August 27, 2002

EVENING EDITION 7:35 PM MDT

The Early Bird GUI Special - Step right up and grab your platter full of new GUI Goodies! There's 8 New Desktops in the Gallery and 5 New Icon Sets on Page 15 and Page 16 of the Icon Department. Get 'em while they're hot!

Software Update - The latest release of the Mozilla web browser - Version 1.1 - is now available for download. This version features improved application and layout performance, improved stability, improved Web site compatibility, and a number of other additions and fixes.

DV Graphics - Holy Mind Benders Batman! Mr. DVG of Sahner Graphi...WAIT! Paul from DV Graphics has added 3 really "wild" desktops to the recently renovated desktop section. Whoa! Let your eyes collide with these great new works over yonder at DV Graphics!

New GUI In The Monkie Barrel! - Wednesday brings some great new GUI to your finger clicks! James Cox of 68kmla joins the Monkie party as our latest icon contributor and Alexander MacLean from widget : widget sends some exclusive desktops to brighten up the Gallery! Also among the ranks are returning GUI vets Melissa, Hein Mevissen, Bob Wiley, Nitehawk Jarrett, Alan Sherwood, Paul Sahner, Adam Dickson, and that lunatic on the loose - Mad Max Monkies! Mark your calendars for lotsa GUI fun this Wednesday!

August 26, 2002

Taking Pictures! - There's a whole lotta GUI goodness going on at Taking Pictures! Adam Dickson has added 3 new icon sets and 10 new desktop pictures to the already cool collections. To top it off, Adam has spruced the place up a bit to give the place that extra touch of "Oh Yeah!" Move that mouse of yours and click your way over to the great new GUI stuff at Taking Pictures!

Today's Quote: Yeah Right! - There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.

- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977

August 25, 2002

Desktop News - Dave Rogers announces 2 new desktops at Berserkintosh. These purr-fect new pics are based on Apple's newly announced code name for their next incarnation of OSX - Panther. Click over to Berserkintosh and check out these slick new pics!

Last Great Act of Defiance - Just before being hanged, murderer "Black Jack" Ketchum quipped, "I'll be in Hell before you've finished breakfast, boys...let her rip!"

August 24, 2002

Jaguar Released - Today is the day that Apple officially releases Mac OSX 10.2 Jaguar, that latest version of Apple's ultra-modern operating system. Unless you're one of the fortunate few (like that pond scum Paul Sahner who got his copy Friday at 2 pm EDT), this is the day you will run down to your local Apple Store or Authorized Apple Reseller, wait on the porch with milk and cookies for your favorite FedEx delivery person, or cry because you didn't preorder. FedEx is scheduled to arrive here at the Monkie Barrel sometime today. We'll be sure to give you our 2 cents once it is successfully installed. Have a great Jag-wyred weekend!

Updated 12:48 am MDT - Speaking of pond scum, Paul Sahner had the privilege of attending an Apple Store Jaguar Party at Westfarms in Farmington, CT and was nice enough to post some pics of the event. CLICK HERE to check out the festivities forever captured in pixels. Check it out!

REALmac Software - The folks at REALmac Software are proud to introduce NavBar Builder 1.6 for Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. This awesome app is the easiest way to create a whole web site complete with javascript rollover navigation bars. NavBar Builder will allow you to build web sites faster than ever before. You don't need a degree in graphic arts to make eye popping buttons and navigation bars. You simply need to check out the cool tools from REALmac Software!

piDog - A new bug fix has been made moving piPop up to Version 2.0.5. Swing on over to piDog Software and grab your copy today!

August 23, 2002

Monkie News! - We interrupt this Monkie program for a very special announcement:

DV Graphics' Paul Sahner has officially gone Bananas. Paul climbs aboard the MacMonkie Barrel adding a brand new Section to MacMonkies: TNT: DYN-O-MITE TIPS AND TRICKS. Be sure to click on down and check it out!

And now back to the program already in progress!

Boot Panel Bundle - Another Monkie Bundle has been added to the archives with Nitehawk Jarrett's latest: Britney Spears Explosion Startup Package. This bundle contains everything Britney you'll need to start your Mac with that Brit smile - including a Boot Panel, Login Panel and all the necessary parts. Check it out!

Mandolux - Time for the weekly recap from Mandolux! From Mando:

Mandolux has issued eight new desktops: four Giant Vector-based (Money/Queen Elizabeth), three Giant Petals (Roses/Macro), and a new Fire & Flames (chimney/logs) desktops this week. Coming soon: Feathers and Pintura (paint).

Point your browser over Mandolux way and check 'em out!

widget : widget - Though widget : widget didn't update yesterday, cool new stuff is planned for today. You know the routine: Click click!

