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November
12, 2002
EARLY
BIRD GUI SPECIAL
7:42
pm MST
 New Desktops and Icons! - For everyone who has that
unavoidable  craving for GUI goodies, we've got just the thing
for your appetite! The Gallery
has an amazing 8 New Desktops ready and waiting for your
hungry eyes. And in the Icon Department, Page
22 has 4 New Icon Sets that will taste yummy in the
tummy! Don't delay. Get tomrrow's GUI today during our Early
Bird GUI Special! Get to grabbin'!
 Mac OSX 10.2.2 Now Available - Apple released Mac
OSX 10.2.2 yesterday, the much anticipated update to
the operating system also know as Jaguar. The latest version
adds digital hub and peripheral device enhancements, networking
and modem enhancements, Address Book and Mail enhancements, application
enhancements, and as well as other enhancements. Further details
and the download can be found at the AppleCare
Knowledge Base. The download can also be obtained via
the Software Update pane in the System Preferences of OSX.
ANNOUNCEMENT - We interrupt this program
for a very important announcement:
Shhh! Don't
peek now, but the crew here at MacMonkies would like to sneak
in a
BIG,
BOOMIN', BUNCHA BIRTHDAY BANANAS
to the
MAIN
MISTER MONKIE MASTERMIND!
That's right,
today we celebrate the birthday of the editor himself,
Mr. Brad
Wiles.
So everybody
tap your toes, bounce your bananas, and SHAKE, RATTLE and
ROLLLLLLLLLL all over the jungle!
Keep on
rockin' the Monkie house, Brad -- you make the difference!
-
from the MacMonkies Staff
We now return
to our regularly scheduled program.
Monkie News - Woo Hoo! An AWESOME Desktop
and Icon Edition is just around the corner! Coming up tomorrow
is some great work from Kara-Kelly.com, EA Design, Rampant Mac,
Taking Pictures, RAD.E8, miX the piX, Mikawares, Peter Sucy,
Colin Kerr, WatiWorks, and MacMonkies. WOW! That's one great
group of artists!
And of course, if
you just can't calm that GUI twitch, stop back later tonight
for the Early Bird GUI Special. Get yer clickers in gear
and get yourself back here for tons of fun at MacMonkies!
November
11, 2002
 Great Gobs of GUI!
- Mr. Adam Dickson of Taking
Pictures has a new site up and running. Adam's new
corner of the web contains two new icon sets titled Multi
Directions Vol 1 and 2, a load of new desktop pictures,
and also two new MP3 files. And as always, you get a large dose
of class and style in everything Adam has to offer. Get yourself
clickin' over to AD
Art and check out all the latest GUI goodies. Get the
move on and step on it!
Today's Quote:
At The Root
- When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking
at the leaves.
-
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Think And Snicker - Do people in Australia
call the rest of the world "up over"? 
November
10, 2002
More Grins: Just
4 Ewe, Teach!
- Here are a list of "rules" for all of ewe riters
out their:
- Verbs HAS to agree
with their subjects.
- Prepositions are
not words to end sentences with.
- And don't start
a sentence with a conjunction.
- It is wrong to
ever split an infinitive.
- Avoid clichés
like the plague. (They're old hat.)
- Be more or less
specific.
- Parenthetical remarks
(however relevant) are (usually) unnecessary.
- Also too, never,
ever use repetitive redundancies.
- No sentence fragments.
- Don't use no double
negatives.
- Proofread carefully
to see if you any words out.
OH NO! More Poopie! - Gassy Poopie: It's so
noisy, everyone within earshot is giggling. 
November
9, 2002
 Live Pencil! - The folks at Live
Pencil have once again updated with some great GUI goodies!
Check out this list:
- WALLPAPERS:
3 new Wallpapers. - Check this Stone Eye. It'll freeze your inside.
- IT IS
YOU: My friends Julio and Cristina.
- TICKLE
ME: This will be he last one of the series Mona Lisa.
