February
25-27, 2005
At
The Top - Bubble bubble, toil and trouble. Does the madness ever
end?  Early to
rise, get out of bed. Open your eyes, to work you must head! Work your
fingers to the bone...What do you get? Boney fingers! Then you make your
way home and your car up and dies...Good grief! What do you do?!! Well,
for this miniscule moment in time, you can kick back, relax, and enjoy
another round of Fun and GOO with this week's Friday
Icon Edition! Yuppers...It's time to set aside the worries of the
world and get some relief by simply going Ape. And that, my fellow Monkies,
is easier done than said. Ready? Let's go coconutz!
Pro
Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com
New GOO!
New Icons -
Yabba, dabba, doo! It must be time for a feast of great tastin' GOO as we
have 3 New Icon Sets on the plate for this
week's Icon Edition. The exceptional work of the talented artists to follow
is pixel proof that it just don't get much better than this. Since the proof
is in the pixels, we'll let your eyes decide. Let's do it!
 Mischa
McLachlan - Giving us the "evolutionary kick in the pants" is
the monolithic legend of the Clarke/Kubrick film 2001: A Space
Odyssey,
iconisticly portrayed by
Mischa McLachlan. Inside 2001,
you'll find a most amazing set of 14 icons sporting Mischa's great gift
for detail. Open the pod bay doors, HAL!
 elpincho
Designs - Back with another Mac attack is the man behind the driver's
wheel of elpincho Designs with
one of his most recent creations: Mac
mini Drivers. This finely crafted collection of pixel porcelain
makes the most of the new Mac by offering a mini selection of Drive
replacements...Rev 'em up!
 DesignMood -
If you're aiming to avoid the ghouls, consume the power pills to eat ghosts.
If you're looking for plenty of pixel power a la Pac-Man style, check out
the Ghost
Family by TAB of DesignMood!
Using his most imaginative abilities, TAB gathers up
a group of characters that are certain to see you smile. Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Mischa, elpincho, and TAB...
Gifts of GUI goodness has never tasted
this great!
Keep up the amazing work!!!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Flakey Murder
Two police officers respond to a crime scene behind a grocery store. The
homicide detective is already there.
"What happened?" asks the first officer.
"Male, about twenty-five, covered in Raisin Bran and dead as a doornail."
"Good grief," says the second officer. "Didn't we have one
covered in Frosted Flakes yesterday? And Captain Crunch last week?"
"You're right. I'm afraid," said the detective as he took a drag
from his cigar, "this is the work of a cereal killer."
Spaceman
What do you do when you see a spaceman?
Park in it, man.
When Cats Are Like Men
They are independent.
They don't listen.
They don't come in when you call.
They like to stay out all night.
When you are trying to get things done,
they want your attention.
When they are home, they like to be left alone
and sleep.
Sitting Ducks
What did one duck say to the other?
What?
"Social Security!"
I don't get it.
You won't till you're 65.
The Verge
A Sunday school teacher asked her class, "What was Jesus' Mother's
name?"
One child answered, "Mary."
The teacher then asked, "Who knows what Jesus' Father's name was?"
Another child said, "The Verge."
Confused, the teacher asked, "Where did you get that?"
The little one said, "Well, you know they are always talking about
The Verge 'n' Mary."
February
24, 2005
Monkie News |
On The Net | Network
News
Monkie
News
Tomorrow: New Icons -
Did ya manage to make your way through the mundane madness of ye ol' mid-week
blues? Or were you just trying to make sense of the Monkie's previous seemingly
meaningless meandering? Well, there's no need
to find definition, rhyme, or reason to his phonetic season...We don't know
what he said either! But there is one thing that we do know: We're sittin'
on the eve of your Friday Icon Edition! And we all know that means plenty
of pixel power and Fun are being readied up for a great way to wrap up the
week. Know what I mean, Vern? See you tomorrow!
