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April 30, 2002

Late Night Edition 10:00 PM MST

It's Here! - You guessed it! The latest additions in our GUI Department are up and ready for all you late night /early bird pixel addicts! You know the routine: Click over to the Gallery for the latest desktops or Page 2 & Page 3 of the Icons section and have a blast!

New Services! - DV Graphics announces the official opening of their Design Services website. They will be offering various design packages for application programmers, website creators and other content managers. More information can be found at:

http://design.dv-graphics.com

Check It Out!

 

Monkie 'Morrow - Coming up day after today (that's tomorrow in Monkie Land) is some great GUI goodness in the area of Desktops and Icons!

Coming up in the Icon department are pixel pleasures from Patrick O'Kelly of Eye9design, Rene of Happicon, Matthew Bice of IHeartNY, Dan Flax of Flax Creations, and Scott Chitwood of...well, way down south where the alligators get into bar room brawls with monkie heads!

In the Gallery will be works from Todd Darland, Ed Allen and Alan Sherwood of EA Design, and MacMonkies' Head Monkie dude Bradford Wiles.

There might even be some additional goodies! ; )

Grab your banana cart and stop back Wednesday for News, Humor, and plenty of GUI to make your desktop plenty happy!

April 29, 2002

Icon News! - DV Graphics made a DVG Button pic that looks way cool! Also, for all you Windows users, hop over to their icon section and pick up a set just for you. "The DV Graphics Windows Sampler" contains the best icons from "Urban View", "iMac G4s" and "Glass VI". Though not as complete as their Mac counterparts, these icons still look and work great!

 

IconBuilder 3.5 for Mac OS X! - The Iconfactory announces IconBuilder 3.5 for Mac OS X is now available! This new version of our their Photoshop filter for building Mac & Windows icons has been engineered to work specifically with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Apple's Mac OS 10.1.3. Hurry over to The Iconfactory for more details!

 

Desktop News - Melissa of MAJArch Studios has updated the site with some cool new GUI! New in the Studio are 3 Outlook Express Splash Screen Replacements and 3 Pop Culture Desktops. Hurry over and check it out!

 

Software News! - piDock is now piPop! piPop is a file launcher/navigator for MacOS. Using pop-up hierarchical sliding menus, piPop is the easiest way to organize and access your important files. New features include:

• Floating tear-off menus
• Drag and drop to piPop menus (into folders or onto applications)
• View running applications in your piPop menu
• Click-and-hold folder drilling

To check out the latest and download this awesome utility, go to:
http://www.pidock.com/download.html. What are you waiting for? Check it out!

April 28, 2002

Site News - PixelDécor! has updated with a new calendar for May, a new desktop, and other site news. Check it out!

 

Browser Alerts - OmniWeb and Chimera - web browsers for OSX - both have new versions available for download. Grab your copy right away!

April 27, 2002

Software Updates - By looking at the list of software updates for OSX lately, it is obvious that developers are really getting after Apple's latest OS. While the number of of updates for OS9 are beginning to diminish, the OS will still be around for a while as will the updates. We will continue to report both for a while yet. Lets' take a look at a recent handful for both systems:

OS9 - Show all your printing characters of a selected font with CharView 1.3.4, share files with your peers with LimeWire 2.3.4, and play your favorite music lists list Melody Player 3.0.3.

OSX - For OSX, there are versions of the above - CharView 1.3.4, LimeWire 2.3.4, and Melody Player 3.0.3, - available for download. Also available for OSX is the alternative OS X file browser SNAX 1.2.8.

Check 'em Out!

April 26, 2002

Community Updates! - We have a few updates from sites around the community. Let's take a look:

DV Graphics - Paul Sahner has given us the heads up that the e-mail at DV Graphics is back up and waiting. Thanks for the patience!

EA Design - The gentlemen at EA Design have updated their site with 12 new pieces of excellence. Have a look!