- FOR YOUR
E-MAILS: More emoticons from our "Icons" section animated.
- FOR YOUR
E-MAILS: Background. Once again our well known yellow face.
- HIDDEN
IMAGE: Look around there are more and more.
With a list of goodies
like that, we can think of no reason why you shouldn't get yourself
over to Live Pencil
and check 'em out!
Address Book
Publisher 1.0
- We have just been informed that REALmac
Software has released
a brand new OSX app called Address
Book Publisher 1.0. This great new app lets you import
all your contact data from Apples Address Book export it to an
html format ready for uploading to your own web server or .Mac
account. Then you can access your address info from any computer
while you're away from your Mac. Swing by REALmac's newly redesigned
site with their new URL at http://www.realmacsoftware.com
and grab your copy of Address Book Publisher today!
 Multi-DBServer 1.6 - Just released from Colourfull Creations is
Multi-DBServer
1.6. Multi-DBServer is a very easy to setup and easy
to use database server, and is very cost effective. The latest
version includes: New Pricing Structure, Window Minimize, Window
Maximize, Bug Fixes, and more! For all the details, take a click
trip to Colourfull Creations
and grab a look!
Today's Quote - Ask a question and you're
a fool for three minutes; do not ask a question and you're a
fool for the rest of your life.
-
Chinese Proverb
November
8, 2002
GUI
UPDATES
More From Mandolux - Just in is the weekly
recap of desktop additions to the galleries of Mandolux.
Let's look:
 Mandolux
has issued this week nine new desktops: one Vector-based (Abstract/Techno),
three zenas|closer (Abstract), one Technosis/Anthraxis (Abstract/Light),
and four Giant/Dual Monitor set (Landscape/Beach) of desktops.
The latest to be
added are the three zenas | closer selections titled Iona,
Jenny, and Keelia. Make your way over to Mandolux
and grab a look!
DV Graphics - Paul Sahner joins in
on the Winter fest precipitation theme with his own rendition
of that white Winter rain. New in the galleries of DV
Graphics is Snowflake, a nice seasonal selection with
a tad touch of Aqua. Stop by DVG
and take a peek!
SOFTWARE
UPDATES
MaxMenus 1.2.2
and LiteSwitch X 1.1
- The folks at Proteron
let us know about updates for 2 of their popular OSX apps: MaxMenus and
LiteSwitch
X.
MaxMenus
1.2.2 offers
several bug fixes, performance enhancements, and  anticipates full compatibility
with Apple's forthcoming Mac OS X 10.2.2. It is recommended that
all MaxMenus users download and install upgrade. It also has
a new price of $19.95, a savings of $10. LiteSwitch X 1.1
is the first version to be fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.2,
contains numerous bug fixes, additional features, and performance
enhancements. It now sells for $14.95. Both
MaxMenus and LiteSwitch X can be purchased together for a bundled
price of $29.95. Swing by Proteron
and download a copy of these popular Mac Apps!
 Photologist - To·The·Point
Software has announced the availability of a brand new app
called Photologist.
With Photologist you have the tools to manage, edit, show, and
browse your photos with ease! It offers dozens of unique features
for handling your digital photos. Hurry over and check it out
Photologist
1.0!
SMIRK
OF THE DAY
Pop-A-Vein-In-Your-Forehead-Poopie: The kind where you strain
so much to get it out, you practically have a stroke. 
November
7, 2002
Mandolux - Have you checked out
the latest desktop work from Mandolux?
You need to! Mando has added a new selection to his Giant Landscape
theme with Santa Barbara. This beautiful new pic will
have you kickin' back in front of your desktop relaxing to the
waves! Get yourself surfin' over to Mandolux
and grab a look!
Ape In Your Face! - Did you get an eyeful
of yesterday's Very Ape? While all
who saw it busted a gut, some thought that it was kinda hidin'
way down there and thought we might want to make a second mention.
So here it is: Very Ape In Your Face!