On The Net
A Better Finder Rename 6.8 - The folks from
PUBLICSPACE.NET are pleased  to announce the release of A
Better Finder Rename 6.8, their contextual menu plugin for the Mac
Finder that allows users to quickly rename multiple files. It is
ideally suited for Mac users who need to transfer files
from or to Windows or Unix with large numbers of files. The new release
provides a smart truncating feature which preserves file extensions wherever
possible. Ya got all that? Good...Now make your way to PUBLICSPACE.NET and
get the latest release of A
Better Finder Rename!
RailModeller 2.2.4 - Wanna keep your design
layouts for model railroads  and
slot car systems on track? Then we've got
great news for you! MacRailSoft has
just let loose the caboose with the release of RailModeller
2.2.4,
the model railroad track planning software for Mac. Main features of this
cool tool include a three-dimensional view of the track plan, the ability
to export the plan as a picture in various file-formats, and the automatic
creation of part lists for the current plan. This release features a
bug fix solving several minor problems and featuring some minor enhancements.
Don't take the last train to London...Stop by MacRailSoft and
check out all the latest on RailModeller!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Pumped Up iPod Photo - Apple has upgraded
its iPod photo with a slim  jim 30 gigabyte model that stores up to 7,500
songs. The price on the impressive new product is only US$349. Kicking it
up a notch, a new 60 gigabyte iPod photo is now available, with the ability
to hold up to twice the songs. The cost of it is currently only $100 more
than the 30 gigabyte, at US$449. Both photo phenomena will also have the
ability to download photos directly from digital cameras. -
from MacMinute
Apple Achieves Lifetime Award - Apple has
been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award for all of its appearances in entertainment.
This Brandcameo Product Placement Award given by BrandChannel praises Mac
for showing its face beginning in 1984 with its movie ad and working its
way all the way up to appearances in multi major motion pictures. The fact
that Macs show up in all kinds of films from comedy to drama, youth to adult,
shows how it fits all kinds of lifestyles on the screen and in real life. -
from MacNN and BrandChannel
Feather-Brained Computers -
PCs may soon be using chicken feathers for  brains. In an attempt to make
computers more friendly to the environment, researchers may find themselves
making circuit boards out of chicken feathers. Providing keratin-based computer
parts could improve performance as well as reduce waste. Soybean oil and
feathers would replace epoxy and fiberglass on circuit boards, causing them
to be lighter and more conducive to running high-speed circuits. -
from Wired
February
23, 2005
Desktops | On
The Net | Bananas
At The Top - Okay. Let' see here...Jacks
and change in my pockets? Check. Belly button lint farm free from fuzz?
Check. No excess wax in the ear lobes? Check. Hard drive and memory installed
inside the old cranium enclosure? WHAT? No check?!!! What do I do, what
do I do?!!! Perhaps I should fill that empty space with a load full of
GOO. This sounds like a good good old fashioned medical mission, as it
just so happens to be time for our Wednesday Desktop
Edition! A frontal lobotomy could not be undone, and a bottle in
front of me would ruin the fun. So let's make like Monkies and bypass
the surgery, with News, GOO, and Bananas...For cryin' out loud! Let's just
get on with it!
New
GOO!
New Desktops! -
How do you fill that empty feeling found in your hump day blues? We have
the answer! A new batch of GOO as we roll out 4 New
Desktops for this week's
Edition of pixelated fun! That said, get ready to feats your eyes and fill
your appetite with the following GUI wonders. Let's feast!
Desktops -
Hue ever said that it was hip to be square didn't  even
begin to touch on the super cool view found in Color
Square by Neil Roberts!
Throwing your desktop for the ultimate curve, this convex collection
of containers encompassing chromaticity will warp your eyes' outlook
from an almost 3-D point of view!
Nature -
Boy howdy! With the cold Winter months dragging  these
old arthritic bones into a state of stiffness, a good glimpse of Spring
is just what the doctor ordered! With a glowing gleam of green, Wet
Leaves by Dave Hornsby puts
the wintery whites in the past and pushes toward an all new season
in the sun. Mmm, mmm good!
