June 21-22, 2003

Monkie News

Monkie Break - Howdy folks! We'll be taking a short break over the weekend as it appears that the Main Monkie has finally found a new hut in which to dwell! =) Everything should be back on schedule come Monday morn. As always, thanks for your patience through our transitions and we'll see you Monday!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Miscellaneous Monkie Junk

More Than Words - Shakespeare invented the words well-behaved, never-ending, anchovies, manager, zany, eyeball and bedroom among many many more.

Billion Dollar Baby - Bill Gates was only 31 when he became a billionaire.

Collection Agency - Father's Day is the holiday on which there are the greatest number of collect calls made in the United States.

June 20, 2003

Icons | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Phew! I don't know about you, but this Monkie is pleased as punch that Friday is upon us. And of course, with all the excitability in the Monkie Den, we hereby transfer the coconutz into a crazy good pixel pleasing fun time. Once you translate all this Monkie babel into English, it means it's time for your Freaked Out Friday Icon Edition! So, where do we go from here? Right to the News, GOO, and Fun. Let's BOOGIE!

New GOO!

New Icons - WHOA! Another fine collection of 3 New Icon Sets have come together all at once for an eye-poppin' icon good time. Let's take a long look at these fine icon pixel pleasers. Shall we?

miX the piX - Ahhh! Can you feel the pixel power? Master miXer Hein Mevissen struts his industrial strength in talent with Industrial Icons. This inToXicating set comes from the amazing collections of Hein's mother ship miX the piX. And if you stare long enough, you just might find yourself glowing with toXic fun!

Iconizer Icon Studios - With an aweSome set of stylistic simplicity comes Some Boxes Vol.2 by the most honorable Wessley Roche. This ultra-fine "box set" from Iconizer Icon Studios is just what the storage doctor ordered to place your things from XP pixels to MP3's.

wbc icons - Slippin' into the final slot for fabulous icon pixel prizes is a great pair of trash replacements by Yazoo called Alu Trash. Yazoo really pumps up the pixel polish from the collections of wbc icons for this spectacular set. How many people do you know that can even make your trash shine?! Enjoy!!

 

 

Thanks Department --

Yazoo, Hein, and Wessley...

Shine on, you crazy pixel diamonds...You're the best!!

THANK YOU!!

Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

PlasmaDesign - Mr. Rob Randtoul is plasterin' the web with just what the giant size doctor ordered! Just added to the incredible collections of PlasmaDesign are 5 new widescreen wallpapers for your big time delight. Each is rendered at 1920 x 1200 and 1440 x 900 pixels and is suitable for use on Apple Cinema Displays and Powerbooks as well as similar widescreen setups. These images are only available to members. And lifetime membership is the teeny little price of only $5 bucks! Can't beat a deal like that. Get your pixel pushin' mouse button headed over to PlasmaDesign and get yourself signed up!

Mandolux - Mr. Mando Gomez has sent the weekly recap of all the wonderful new desktop additions at Mandolux. Let's have a look!

Mandolux has issued six new desktops: one Sulfuric/Vector (Abstract/Techno), one Graffiti (photo/wall), and four Landscapes (Giant/Dual Monitor) desktops.

Get to grabbin' some of the finest desktops on the web by making your way to Mandolux. GO!

MacSurfShop - And now for a message from the good folks of the MacSurfShop:

The MacSurfShop crew is taking a small break. Could be 2 weeks, could be 2 months, who knows. When we return it will be with a fresh new site design and possibly some new gear. Thanks to everyone that have made The MacSurfShop such a huge success over the years.

Keep checkin' back at MacSurfShop for all the latest up-and-coming cool stuff!

On The Net

WindowShade X 3.0 Public Preview - The creative folks of Unsanity have just released the public preview of WindowShade X 3.0. The latest release introduces Minimize-In-Place functionality, updates for Application Enhancer 1.3 and includes various speed optimizations. To top it off, it's a free upgrade to all registered users! Cool beans! Get yourself over to Unsanity and grab WindowShade X 3.0!

MacGIMP - GIF liberation day is near at hand! U.S. Patent 4,558,302 which describes a compression algorithm known commonly as LZW after its inventors, Abraham Lempel, Jacob Ziv, and Terry Welch, expires on June 20, 2003. This means that MacGIMP will come default with GIF-writing capability after this time, enabling GIF-compression techniques for both commercial and non-commercial purposes to be completely in accordance with U.S. Patent Law. In honor of the occasion, a freshly updated version of MacGIMP there will be accompanied by a $15 discount on packaged versions of MacGIMP, the most popular open source graphics software on Mac OS X. Slip over to MacGIMP for all the details!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

COURT CASE

Q. So, after the anesthesia, when you came out of it, what did you observe with respect to your scalp?

A. I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the hospital.

Q. It was covered?

A. Yes, bandaged.

Q. Then, later on...what did you see?

A. I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were removed and put on top of my head.

Ummm...OUCH!!!

TOKYO TOOTLES

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo:

When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.