 Our
Very Ape section focuses on information
and sites to make your computer as fun and customizeably cool
as possible. This week's edition definitely puts the focus on
fun! Click on down to the Very Ape
section, and give it a gander. Make sure you have your toes firmly
planted as this giggle might knock you back a step or two. Check
it out!
Grin A Little - Can you buy an entire
chess set in a pawn-shop?
November 6, 2002
At The Top
Apple's
Jaguar Found In Fortune
- Fortune magazine has named Apple's new Operating  system, Jaguar, the "most
impressive new software." The reason it makes the difference,
according to Fortune, is because of networking. "Macs have
long had file compatibility with Windows software, but now they
have network compatibility too." iCal and iSync were especially
impressive in terms of the programs' networking capabilities.
iCal and iSync only work with Jaguar. - from Fortune
Apple And Dell:
A New Kind of Juice?
- Dell Computer has just added  the Windows
version of Apple's iPod to their store. Dell already sells other
brands of MP3 players, but Dell customers started asking for
Apple's iPod. The lure was so great that Dell agreed to sell
them. "Yep, Dell is reselling iPods," said Apple. The
iPods are now available for order online
from Dell. -
from CNet
and MacMinute
Read More News On The Net
MonkieNews!
Icons | Desktops | Monkie Notes | Featured Link
NEW!
MacMonkies
30th Icon Edition!
- For this
week's Icon Edition, we are happy to introduce our latest contributor
Tabor Robak. Tabor joins a fine group of pixel pushers from all
over the Mac web. Let's Boogie!
 Tabor Robak - Heading up this week's
Icon celebration is Tabor
Robak of Lake Oswego, OR. Bold
+ Simple is a fine set that was created with Adobe Photoshop
7.0 and The Iconfactory's Icon Builder Pro, and sports the beauty
of simplicity! Cool stuff!
RAD.E8 - The amazing Sascha Höhne
of RAD.E8 serves up a well
balanced icon meal with Breakfast.
This appetizing set of 22 icons demonstrates Sascha's endless
abilities and is a great way to start your GUI day!
 miX the piX - Hein "The Mixer"
Mevissen does it again with another cool icon set from the archives
of miX the piX. Classic Computers shows off Hein's
outstanding abilities by recreating computers from Radio Hack
(Shack) to an Atari. Giving your desktop a blast from the past!
WatiWorks - What time is it? Time
to check out WatiWorks Swatch
from none other than WatiWorks'
Wati Larke. This timeless set is better than a Timex and flashes
all the color and style you can get you GUI eyes on! Awesome
stuff!
Check
'em out!
NEW! 9 New Desktops
In The Gallery -
This week from the Gallery we introduce
a new work from our latest desktop artist Peter J. Sucy, as well
as a double dose of "X-appeal" and some outstanding
work from some excellent artists. Time to dig!
 Etc...
- Returning
with another excellent photo is Colin
Kerr with a selection titled Simpsons
and Kitties. This is an absolutely adorable pic that
any animal admirer should not do without!
Nature - Once again adding living
color to our Nature Department is WatiWorks
own Wati Larke. This week from Wati we have a wonderful photo
of England's Stonehenge.
 Desktop
Department! -
Our latest contributor Peter Sucy is a rather accomplished graphic
artist with his fine work available for viewing at PeterJSucy.com.
This week Peter adds your first dose of "X-appeal"
with the well crafted desktop titled JagXTinted.
Your desktop is begging already!
Offering up the
second dose of "X-appeal" is the fabulous FurX
from the ever artistic works of S. Stéphane, Xiupe
Créations resident artist and pixel master. Don't
let your desktop beg too much!
Appropriately titled
is Aqua II, the second
in the Aqua series from EA
Design's Alan Sherwood. This fine selection adds Alan's unique
blend of simplicity and style all in the spirit of Aqua.
Still on his impressionistic
abstract roll is Snowflakes
from Mr. Bob Wiley. This
beautiful piece comes just in time for the upcoming Winter season
and will make a cool addition to your desktop collections. Can
you say "WOW!"
