| February
22, 2004
Monkie
Business
 True Color -
They say roses are red and violets are purple. Sugar is
sweet and so is maple surple.
- Roger Miller
Enter
Your Icons At Pixelpalooza 2004!
Life -
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived
forwards.
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
February
21, 2004 Monkie Business
Monkie
Business
 If Women Ruled
the World: Pic of The Day -
For the sake a my health, and in hopes of staying alive,
I will let today's Pic
of The Day speak for itself!
Just think: If Women Ruled the World...And with that
said, I am gonna go hide out! Click!
February
20, 2004 Icons | Community
News | On The Net | Bananas
 At The Top
- My how time flies when you're having fun! The end of the
dreaded work week is already here and now it's time for
some fun with your Friday Icon Edition! There's new icon
pixel pleasers on hand along with a dose of News from around
the net and a bite of Bananas to sweeten the deal. Let's
get down and funky and get to the GOO!
New GOO!
New
Icons - Chug a lug chug a lug...make ya wanna
holler hi-de-ho! It's time to party with 3 New
Icon Sets to
place on your desktop Monkie mat and spruce the place up!
Ready, set...SMILE!
 grnluvbug
- Our favorite luv bug returns with a bright set of "smilers"
titled Metal Glass.
This shiny set of pixel pleasers comes straight from
the happy hallways of Joy Tallant's grnluvbug.
Joy puts a heavy dose of good GUI sweetener in every
ounce
of icon bite for an eye appealing good time!
 Robert
Luciano - Hang on to your hats! You might
get caught double dribbling whilst droolin' over Robert
Luciano's latest sports tribute with NBA
Hubcaps EAST. There's
little doubt that Robert is a big sports fan, and
even less doubt that you'll be a fan of his fine
work!
 Pictures
and Adicons - And to put the final
touches on a great group of icons is Mr. "Realistically
Yours" Adam
Dickson. Adicons
mk5 comes straight from the larger
than life collections of Pictures
and Adicons and adds plenty of real life to your
GUI experience. Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Joy,
Adam, and Robert...
Keep
those party pixels a pumpin'!
FANTASTIC
WORK!
THANK
YOU!!
Send
Us Your Icons!
Community News
Mandolux -
One of the best things about
Mandolux is
the steady flow of quality desktop works. This week
is no different! Let's look at the goods:
Mandolux
has issued four new desktops in collaboration
with
the Iconfactory: two Vector-based (Techno/Abstract)
and two Cosmos (Earth). All desktops are giant
dual monitor desktop sets.
The most recent addition is a Vector-based
desktop titled Flightplan, which is
a montage on everything about the spacecraft, the flight,
and landing of the
Mercury 6 set in a techno-induced style. Fire up
those rockets and jet to Mandolux for
a space ride you won't soon forget!
 grnluvbug -
Always a site for sore eyes is the flashy design
you will find at grnluvbug!
But even better still is the latest coat of GUI "paint" that
the luvly Joy Tallant has recently decorated the
walls of her h0me base with. If you really want
your surfing experience to shine, move your mouse
over to grnluvbug and
get the smile of a lifetime!
On The Net
iPulse
2.0.2 - Wanna see your Mac's
heart beat in double time? Then it's time
to check out iPulse
2.02 from The
Iconfactory! iPulse is the coolest compact
system monitoring tool
for your Mac. The latest release offers up several
important additions including motherboard temperature
and bandwidth reporting, as well as cool support
for owners of the Griffin PowerMate. Now your
PowerMate can pulse in correlation with your
CPU usage right on your desktop, all courtesy
of iPulse! All too cool stuff! Make your Mac
all warm and fuzzy by touching its heart with
iPulse!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE
An office exec
was interviewing a person for an assistant position,
and wanted to find out a little about
their personality.
"If you
could have a conversation with anyone, alive or
dead, who would it be?"
"I'd
have to say the living one."
LATE
VALENTINE Boy Monster: Did you get the big red
heart I sent you for Valentine's?
Girl Monster: Yes,
I did. Thank you.
Boy Monster: Is it still beating?
STOP THAT TUNE!
A woman walks
into a restaurant and sits down. As she bends down
to reach into her purse
for her wallet, she "toots" loudly with the waiter
right behind her. She sits abruptly back up, glares
at the waiter and shouts "Stop that!" To
which the waiter replies, "Sure, which way
did it go?"
February
19, 2004
Monkie
News | Network News
Monkie News
Tomorrow: New
Icons - It's
almost here! The end of
the work week accompanied by a nice bite of GUI goodies
for your Friday Icon Edition! So be
sure to bring your pixel plates and fill up on Friday
with fine new Icons, News, and a Smile or two to combat
the Human Zoo! See ya then!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
Targeting iTunes - Apple not only partnered
up with Pepsi in regard to iTunes, but is now partnering
with Target stores to sell prepaid iTunes Music Store Cards.
