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December 3, 2001

Rampant Mac - The ever creative Rampant Mac updates with 2 new desktops to feast your eyes upon. In addition, three full pages at Rampant Mac now have pictures posted at resolutions of 1600 x 1200 and 1280 x 1024. Check 'em Out!

Rest of the Web Survey - Voting for The Rest of The Mac Web Survey continues through December 7, 2001. If you would like to cast your vote for MacMonkies, we are # 20 on the list. Thanks for your support!

December 1, 2001

Nobody's Home - MacMonkies was informed by Excite@Home that all AT&T broadband customers should have their service restored within the next 8 days. Customers are to receive two day's credit for every day without service. Once service is restored, customers will be contacted via telephone with additional information regarding their new broadband service. Arrrrrgh! It feels like hitchin' a ride on the back of a turtle using the old dial-up connection!!

Doghouse Re-Opens! - The Doghouse has been re-opened and is ready to roll! Michael Rabe has made new improvements to the site as well as welcoming back the theme section. Hurry over and check out the new and improved Doghouse Online!

Site of the Month - We are pleased to announce that The Doghouse has selected MacMonkies as Site of the Month for the month December. This is what Michael had to say:

"Though new to the net MacMonkies with everything from news to GUI goodies are quickly growing in popularity. If your looking for quick news of what's going on the net or if your just looking to livening up your mac then this is your one stop shop. With their sunny outlook on the mac world they in my honest opinion will be around for a long time. That is why I'm naming MacMonkies the Site of the month for December."

We find this quite the honor. Thank you Michael!

 

November 30, 2001

Harrison Dies At 58 - George Harrison, former song writer and lead guitarist of The Beatles, died from cancer. Harrison struggled with cancer for quite sometime before he passed away. According to Gavin De Becker "He died with one thought in mind -- love one another."

Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone on such a sad day in history. Read More

 

Correction - If you would like to vote for MacMonkies in The Rest of The Mac Web Survey, we are # 20 on the survey. If you would like, please take a moment and toss a vote for us. Thanks for your support!!

More GUI for Your Gander! - The White Fire site has 9 new desktop pictures by Andy Moraitis and 1 new desktop picture by Donnie Fischer!

November 29, 2001

The Rest of the Mac Story! - Yesterday MacMonkies received an e-mail from Dan Knight explaining that MacMonkies was placed on the Rest of the Mac Web list. The e-mail is as follows:

"We finished the Best of the Mac Web survey last week -- now we're ready to take a look at the sites that weren't on that survey. In some cases, it was simple oversight. In others, readers suggested sites we were not familiar with. We've put them all together (39 total) to create the "Rest of the Mac Web" survey, which goes live on Thursday, November 29.

http://lowendmac.com/botmw/011129.html

Voting will take place through December 7, results will be analyzed on December 8, and we plan to release our findings on Tuesday, December 9. The highest scored sites on this survey will be included on the Spring 2002 "Best of the Mac Web" survey.

As always, we ask voters to only rate sites they are familiar with."

We consider this quite the honor. So, if you have enjoyed your stay at MacMonkies, we would like to encourage everyone to head over to Low End Mac and cast your vote for MacMonkies (Note: There is another site with a similar name. The number for our site is # 20 on the survey which is on the second page). Your consideration is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

November 28, 2001

Monkie News! - Welcome to the MacMonkies Bah Humbug Edition! Translation? This is the one that comes from having too much mind on your hands and no time like tomorrow to get things done if the present ever comes! Confused? Yesserree Bob (did you know you can still say Bob backwards, sideways, upways, and downways?). Need more? Check out this week's edition of the Monkie Barrel. And now for the news:

• New in the Gallery! - It's Desktop Mania as we dedicate 3 new Desktops exclusively to the fourth floor of the Desktop Department. Heading up the artwork is another awesome creation by Mr. Todd Darland. Todd brings us a something a bit different from his recent works. This fine peace of work is entitled "Pinned." Head over to the Gallery and grab your copy. While you're there, check out the latest from Purple Punk Productions: Mind's Eye and Moonrise II.
  
  
• Get a Link! - Recently added to MacMonkies Links Department are MAJArch Studios and White Fire Ministries. Take a look!!
  
