January
28-30, 2005
 At The Top - G' day, ladies and gents!
Had a tough week and wonderin' where the fun has went? No need to search
the cracks and crevices, just lend your ear to what da Monkie says: It's
time to wind up the week with your Friday Icon Edition!
This round out and about features some brand new iconists in the Gallery
followed by a bit of Community News and Bananas to boot.
But before we
begin this venture of pixel pleasure, we just wanted to let you all know
that we will be taking a short break over the weekend to do some catching
up from all of the recent family events. So until we meet again on Monday,
have fun with the current GUI treats as well as the most recent Desktop wonders.
See you next week!
New GOO!
New Icons -
Need an excuse to get out of the kitchen? Then we've the perfect plan to
sneak out and start ditchin'! Turn off the burners and get ready to feast
on good cookin' as we add 3 New Icon Sets for
this week's Icon Edition. Your eyes will be happy and your feet will be rich,
as soon as I stop me mouth from its twitch...Let's get to it and GOO it!
 Afterglow -
From Chatrooms to Support Groups, and even a good ol' Jobs WebCast, Cian
Walsh from Afterglow steps in
with an exceptional icon collection featuring The
Community! And better yet, Cian's incredible abilities make
the most of one's imagination to deliver a set that's most unique in icon
craftsmanship!
 FOOOD'S
Icons - We're different colours, and we're different
creeds. And different people have different needs. And for Jono Hunt
of FOOOD'S Icons, a world full of
different folks can be brought together for participation in Urban
PPL! This world class collection of faces makes the most of
the masses with a global appeal of pixel people!
 i...Mac@dam -
Extending homage to both the Linux world and master icon crafter Everaldo,
Isabelle Laffy from i...Mac@dam rolls
out the red carpet with iTux!
Inside this high class gala you'll find a party package
of pixel penguins as the distinguished guests that don't discriminate against
dignitaries without a suit and tie. Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Isabelle, Cian, and Jono...
Absolutely OUTSTANDING work!!!
Keep it up!!!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Community News
miX the piX - Master miXer and piXel crafter
Hein Mevissen has added  an
all new round of tasty icon morsels to the archives of miX
the piX! Along with Apple's
colorful commercial backgrounds and the iPod itself, iPod
photo Icons sports a vibrant
icon collection featuring Hein's amazing abilities to take the best
and make them even better! This ultra-cool set is now available for download
in a spiffy little Pixadex package just waiting for your adoration. Simply
make your cliX and get your kiX at miX
the piX!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Following Instructions
A student is taking his final exams. He takes his seat in the exam hall,
stares at the questions and then in a fit for inspiration takes his shoes
off and throws them out of the window. He then removes his shirt, pants and
socks.
The teacher, alarmed, approached him and asked what is going on?
"I am only following the instructions -- the test paper states, answer
the questions in brief."
Kangaroo + Leap Year =
What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
A leap year!
Blond Father
A blond guy and a brunette girl were happily married and about to have a
baby. One day, the wife started having contractions, so the husband rushed
her to the hospital. He held her hand as she went through a trying birth.
In the end, there were two little baby boys.
The blond guy turned to his wife and angrily said, "All right, who's
the other father!?!"
Halloween: Which Witch?
What's a witch's favorite subject?
Spelling!
You Might Be A Redneck...
You might be a redneck if your wife repeatedly has to tell you to take your
transmission off the table!
January
27, 2005
Monkie New | Community
News | On
The Net | Network
News
Monkie News
 Tomorrow:
New Icons - Hot
diggity doggities! We're always pleased as punch on the eve of another induction
of icon pixel poppers to be presented in your Friday Icon Edition. And we
feel you'll agree as we have new icon artists to introduce as well as our
usual fun filled antics that include News and Bananas too. So if you've been
working hard all week and need to wind down from all of the week's weary
willies, stop back tomorrow for a drink of ye ol' Monkie mix of pixel brew!