Software News - Another great haxie from Unsanity has been updated for OSX 10.2 "Jaguar" - FruitMenu 2.5. This great app gives you the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus.

Also updated is snapHappy 1.3 from To The Point Software. This cool little app is a fun and easy-to-use photo/image management, editing, sharing, and viewing package that some prefer over iPhoto! Give it a whirl!

TNT: DYN-O-MITE TIPS AND TRICKS by Paul Sahner

Quick Quit - Do you have an app in OS X that could really use a good Force Quit? In OS 9, you had one option, and that was the 3-finger salute known as "command-option-esc" or, "Force Quit." For those of you who don't know, force quit is the end all way to get an application to just go away. But... Continued

August 22, 2002

DESKTOP NEWS

EA Design - The gentlemen from EA Design have piled high the GUI goodies this week with 12 new desktops for your viewing pleasure. Make your way over to EA Design and check 'em out!

widget : widget - So far this week, widget : widget has released 2 new desktops titled Islet and Wasp. There is another new desktop scheduled for arrival later today and again tomorrow. Get your clicker in motion and check out all the latest at widget : widget!

SOFTWARE NEWS

Unsanity - The good folks at Unsanity L.L.C. have updated WindowShade X to full Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar" compatibility with Version 2.1. WindowShade X is a haxie that brings WindowShade functionality and many other great features into Mac OS X.

Also updated at Unsanity is ClearDock 1.1, which provides customization of the Dock background in Mac OS X 10.2 "Jaguar." Hurry over and grab the latest version of these and other great haxies from Unsanity!

Cogco - "We're ready for Jaguar!" ClassicBooster 1.1 has been readied and released for OSX 10.2 by Cogco. It lets users create an Extensions Manager set customized for Classic running under Mac OS X. ClassicBooster ensures that this set is loaded when you launch Classic, and your normal set loads when you boot Mac OS 9. Finally, ClassicBooster caches extensions and loads the Classic environment really fast, in as little as a quarter of the normal time. Check it out!

Monkie Bits - Be sure to stop back tomorrow as we will have some great new OSX Boot Panels and other goodies on hand for download.

Also, a word of thanks goes out to Tyler as he brought to our attention some nasty little site errors. We will get right on them and get 'em out of the way. Thanks Tyler!

August 21, 2002

At The Top

Making Its Mark: Another Emmy For Apple - Apple has earned another Emmy this year. Last year Apple received an Emmy for the impact of it's FireWire technology on the television industry. This year Apple is receiving an Emmy for Final Cut Pro and "their innovative developments in film engineering." Apple also received a Technical Grammy Award last February for "outstanding technical contributions to the music industry and recording field." - from MacCentral

MonkieNews!

New Monkie Stuff! - First up, we would like to welcome Mr. Paul Sahner of DV Graphics to our writing team with a brand new section - TNT: Dyn-o-mite Tips and Tricks! Paul will be bringing you cool tips and shortcuts to make the most of your Mac life! The new section is just around the corner.

Also new in the Monkie nest are further changes to the site. Many thanks to all of you who have offered ideas and helped us squash those yucky bugs. Your help and input is indispensable. Thanks also goes out to all of you for your patience during the transition!

NEW Icons: MacMonkies 19th Icon Edition! - Welcome to the "Masters Edition," our 19th Icon installment from some of the masters of the Mac web icon artists!

Pixel Jerk - Samuel Krueger starts this week's Icon Edition with plenty of juice, zapping in a single icon set called Outlet! This is just a tiny sample of the quality work you will find from Sam at his pixel haven Pixel Jerk.

 

miX the piX - Hein Mevissen adds more excellence to this week's collection with a another classic set from the miX the piX mixer titled Just Some PiXels . These little piXelators have plenty of pixel personality to please the pickiest of desktops!

 

IHeartNY - Another master of all things GUI, IHeartNY's Matthew Bice, brings Radiohead to all of you Radiohead heads! This great set shows Matthew's great taste in pixels and well as music.

 

DV Graphics - Paul Sahner adds a third installment to his hit icon series with the appropriately titled Switchers 3. This great set shows off a portion of the many talents of the man behind DV Graphics.

 

Flax Creations - Adding the flash to this week's finale is SPHEROIDS from Flax Creations master of ceremonies Dan Flax. This cool set from Dan will add spherical sparkle and shine to your GUI hungry desktop. Enjoy!

Check 'em out!

 

NEW Desktops: 7 Slick New Desktops - This week proves to be a great one for some extra-fine works from some extra-fine artists! Check out these gems:

3-D Delectables - Starting up this week's selection of 3-D works is an absolutely awesome new work from Bob Wiley titled Across the Way! This is a beautiful Bryce rendered work that has quickly found its way into the permanent personal collections of the main Monkie Man! Very nice!

