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February 4-6, 2005

At The Top - WHOA there Nelly! Here we come. There's much in the bucket, so I won't let me mouth run (not too much anyway). First in the fill is the moment your eyes have been waiting for: Your Friday Icon Edition! Fine new flavors of GOO can be found by aiming your mouse and pointing your eyes down (the page, not at your feet). Also included to fill 'er to the brim is a good dose of Community News, SW News On The Net, and Bananas to get your brain all filled in. Get it? Got it? Good! Now that we're in for a packed stack of fun, it's time to let the weekend begin!

Editor's Note: On The Somber Side - There will be no further updates until Monday, February 7 due to the "passing" of Tina's granddaddy Spicer. Though this event is certainly on the somber side of things, it is part of life itself and came as no surprise due to his rapidly deteriorating health. So while Tina is traveling and spending time with her family, I hope you will all keep her and her loved ones in your thoughts and prayers. - Brad

New GOO!

New Icons - Hang on to your seats! It's time once again to get your GUI treats as we roll out this week's plate of fun with 3 New Icon Sets for your Friday Icon Edition! Don't you fret about an ounce of fat. This tasty new plate offers a belly full of fun with zero calories, and that's a fact! Grab your clickers and let's begin the eye candy feast!

elpincho Designs - In his ever apparent efforts to make your trash look so much better, elpincho Designs' pixel man with a trash can in hand from makes your disposables virtually disappear! Sporting a translucent style in many colors, Transparent Trash adds class to the container you stash items that are destined for erasure!

 

Steve Smith - Addicted to the icon pix of Steve Smith? Welcome to the rehab! Actually, in this trip out into the world of Steve's corner of the icon world, we get to share in the indulgence with the likes of his own personal cravings found in NIX Addicts. Hosting this set is our Linux cousin named Linny who is all too cool!

 

Afterglow - Always extending a warm welcome to members of the community, Cian Walsh of Afterglow puts a fresh new face on the freaks and geeks that inhabit the far reaches of the Interweb discussion with Forum Faces. This most excellent collection of personalities can be easily identified from their posting behavior! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

elpincho, Cian, and Steve...

You continue to amaze the masses with your amazing abilities!

How DO you do it?!!!

THANK YOU!

Wanna share your work with the world?

Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

StockIcons.com - Providing developers and designers with high-quality, affordable royalty-free icons for use in software applications, the ever creative folks from StockIcons.com have released their latest icon set for purchase titled Radiant: Database Add-On. Building on the success of the professional "Radiant" series, this great collection of 52 is an extension of the original stock icon set and enters into the realm of databases with icons covering such specialized concepts as tables, scripts, records, and many others. Selling for the affordable price of $179, the set is available via electronic download simply by visiting StockIcons.com!

warrior~poet - You **can** have candy conversation hearts made with a custom motto...If you buy a full production run of 1.7 million! Instead, Jamie McCanless of warrior~poet chose to put his Valentines messages on Short 'n Sweet, an economical set of icons. A few hearts at the bottom of the box might have broken during shipping. Sorry about that. But really...No apologies will be needed once you lay your eyes on this fantastic new set, now available at warrior~poet. Go get 'em!

On The Net

iPulse 2.1 - Knowing your Mac's health is but a heartbeat away as the fine folks from The Iconfactory have released iPulse 2.1, the amazing compact and visually pleasing utility for monitoring the numerous statistics of OS X and your Mac. Here's a look at the latest new stuff:

• New configurable menu "Status" bar
• Support for the G5's on-chip temperature sensor including readings in Fahrenheit and Kelvin
• Increased support for Griffin PowerMate
• iPulse jackets now save status and info window settings
• Increased compatibility with Apple's Exposé
• Plus many more!

There's no sense in guessing the state of your Mac's health. Hurry over to The Iconfactory and grab the latest version of iPulse and keep your Mac a pumpin' in proper form!

BenchDesign - The creative web page weavers of BenchDesign have announced the release of 12 new and updated themes for RapidWeaver, the amazing website building tool from RealMac Software. The new themes include an update to the highly popular Smooth Mac User theme along with new themes based on the new Apple products - Mac Mini and the iPod Shuffle. Also available is a new style switcher theme allowing the viewer to choose how they want to view your site!! For the complete details, make a simple click to BenchDesign and let your web pages shine!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Sex Education

Coming through the door after school one day, Little Johnny hollers out:

"Okay everyone in the house, please stand advised that I, Little Johnny Elvis Smith, have on this date made a complete fool of myself in sex-education class by repeating stories concerning storks as told to me by certain parties residing in this house!"

