June 15, 2003

June 14, 2003

On The Net | Monkie Business

On The Net

Trisection 1.0.1 - Just released from Stick Software is version 1.0.1 of their popular game Trisection, fixing a compatibility problem with OS X 10.1.5 and earlier. Trisection is a new puzzle game for Mac OS X that follows in the grand tradition of Tetris, but more fun and with a twist. Hurry over to Stick Software and grab your updated copy of Trisection today!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Can't Explain - If you can't explain it to your mother or grandmother, don't do it.

Monkie Laundry - For best results: wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with warm iron. For not so good results: drag behind car through puddles, blow dry on roofrack.

- Laundry instructions on a shirt made by HEET (Korea)

June 13, 2003

Icons | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Good Golly Miss Molly! Friday is finally here, and there's nothing unlucky about this good GUI day. Well, unless you're a bumbling Monkie! But regardless for the 2 left footed hairy Monkie Man, you're sure to enjoy this week's Freaked Out Friday Icon Edition. So let's get to it and have some serious fun!

New GOO!

New Icons - Aaaaaoooooo! Howz about a nice tall glass of delicious pixel punch! This week's Icon Edition brings forth 3 New Icon flavors from some of the finest iconists on the web. So grab your glass and we'll pour your brew of GOO!

Pictures and Adicons - Adam Dickson adds some tasty refreshing treats pixel marked for your Hard drive storage needs. Adicons HDs comes from the fine selections of Pictures and Adicons and will make your eyes go bananas and then some!

 

AGRAPHA Icons - With plenty of class and style, Harvey Lubin offers yet another awesome set of System replacement icons with Agrapha System 6. Straight from the galleries of AGRAPHA Icons, this cool set grabs a retro feel and zaps it right into the 21st century pizzazz!

 

Iconizer Icon Studios - Grab your spray can and get ready to make your mark with Graffiti from Iconizer Icon Studios. Pixel painter Wessley Roche really pumps up the pixel spray with this almost rebellious set. You would almost think that a set this cool would be illegal! Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Wessley, Adam,and Harvey...

A tip up of all ten Monkie toes does not even

begin to describe the excellence of your work!

THANK YOU!!

Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

Mandolux - Just in from Mando Gomez is the weekly desktop recap of the recent additions at Mandolux. Let's look:

Mandolux has issued six new desktops this week: a Giant/Dual Monitor Graffiti (Vector/Asian) and a new theme: Surfing (Vector/Abstract).

These new creations are some of the finest around and your eyes can find them by making their way to Mandolux. Grab a look!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

WOK-A-DOO

Do you know what a wok is?

It's something you throw at a wabbit.

THE TEST

A lawyer, an engineer and a mathematician were called in for a test. The engineer went in first and was asked, ''What is 2+2?'' The engineer thought awhile and finally answered, ''4.''

Then the mathematician was called in and was asked the same question. With little thought he replied, ''4.0.''

Then the lawyer was called in, and was asked the same question. The lawyer answered even quicker than the mathematician, ''What do you want it to be?''

Sounds like Bill Gates!

SAY CHEEZE

What's the longest word in the dictionary?

Smiles.

Why?

Because there's a mile between the first and last letters.

June 12, 2003

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Almost time for the end of the week! And with it comes some great new Icons, News, and plenty of fun right here at MacMonkies. Slip on over for your Friday fix!

On The Net

Speed Download - As a thank you to the registered users for their faith and continued support,  Yazsoft has temporarily adjusted their pricing policy on Speed Download 2. For $20 you now get 2 licenses instead of 1 and for $30 you now get 4 licenses instead of 2. This is a saving of 50% on all upgrades. Get yourself over to Yazsoft and take advantage of this great savings on Speed Download 2!

Font Agent Pro 1.3 - Just released from the good folks at Insider Software is Font Agent Pro 1.3. This awesome font manager has just received a performance boost and extensive printing support for the world's only Mac OS X native font management and repair software. Get all the latest info on Font Agent Pro 1.3 by clicking over to Insider Software.

iCash 1.4 - Now available from MAX Programming is iCash 1.4. The latest version is available now in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese on Maxprog website with several interesting improvements, new features and bug fixes. Get to clickin' to MAX Programming and grab the latest update to iCash!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Monkey See Success, Monkey Do - They say that mimicking someone is the sincerest form of flattery. Well that would mean that Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Amazon are all in awe of Apple when it comes to the iTunes Store. These companies are all coming up with ways to copycat the titanic tune-downloading tool. The success of the iTunes store speaks for itself, but the fact that all these big name followers are lining up to join in that success really shows that Apple got it right. - from PCPro