White Fire Ministries - White Fire Ministries is now operating under a different name. Everything that was available at White Fire is now available at Donniefischer.com. In addition, they have a new piece of artwork entitled "Living Water" that is available in 4 resolutions! Check it out!

April 25, 2002

Site News - Paul Sahner of DV Graphics has informed MacMonkies that they are experiencing some minor difficulties with their e-mail host. They will let you know as soon as the situation is resolved. We will keep you posted as we learn more.

 

Software Update - Dantz has updated Retrospect 5 to build 5.0.205, fixing a couple major bugs. Read more regarding this update here.

 

On The Road from the Editor - Hello! Made it to Loveland Colorado Wednesday evening and will hit the road for Greeley in the morn for the UNC Jazz Fest. As Casey Tadewald would say, "Keep on keepin' on!"

April 24, 2002

At The Top

Yahoo Yodeler Settles In! - Apparently yodeler Wylie Gustafson's voice carries quite a little Yahoo punch! Gustafson recently set out to sue Yahoo! for a whopping $5 million because he was never paid for using his yodel in the Yahoo! commercials. However, neither Gustafson or Yahoo Inc. will be singing the blues as the case has already been settled for an undisclosed amount. Gustafson was quite pleased and Yahoo! was happy that they "did the right thing." Ain't no cryin' in you yahoo beer here! - from The Spokesman-Review

MonkieNews!

MacMonkies' Icon 2nd Addition Edition - Holy Toledo Monkie Buckets! Icons are certainly what people want! Last week's first installment of Icons here at MacMonkies had net surfers here in droves! The new section is the most successful new Monkie addition we have made. A great big thanks to all of you who contributed and all who stopped by. Now let's check out the latest!

IHeart Those Icons! - Matthew Bice of IHeartNY: Xicons knows what you like! This week we have 2 awesome icon sets for OSX: Andy Warhol Hard Drive and Ghost Dock!

Glass Act - From Paul Sahner of DV Graphics we have the legendary set Glass VI and the cool collection called Random 'cons.

HappiMac! - Leaving off where the fun begins are 2 happy sets from Rene of Happicon called HappyDrives© and DockLings! These are sure to get your Mac smilin'!

Check 'em out!

In The Gallery - We have quite the amazing set of desktops this week! Let's shock the Monkie and get right to it!

3-D Extravaganza! - Heading up the pizzazz in the 3-D Department are 2 extra fine works from EA Design: All Your Ideas Come to Pass by Allen Sherwood and Twisted by Ed Allen. Excellent work!

From the ever creative Scott Chitwood come Signs of Life, and brand new piece from the digital horizon!

Bringin' up the Monkie rear is some spiffy new 3-D work from the Monkie Man we think you will really enjoy: Ever careful with what you see is Skin Deep, a little past the comfort zone is Too Close, and one to get your attention is Forced Perspective.

Desktop Clear - Finishing up the tour in the Gallery is a simple piece from MacMonkies titled In the Clear!

A special thanks to all of this week's contributors!
Outstanding work!

 

2 Million Monkie Hits - Sunday was another spiffy day for us at MacMonkies. It marked over 2 million hits since January 1, 2002. The amount of traffic in the last month is the equivalent to the first 3.5 months of this year! There's only one thing to say: It's time for a bath! =) But really...THANK YOU!

Community News

EA Design - Ed Allen and Alan Sherwood of EA Design have recently updated their fine corner of the web with 12 outstanding new pics. You will find an abundance of excellence at this site dedicated to the expression of graphic arts. As one guest is quoted saying, "It rocks! ...the best I've ever seen!" What more can you say? Get your Monkie toes over there and check it out!

XThemination - The folks at XThemination have released a ported version of the classic "Hi Tech" theme for OSX.

There is still a bit of work to go on this theme. So, if you want to see the work continue, be sure to let them know!