Funny As A Crutch

What did the man with the broken leg say to his nurse?

"I've got a crutch on you!"

Surgeons

Surgeons invited to dinner parties are often asked to carve the meat -- or worse yet, to watch the host carve while commenting on the surgeon's occupation. At one party, a surgeon friend was watching the carving while Harry, his host, kept up a running commentary: "How am I doing, doc? How do you like that technique? I'd make a pretty good surgeon, don't you think?"

When the host finished and the slices of meat lay neatly on the serving platter, the surgeon spoke up: "Anybody can take them apart, Harry. Now lets see you put them back together again."

A Food Valentine

Cabbage always has a heart;
Green beans string along.
You're such a Tomato,
Will you Peas to me belong?

You've been the Apple of my eye,
You know how much I care;
So Lettuce get together,
We'd make a perfect Pear.

Now, something's sure to Turnip,
To prove you can't be Beet;
So, if you Carrot all for me
Let's let our tulips meet.

Don't Squash my hopes and dreams now,
Bee my Honey, dear;
Or tears will fill Potato's eyes,
While Sweet Corn lends an ear.

I'll Cauliflower shop and say
Your dreams are Parsley mine.
I'll work and share my Celery,
So be my valentine.

February 3, 2005

Monkie News | Community News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Whootin' snootin' hollerin' hoo! Never mind these ridiculous lines, just listen up folks for the new spot of GOO. A day is a day is a day done and gone. But tomorrow we start with a new round of fun! Yesterday is today gone lickity split, but tomorrow is the day that won't call it quits. For there's pleasurable pixels packaged in top icon form, for your Friday Icon Edition...But wait! There is more. News from the web is especially nice, and Bananas will tickle your keyboard and mice. All of this said, all is forgotten. Change your stinky socks and stop back (man, I'm so rotten)!

Community News

Live Pencil - Good golly, Miss Molly! I guess there's plenty of pixel love to spread around as Live Pencil picks up the pace and presents SIXTY NEW VALENTINE EMOTICONS!!!! Details? You bet:

• EMOTICONS - Valentine's day.
• EMOTICONS - More Valentine's day.
• EMOTICONS - And even more Valentine's day.

PHEW! No, not a few, but a whole new zoo of fine dining in pixel design is now available at the one and only Live Pencil. Check 'em out!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Good Macs Take Time - Now that the PowerMac and the new iMac are both operating with the G5 chip, Mac fans are chomping at the bit for a Powerbook G5. It seems, however, that the prospect of a Powerbook G5 will not only entail a lot of waiting, but also a lot of weight. Apparently to pull off a Powerbook G5 at this point would produce a heavy, loud, large contraption that neither Apple or its faithful fans would be willing to put up with. So until Apple can do it right, it won't do it at all. - from Cnet

Preventing iPod Perpetrators - iPod may be perfect in size, but that very thing can also make it easy to misplace. In order to stand a chance at not having your iPod lost or stolen, a few suggestions have been offered. Among them are to have Apple engrave your name on the iPod when you purchase it and to carry it strapped on to your waist somehow. There is also software available to protect data on the iPod and services to help track iPod by its serial number in case it is stolen. - from PlayList

Motion Sensitive Mobile Phones - Japan has made a mobile phone which responds to motion so users will not tire of tapping on billions of buttons. Tilting the phones moves the cursor and waving the phone through the air selects the menus. The motion sensor computer chip inside the phone not only detects movement, but speed and force as well. Apparently this makes for a multitude of fun when playing games on the gadget, as the user actually makes physical swinging motions to play. - from Excite

February 2, 2005

Desktops | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Watch out for that first step...It's a DOOZEY! Am I right or am I right or am I right? Right! Right! Right! It's the same things your whole life. "Clean up your room! Stand up straight! Pick up your feet! Take it like a man! Be nice to your sister! Don't mix beer and wine, ever! Oh yeah...Don't drive on the railroad track!"