Computer Store Goes Mac - Old time store The Computer Store is changing its name to The Mac Store. It opened in Oregon as a small business in 1974 and has since escalated into an expanse of six stores. Most of the merchandise sold has leaned toward the Mac platform, so the company has decided to rename the store to reflect the preferred platform. Though Apple retail stores have recently opened nearby, management has maintained that their name change has been a long time in the making. - from MacCentral

June 11, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Ahhhh...Can you say relief? Hump Day has finally arrived and we've got fresh new GUI GOO to refresh your mid-week blues. This week's Wednesday Desktop Edition features awesome work from a few of the web's finest desktop artists. And of course you can grab a bite of Community News, Software News On The Net, and funky green Bananas too! Let's boogie with Stu and head to the Zoo!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Woo hoo! This week we have 6 New Desktops from some absolutely awesome artists for your desktop downloading pleasure. Let your eyes relax and prepare for a pixel pleasing good time!

3-D Rendered - Startin' up the desktop festivities is me good friend Alan Sherwood from burntcanvasdesign. Alan blends his intricate skills with his minimalistic style to create Our Glass Enclosures II. This amazing piece will add plenty of class and "ours" of fun to your desktop. Excellent stuff!

Juergen Eilts from ShiftedReality just doesn't know the meaning of half-baked work when it comes to his flavor of desktop delectables! near and far 1 is an absolutely eye-inspiring work displaying depth and detail far beyond your wildest pixel imagination. You'll easily find yourself lost in this beautiful work of art.

 

Nature - Springing up from the creative wells of Pictures and Adicons is yet another work of excellence from Adam Dickson called Violet. Adam has really out done himself with this wonderful selection. If you really want to spring your eye pixels into action, this is just the piece for you!

Desktops - Mr. Ed Allen, another great friend from the other side of the sea, sends even more amazement from the Aqua archives of EA Design. You will find Ultrasonic Sound an awesome way to add that liquid cool look to your GUI craving desktop appetite. It doesn't get much better than this!

And talk about your "smooth criminal" of desktop designs, Evan Kaufman brings the Sunshine straight to your face without even missing a beat. This superb selection from EMKdesign is just what the GUI Doctor ordered to bring plenty of Grade A fun to your monitor's amazement!

Wrapping up this week's outstanding collection of Desktops is quite the work of excellence from Prevision called Oresund. Jack Juliussen tells of the water between Denmark and Sweden with this great pic, which you can read more about at ORESUND.com. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Jack, Alan, Ed, Evan, Adam, and Juergen...

You're the BEST!

THANK YOU!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Flax Creations - Mr. Dan Flax, pixel pushin' extraordinaire, is back in the saddle once again with five new icon sets for OSX at Flax Creations! Four new sets enter the Aqua Fusion series along with one new set of Hanging Wall Folders which are sure to "tidy things up on your desktop." Get to clickin' over to Flax Creations and grab a look!

On The Net

Speed Download 2.0- Rev up your engines! It's time for a brand new release of Speed Download from the fine folks at Yazsoft. Speed Download 2 remains the world's fastest, most powerful, most compatible download manager ever! And now, with new 'Sensitive Server' technology, Speed Download 2 is 100% compatible with older and slower servers too! If you have the need for speed, this new version of Speed Download is for you. Zoom over to Yazsoft and get to grabbin'!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

CHILL OUT!

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft it sank-proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.

HEAVY...REAL HEAVY

A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet. "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?"

"Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him." So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes, then checks his teeth. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down."

"What? Because he's cross-eyed?"

"No, because he's really heavy!"

EDUCATION

You Might Be In Education If:

1. You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick.

2. You find humor in other people's stupidity.

3. You want to slap the next person who says, "Must be nice to work from 8 to 3 and have your summers free!"

4. You believe chocolate is a food group.

5. You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.

June 10, 2003

Community News | Monkie News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - It's hard to believe that we're on the eve of ye ol' Hump Day center section of the work week. But this only means good GUI news: Time for our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition! And of course this means some wallpaper wonders from all over the web. So make yourself a note to stop back by and grab your dose of pleasurable pixels, News, and plenty of fun. See you then!