3-D Delectables
- When it comes
to creativity in 3-D, the King of Swing is one very talented
Mr. Scott Chitwood of Rampant
Mac. This week we are pleased to display one of Scott's cleverly
crafted classic pics titled Alien
Twilight. As realistic as this portrait seems to be,
I am beginning to wonder if Scott is an alien himself!
 Wow! Ron
Westby, your MacMonkies main Bananas
Man, sports more of his artistic abilities with his latest creation
titled Eiffel. This great
new piece comes to you from the perspective of a child's first
view of the Eiffel Tower. Very nice work, Ron!
Zzzzzzzzzing! Sometimes
you get to going so fast that you're Screamin'
Still! The latest piece from MacMonkies Bradford Wiles
makes use of Bryce, a couple duplicate layers in Photoshop, the
background eraser, and stylized with the Wind filter. Mix it
all together and...SHAZZAM!
MANY THANKS
To:
Alan,
Bob, Colin, Hein
Peter, Ron, Sascha,
Scott, Tabor, and Wati -
You work
is tremendous
and always welcome here in our little corner of the web!
THANK YOU!
Have
a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Monkie Notes - Since our GUI galleries
are growing so big, we will soon be adding a new navigation system
in each department to eliminate the clutter of the long page
lists. Keep your eyes peeled for this new addition by the year's
end. And as always, if you have any suggestions on how we can
improve your stay here at MacMonkies, click over to the Contact
Page and drop us a note. Thanks!
Featured Link - This week's Featured
Link is taking a quick breather. In the mean time, if you
have a cool GUI site you would like to suggest, drop
us a line and we'll give it a look!
Community
News
DV Graphics - Mr. Paul Sahner of the
DV Graphics claim to
fame  announces yet another
cool service: Logos2Go.
This new service makes it easier than ever to get a logo. Instead
of charging hundreds of thousands of dollars for a custom design,
the user gets to choose from a selection of high-quality, prefabricated
options that once selected, is uniquely yours. Swing by Logos2Go
for more details!
68kMLA - A big Happy Anniversary
goes out to ~Coxy and crew at 68kmla.com.
As of Monday November 4, 2002, the MLA Forums celebrated its
1st anniversary. 381 Members have made 30225 posts in 19 forums.
There are currently 3335 topics and 528 people have joined the
ranks of the MLA. Swing by 68kmla.com
and check 'em out!
The Iconfactory -  A
very important milestone has been reached at The
Iconfactory. Their online database of GUI websites called
the Deskbase
reached the 400 mark! That means tons of fun for all of you GUI
heads who just can't get enough of that good GUI stuff. This
huge list of sites will direct you to all kinds of goodies including
desktops, icons, fonts, and more for your favorite platform.
Head on over to The Iconfactory
and check out all of the cool places listed in the Deskbase!
miX the piX - Mr. Hein Mevissen is
back with a great new set of icons added to the cool collections
of miX the piX. The latest
set is called Classic Computers and covers everything
from Radio Hack to Atari!If you're a buff for nostalgia, the
newest work from miX the
piX is for you!
 Kara-Kelly.com - Kalling all kolor krazy
GUI heads! Miss Kara Kelly of Kara-Kelly.com
has added a kouple of really kolorful new 3-D works to her already
kool kollections. New to the koolness are Beachy Keen
and Fruition! Don't gimme know krud! Just get your klickers
a kluckin' and get a klue at Kara-Kelly.com!
WatiWorks - My my my! Wati Larke keeps
cookin' up the goodies with a new icon set recently added to
the collections of WatiWorks!
Ready for your consumption is a cool set of 22 titled Apple
Ring Folders. This great set will add color and compliment
to the finicky desktop. Make your way to WatiWorks
and get to grabbin'!
Rampant Mac - Holy Toledo cows, Batman!
The Rampant 1 has found  his
cane and made it out of his rocking chair for a great new update
at Rampant
Mac. Scott has added several desktops to the RM Archives,
as well as bringing back the Cool Links page for some serious
fun. If you have a hunger for some of the best GUI goodies around,
you best get yourself over to Rampant
Mac and get to grabbin'!