Sound familiar? Whether your Groundhog Day is followed day after day by the same old story, come shadow or show -- we'll give your view a whole new glow as we roll out another round of GUI goodies with your Wednesday Desktop Edition! So though this Monkie tongue may seem like the same ol' story, the latest in pixels will shine in glory! What more can I say? Let's grab the GOO and have a great day!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Look out, eyeballs...Here we come! It's time to put the mid-week blues on the run as we gather together in the Gallery and view the 4 New Desktops at the Monkie Zoo! No sense in letting me mouth run...Let's step inside and have some fun!

Logos - Up first in the Gallery is the pixel artist always on the prowl, Francisco Bennett of XÅERO Graphics Design Studio! Perhaps placing a dual implication to its subject in the spotlight, The Pink Panther LE lends a liking to fans of the madcap frolic of crime and fun as well as Apple's current incarnation of OS stability...A purrfect pair!

 

3-D Rendered - As previously promised, the second in a series of many great GUI works by the ever talented Dave Hornsby is about to add splash to your desktop stash! Pool Lounger offers a blast of blue with a reflection of Earth's atmosphere found in the form of clouds. One look and you're certain to find yourself in the desktop heavens!

 

Desktops - From the quality collections of craftsmanship by Bob Wiley comes another fine desktop design titled Fields 2. This most amazing gleam of green is the second in Bob's series of Fields "toppers" that he describes as more of a meadow in springtime compared to Fields 1. With the look and "smell" of Spring, it's certainly a winner!

 

Etc... - Heads up! Our very own Nose for News - Ms. Tina "BeanHead" Spicer - enters in with her very first desktop entry titled Suds Up! This oh-so-cute pic of the Monkie cat family mom doing...What? Well, from this angle provided by MacMonkies' very strange Bradford Wiles, it appears Suds is doing the Hava Nagila dance or perhaps praying for respect. She will certainly get some as we will soon feature the same shot from a proper perspective! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Francisco, Dave, Bob, and Bean...

From the bottom of my toes to the tip of my head,

There's a heart full of thanks not so easily said!

HERE'S TO YOU!!!

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Community News

The Iconfactory - Just in at The Iconfactory, the ever popular Smoothicons series returns with an all new round of fun called Smoothicons 11! This compact set of icon collectivity by Corey Marion features an amazing set of GOO sporting a pair of Apple's latest goodies along with heart felt treats that your Valentine sweetie is certain to enjoy. So don't wait til the day of hearts filled with fuzz, hurry over to The Iconfactory and catch the latest icon buzz!

Live Pencil - Need a long cruise on the Love Boat? Well, we can't offer you a pass to board the ship of love, but we can direct you to all of the latest GUI fuzzies now available at Live Pencil! Just added to the vast pixel archives are 3 new wallpapers...Now you have FEBRUARY 2005 calendar, and much, much more! So save yourself the expense of traveling abroad and take flight with a simple click through cyber space and broaden your face at Live Pencil!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Split It!

Q: What happens if the ground **log** sees its shadow?

A: We'll have six more weeks of splinters!

Just Another Day?

Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her husband, "I'll bet you don't know what day this is."

"Of course I do," he answered as if he was offended, and left for the office.

At 10:00 a.m., the doorbell rang and when the woman opened the door, she was handed a box of a dozen long stemmed red roses. At 1:00 p.m., a foil-wrapped, two-pound box of her favorite chocolates was delivered. Later, a boutique delivered a designer dress.

The woman couldn't wait for her husband to come home.

"First the flowers, then the chocolates and then the dress!" she exclaimed. "I've never had a more wonderful Groundhog Day in my life!"

Cannibals and Clowns

Why don't cannibals eat clowns?

Because they taste funny.

Flying Pizzas

What's the difference between a post 2001 airline pilot and a pizza?

A pizza can feed a family of four.

February 1, 2005

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - As I sit and plunk at the ol' Mac keys, me ponders the purpose of the repetitious deliveries; of announcing the obvious events that are coming, and how my mouth keeps running and running. But until I find a way out of this condition, I'll simply remind you of tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition! A new set of GOO is what you will find, filled with eye candy greats that will blow your mind. So stop back on Wednesday with a fork and a spoon, and we'll dine with delight. That said, see you soon!