  
• New Software - We have added Mikawares ICQ CSM for ICQ 2.7 and 2.8. Take a trip to the Recommended Software and grab a copy!
  
  

 

And The Winner Is... - MacUser has announced the winners of the MacUser Awards. The awards are designed to recognize excellence in products that work with Mac computers. Some of the winners include:

• Innovation of the Year - Mac OS X
• Product of the Year - PowerBook G4
• Technology of the Year - iDVD/SuperDrive combo.

Judges were amazed at the number of quality products to choose from this year. To view the many other categories, nominees and winners, CLICK HERE and select "Winners."

Easy Money - Rick Magnuson recently created a painting titled "I Dare You To Steal This $100." The painting, which was hanging in the Aspen Art Museum, had a real $100 bill on it. Magnuson said he wanted to catch someone in the act of stealing the money. Well, after nearly a month someone has managed to steal the money off the painting, but Magnuson didn't get to catch the theft in the act. "It ruined the whole aesthetics for me," he says. - from Ananova

No Longer Worlds Apart - Last week, MacMonkies reported that a software package called the XPod was being developed so that Apple's iPod would work with the Windows Operating System. We have since learned that a beta version of Xpod is due out in the next week or two. XPod will be put out by the company Mediafour. According to their marketing coordinator, Kristin Tedesco, "There's a world of difference between Mac OS and Windows, but we are having no trouble making it great, different though it may be." - From MacUser

Scents of Smell - Brand name Coty has put out a new and different kind of perfume called 001Coty. The unique thing about this perfume is that it is made to smell "digital," making people think of their computers. The fragrance is for guys and gals alike, and sells only on the internet. Coty will sell a limited 5000 bottles of the "digital" scent and hopes that 001Coty will be a popular item this holiday season.- from Wired

Ho! Ho! Huh? - New Zealand Santas will have to tone down their act this Christmas. Apparently, when Santa shouts his jolly "Ho! Ho! Ho!" to children, some of them get scared. So Recruitment company Westaff NZ Ltd is asking the Santas to quiet down the joyful noise, especially when they have children sitting on their knees. "Ho! Ho! Ho!" shouts are to be used when they are walking through crowds. The recruitment company is hoping this will make the Santas seem more approachable to children. - from Excite

Apple in Store for the Holidays - Apple is opening several stores just in time for the holidays. On November 23, Apple opened stores in Santa Clara, Miami, San Diego and Buffalo. This set a new record for Apple: opening fours stores in one day. "We...wanted to open our stores to give people as much holiday shopping time as possible," said Ron Johnson, Apple's senior vice president for retail. "While we never know how the season (will do) until it's over, we are very hopeful for this holiday season. Stores that have great merchandise, the right concept and great service will perform very well. We will be one of those."- from MacCentral

It's A Steal - Mickey Hewitt of Louisiana found his own thing to do while he was waiting for his wife to give birth. He dropped his wife off at the emergency room of the River Parishes Hospital near New Orleans, then proceeded to smash a car window in the parking lot of the hospital and steal the radio. Unfortunately for Mickey, the hospital's security cameras captured it all on tape. Police found the 21-year-old in the maternity wing of the hospital and arrested him for theft. - from Ananova

Internet: A God-Send - For the first time ever, Pope John Paul used a laptop to send a document over the internet on November 22, 2001. Normally the Pope delivers his messages by traveling and delivering them in person, but his doctors have been urging him to slow down. The 81-year-old Pope shows signs of Parkinson's disease, and has a hard time getting around due to a hip surgery in 1994. Due to these health issues, the Internet may prove to be a God-send for the Vatican's main man. - from Excite

 

Have you Heard?

Bigger and Better - The iBook and the PowerBook G4 are likely to have larger screens by mid-2002. Word has it that the size of the iBook display will increase to 13.3 or 13.7 inches, and the size of the PowerBook G4 display will increase to16 inches. It is being said that Apple is hoping to bring about these size changes at about the same time-frame as the release the new G4 processor to the consumer Mac lines. With the prices of flat-panel displays dropping, Apple may even come out with a flat-panel iMac, which has been anticipated for some time now.