Check
'em Out!
Send
us your news: press@macmonkies.com
News On The
Net...
Apples For The
Holidays -
It is time to start thinking about holiday gifts and Apple has
 accommodated
the public with a holiday shopping guide. The front page sports
the top ten favored gifts list along with prices. Apple understands
that every person has different interests, so on the front page
they also offer search lists by price, personality type, and
digital lifestyle (music, movies or photo). Of course, there
is a general search as well, and all items can be ordered online.
-
from Apple
Macs Make Small Business Success - Doug Humphrey is a
self-made multimillionaire who recently made the Mac move. His
company Cidera, which provides broadband services via satellite,
was spending too much money to keep Windows running. "We
forced everyone to go to Macs for the desktops," he said,
and "the support load dropped to almost nothing. We avoid
the Windows operating system since it is such a huge security
risk." The 42-year-old also owns a Navy warship that is
navigated and hooked up to the internet with Macs. - from Wired
Driving USA: Top Selling Tour - Paul McCartney ended his
North American tour in  Phoenix, Arizona on October 29. The tour
contained 50 dates total and grossed about $100 million. This
may be the top grossing tour of 2002, the highest grossing stop
being two nights in Las Vegas which brought in $5.6 million.
Still, McCartney says "the main thing is the audiences are
having fun." There are some dates left in Mexico and Japan,
and there is talk of scheduling some possible 2003 dates for
Europe and Australia. -
from Billboard
School of Apples - Apple has teamed up with MacCenter
to open a hands-on Apple Authorized Training Center (AATC) in
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The staff is Apple-certified and the
curriculum focuses on Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2). The curriculum,
which Apple helped develop, is carried out on the latest greatest
Macs available. Registration is open for user level as well as
technical level users. Information can be found at MacCenter's
newly launched AATC
web site. -
from MacCentral
and MacCenter
Dump That Candy Cavity For Cash - Dr. Stephen Berger,
a dentist in Santa Rosa,  California, offers kids an alternative to eating
candy during the Halloween season. He pays them one dollar a
pound if they choose to sell him their candy, and then enters
them in a contest to win a new bike. Berger's goal is to promote
good dental hygiene. He has run the program since 1984, and some
kids save candy all year round to sell to him. In his biggest
year he got 1,953 pounds of candy. Berger hauls all the candy
straight to the dump.
Sounds like the dump will need a trip to the dentist! - from
Yahoo
Have you Heard?
10.2.2 Has Yet
To Sprout -
A couple weeks back, several sources reported that Mac OSX 10.2.2
had been seeded to developers and was expected for public release
within a couple of weeks. That couple of weeks has been here
and gone. However, Maury McCown at RAILhead
Design brings a little bit of hopeful news by reporting that
"OS X 10.2.2 6F19 was made available over the weekend, and
there's a good chance we'll be seeing a Golden Master this week."
We'll keep our Monkie toes crossed!
Have
some inside information on upcoming events? Review our Submission
Policy and drop us a line!
Check 'em
Out!
Get A Whiff of
This! -
Lookin' to laff your Monkie butt off?  Get
a good whiff of this one! A good friend sent us this piece of
video (author unknown) a while back and we've been grinnin' ever
since! It's a little clip of our favorite little monkey making
a really big butt of himself. Be Forewarned! You may choose to sit on
the floor for this one as the floor is where you just may end
up anyway after truly bustin' a gut! The clip is 1.7 MB in size.
You will need QuickTime
5 or better, or a player that will read the .mov format.
If you can handle all of that and can hold your own, get to CLICKIN'!
Check
it out!
Just Plain
Nutz! -
R.