Community News
XÅERO Graphics Design - The most amazing
graphic designers at  XÅERO
Graphics Design have announced the availability of a new iPod template,
respectively named The
iPod Bluestreak. The ultra cool blue
PSD template has unlimited potential and possibilities for your web world
navigational needs. Besides that, it simply looks cool! The Bluestreak
Deluxe Suite can be yours for the tiny price of $5.99. So what are you waiting
for? Move that mouse over to XÅERO
Graphics Design and check it out!
On The Net
iClip 3.5 - The ever clever folks at Inventive have
announced the release  of iClip
3.5! This award winning productivity
software for Mac OS X enables users to quickly store, organize, and
access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents.
This update adds a menu system that moves the main
functions from the global menu to a set of menus directly within the iClip
window. Also new are significant improvements to
documentation in that it now uses Apple's Help Viewer application. No
need to copy and paste, just click on over to Inventive and get your updated
copy of iClip today!
A Better Finder Rename 6.7.5 - Always making
the most of the Mac  platform and making it even better, is the developers
at PUBLICSPACE.NET with the release
of A
Better Finder Rename 6.7.5! This powerful, yet easy-to-use utility
transforms the often tedious and time-consuming task of renaming multiple
files into a simple matter of seconds. The latest version now allows
the current date and time to be exploited for renaming files. If in need
of an ever better Mac Finder enhancement, get your Monkie buns over to PUBLICSPACE.NET and
get up to date with A
Better Finder Rename!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Mac's In A Name - There is no doubt that Apple
is promoting switcher- friendly products, and what the company names those
products is a huge part of its strategy. Mac mini's name is a reflection
of iPod mini's name, and the hardware follows suite. Compact and light, both
are meant to ride on the coattails of the original iPod, which Apple sells
by the millions. iPod shuffle may not bear the mini name, but is in itself
mini. Keeping with the theme of these many minis is also a more mini price
tag for the products. - from MacNewsWorld
iPod Without A Face - One might think the
new iPod shuffle would not be recognizable as part of the iPod family without
a screen, but the Apple gene cannot be mistaken. iPod shuffle is Apple material
through and through: comfortable, compact, classy, cable-free and best of
all, completely reliable. In fact, the face is barely missed at all because
the buttons are still there and those who shuffle around with their iPods
don't have time to glance at pixels all day anyway. -
from Chicago
Sun-Times
Now You See 'Em, Now You Don't - People in
Park City Utah recently  participated in a ground-breaking event for the future
of film, mainly because the movie they watched wasn't on the ground at all.
It wasn't even physically there. It was streamed via computers and played
from 800 miles away through a wireless infrastructure which had been laid
earlier. If wireless film viewing becomes the norm, movie premieres could
become global, costs to filmmakers could be cut, and theaters could provide
unprecedented selection. - from Wired
January
26, 2005
Desktops | Community
News | Bananas
 At
The Top - Ready to put the mid-week blues
on the run with a big dig into the depths of fun in the sun? Well alrighty
then! We've got just the right potion to get your happy face in motion.
Welcome to this week's Wednesday Desktop Edition!
With new desktop designs, Community News, and Bananas to munch, you can
fill up your appetite without packing a lunch. All of that said with a
swing, sway, and swerve, it's time to dig into the feast you deserve!
New GOO!
New Desktops -
If you're like me, and Heaven help you if you are... Anyway, I digress. If
you like GOO without a 15 minute call to GEICO, then you've come to the right
place! We'll get right to the point as we've placed 4
New Desktops on your
GUI platter that are certain to hit the spot and get rid of those eye candy
hungry's. So let's cut to the chase and pass the pixel plates!
3-D
Rendered - Great gobs o' GOO! It's been some time since  we've
seen the shine of fine 3-D design by Dave
Hornsby. But that's all about to change as we're pleased as punch
to present the first of many more to come with Orange
Materia! Dave manages to capture this spiro of digital fun in still
shot while setting your eyes' pleasure sensation in motion!
Desktops -
Back for an attack of Mac-a-lack style, flash, and fun  is
the flection and flare of Rampant
Mac's Scott
Chitwood! Also holding the helm of ResExcellence,
Scott finds time to fry up some frenzy with FraxDesk
no2. This sizzling sensation will reach inside your imagination
and burn up your retina from the outside in!