One GUI gal that always knows how to keep your desktop view  smellin'
sweet is the most talented pixel perfector Joy Tallant of grnluvbug!
And with the color known for its high rank and imperial power, you'll
get quite the taste of nature's royalty with Purple
Daisy dazzling your eye candy eyes. Howz about that for a dose flower
power?!!
Logos -
Man oh man oh man oh man! It's just hard to keep up  with
that good GUI stuff coming in from XÅERO
Graphics Design Studio! But nevertheless, this week's shot of Mac magnificence
by Francisco Bennett comes in the form of of Apple's up-and-coming OS with
a view of Tiger
Metal. You're certain to see Francisco's artistic finesse
with this great new piece. Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Neil, Dave, Joy, and Francisco...
Mah-velous works, folks! Absolutely mah-velous!
THANK YOU!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
On The Net
WindowShade X 3.5.2 - The future's so bright,
ya gotta have  WindowShade
X 3.5.2! That's right, folks. Those fine folks from Unsanity have
announced the latest release of their ever popular Mac tool that features
windowshade functionality to Minimize-in-Place and custom shadow control.
The latest release includes Application Enhancer 1.4.6, adds Dutch and traditional
Chinese localization, and addresses other fixes. Now that you're in the "know,"
head over to Unsanity and grab the latest update to WindowShade
X and you won't lack for options to customize your window work space in Mac
OS X ever again!
Cocktail 3.5.3 - If you like to keep your
Mac in tip top shape, you'll be pleased to know that Kristofer
Szymanski has just released Cocktail
3.5.3, the newest version of his general purpose
utility for Mac OS X. The application serves up a scrumptious mix of maintenance
tools and interface tweaks, all accessible via a comprehensive graphical
interface and toolset. This new version is a maintenance update that features
several new enhancements and other minor bug fixes. Fix your Mac in a flash
with the latest release of Cocktail!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Happiness
Happiness is waking up in the morning and finding a picture of your boss
on the side of a milk carton.
At 99
When a grandmother was in her late eighties, she decided to move to Israel.
As part of the preparations, she went to see her doctor and get all her charts.
The doctor asked her how she was doing, so she gave him the litany of complaints
- this hurts, that's stiff, I'm tired and slower, etc.
He responded with, "Mrs. Siegel, you have to expect things to start
deteriorating. After all, who wants to live to 100?"
The grandmother looked him straight in the eye and replied, "Anyone
who's 99."
Tennessee Divorce
Q: What do a Texas tornado and a Tennessee divorce have in common?
A: Someone is going to lose a trailer.
Paper Street
One day in class, the teacher told everyone to turn to a blank sheet of
paper in their notebooks. She noticed that Chip, the dumb jock, was having
trouble with her directions.
"Have you found a blank piece yet, Chip?" said the teacher.
"Nope. I haven't," said the dumb jock. "Somebody went through
and drew lines across all of the pages."
We Can't Do That
A student was heading home for the holidays. When she got to the airline
counter, she presented her ticket to New York. As she gave the agent her
luggage, she made the remark, "I'd like you to send my green suitcase
to Hawaii, and my red suitcase to London."
The confused agent said, "I'm sorry, we can't do that."
"Really??? I am so relieved to hear you say that because that's exactly
what you did to my luggage last year!"
February
22, 2005
Monkie News | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow:
New Desktops -
One day down, and one day to go; Since the work week's begun and till another
big show, of sweet smellin' GOO for your desktop's delight. They'll dazzle
your desk with one eye candy bite! So if adding a new 'paint' to your
Mac's face is your mission, then swing back tomorrow for your Wednesday Desktop
Edition. A little of this and a little of that, all add up to a big Mac attack.
