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November 26, 2001

GUI Goodies! - The White Fire Site has been udpated with 3 hot new screensaver image packs! These screensaver packs are designed to work with the built-in slideshow screensaver module of Mac OS X. The available packages include a photographic Nature series and the popular 3D rendered Refuge series by Donnie Fischer and the hot new 3D rendered Sanctuary series by Andy Moraitis!

 

November 23, 2001

Spring Up A Well! - Andy Moraitis of Ethereal Creations has had quite the flurry of creative activity recently! Andy updates his gallery with 10 fine new creations to feast your eyes upon. Hurry over to the White Fire Ministries site and let your senses find Sanctuary with these fine new editions!

November 22, 2001

November 21, 2001

Monkie Fest! - WooHoo! Happy Holidays in advance to everyone! It has been quite the busy time of year for all of us Monkies at Ye Ole Monkie Hut! And it is late, late, late! So, without further ado, we'll get right after the Monkie News!

• The Gallery! - MacMonkies has three fine new additions to the Gallery. Heading up the 3-D Department is Inside Out. And right behind are two out of the blue in the Desktop area with Embryo and Sketches of Pain. Get 'em while they're hot~!
  
  
• MAJArch Studios - We're quite honored to have been chosen as MAJArch Studios' "Favorite Link of the Week!" Head over and check out the awesome site! THANKYOU, Melissa!
  
  
• Monkie Bunches! - This last week we have had a record turn out of visitors - FOUR TIMES our normal visitor count! WOWSERS! Thank all of you who make this so much fun!
  
  
• MUZIK MADNESS! - We are still working out some bugs for our Music Department. One section has the first selections in place and ready to play. We'll keep you posted!

 

On the Rox(io) - Got the latest Toast? That's what the good people at Roxio want to know. Free patches are available on the Roxio Web site for all versions of Toast from 3.0 to 5.0.1. The newest version, 5.0.2, "adds support for DVD-R media speed detection, improved compatibility with Apple's iTunes and Disc Burner, and improved support for the Apple SuperDrive, the Pioneer DVR-A03, and the Yamaha 2100E." If you're already registered at the Roxio site, then just head over to http://www.roxio.com/en/jhtml/support/webcheckup.jhtml and pick up your updates. If you are not registered, head over to http://www.roxio.com/en/jhtml/registration/prodreg.jhtml first and be sure to have your CD Key number handy.

Home Away From Home - Andy Moraitis of Ethereal Creations updates his column The View From Here with another reflective addition entitled "A Home Away From Home." Head on over to the White Fire Ministries site and give it a look.

You Say You Want a Revolution - A new software package is being developed that will make Apple's revolutionary iPod work with Windows. MediaFour, a company which boasts that cross-platform computing is what they do best, says that they are "readying an inexpensive new software package called XPod, which will make the iPod work with Windows Me, 98, 95, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP." The beta version of the Xpod will be available - in a word - "soon." - from Macobserver

Tattoo You - Twenty design students in Hong Kong were given the opportunity to use their creativity to re-design the Barbie Doll. One designer, Wingo Wong, strutted his Barbie in a low-backed evening gown revealing a tattoo of a large dragon all across her back. Far from the goody-two-shoes image we all have of Barbie, Wong said he wanted to reveal another side of Barbie because "there must be other sides to her." The Tattoo Barbie will not be marketed as the designing opportunity was simply an experiment to test local creativity." Now that sounds like a real Wingo Ding of a good time! - from Excite

Optical Reality - We are all familiar with Apple's optical mouse. Now scientists are trying to apply the same technology to speed up computer processors. If light sensors can be manipulated enough to compute information as well as carry it, the end result would be a "many-terahertz microprocessor" which would be capable of performing trillions of operations per second. Scientists are hoping to re-design computer chips to read digital 0s and 1s photonically (with light) instead of electronically. If they can, we will be looking at drastically reduced sizes and increased speed in computer processors. So the question remains: Can they? "Pretty much everything you can do with electronics, you can carry over to photonic crystals," says David J. Norris of the NEC Research Institute. Sounds as if it is only a matter of time. - from Wired

A Case for the iPod - Two carrying cases for Apple's new iPod are due "no later then the week after Thanksgiving," according to the company JR Hill. The company is coming out with a basic carrying case and a deluxe carrying case. Both are made of leather, with the deluxe version resembling a cell phone case, having a clear plastic window for the iPod display and an open area for the iPod dial. They are called the iPod Sleeve the iPod Sleeve deluxe.
- from MacCentral

Have Your Rug and Eat It Too- A unique rug was sold recently at an Auction in New York. It is made out of blue cellophane-wrapped candy. The 325-pound rug, designed by Cuban Felix Gonzalez-Torres, is a contemporary art piece called "Untitled (Blue Placebo)," and sold for $666,000. Contributing to the value of the rug is it's ability for constant metamorphosis, as the owner may change the appearance of the rug at any time by taking off the candies and eating them. As the artist himself stated, "I need the public to complete the work." From the looks of the price tag, this piece of work was cursed from the get go! - from Excite