Nature -
Be ever so humble when approaching, you see. Or you  might
just get stung by the Bumble bee!
There's a whole lot of beauty surrounding the subject in this fantabulous
pic by
Bob
Wiley. And nature's calling will bring this taste of Springtime sensation
to your desktop's door without the sting of stepping into Winter's
bitter wind!
Logos -
There's never a dull moment around the Gallery when  we
get the privilege of posting a fine piece of desktop art by XÅERO
Graphics Design Studio's Francisco Bennett. Matter of fact, it's rather
shiny as we grab a glance of the pixel polished perfection found in Pinched
Metal with a pinch of delight and the Apple of choice at
your eye!
Thanks Department --
Dave, Scott, Bob, and Francisco...
Thanks for providing us the pleasure of presenting
Some of the most pixel poppin' pieces on the
planet!
CHEERS!!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
The Iconfactory - Great GUI news just in from
the fine folks at The
 Iconfactory!
They've just announced the release of their first freeware icon set for 2005: iSystem.
This succulent set of 60 system replacement icons by David
Lanham is based
on the style of Apple's new production art for their iLife and iWork software
suites. Their simple 2D look will give your computer an organic makeover
from bud to root while making you the envy of cool people everywhere! So
there's no time like now to turn your frown upside down by making a simple
click to The Iconfactory!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Challenged Thesaurus
You might be intellectually challenged if you think a thesaurus is a dinosaur!
The Deacon And Preacher
There once was this deacon and this preacher, and they had been friends
for a long time. One day the deacon got sick and was put in the hospital,
so the preacher decided to go and see his old friend.
When he walked into the hospital room, the preacher noticed all the hoses
and medical equipment attached to the deacon. The preacher walked over and
kneeled by the bed and asked, "How ya doing?"
The deacon motioned at a pad and pen on the nightstand. "You want that?'"
the preacher asked him, and the deacon nodded his head yes. So the preacher
handed his friend the pad and pen and the deacon began to write. All of a
sudden the deacon died.
At his funeral, the preacher was asked to deliver the service. "He was
a good man and I'll never forget him," the preacher said, "I was with him
when he died and as a matter of fact I have his last thought in my coat pocket
here."
The preacher reaches into his pocket and pulls out the paper. "Please,
get up! You're kneeling on my oxygen hose!"
Baked Spice Girls
What do you get when you put Spice Girls in the toaster?
Pop Tarts.
Earth Shaking
A fat man is dancing at a disco, and he is approached by a beautiful woman.
"What on earth do you think you are doing?" says the woman.
The obese man replies, "Shaking my groove thang."
The woman laughs and says, "If that is a groove, then the Grand Canyon
is a ditch!"
A Fart Smeller or A Smart Feller
There's a woman that has a big problem when it came to farting. She farts
all the time, yet is never be able to smell or hear them. So one day she
decides to go to the doctor about the problem. She tells him how she is always
leaving these long, hard farts that she can never smell or hear. The doctor
thinks about it and sends her home with some pills, telling her to come back
a week later.
When she comes back to his office, she tells him how she still is having
these horrible farts, but now they smell like rotting eggs. The doctor's
only reaction to this was, "It's good to know we cleared up your sinuses.
Now to work on your hearing."
January
25, 2005
Monkie News | Network
News
Monkie News
 Tomorrow: New Desktops - Woo
hoo hoo! We're about to embark on another GUI trip to rid those mid week
blues. Tomorrow brings a batch of some fine pixel designs as we whip out
your Wednesday Desktop Edition! And always eager to travel along side this
feast for the eyes is a portion of News and Bananas for a funny bone smile.
So swing back tomorrow for fun and put the hump day blahs on the run!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
iTunes On Top - Studies are showing that
even though many other  digital music download sites have sprung up since
the iTunes Music Store, iTunes is still king of the internet hill. No competitors
have been able to capture the iTunes crown. Download services in general
are proving to be more and more productive, as ten times more people paid
for tunes in the year 2004 than in the year 2003. The music purchasing population
could quickly outnumber the file sharers, and most get their music from iTunes. -
from MacNN
Apple Helps With Aide - In the face of the
super tragic Tsunami, relief websites went into overload almost instantly.