X MARKS THE DUMB SPOT

Two friends rented a boat and fished in a lake everyday. One day they caught 30 fish. One guy said to his friend, "Mark this spot so that we can come back here again tomorrow."

The next day, when they were driving to rent the boat, the same guy asked his friend, "Did you mark that spot?"

His friend replied, "Yeah, I put a big 'X' on the bottom of the boat."

The first one said, "You stupid fool! What if we don't get that same boat today!?!?"

June 19, 2003

Monkie News | Network News

Monkie News

Freaked Out Friday - You know the drill! Tomorrow brings eye a-peeling GUI goodies in the form of our Freaked out Friday Icon Edition. And along with the eye-popping pixels, we'll have a nice spoonful of News and Fun.

Also, speaking of "i's", keep your eyes peeled right here in the next 2-3 weeks as we will have a special iAnnouncement that will keep your ears a thumpin' for good times to come! Now let's get to the news!!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

iPod Eliminates Elevator Music - Don’t look now but people have once again put the iPod to good use. Some have started an iPod service where they program songs according to business needs and rent out the iPod. Gone are the days of canned elevator music - restaurants, night clubs and hair salons are all cashing in for cool music! If only companies would play cool tunes over the phone line when they put people on hold. Okay, so everyone could use an Apple iPod or two or three...soon there will probably be a book published on its 1,000,001 uses! - from Wired

Keynote Craze - The famous face of Apple’s CEO will be broadcast across the country on June 23. Starting at 10:00am PT, Steve Jobs' smirking smile will be on screens from sea to shining sea as he delivers his keen keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference. Though the main Apple man will be speaking in San Francisco, his speech will span the nation being broadcast at Apple stores and multiple Universities. Who knows, maybe in the future the big boss will be projecting Apple products on primetimes! - from Macminute

June 18, 2003

Desktops | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Hot diggity dog! We're half way through the work week and with it we've our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition. Wild and wonderful...Right? But of course! So let's start thumpin' on the ol' Monkie Bongos and grab an eye-load of great new Desktops, Community News, and Bananas too. Let's get that beat a thumpin'!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Woo hoo! This week's Desktop Edition features some awesome new work from our latest contributor Marty Leone, the return of the "long lost" Donnie Fischer, and of course a fabulous batch of GUI goodies from your favorite Desktop artists. So let's get to the uncanned, live batch of pixel pleasin' GUI goods!

3-D Rendered - It's not very often that you get tons of great pics from one artist, but Marty Leone breaks all the rules in the quality department! We begin featuring Marty's fine line of cool desktop contributions with Moon Genesis. This amazing selection is sure to grab your attention as we begin our journey to the moon and beyond!

Martin Schulte offers another outstanding landscape sculpture from the fine creations of Terraholic.net. Sometimes you just can't help but to look into the sky and see God's Finger at work. We think you'll see the same sense of inspirational awe when you get an eyeful of this great work.

 

Nature - Though it's been a while since we've heard from Donnie Fischer, it was well worth the wait. Donnie delves into a different side of the digital domain as he offers a photo titled Dandelion. This desktop of depth will add the seeds of weeds from that simple "flower" we've all enjoyed from our youth to the rocking chair.

 

Desktops - From Prevision's Jack Juliussen, the master of letter box creations, comes another work of art called Mio min mio. This pic is of a tale from the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren in which a lonely boy is transferred from his dull life with his adoptive parents to the land where his real father is the king. You da king!

 

Logos - We all know we could use all the monkie business around the Monkie Business that we can possibly get. So, we have the honor of featuring...drum roll please...MacMonkies by PlasmaDesign's Rob Randtoul. This fantastic piece comes from the phenomenal workshop of Rob's pixel palace. And you can even have your own customized crystal monogram desktop for a teeny price from PlasmaDesign. Phenomenal work! Enjoy!!

Thanks Department --

Marty, Rob, Jack, Donnie, and Martin...

I am honored to have your most awe-inspiring work grace the Monkie pages!

THANK YOU!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Mandolux - Just in from the awesome desktop archives at Mandolux is a new Graffiti photograph titled Skull. This new creation is a picture of a wall tagged with a wonderful airbrush skull and strokes of colors. Hurry over and grab this great new selection from galleries of Mandolux!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

BLONDES STRIKE BACK

Why are blonde jokes so short?

So that brunettes can remember them.

YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK...

You might be a redneck if you refuse to slide during a softball game because you don't want to crush your cigarettes!

FIRST-TIME GOLFER

A retiree was given a set of golf clubs by his co-workers. Thinking he'd try the game, he asked the local pro for lessons, explaining that he knew nothing whatever of the game.

The pro showed him the stance and swing, then said, "Just hit the ball toward the flag on the first green."

The novice teed up and smacked the ball straight down the fairway and onto the green, where it stopped inches from the hole. "Now what?" the fellow asked the speechless pro.

"Uh...you're supposed to hit the ball into the cup," the pro finally said, after he was able to speak again.

"Oh great! NOW you tell me." said the beginner.