Community News

ShiftedReality - Don't know how we missed it, but the master of reality-based wallpaper works Juergen Eilts has added another awesome creation to the galleries of ShiftedReality! Awe is a beautiful midnight moonlit piece that is certain to serenade to your desktop with awe and inspiration. Don't you dally like we did. Scoot your mouse button over to ShiftedReality and start star gazing!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

New Mac Mag On The Block - The UK is breaking new ground with a high standards Mac magazine called iCreate. It is loaded with gobs of goodies and geared toward people who own iMacs and iBooks. iCreate features creative tutorials on all things Mac and each bimonthly issue comes with a free jam-packed CD! With a thirty percent increase in overall Mac sales, the UK is expecting their new magazine to be a big hit. iCreate is also available in the USA, at certain Barnes and Noble stores. - from MacMinute and Paragon Publishing

Permanent Vacation - A "Room of the Future" which runs by remote will make renters want to rack up their hotel bill and stay a while! Some gadget goodies for guests found in the futuristic hotel room at the Hilton Garden Inn include everything from flat screen TVs to remote control curtains and beds to computerized showers. This vacation spot in the Los Angeles location will leave people lounging in the lap of luxury. And hotel guests hold the key to this room of the future -- their fingerprints. - from IDG

June 9, 2003

Community News | the Apevine | Monkie News | Bananas

At The Top - PHEW!!! What a week has gone by. And now it's already Monday...Oh goodness! But this just means we pull out the old bag of tricks and push those Monday blues behind us. So let's grab the latest Monkie Poll results and New poll found in the Monkie News section, as well as get a fix of Community News, the Apevine, and Bananas too! Let's boogie!

Community News

PlasmaDesign: New Desktop Sizes! - Being a Mac fanatic, Rob Randtoul over at PlasmaDesign noticed that there is a severe shortage of quality wallpapers which are designed to look good on wide screen format monitors. So, he has decided to add two new collections of images aimed specifically at Apple Cinema display and Powerbook users. All of the images are rendered in wide screen format at 1920 x 1200 and 1440 x 900 (8:5 format) and are available to all members. Lifetime membership costs $5 and provides access to all of his artwork past, present and future for the life of the site. You just can't beat a bargain like this! Get yourself a great GUI treat by checking out these awesome selections at PlasmaDesign!

Live Pencil - Just added to the happy corner of the web are tons of BIRTHDAY STUFF at Live Pencil! Here's the scoop:

• EMOTICONS: Lot's of BIRTHDAY CANDLES.
• ANIMATIONS: Golden letters spelling Happy birthday... and more birthday candles.
• IT IS YOU: - Terry and Rose.
• WRITING YOUR EMOTIONS: Our paint brush will paint the words HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
• CLIPART: Larger size birthday candles!
• TICKLE ME : Blow the candle by just moving your cursor over it!!!
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...Keep searching!

There's not a desktop in the place that couldn't use a happy face from the pixel pleasing archives of Live Pencil. Check it out!

Mandolux - Mando Gomez is proud to announce his latest addition to the collections of Mandolux with Aniki! This big and beautiful selection is a new Vector-based Graffiti desktop and the title is Japanese for Big Brother. Get yourself over to Mandolux and grab a look!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

the Apevine

The Iconfactory - We were thumbin' through the July Edition of MacAddict Magazine and noticed that they had listed The Iconfactory on page 21 of their article "one hundred best freebies." The Factory was listed in the Icons section of the Customization department. Gads! EVERYBODY loves The Iconfactory!!

Monkie News

New Monkie Poll - Once again, it is time for some semi-useless information! Far out! So let's look into a new Monkie Poll and last week's results. Drum roll please!

Last week we asked: What is considered to be the best Rock 'n' Roll Album of all time? Here's how you responded:

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 29% - You're addicted to correspondence!

Led Zeppelin IV 25% - Any relation to Mr. Gates?

The Beatles Revolver 22% - As long as it's not Monkie dip.

Michael Jackson Thriller 13% - Break out the eye lid toothpicks!

Andy Griffith Greatest Hits 10% - What's a TV?

Though opinions are hard to gauge and record sales make a totally different statement, The Beatles Revolver was voted the best Rock and Roll album of all time by VH1's list of the 100 greatest albums. Pink Floyd's came in at #51, Michael Jackson's Thriller is #23, and Led Zeppelin IV and Andy Griffith didn't make the list. Nirvana's Nevermind was #2. VERY interesting!

For this week's Monkie Poll, we ask a simple but perhaps loaded question: What do you think of Apple's New iPod? Cue us up with a little click, look to your right, and let us know. Play that funky music, iPod!!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

CHESS NUT

A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?," they asked, as they moved off.

"Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

MICRO-HOOVER

The day Microsoft will make something that doesn't suck is probably the day they'll start making vacuum cleaners.

HIGH STEAKS

I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him 50 quid that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high."