool Beta Beans! - Apple Computer is now offering Mac.com e-mail customers a Webmail version of their services. The current version of this service is in the Beta state. Apple is asking customers to send feedback if they "encounter problems or have questions about this version." You can access this new feature simply by going to the iTools section at Apple and the Beta Webmail is on the bottom left of the page.

 

Updated Software - The Omni Group has updated OmniWeb - the popular web browser for OSX - to version 4.1b4. Check it out!

 

April 17, 2002

SOFTWARE UPDATE - Mac OSX updates with version 10.1.4 via the Software Update panel in the System Preferences. The new version offers improvements for security, networking, and additional device support.

 

At The Top

In The News! - The Iconfactory just can't get enough of that sweet stuff! MacUser has this to say about the Factory:

Pixelpalooza - the annual 'oscars' of the icon world - is almost upon us and the preliminary candidates for the Mac OS X award have been announced. So if you want to jazz up OS X with some rather gorgeous 128x128 icons hop over to the Iconfactory and download at will.

How cool! And speaking of Pixelpalooza, today's the day to learn the results of Pixelpalooza 2002. Get on over there and see the winners list! Congrats to all!

MonkieNews!

ICONS NOW OPEN! - To add to your Monkie barrel 'o fun, we've added a new section to our GUI Department - Icons! Yuppers! This was the first thing that got the main Monkie heavy into Mac years ago. Kicking off the funstivities are the three fabulous Icon Creators - Patrick O'Kelly, Dan Flax, and Scott Chitwood. Let's look!

iPuddles of Fun! - From master craftsman of Eye9design - Patrick O'Kelly - we get our first blast of fun with iPuddles and MercuryLensX! Awesome stuff!

Class Act - Dan Flax, GUI editor of ResExcellence and the man behind Flax Creations, always adds a touch of class with sets like Handy Icons and Borgcons Vol. 1.

Byting Edge! - Scott Chitwood, former Rampant Mac Jack-of-all-trades, master of many, brings you the R1E set along with the scrumptious set of Apple Bytes. But watch out for Grandma!

Check 'em out!

In The Gallery - Our rather regular group of Monkie misfits have put together a fine selection of desktop GUI goods for you this week. Let's peeky!

More Fun For You - MacMonkies Software Junkie Kara Kelly and head Monkie Butt Bradford Wiles played a tad bit of tag team sending this collaborative piece back and forth to come up with Happy Day! And of course, it plops down in both the Fun section and the Desktop area.

Desktop Blues? - Well, your desktop will but won't be blue after adding Blue Transfer by Ed Allen of EA Design! You'll figure it out!

Fantastic 3-D! - This week's pic from Andy Moraitis - Give Me Strength - is perhaps his finest work to date!

From Neil Roberts comes a piece of rather deep subject matter (pun intended) called Canyon.

Alan Sherwood, also of EA Design fame, adds this masterful piece called Hands.

Daydreaming is probably what Scott Chitwood does best as he enters in with Daydream #5.

And finally, from MacMonkies come another ponderous piece titled The Harvest.

Enjoy!

 

Miscellaneous Monkie Junk - Portions of next week's update may be from the road as a bass playing gig at the UNC Jazz Fest calls for a trip to Greeley Colorado! Please chimp with us in case of chimplications!

Updated 4:30 AM MST

All Apologies - It wasn't noticed till now that though we made the newest Gallery updates available several hours ago, the newest 3-D Page had not been uploaded. My apologies! =)

- Brad

Community News

IHeartNY: Xicons - The ever talented Matthew Bice of IHeartNY: Xicons, has updated with 3 new icon sets since we last reported: DragThing, Dock Lawn Additions, and Genetic Experiment Gone Awry!

Watch out for the blue hair! Now, which one was the one gone "awry?"

Ethereal Creations - The latest from Ethereal Creations: "Four desktops in our New Releases section and two additional desktops in our Guest Art Gallery. The site news page has also been updated with our latest happenings and there's a fresh article in The View From Here for your reading enjoyment. Kick back and relax as you peruse their latest offerings."

EA Design - There's still time to check out the 10 recent additions over at EA Design. Top it off with a nice way to relieve stress with the "Stress Relief Dartboard" and you have your day well rounded!

DV Graphics - Whoa! DV Graphics has updated with a fine set of icons called Glass VI!