By offering the cards, Apple hopes to accommodate those
leery of using credit cards online, allowing them to experience
iTunes with the rest of the world. Cards will be placed
in the CD section to encourage traditional buyers to do
the digital thang. They will also be sold at iPod kiosks
on location where customers can get hands-on play time
with the iPod by goofing around with the gadget. - from
MacCentral
Forbidden Ring
Of Fire - A Florida TV producer,
while suffering from hemorrhoids, thought
of using the Johnny Cash song Ring Of Fire for a hemorrhoid
ad. Merle
Kilgore, co-writer of the song, got a kick out of it initially,
thinking the commercial would be comical. Cash's
family, however, didn't find the idea so funny, forbidding
the use of Ring Of Fire for the ad. His daughter Rosanne
maintains that the meaning of the song will always be the "transformative
power of love." Gads!
Mr. Cash must be more than rollin' over in his grave right
about now! - from BBC
February
18, 2004 Desktops | Community
News | On The Net | Bananas
 At
The Top -
Hold on to your seats! This entire edition is becoming
an out-of-this-world event in almost
every aspect! Buckle up and prepare yourself for a fine
Wednesday Desktop Edition accompanied by
some great News and Bananas too. Here's to shootin' to the
Moon and beyond!
New GOO!
New
Desktops - Alrighty then! Time for your weekly
dose of some of the best desktop artwork available on the
net. 5 New Desktops and 1 New Artist are
sure to turn some heads in your desktop direction! Let's
boogie!
Desktops
- Though new to the Monkie lineup, we're confident that Max
 Vrooman's work
titled The
Coast will become an instant hit amongst
your desktop numbers.
Max uses an ample amount of imagination and creativity
with this piece, as you will find some subtle details
that let your minds eye fill in "the rest of the
picture." Most excellent!
And
speaking of the seashore, another spectacular snapshot
comes your way from Australia's Michael
Heath with the high flying Seagull
Soaring. This great shot was taken
at Newcastle beach on the NSW coast in Australia. The
simplicity of this shot will dazzle your eyes and satisfy
your desktop appetite for flight for hours on end!
3-D
Rendered - And he's back! The fine line of
desktop design by Bob  Wiley will
leave your jaw a hangin', once you get a load of Obelisk! This
awesome number will make for a cool reference point
in your collection rising to a pyramidal
top! Bob's work was great when he started, but just
keeps getting
better with each pixel placed.
From
Ed Allen's classic collections comes an older selection
titled Adrift
 and
At Peace. This most amazing creation from
the past galleries of EA
Design somehow slipped us by for previous publication.
But once it swam to the surface, it made its way straight
to the top of the Monkie favorites. It just goes to show
Ed's finesse for style with all simplicity in mind!
Logos - Breakin' the windows
out of the final pixel slot is MacMonkies'
 Monkie
Master Bradford Wiles with yet another Logo "revamp"
titled ResExcellence
(Brick). This
solid selection lays the ground work for another cool
piece in the Logos locker and a big thumbs up to the group
of customizers who inspired it! Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Max, Bob,
Michael, and Ed...
A big tip
of the Monkie toes to all of you
for the
making of a most FANTABULOUS collection!!
THANK YOU!!
Have a piece you
want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
The Iconfactory -
The out-of-this-world pixtronauts from The
Iconfactory are pleased as power punch to announce this Tuesday's freeware
icon release To the Moon!
Iconfactory artist Anthony
Piraino has translated
the landmark spacecraft from NASA's Mercury, Gemini,
and Apollo programs into masterful icons for your computer's
desktop. You can join the space race by visiting the
Iconfactory Showroom and
grab these icons in either Mac, Windows, or Pixadex
iContainer format. Blast off to The
Iconfactory and get this far out set!
Mandolux -
To help make your desktop makeover more astronomically
complete, the most talented Mando Gomez of Mandolux has
created a
companion
desktop picture for The Iconfactory's "To the
Moon" icon
set. This fine new selection in the Cosmos category
will have you in high orbit. And with everyone's eyes
looking
to Mars this winter, it is fitting to remember the
journey that helped us take our first steps on the
surface of another world. Jet on over to Mandolux and
get to grabbin'!
On The Net
Speed Download
2.3.1 - The best download manager
on the net has just got better as Yazsoft has
announced the release of Speed
Download 2.3.1! This most excellent
Mac download utility now includes several new enhancements
and fixes including:
- Optimized and tweaked for all the
changes in Safari 1.2
- A bug that could cause a crash when adding file
extensions has been eliminated.
- It is possible to download all links from a page
which have an extension by specifying * in the list
of extensions to match.