IconBuilder 3.5 - The Iconfactory reports that IconBuilder 3.5, a version of IconBuilder for Mac OS X, is soon to be released. If all goes well, you may see it out this week! Stay tuned!

Flax Creations - Dan Flax, creator of Flax Creations and GUI editor of ResExcellence, has added a brilliant new set of icons called Spheroids to his fine collection of works. Hurry over to Flax Creations and grab 'em while they're hot!

Xicons - Xicons recently experienced some difficulties with their downloads server. Though things are back to normal, there still is a bit of information to be recovered. Please have patience through this process and be sure to check out their latest additions. Watch out for Toto!

Ethereal Creations - Ethereal Creations updates their site with three new desktops, a revised About Page, and a new Links Page. A new Tutorials section for Poser and Bryce is also available. Check out their News update for more details.

 

Check 'em Out!

 

Send us your news: press@macmonkies.com

News On The Net...

Gotta Have It! - Really! The University of Texas will begin requiring people who want to major in Education to have Apple Powerbooks this Fall. The machines must be University approved or students cannot enroll in the Education program. The computers must be Apple computers and they must have certain software to qualify. Apple was chosen because they offered cheap rates and tech support for the students. The University hopes that their teachers will become more proficient on computers as well as incorporate technology into their classrooms. - from Austin American Statesman

Gates in the Hot Seat - Bill Gates was put on the hot seat in the antitrust settlement case shortly after noon on Monday. Gates showed the court slides projecting the harm that the states' remedies would do to consumers, the PC Industry and to Microsoft. Of Microsoft, Gates said, "It would be difficult for Microsoft to create an 'unbound' version of Windows." He also expressed his concern with people being able to clone the Windows OS if Microsoft has to "give away the recipe." Microsoft would then be, according to Gates, "greatly devalued as a company." Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly will have the final say as to the states' remedies. Who would want a recipe on how to fry a computer? - from MacCentral

Smells Like Mean Spirit? - The remaining members of the band Nirvana are trying to get a court order for a psychiatric evaluation of Courtney Love, the late Kurt Cobain's wife. They think she is making bad business decisions by "holding back" Nirvana's unreleased material. Love signed a business agreement with the two band members after the death of her husband, but now wants the agreement to be dissolved, claiming her judgment was "significantly impaired" at the time. Remaining band members, Krist Novoselic and David Grohl are requesting the evaluation in order to show that Love is incompetent in making business decisions. - from Excite

Planet of the Apes! - While tourists were innocently browsing souvenir shops in Japan recently, a monkey jumped right in through an open car door and was helping itself to a tourist's belongings. The monkey was lured out of the car with a banana. Monkeys often cause traffic hazards in Japan by trying to jump into car windows. Some even sit on the hoods of cars and demand food. Monkeys are also accused of destroying $7 million of crops per year. They are not only growing in population, but they are also getting physically bigger and bigger. As a result, Japan has begun capturing and sterilizing male monkeys. Come on now! Monkies just want have fun! - from NYTimes.com

Cell Symphony - Composer Simon Turner and writer Marcus Moore are coming up with a "SIM-phone-ya." The British men say they are so used to hearing cell phones going off all the time that they thought it would be funny to write a symphony using mobile phone tones. "SIM-phone-ya" is to be debuted this coming July for thirty mobile phone owners. from Yahoo

 

Have you Heard?

Mac OSX Update: The Next Generation? - Word around the rumor mills are abuzz with news that another update for Apple's "next generation" Operating System - version 10.1.5 - could be just around the corner. Apparently there are Read Me documents floating around that list the latest improvements of the supposed update. Some of the sites that contained the information have said to have been contacted by Apple's legal department to remove the information.

 

Hardware Aware - Other buzz news has new Titanium PowerBooks set to arrive next week. The models said to be on their way are:

667 MHz G4, 20 Gig HD, 256 Megs of RAM, with DVD/CD-RW

800 MHz G4, 40 Gig HD, 512 Megs of RAM, with DVD/CD-RW

Also mentioned at MacUser is that the SuperDrive is now available as a build-to-order option in the lower end Macs.
 