One particular help site, however, was able to stay up and running without
a hitch. A non-profit Mercy Corps site is wholly made and maintained by Macs,
and had just happened to upgrade its server right before Tsunami hit. As
a result, it was able to bring aide to Tsunami victims before many other
websites which had crashed could. Mercy Corps was able to come through thanks
to Mac. - from Apple
Microsoft Mishap -
Microsoft may have the market when it comes to its  Windows operating system,
but if people are looking to keep their PCs from getting infected, they best
not hold their breath. The operating system is obviously super susceptible
to viruses. It was hoped that AntiSpyware would make Windows more successful
against attacks, but trying to run the software brings tons of trouble in
itself. Even if it will save PCs it will take a while. It seems the only
thing that really runs well on Windows is worms. -
from Excite
January
24, 2005
On The Net | Monkie
Business | Bananas
At
The Top: Johnny Carson Dies At 79 - Though not
your normal Mac  news
headline, a sad day has come to the world of comedy as
comedian Johnny Carson passed
away at the age of 79. Carson hosted and held the Tonight
Show throne for 30 years, never to be surpassed by his
talk-show predecessors. He died Sunday morning of emphysema
"surrounded by his family, whose loss will be immeasurable." Though
it has been sometime since Johnny has been front and
center of the camera's eye, we will certainly miss his
wit and boyish Nebraska grin. Heeeeeeeerrre's to you,
Johnny!
On The Net
Cocktail On CD! - Are you a Mac head that
prides yourself in keeping your System in tip top shape? Then we've got great
news for you! Not only will Cocktail fit the bill, but it is now available
on CD. Cocktail is a smooth, powerful and simple to use general purpose utility
that lets you clean, repair and optimize your system with one click of the
button. It also simplifies the use of advanced UNIX functions and gives access
to hidden Mac OS X settings.
Still want more? As a special bonus for customers
who purchase Cocktail CD, the makers of Cocktail have formed an alliance
with The
X Lab™ to
include their excellent e-book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Second Edition,
along with Cocktail on the CD.
But wait! That's not all...Would you like the chance to win the new iPod
shuffle? Write a short review of Cocktail. Tell them what is good and what
is bad. They will give away three 1 GB iPods to the users who post the highest
quality and most useful reviews. PHEW...What a deal! Now that you've got
the skinny on this great new news, hurry over and get the full scoop on Cocktail today!
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
Tony The Tom Cat -Tony
the Tiger, cartoon mascot of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
since the early 1950s, was called "Tom-Tom the
Tiger" in the island nation of Grenada.
Go To Bed!! -
In the past few years, doctors have identified more than
100 sleep disorders, but the one most people suffer from
is simply not taking the time to get enough sleep.
Growing Nails -
Our nails grow at 0.1 mm per day. It takes about three
months to replace one entire fingernail.
Famous People Say The Darndest
Things Part
I
Henry Kissinger: There
are only two reasons to sit in the back row of an airplane:
Either you have diarrhea, or you're anxious to meet people
who do.
George Burns: And
God said - Let there be Satan, so people don't blame
everything on me. And let there be lawyers, so people
don't blame everything on Satan.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: I
saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with 'Guess' on it.
I said, 'Thyroid problem?'
Robin Williams: Ah,
yes, divorce, from the Latin word meaning to rip out
a man's genitals through his wallet.
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Bang! I'm Dumb!
Why did the mirror have 6 holes in it?
An idiot tried to shoot them self!
Born Loser Defined
Definition of a born loser: A stowaway on a kamikaze
plane.
Valentine's Day Card Shopping
A woman went to the mall to buy Valentine's Day cards
for her son and father.
The 50 feet of displays for hundreds of cards astounded
her.
She muttered out loud, "I wonder if they have anything
for ex-husbands."
The clerk behind the counter said, "Oh, yes m'am,
they do, but they're in Sporting Goods."
"Really?" exclaimed the woman.
"Yes m'am. They're called darts."
Kangaphant
What do you get when you cross an elephant and kangaroo
together?
Giant holes all over Africa!
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