EA Design's Alan Sherwood binds up another great work with the second in the Bindings series - Bindings II. Alan explains:

The second in the series and again a simple piece that shows the restrictions forced upon us all by the politically correct morals and the surroundings that we are subjected too.

Once again Alan demonstrates that simplicity is exceptionally effective!

Melissa from MAJArch Studios bounces the fun your direction with a rather happy piece titled Beachballs. Keep that summer fun around all year long with this colorful desktop!

Mr. MacMonkie Man Wiles wraps up the 3-D Department with 2 new works for your 3-D desktop downloads: Destiny will seal some fate to your desktop's ever changing appearance while Different will be making every effort in Making the Difference. =)

 

ETC. - From the many talents of Nitehawk Jarrett comes the super stylish desktop work begging you to Think Different: Think Britney. It's hard not to listen with this great rendition of Britney Spears gracing your desktop.

 

Desktop Department! - Zapping in as our final desktop selection this week is the second in the DNI Series (Direct Neural Interface) from Todd Darland called DNI: Mind Storm. Careful not to get "over charged" on this one!

 

MANY MONKIE THANKS

To:

Melissa, Dan, Sam, Hawk, Paul
Matthew, Alan, Hein, Bob, and Todd -

In a word?
WOW!

THANK YOU!

Featured Link - Our Featured Link is resting this week. Do you know of a cool place you think we should feature? Got a site you want MacMonkies readers to see? Let us know and we'll take a looksie!

Community News

DV Graphics - Paul Sahner just keeps things gettin' better all the time. The tired, old desktop section at DV Graphics has been rid of all its broken links and new navigation has been added throughout. Check out the newly revamped desktop section and grab a good long look at Flare 1, 2, and 3. It's time to check out all the "Switching" at DV Graphics. Your eyes will thank you!

widget : widget - Alexander at widget : widget released a new desktop yesterday titled Islet and there are more on the schedule for each day this week!

MAJArch Studios - The Studios by Melissa have been updated with 5 brand new Boot Panels for OSX! There's bunches of other great works that have recently been added to the many wonders at MAJArch Studios. Perhaps the bigger wonder is why you're not there yet. Go!

IHeartNY - If you have already grown tired of IHeartNY's Dock Lawn icons and want to change them back to the system defaults (don't know why you would), then head on over, download the OSX Icon Restoration Kit and apply. The kit includes 131 common OSX icons including the new Jaguar icons. There's nothing but the best at IHeartNY.

miX the piX - Hein Mevissen has been at it again with some great new icons added to the archives at miX the piX! Recently added are a set of 9 redesigned Jaguar Icons. Get in on the furry fun and check out this great new set.

XThemination - As well as being back after some server downtime, the good folks of XThemination have made a "massive" update to their Theme archive.

They've got 5 new themes, including 4 new themes for 10.1 - Jag (without lines), Fur, Just Fur; by Derek Gordon, Brushed 1.6 by Max Rudburg, as well as their first 10.2 theme, SimpleAqua, by Zimphire. Hurry over and grab a look!

News On The Net...

iMac Versus Profile 4 - In another 5 days, Gateway will present the Profile 4, an all-in-one computer designed to compete with Apple's iMac. There will be four models available to consumers and two models available to businesses. The top model has a 2.66GHz Pentium 4 processor, 17-inch flat-panel monitor, 512MB of double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM, 120GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD combo drive, USB 2.0 and Windows XP Home, and sells for $1,999. The Profile 4's prices are comparable with Apple's iMac, but none of them contain DVD recording drives. - from CNet

TMI: The Truth Of The Lie - Humberto Perez got more than he bargained for by participating in a radio show titled "What is Your Biggest Lie?" On the show, he told all about how he had a friend steal his pickup truck, filed it as stolen, and got a new truck as well as cash from his insurance company. Even though he used the fake name of "John," the FBI was able to track him down quickly through the record of stolen vehicles because he had been specific as to the time and place of the event. Perez now faces up to five years in prison for mail fraud because he filed a false claim. Guess no one ever said that crooks were all that smart. - from Excite

Toilet Treasures - An "In the Toilet" art exhibit was held at The How Original gallery in Laguna Beach recently. Gallery owner Loretta Alvarado got the idea of beautifully hand-painted toilets after eying an old toilet that had been taken out of her house and was sitting on her porch. Kimberly-Clark Professional, toilet paper maker, was so moved by the art that they sent a year's supply of toilet tissue to the museum. - from Yahoo

Apple Online Auction - DoveBid will be holding an online auction of Apple products at DoveBid.com. The auction will begin at 9 am Pacific time on August 30, 2002, and will last until approximately 1 pm of the same day. Items to be auctioned include "new and reconditioned Apple computers, notebooks, and peripherals." DoveBid is a company that specializes in holding auctions, and certain rules and restrictions will apply. - from MacCentral

Postal Package Delivered Post Date - Kenneth F. Perkins got a package last week that was postmarked Dec. 13, 1945. It was found by construction workers in a courthouse that used to house a post office. The package was delivered to a now 79-year-old Perkins. It was sent from a woman he had met while serving in the navy and contained "after-shave lotion, talc and hair dressing." Perkins speculates that the woman stopped writing to him because he didn't send "a card thanking her for the gift." I have heard of being post dated, but this is ridiculous! - from Yahoo

Have you Heard?