June 17, 2003

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Is it Wednesday yet? OH! That would be tomorrow!! And that would mean the most recent installment of our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition! This week we have pixel pleasers from a new artist, new work from a returning artist, and...oh crumb! I can't let all the Monkies outta the bag. Just slip by the Monkie Barrel tomorrow and grab a look!

On The Net

Speed Download 2.0.1 - Yuppers! The best just keeps on getting better! The good folks at Yazsoft have just announced the release of Speed Download 2.0.1. The world's fastest, most powerful and most compatible download manager ever now has even more features and a few bug fixes to make your download experience a real blaze! Get yourself over to Yazsoft and grab the latest update to Speed Download!

AudioX 3.1 - Sound off!! Realmac Software has announced the immediate availability of AudioX 3.1, a sound recording application with some amazing features! This great Mac app has been completely rewritten for Mac OS X and gives you even more control over your recordings. Get an ear full of AudioX 3.1 from Realmac Software today!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Say Hello To Hyper Transport - Apple is speeding things up for their next desktops with Hyper Transport. This chip to chip high speed technology will have Mac users grinning ear to ear as they embark on a better experience with future Macs. Hyper Transport technology is used to connect two processors inside Mac computers, bringing about better performance. Apple will announce the up and coming implementation of this hasty hyperactivity at the Worldwide Developer Conference later this month. - from ZD Net

Kissing Cows To Collect Cash - Church members of West Virginia put a lot of stock in kissing cattle. They joined in on a milk jug contest sponsored by their youth group to collect cash. The juveniles labeled milk jugs with names of community members, and church members dropped money in the jugs depending on which candidate they would like to see kiss a cow. Of course, permission was obtained by each of the participants. The two most lucrative jugs named the two lucky winners, one of which was the assistant superintendent of schools. - from Yahoo

June 16, 2003

Community News | On The Net | Monkie News | Bananas

At The Top - Hey there peoples! It's time to begin yet another week of Monkie Madness! We've got all kinds of "crazy" with some Monkie teasers to tickle the time away. We begin with Community News, News On The Net, and the latest Monkie Poll results (keep your "i's" peeled) accompanied by the New poll found in the Monkie News section. And of course, how could we get by without those fuzzy green Bananas?! Let's not let the Monkie go coconutz...Time for some fun! Shall we?

Community News

Mandolux - Just in at Mandolux is a new Landscape Giant/Dual Monitor desktop titled Los Angeles V2. This latest selection from Mando Gomez is the end result of the actions of a rent-a-cop. Mando was hoping to capture a photo of a local freeway and use it for his latest Landscape Giant/Dual Monitor setups. But instead, he was asked by the rent-a-cop not to take any pictures in the premise and to leave. On his way to the parking lot, he saw a section of the structure enclosed in wire fence and a steel plate, thus his latest desktop! Hop over to Mandolux and check it out!

Live Pencil - All kinds of new fun has been added to the many smiles of Live Pencil! Let's have a look:

• EMOTICONS: SMILEY with a nasty smile!!!!
• ANIMATIONS: The old Basket Ball is here again.
• IT IS YOU: Monica and Alex Twins from Canada.
• LIVE ANIMALS: A new singing animal. This time it's the ssssnake!
• TICKLE ME : Always awesome. Always real fun!
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...Please look for it, keep searching!

If you're in need of a healthy grin, Live Pencil is the place to been...er, BE! Get your mouse a truckin' and check it out!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

On The Net

HLBClass - Attention developers! The folks at Colourfull Creations have just released HLBClass, a true hierarchical listbox for REALbasic developers. REALbasic developers now have the power to create and manage a high-power hierarchical listbox...Easy to implement, easy to manage, with over 20+ methods added onto the standard listbox class. For all the details on HLBClass, get yourself over to Colourfull Creations and grab a look!

Monkie News

New Monkie Poll - Hey!! Are you challengin' me? Are you still in pursuit of some semi-useless information? Well, this Monkie can certainly oblige! So let's look into this week's new Monkie Poll and last week's results. Drum roll please!

Last week we asked: What do you think of Apple's New iPod? Here's how you responded:

Totally groovin'! 81% - Gads! You've got good taste!

Makes no diff 2 me! 15% - Hey...It's an Apple! What more can ya say?!

What flavor lima beans? 4% - Or should that be "iMa" beans?

Eeeeyuck! 0% - Hey...What can ya say?

Now, I don't want to let the Monkie outta the bag, but the iPod question has an added bit of punch to the pod! So keep your "i's" peeled and we'll keep you apprised!

And for this week's Monkie Poll, we have another slightly "weighted" question: In Scooby Doo, Who's da sexiest? Shag us in with a Scooby click, look to your rightness, and let us know. Scooby Dooby DOOOOO!!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

MARKING THE MOOD

My husband bought me a mood ring the other day. When I'm in a good mood it turns green. When I'm in a bad mood, it leaves a red mark on his forehead."

THAT BITES!

Did you hear about the new breed in pet shops? They crossed a pit bull with a collie; it bites your leg off and goes for help.

COMMA CATS

What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has the paws before the claws and the other has the clause before the pause.