On the Record - The Register reports that "Apple's VP of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, has gone has gone on the record to suggest March as the date when new Macs ship with OS X as default." New Macs have been shipping with both Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS X installed. Presently, Mac OS 9.x is set as the default, but Mac OS X could be used as the default operating system on new Macs as early as March 2001.

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Check 'em Out!

Coming of Age - The arrival Apple's MacOSX has certainly been one of the biggest computer events in recent years. With OSX coming of age, new applications for the new OS are certainly events to look forward to on a weekly and even daily basis. Apple is certainly aware of this excitement and has created just the place to go to check out such new arrivals. Some of the software titles listed are:

• iTunes 2
• Castle Wolfenstein
• GraphicConverter
• QuicKeys X
• Timbuktu Pro 6.0.1 
• ASM 2.0.2

These are just a few of the items that arrive on a regular basis. Hurry over to Apple's OSX Download Page and Check 'em Out!

Just Plain Nutz!

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Over a gynecologist's office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."

On a Plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed."

At a dry cleaners: "Drop your pants here."

On the trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."

Pizza shop slogan: "7 days without pizza makes one weak."

Outside a muffler shop: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming."

In a veterinarian's waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"

Door of a plastic surgeon's office: "Hello. Can we pick your nose?"

On an electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts."

In a non-smoking area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action."

On a maternity room door: "Push. Push. Push."

At an optometrist's office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place."

In the front yard of a funeral home: "Drive carefully. We'll
wait."
 

TECH GLOSSARY

486: The average IQ needed to understand a PC.

State-of-the-art: Any computer you can't afford.

Obsolete: Any computer you own.

Microsecond: The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.

G4: Apple's new Macs that make you say 'Gee, four times faster than the computer I bought for the same price a Microsecond ago.'

Syntax Error: Walking into a computer store and saying, "Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object."

Hard Drive: The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, especially. after a Syntax Error.

GUI: What your computer becomes after spilling your coffee on it.

Keyboard: The standard way to generate computer errors.

Mouse: An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate.

Floppy: The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer.

Portable Computer: A device invented to force businessmen to work at home, on vacation, and on business trips.

Disk Crash: A typical computer response to any critical deadline.
Power User: Anyone who can format a disk from DOS.

System Update: A quick method of trashing ALL of your software.

 

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Odds and Ends

OPEN MOUTH, INSERT FEET

Sometimes it's better to be assumed a fool,

Than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Plan hatched to rescue a cat that stowed
away on a ship to South Korea

Apple's Steve Jobs slams proposed settlement to Microsoft's consumer class-action lawsuits.

Man died of electrocution while trying to stun a pig, whose owner then died of heart attack.
Now that comes as a shock to the system!

Gnutella peer-to-peer file sharing client

Finder replacement for OS X

Puts current Apple stock info in the dock

Software to control home automation & security devices

FTP client; Finder like GUI & alternate browser for OS X

Test your flight skills on many different planets
(Note: 30.1M Download)

Locks or unlocks multiple files at once with Drag-N-Drop simplicity

Tool to create multiple clipboards

Floating drawers store text, URLs, pictures, etc.

Multihoming FTP server with remote admin & virtual serving

Gnutella/Napster client, MP3 tag editor, player, cataloger

Assign hot keys to any OS X app, file, URL, etc.

Displays the current IP network address

(Fizzilla) version of mozilla.org's next generation browser

Password organizer with strong cryptography

Amateur radio app: satellite track, doppler correction

Catalog, archive, play, and display graphic files

Slows down music without changing the pitch

2D CAD program for technical & architectural drawings

Integrated client for OpenNap servers

Deletes contents of 'Server' folder for a faster startup

OpenGL-based graphing calculator

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

Menu bar clock and calendar

Virus detection/repair tool

Preference pane/app that lets you share any directory

Builds group of icons from a picture to make folder backgrounds

Guitar tablature program for entering, playback and practice

MIDI music player

CMM to quickly batch rename multiple files

Backgammon game for all levels of play

Auto generates labels for CDs, Zip, Jaz, Orb & more

Moves items to a newly-installed system folder

Original Pong game