On The Net

TaskTime3 3.3.2 - Another great update has hit the web waves from To·The·Point Software! Just announced is the release of TaskTime3 3.3.2, the Mac app that allows you to track time spent on jobs you do for your clients as well as generate personalized invoices. What's new in this release? Let's take a close look:

• Prevention of duplicate company names added to client manager
• Fixed a problem where a paused session was ignored when closing a project window
• Added preference option to show or hide session details on invoice
• fixed a bug affecting listing of selected client projects in Reports window
• Corrected a problem where invoices longer than standard page size were cut off when saving as pdf files or emailing as pdf attachments

Got all of that? Good! Now get yourself over to To·The·Point Software and get updated with the latest release of TaskTime3!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Apple Brand Bounces Google - In an annual poll of branding professionals, the Apple brand took the top spot over Google from last year in having the greatest impact on the public. The poll doesn't measure financial factors whatsoever, but simply the influence a brand has and the impression it makes. It is believed that Apple was able to achieve number one this year due to the huge success of the iPod. Apple topped Google not only in the States, but globally according to the survey. - from Yahoo

iPod Study - An assistant professor has made a research project out of iPod users, trying to pinpoint possible patterns of the iPod public. The subculture created by the digital sensory sensation has grown so much that it merits its own microscopic look. Preliminary points of the "iPod Therefore I Am" study make it clear that consumers have become something called "cyborgs," which means they take on tons of techie devices at once. Apple already has a strong handle on this mind set, combining the iPod, iTunes and computers. - from Wired

Remote Access - Remote access takes on a whole new meaning to cell phone owners who live in villages that do not have power. Cell phones are becoming a fad all over the globe, to the point where people in remote areas carry them because they are cool, even though they may have to walk up to five miles to recharge them. Many more villagers have been able to purchase cell phones due to promotion rates, and the phones get great reception when they are juiced up. - from Ananova

January 31, 2005

Community News | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top - Roses are red, violets are blue. The sky is the limit, and I don't have a rhyme. Hmph!! Besides, since when are violets blue??? Aren't they supposed to be like a purplish-blue, or maybe even reddish-blue in hue? Okay, so there's no point in pointing that out, especially when dealing with color through a set of black and white perceptive eyes. But let these eyes point out that despite the potential Monday blahs, we can greet the new week with a great big hoorah! Whoa...Looky there. Now that the rhyme is back in the spin, let's start this ol' week with a big Monkie grin!

Community News

Live Pencil - How do you liven up the week even before the week barely begun? The solution is elementary, my dear Watson: Take a click trip to Live Pencil and look at the latest in GUI wonders! Here's a peek:

• NEW!!! TIC-TAC-TOE GAME...IT' FREE!!!
• More EMOTICONS. - Good Night.
• For your e-mails. WRITING your emotions. - Crayon writing THANK YOU!
• More EMOTICONS. - Sweet dreams

So now that the mystery has been solved, get your mouse involved and find a place in the pixel sun at Live Pencil!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

War, Money, and The Secret Service - By the end of the U.S. Civil War, 33 percent of all U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit. This was a devastating situation for a nation struggling to recover economically from such a destructive war. On July 5, 1865, the Secret Service was created as a part of the Department of the Treasury to help suppress counterfeit currency.

Men Have The Last Laugh? - Men laugh longer, more loudly, and more often than women.

MacBurgers: BIG Bucks - The number of hamburgers the McDonald's fast-food chain has sold is 12 times the world's total population.

Jerry Garcia: I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23 percent who are apparently doing quite well for themselves.

Roseanne: Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.

Rod Stewart: Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house.

Axel Rose: I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a Great White or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Interesting Appearance

I have a green nose, three red mouths, and four purple ears. What am I?

Ugly!

Head Over Board In Love

What is the difference between a girl who is sick of her boyfriend and a sailor who falls into the ocean?

One is bored over a man and the other is a man overboard!

Loose Constructionists

A road construction manager needed to hire someone to paint the yellow lines down the middle of a newly constructed road. A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead all get hired. They are each assigned a section of the road. The first day, the blonde paints 2 miles, the redhead 1.5, and the brunette only 1. On the second day, the blonde paints 1 mile, the brunette 2, and the redhead 2.5. On the third day, the blonde only gets 1/4 of a mile done, the redhead 3, and the brunette 3.5. The manager decides to talk to the blonde.

"You haven't been painting as much road as you did on the first day," the manager said. "What's the problem?"

"I'd be painting more, but the bucket keeps getting farther and farther away!"

Two Drivers and a Bridge

Two drivers came to a bridge over which only one car could cross at a time. One driver leaned out his window and said to the other, "I never back up for idiots."

So the other driver put his car in reverse and said, "That's okay. I do."