These are way cool icons - just what the Monkie doctor ordered!

Xicons - Have you checked out the icons recently added to Xicons? Some of them are good enough to eat! Like Limewire by Jon Helgason and Wintergreen TicTacs by Mike Matas. Check out these and all the latest stuff at Xicons!

 

Check 'em Out!

 

Send us your news: press@macmonkies.com

News On The Net...

Hackers Slack - A group known as the "X-Team" in Argentina hacked into the Supreme Court's web page, but were found innocent by the judge in charge of the case. The judge expressed concern that there is a void in the law when it comes to digital crime. "The judge ruled that hacking didn't harm things, people or animals and thus was not covered in the law," explained Antonio Mille, a Microsoft lawyer. This makes hacking in Argentina legal by default. And what's wrong with this picture? - from Netscape

Against All Odds Couple - Sammy Hagar and David Lee Roth are planning a tour - together! You heard right! Hagar and Roth recently met for the first time and Hagar said that he was "blown away at how well they got along together" as are we! If all goes well, Roth and Hagar will co-headline on the Song For Song, The Heavyweight Champs Of Rock'N'Roll tour. Tour dates run from the end of May to the end of June.

Adding to the craziness from the heat, Van-Halen bassist Michael Anthony is said to be recording a pair of songs with Sammy and Journey guitarist Neal Schon. Now if this ain't the unexpected journey from Weirdsville itself! - from Billboard.com

Can I Get A Witness? - On Tuesday, The Department of Justice (DOJ) gave the go-ahead to the states pursuing harsher penalties against Microsoft. Out of 18 states, nine states settled in the Microsoft antitrust case. Microsoft has tried to get the court to drop the case of the remaining nine states, but "The non-settling states may pursue relief" according to the DOJ. Microsoft called it's first witness, the CEO of AMD, to the witness stand on Tuesday. - from MacUser

Monkey See! - A British surgeon recently performed eye surgery on a gorilla at Bristol Zoo Gardens, in west England. The gorilla, Romina, is twenty one years old and was born blind. Jenny Watts, the surgeon, performed surgery to remove the cataract from one of Romina's eyes and replace it with a silicon lens. This is the same way human cataracts are treated. The results have been good, as Romina has been interacting more and more with her companions, and a second surgery is planned to treat her other eye. - from Yahoo

Off Your Rocker - A 63-year-old Italian woman reportedly laughed herself unconscious while watching television. The woman, from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, began laughing while watching a comedy, fell off her chair and lost consciousness. Doctors treated her for nervous laughter by reviving her and giving her sedatives. Sounds like this IS a laughing matter! from Ananova

 

Have you Heard?

Mac OSX Update - With the release of Mac OSX Server version 10.1.4 having just been released last night, it would seem evident that the corresponding version "for the rest of us" is just around the corner - perhaps by the end other the week. The buzz about is telling us that improved security enhancements, improvement for PPP connections, and improved system responsiveness are to be expected in the up-and-coming release.

 

WWDC - Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, will open up the festivities at the Worldwide Developers Conference in May. Jobs promises "a sneak peek at the next release of Mac OS X, code named Jaguar" during his keynote presentation, given at 10am. The conference, held on May 6, 2002, will offer 120 sessions on Mac OS X, and will also feature hands-on labs, an Exhibitor Fair and the Apple Design Awards.
 
 

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

Check 'em Out!!

I Spy iPod - The iPodlounge has a gallery which features pictures of the iPod around the world. They have posted almost one hundred photos now, and each one features the iPod in front of a world landmark. Check out the iPod gallery at this url:

http://www.iPodlounge.net/assets/galleries/iatw_gallery/

Check it Out!

Just Plain Nutz!

TAXATION

Ever wonder why the IRS calls it, "Form 1040?"
Because for every $50 you earn, you get 10 and they get 40.

 

YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT WHEN:

The process becomes more important than the product.

You don't see anything wrong with attending a meeting on a subject you know nothing about.

You feel you contributed to the meeting just by being there.

You stop raising issues/problems because you know you will be the one answering them.

You fly first class across the country to attend a conference with 100+ people to discuss the fact that the project does not have enough money.

You work for an acronym, on an acronym, and your job title is an acronym.

You understand the rationalization of an acronym composed of acronyms.