Human UFO's - Two Englishmen, Andy Elson and Colin Prescot, have set an interesting goal for themselves. They would like to set the world altitude record in a manned balloon. To do this they plan to put on spacesuits and sail out into the Earth's atmosphere in a balloon as tall as the Empire State Building. The attempt is tentatively planned for sometime this summer. - from Wired

Singapore Super Bowl - 200 delegates from around the world will be meeting this week in Singapore to discuss the future of toilets. The delegates will not only be discussing toilets, but also be taken on a tour to observe different kinds of toilets that are being used around Singapore. There will even be a four-day restroom Asia trade show. The country of China has a special interest in this topic, as they are looking to provide the best facilities available for the Olympics. Sounds like a job for the Tidy Bowl Man! - from Excite

Nothin' But A Hound Dog - 50 Graceland employees have been laid off due to the lack of visitors since the September 11 terrorist attack. Most of the people who visit Elvis's home are foreigners, so the lack of flights has hurt tourism at the Graceland mansion and has Elvis fans singing the blues. With visitations down by 15 percent, Graceland has lost "tremendous amounts of revenue." It appears that Elvis's fans have now left the building. - from Excite

 

Have you Heard?

Office Macs - Macusers are now able to put Microsoft Office v. X on their Macs. The software package including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Entourage is selling for $499 ($299 upgrade for those who have Office 98 or 2001). The programs can also be purchased individually for $399 ($149 upgrade).

Mac OS 9.2.2 - Apple is in the final stages of development for the OS 9.2.2 update. There are few known problems with the latest beta version which has been released to developers. There is not a definite timeline as to the final release, but if things continue smoothly in the final stage, the public release of the Mac OS 9.2.2 update could be very soon.

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

 

Check 'em Out!

Bunch of Turkeys! - As the Editor of this Monkie Mess, I would just like to express my most sincere thanks to the following bunch o' Turkeys -- for without them, MacMonkies would not have been possible!

The Icon Factory

Just Plain Nutz!

THE TOP 10 THINGS PMS STANDS FOR!

For all the ladies out there!

• Psychotic Mood Shift
• Permanent Menstrual Syndrome
• Perpetual Munching Spree
• Puffy Mid-Section
• People Make Me Sick
• Provide Me with Sweets
• Pardon My Sobbing
• Pimples May Surface
• Pass My Sweatpants
• Pass My Shotgun
   
  
  

PROVERBS

A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders, but there are some good ones nonetheless - their insight may surprise you.

Better to be safe than......................punch a 5th grader

Strike while the.........................bug is close

It's always darkest before..................Daylight Savings Time.

Never underestimate the power of............termites

You can lead a horse to water but...........how?

Don't bite the hand that....................looks dirty

No news is..................................impossible

A miss is as good as a......................Mr.

You can't teach an old dog new..............math

If you lie down with dogs, you'll...........stink in the morning

Love all, trust.............................me

The pen is mightier than the................pigs

An idle mind is.............................the best way to relax

Where there's smoke there's.................pollution

Happy the bride who.........................gets all the presents

A penny saved is............................not much

Two's company, three's......................the Musketeers

Don't put off till tomorrow what............you put on to go to bed

There are none so blind as........................Stevie Wonder

Children should be seen and not.............spanked or grounded

If at first you don't succeed...............get new batteries

You get out of something only what you...........see in the picture on the box

When the blind leadeth the blind............get out of the way

And the favorite: Better late than...................... pregnant  

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and...... you have to blow your nose

 

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Odds and Ends

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know it takes 26 muscles to smile?

And 62 muscles to frown?!

So SMILE!!!

Think of it as FREE therapy!!!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Bottom Line (What more did you expect?! )

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Preview version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

OS X client for the online service (use keyword Beta)

Changes Desktop picture at specified intervals

Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing client

network access management tool

Music theory and ear training software

Continuous speech recognition/voice dictation software

Disk cataloging with a Finder like interface & many features

MP3 player, encoder & burner

View multiple calendars in 1, 3, 6 or 12 month views

Virus protection system

Holiday lights hang from the menu bar

Instant messaging, SMS & Chat client

Assign hot keys to any OS X app, files, url, preference panel, etc...

Increase speed & simplicity of any search on internet

Interactive chord book for guitar playing

Simple font manager

Screen saver module

Drag and drop file compression tool

Intelligent text filters to clean up text & email formatting

Suite of 7 apps for design to web & print

Reassign keyboard keys & characters

Collection of 5 OpenGL screensavers

VectorWorks tool creates hand drawn effects

Download manager and accelerator utility

Internet setting surveillance software

Part of the popular 1st person shooter game

Extensive desktop & file/folder editing & task tool

Web authoring, page layout & illustration app

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

Generate thumbnail preview icons for image files

Screensaver module, displays fractals

Popular flight simulator

Helps find the correct smiley to use in e-mail and Web pages

Font tool helps organize, manage & repair fonts

Screen saver for OSX