Westby
IT'S ALL RELATIVE
There was a woman
who was pregnant with twins, and shortly before they were due,
she had an accident and went into a coma. Her husband was away
on business, and unable to be reached. While in the coma, she
gave birth to her twins, and the only person around to name her
children was her brother. When the mother came out of her coma
to find she had given birth and that her brother had named the
twins, she became very worried, because he wasn't a very bright
guy. She was sure he had named them something absurd or stupid.
When she saw her brother she asked him about the twins.
He said, "The
first one was a girl.
"The mother:
"What did you name her?!?"
Brother: "Denise!"
The Mom: "Oh,
wow, that's not bad! What about the second one?"
Brother: "The
second one was a boy."
The Mom: "Oh,
and what did you name him?"
Brother: "Denephew."
RIGHT ON THE
HEAD
An old blacksmith
realized he was soon going to quit working so hard. He picked
out a strong young man to become his apprentice. The old fellow
was crabby and exacting. "Don't ask me a lot of questions,"
he told the boy. "Just do whatever I tell you to do."
One day the old
blacksmith took an iron out of the forge and laid it on the anvil.
"Get the hammer over there," he said. "When I
nod my head, hit it real good and hard."
Now the town is
looking for a new blacksmith.
WELCOME TO THE
JUNGLE
A hungry lion was
roaming through the jungle looking for something to eat. He came
across two men. One was sitting under a tree reading a book;
the other was typing away on his typewriter. The lion quickly
pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the
king of the jungle knows that readers digest and writers cramp.
HOME ON THE WEB
VERSE:
Oh give me a site
where the links all work right
one that doesn't take too long to load
where the text can be seen
on my 13-inch screen
one that offers a "no-Java" mode.
REFRAIN:
Home, home on the Web
on my 486 IBM.
Please take pity on me
I'm still on Netscape 3
with a 14.4-speed modem!
VERSE:
Though your video files
give your pages some style
I can't read them upon my PC;
Massive graphics and sound
crash my system, I've found,
so please put in some "alt" tags for me!
REFRAIN:
Home, home on the Web
on my 486 IBM
Please take pity on me
I'm still on Netscape 3
with a 14.4-speed modem!
VERSE:
Please don't ask me to "chat"
with your favorite cat;
I don't have an IRC code.
And don't ask me to buy
games for Win 95
My PC is way too darn old!
REFRAIN:
Home, home on the Web
on my 486 IBM
Please take pity on me
I'm still on Netscape 3
with a 14.4 - speed modem!
NATURALLY SPEAKING
In nature, nothing
is ever right. Therefore, if everything is going right, something
is wrong.
FLYING HIGH?
Flying high with
its mother, the baby pigeon said, "I can't make it. I'll
get too tired."
His mother said,
"Don't worry. I'll tie a piece of string to one of your
legs and the other end to mine."
The baby started
to cry.
"What's wrong?"
said the mother.
"I don't want
to be pigeon towed!"
STRUCK OUT!
The fan asked for
a pitcher full of beer. So they brought him a drunk baseball
player!
DOWN TO EARTH
A bunch of cows
and bulls are standing in a field. A huge gust of wind comes
along and all the cows fall over, but the bulls just stand there,
bracing themselves against the gale. So all the cows stand up
and brush themselves off and go back to their business.
Pretty soon, a tornado
blows through and all of the cows are knocked to the ground,
but the bulls just munch on the grass.
Next, a hurricane
comes through and all the cows are knocked into the next pasture.
The bulls just say "moo."
Finally, one of
the cows walks up to one of the bulls and says, "Moo? What's
the mooing deal? How come the wind always knocks us for a loop
and you just stand there unharmed?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
the bull replies. "We bulls wobble, but we don't fall down."
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a good line or two that would put a smile on an Ape Face? Check
out MacMonkies' Submission Policy
and drop us a line!
Odds and Ends
No Time Like
Now
Why must conversions
always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
- David Brin
On The Run
You can out-distance
that which is running after you, but not what is running inside
you.
- Rwandan Proverb
The Easy Way
Out
They say that the
road to destruction is wide and well traveled. So is the path
of least resistance.
- B. Wiles
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