So swing back tomorrow for News and Bananas, and you won't have to reroute
by way of Havana! See you tomorrow!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Mac Mini On The Move - One of the reasons
Mac mini came to be was  from numerous comments that customers wanted a way
to add on to their computers without buying an entire new one. Mac mini has
not only fulfilled this need, but also has shown to be suitable as a portable
computer. After plugging it in to Mac counterparts at home, it can then be
carried to the office and hooked up just as well to a multi-pieced PC. Mini
may run a mere bit slower on a PC, but it would only be due to the PCs lack
of powerful parts. - from Yahoo
Microsoft Beside Itself -
In an attempt to protect PCs from attacks on  Windows,
Microsoft has announced that it will start selling its own antivirus software
by the end of the year. This puts Microsoft in direct competition with those
who already sell such software. It is believed, however, that Microsoft is
not making this move to take over, but in a desperate attempt to be more
successful in an area where it is fastly failing. It will continue to play
nice with the other companies because to lose them would make Windows even
more insecure. Wonder how long it will take to
break that "window." - from Excite
Broadcasting Begets Podcasting -
The latest craze when it comes to the  Apple iPod is called Podcasting. It
is when people create personal audio files such as a mini radio broadcast
and post them on the web. Files can then be downloaded onto the iPod and
listened to at the listeners discretion. Podcasting allows listeners to share
comments and songs without applying the rules of public radio. Some say that
practicing Podcasting is better than blogging because listeners can hear
the emotion behind the words. - from The
Detroit News
February
21, 2005
Monkie Business | Bananas
At The Top - Are we there yet? Mmmm...Not
quite. Ya think it will blow in
Wyoming and Chicago? Perhaps you should grab your hats. Can you hear me
now? Say what? IS IT MONDAY??!!!
Why, yes! And a fine lookin' Monday it might be, with the previous week
now gone out to sea. So now we set sail into another round of the unknown,
with hopes set on high and the doubts turned down low. If you still sit
there wonderin' just what it is I am sayin', let's start this week with
fun and avoid all the mayhem. Get it? Got it? Good! Now we have it. Let's
make like a Monkie and run like a rabbit!
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
Honey, Here's Your Flowers -
To make a one-pound comb of honey, bees must collect
nectar from about two million flowers.
Dropout - Drinker -
The first heavy-drinking U.S. president, as well as
the first presidential college dropout, James Monroe – like
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson before him – died
on Independence Day, the last president to date to bear
that trivia distinction.
Long Live The Queen! -
The evolution of social life in ants and termites has
been accompanied by an extraordinary royal perk — a
100-fold increase among queen ants in average maximum
life span, with some queens surviving for almost 30 years.
This longevity can be attributed in part to the sheltered
and pampered life of the royal egg layer.
Is Love Really Blind? -
If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
- George Carlin
Tongues Of Silence -
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be
wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to
find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who
cannot.
- Abraham Lincoln
Concrete Facts - A cement
mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass.
Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened
criminals.
- Ronnie Corbett
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Going Out
A couple was going out for the evening. The last thing
they did was to put the cat out.
The taxi arrived, and as the couple walked out of the
house, the cat shoots back in. So the husband goes back
inside to chase it out.
The wife, not wanting it known that the house would
be empty, explained to the taxi driver "He's just
going upstairs to say goodbye to my mother."
A few minutes later, the husband got into the taxi and
said, "Sorry I took so long, the stupid thing was
hiding under the bed and I had to poke her with a coat
hanger to get her to come out!"
Pool For DJs
Why can't DJ's play pool?
Because they always scratch!
New Math?
A boy was teaching a girl arithmetic, he said it was
his mission.
He kissed her once; he kissed her twice and said, "Now
that's addition."
In silent satisfaction, she sweetly gave the kisses
back and said, "Now that's subtraction."
Then he kissed her, she kissed him, without an explanation.
And both together smiled and said, "That's
multiplication."
Then her Dad appeared upon the scene and made a quick
decision.
He kicked that boy three blocks away and said, "That's
long division!"
The Archaeologist's Wife
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have
-- the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
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