 

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

Check 'em Out!!

The Full Bug - When it comes to internet scams, we've all been bitten by the stupidity bug a time or two. Unfortunately, some have been bitten a few too many times! So if you want to see how smart you have been (or how dumb as the case may be), check out this page of:

The Worst Internet Hoaxes

Check it Out!

Just Plain Nutz!

IT WON'T KILL YA!

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take the chance?

- Charlie McCarthy

 

CURVE OF LIFE:

     At age 4--Success is--not peeing your pants.  
        At age 10--Success is--having friends.
           At age 16--Success is--having a drivers license.
             At age 20--Success is--having sex.
               At age 35--Success is--having money.
               At age 50--Success is--having more money.
             At age 60--Success is--having sex.
           At age 65--Success is--having a drivers license.
         At age 70--Success is--having friends.
      At age 75--Success is--not peeing your pants.

TURTLE BUTT

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Eeeeeeyuck!


 

BAD POTATO

Why did the farmer plow his field with a steamroller?

Because he wanted mashed potatoes.

Now that was a bad joke!


 

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If those eyes are near-sighted, all the better!

 

COMPUTER NERD

You know you're a computer nerd when you know more IP addresses than phone numbers!


 

HELL OF A WHALE

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though a whale is a very large mammal, its throat is very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. The teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human, it was impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah." The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?" The little girl replied, "Then you ask him!"


 

PLAY BY EAR

A young man was trying to park his car between two others. He put in reverse, and...Bang! Right into the car behind him. He then went forward and...Bang! Right into the car in front.

A young woman watching the maneuver couldn't contain herself, "Do you always park by ear?" she asked.


 

DOT COM SYNDROME

A hound dog and a dalmatian were sitting in an Internet cafe and the dalmation said to the hound, "Hey, check out my web site!" The hound asked for the address and the dalmation responded, "www.dalmation.dot-dot-dot-dot-dot-dot-dot-dot."

 
 

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Odds and Ends

More Trivial Trivia

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married.

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo and no one knows why.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Jobs to provide sneak peek of next release of Mac OS X, code-named Jaguar, during his keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference on May 6th.

Floating drawers store text, URLs, pictures, etc.

Download manager & accelerator

DX radio tuner

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

Tool to access their online song lyric database

Utility for Google.com and media file searches

Preview version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

32 bit icon & resource editor, reads PC & OS X icons too

Helps write & compose music, MIDI and karaoke

List, open or move files based on dynamic search criteria

Complete arranger and score editor

Helps manage multiple iDisk accounts

Hierarchical file navigation & launcher

DX radio tuner

Instant messaging app

Extensive desktop & file/folder editing & task tool

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

3rd party AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) client

Alternative OS X file browser

Floating drawers store text, URLs, pictures, etc.

Auto-optimizing firewall in System Prefs

Download manager & accelerator

DX radio tuner

Assign hot keys to any OS X app, file, URL, etc.

Replacement for the Show Info command

OS X client for the online service
AOL keyword Beta

Switch between up to ten different Dock configurations

Cocoa native standalone Web browser based on Fizzilla

OpenGL iTunes visual plugin

Utility for Google.com and media file searches

(Fizzilla) version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

AntiVirus 8.0.1
(NAV) virus protection (use LiveUpdate)

Helps write & compose music, MIDI and karaoke

List, open or move files based on dynamic search criteria

Complete arranger and score editor

Helps manage multiple iDisk accounts

32 bit icon & resource editor, reads PC & OS X icons too

Hierarchical file navigation & launcher

Proof-of-concept for next generation searching

Popular Web browser

Next generation system OS

Instant messaging app

LAME mp3 ripper/encoder

Picture viewer for multiple image formats