- And more!
So make the most of your downloading
experience by blazing to Yazsoft and
snatching the latest version of Speed
Download!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
CONVICTS
Two boys were arrested, one was
drinking battery acid and one was eating fireworks.
They charged one and let one off.
ALEXANDER AND KERMIT
What do Alexander
the Great and Kermit the Frog have in common?
Their
middle name.
It
ain't easy bein' green!
BAR TALKING DOG
A dog walks into
a bar. He hops up on a bar stool and puts his front
paws
on the bar. He looks the bartender
right in the eye and says, "Hey, guess what?
I'm a talking dog. Have you ever seen a talking dog
before? How about a drink for the talking dog?"
The
bartender thinks for a moment and says, "Alright.
The toilet's right around the corner."
THE PERILS OF FLATULENCE
Why should you
only put 239 beans in bean soup?
Cuz one more will
make it "too farty!"
February
17, 2004 Monkie
News | Community
News | Network News
 Monkie News
Tomorrow: New
Desktops - Oh my goodness yes! Tomorrow
brings an eyeful of great new creations for
your Wednesday
Desktop Edition! We've a "long lost" artist
returning and a brand new artist added to the lineup
along with more of your favorites! So saddle up your
Monkie mule and ride back to MacMonkies
for a far out Desktop Edition right here on Wednesday!
Community News
RAD.E8 -
He's baaaack! The most magnificent Sascha Höhne
has reopened the doors
of RAD.E8!
A whole new visual experience is awaiting for your eager
GUI eyes with a brand new site
design. There is also a teaser of an up-and-coming new
set of icons that you're sure to get a good drool over.
Get them mouses motorin' over to RAD.E8 and
check out the new look!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
Disney Duos Gates And Jobs - Apple's Steve
Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates may both be competing for
a bite of Disney. Currently there are three major companies
in the run for Disney, one of which involves Steve Jobs
and one of which involves Bill Gates. Pixar, Steve Jobs'
company, is looking into the bid, and so is Comcast, a
company Bill Gates has shares in. Time Warner is also up
for the bid. Jobs may have the edge, however, as his name
has been suggested as Disney's next CEO. - from PC Pro
Monoculture
Madness - Dan Geer, a Doctor of
Biostatistics, was fired from a  security
firm when he likened Microsoft to a monoculture. The idea
is
that the less diversity
a species has, it has little chance of survival if attacked.
The more diversity, however, the more likely there will
be some survivors when attacked. Geer suggested that the
same is true in the computer world and that Microsoft may
be that undiversified "species," opening the
whole world up to computer calamity. He was fired, but
at least he got the top dogs talking about it. -
from Excite
February
16, 2004
 Community
News | Monkie
Business | Bananas
At The Top -
Another "day of love" has passed us by. Hope
all of you sweethearts had all of your fuzzy wishes come
true! Now
it's time to get back to the grind, but with a big smile
to push back all of the work week woes. Let's put on
the party hats and have a grand old time!
Community
News
ufopsi.com -
Mr. Michele Bugliaro has updated ufopsi.com,
his site containing a list of illustrated articles
written
about UFOs and
parapsychology, to include a downloads section
- in part recycling older Mikawares desktops and
in
part adding new ones. He has also revamped the site
for quite the nice eye appealing experience. Now
you can enjoy out-of-this-world information along
with some classic desktops once found at Mikawares.
Get
in the groove and check out all the latest at ufopsi.com!
Send Us Your Site
News!
press@macmonkies.com
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
Kleenex "Cold" Remover -
Kleenex® tissues
were marketed as a cold cream remover when they
were first introduced in 1924.
First
Computer? -
Herman Hollerith used a computer-like device
named "The Hollerith Tabulator" to take
the U.S. Census in 1890, long before UNIVAC.
A
Matter of Trust -
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck
in finding the right person at the right time.
The rest is trust.
- Nanette
Newman
Bananas
Just Plain
Nuts!
REFRIGERATOR MAN
A woman goes to a psychiatrist
and says, ''Doctor, you've got to do something
about my husband -- he thinks he's a refrigerator!''
''I
wouldn't worry too much about it,'' the doctor replies.
'Lots of people have harmless delusions.
It will pass.''
''But you don't understand,''
the woman insists. ''He sleeps with his mouth open, and
the little
light keeps me awake.''
CONFUCIOUS SAY...
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
LONG SERMON
A pastor, known for his lengthy
sermons, noticed a man get up and leave during the
middle of his message.
The man returned just before the conclusion of
the service.
Afterward the pastor asked the man where
he had gone. ''I went to get a haircut,'' was
the reply.
''But,'' said the pastor, ''why didn't
you do that before the service?''
''Because,'' the gentleman
said, ''At that time, I didn't need one .''
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