You know that the location of a meeting is directly related to its importance. (1) A meeting at Fort Hood requires a subordinate or a contractor (2) The same meeting at Lake Tahoe requires your personal attention.

You've sat at the same desk for 3 years, done the same thing for 3 years, but have had 3 different business cards.


 

POLITICS AS USUAL

Late one night a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into a path of a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs "give me your money," he demanded. Indignant, the affluent man replied, "you can't do this ­ I am a United States congressman!" "In that case," replied the mugger, "give me MY money."


 

CONFUCIUS SAY

Confucius say: Boy who brings ladder to school must be in High School.


 

DID YOU KNOW?

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out.

A shrimp's heart is in their head.

Talk about taking the fun away!


 

KID PRAYERS

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some e-mail. Amen.

And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.

Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, it's okay. I'm having a real good time like I am.

Our Father, who does art in heaven, Howard is his name.


 

MONEY TALKS

Money talks,

I can't deny.

I heard it once,

It said good-bye.


 

Bravery

One summer evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her small son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy will you sleep with me tonight?"

The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear, I have to sleep in daddy's room."

A long silence was broken at last by his shaking little voice, "The big sissy."


 

Hokey Pokey

Larry LaPrise, who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey," died at age 83.

It was extremely difficult for the family to keep him in the casket.

They'd put his left leg in and... well, you know the rest.

 
 

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Odds and Ends

Presidential Trivia

This one has been around for a while, but is worth reprinting

Every 20 Years :

• 1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
• 1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
• 1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
• 1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
• 1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
• 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (dies in office)
• 1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
• 1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)

And to think...two candidates were fighting it out in the courts to be the one elected in 2000.

In Addition:

• Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
• John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
• John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
• Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
• Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
• Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Both Presidents were shot in the head.

 

Really weird!

• Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
• Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
• Both were assassinated by Southerners.
• Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
• Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
• Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in1908.
• John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
• Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
• Both assassins were known by their three names.
• Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
• Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
• Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford'.
• Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

- Submitted by Wendy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microsoft affirms commitment to software development for the Macintosh platform

Popular email client, ad-supported version also available

Popular web browser

E-mail client/newsreader

JavaScript & AppleScript support

Complete arranger and score editor

Now shipping the popular image editing software

DX radio tuner

Extension, control panel, CSM & CMM info tool

Calculator that follows the standard order of operations

Music theory and ear training software

Hierarchical file navigation & launcher

Launcher palette for files, folders, disks, servers and URLs

3D racing game from the makers of Bugdom

Builds a group of icons from a picture to make folder backgrounds

Alternative to Apple's Note Pad

Contact and to do manager for small business

For G4s with AGP 4X slots and ATI card

CMM to quickly batch rename multiple files

Creates dynamic conditional HTML pages

Popular email client for OS X

Popular web browser (use Software Update)

3rd party AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) client

Tear off menu bar calendar with multiple month views

Haxie adds WindowShade features to OS X

JavaScript & AppleScript support

Complete arranger and score editor

Launch apps, make aliases, move files by contextual menu

Cocoa native standalone Web browser based on Fizzilla

Now shipping the popular image editing software

AppleScript Studio app GUI front end to the Unix calendar

Tool to test themes

Proof-of-concept for next generation searching

Hierarchical file navigation & launcher

Screensaver with colorful artwork and inspirations

Multi alarm configurable clocks and calendar

iTunes visual effect plugin

Calculator that follows the standard order of operations

Full featured firewall

Adds powerful, flexible menus to simplify tasks

3D racing game from the makers of Bugdom

Alternative to Apple's Note Pad

Simple font manager

Launcher palette for files, folders, disks, servers and URLs

Contact and to do manager for small business

OpenGL screensaver with small colorful tiles flying around in 3D

Audio function and sound effects generator

Instant message app for AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo

Plays a Moo sound whenever a USB device connects/disconnects

Bypass system preferences and change the startup disk.

Access to Windows Applications from a Mac

Monitor & troubleshoot net connections

Resize a folder of images in one click

Converts TrueType fonts into PostScript Type 1 fonts

CMM to quickly batch rename multiple files

Amateur radio app: satellite track, doppler correction

DX radio tuner

Enhances Open/Save dialog boxes for better ease of use

Replacement for Apple's Note Pad, supporting Unicode