Something's Coming From The Iconfactory - The fab pixelators from The Iconfactory are apparently working on something of considerable coolness for your OSX x-perience! According to the Factory, they've got a "super-secret project in the works that will be a welcome addition to any OS X Dock." Hmmm! Could this be a practical improvement, a graphical one, or both?! The use of "super-secret" seems to imply that them lips is sealed until the cat climbs outta the bag! However, it does sound as though the word could be out very soon. Keep them Bananas peeled and we'll keep ya posted!

Apple iPhone In The Works? - The folks at MacCentral mention the possibility of Apple breaking into the cell phone business with a device that New York Times writer John Markoff calls an iPhone. Though all evidence thus far is circumstantial, it is rather interesting to note how "Jobs showed off Mac OS X 10.2's ability to synchronize data with a Sony/Ericsson cell phone that can manage calendar and contact information using a forthcoming technology called iSync."

Also of curiosity is the future of the iPod and it's possible connected roll with a unit such as an iPhone. Though Jobs seems to push away the idea of an Apple branded PDA, our curious Monkie can't help but wonder of perhaps a full blown OS running on the iPod. Time will tell!

 

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Check 'em Out!

It's Still Cool To Be Free - Just about everybody likes free stuff...well just about! And amazingly enough, there is still free stuff available on the net with little to no catch. And there's lots of ways to find free stuff out there on the WWW. For instance: Simply go to your favorite Search Engine or Sherlock and type in "free stuff" or "cool free stuff." What do you get? Well here's a cool result:

This particular site offers everything from free music and software, to prizes to win, to computer and internet freebies, and more! Keep in mind that not everything that's free is perfect. But sometimes it turns out that some things are priceless that you never pay a dime for.

You don't have to pay out the Monkie ears for everything. For 3-D stuff, software and even hardware, to internet greeting cards -- think free!

Just Plain Nutz!

SINGIN' THE SAME OLD TUNE

A lounge singer brags before his audience in a booming, bellowing voice, "Two years ago I insured my voice with Lloyds of London for $750,000."

There is a hushed and awed silence in the crowded room. Suddenly, from the back of the room, the quiet, nasal voice of an elderly woman is heard, "So what did you do with the money?"

CHINESE TOM

What do you get if you cross an alley cat with a chinese cat?

A Peking Tom.

HOKEY POKEY

The man who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey" died. What was really horrible is that they had trouble keeping the body in the casket. They'd put his left leg in and...well, you know the rest.

WINDOWS ON MAC

The MacIntosh Windows emulator: When fired up, begins to put up a zippy MacIntosh screen, stops halfway down the screen to declare, "Oops? Sorry. You wanted 1950's technology." It then goes into command line mode. The supposed unused ROM hook in the Mac that would have caused a monkey to dance across the screen ONCE upon the 7698th (or whatever) boot of the machine. Insects crawling around the screen.

STRUNG UP LIGHT BULB

How many guitarists does it take to change a light bulb?

Twenty. One to change the bulb and nineteen to say, "Not bad, but I could've done better."

AS OLD AS YOU FEEL

A woman walked up to a little old man rocking in a chair on his porch. "I couldn't help noticing how happy you look," she said. "What's your secret for a long happy life?"

"I smoke three packs of cigarettes a day," he said. "I also drink a case of whiskey a week, eat fatty foods, and never exercise."

"That's amazing," said the woman, "how old are you?"

"Twenty-six," he said.

THE REAL DIFFERENCE

What is the difference between a guitarist and a Savings Bond?

Eventually a Savings Bond will mature and earn money!!

LONELY PSYCOLOGY

A new teacher is trying to make use of her Psychology courses. She starts her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up." After a few seconds, little Johnny stood up. The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Johnny?" "No, ma'am," he says, "but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself."

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Odds and Ends

Past Predictions That Make A Gorilla Go Huhhh??!!

I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.

- Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

But what ... is it good for?

- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.

640K ought to be enough for anybody.

- Bill Gates,1981

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.

- Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

Big Foot

A closed mouth gathers no feet.

- Anon

BJW