February 28-29, 2004

Bananas

Weekend Edition

ORANGE PARROT

What's orange and sounds like a parrot?

A carrot.

Enter Your Icons At Pixelpalooza 2004!

RABBIT!

A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right in front of the car. The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets out to see what has become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit is dead. The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry.

A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway sees a man crying on the side of the road and pulls over. She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong.

"I feel terrible," he explains, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it."

The blonde says, "Don't worry." She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can. She walks over to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents onto the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road. Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again, until he hops out of sight.

The man is astonished. He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you spray on that rabbit?"

The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label. It says...

"Hair Spray - Restores life to dead hair, adds permanent wave."

- Thanks to Lou C.!

February 27, 2004

Icons | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Are ya ready for the weekend? Whether your work week begins or ends on a Friday, we've got just what the Monkie Doctor ordered to make it through another day: The Friday Icon Edition! There's plenty o' pixels accompanied by some good readin' with News and fun. So pull out the portable foot spa (if there is such a thing) and get ready to put a smile on your GUI face. Let's Groove!

Pixelpalooza 2004 - Almost a month has passed since the Pixelpalooza 2004 has begun, the best Icon Design Contest on the planet. Having seen plenty of pixel perfection pass across these pages in the last couple of years, I would like to encourage all artists everywhere to polish up your best works and submit them to this great event. You'll be eligible for some great prizes as well as guaranteeing a great time for all. Though there is still a couple of months to submit, that time will fly by before you know it. So package up your pixels, swing by The Iconfactory, and enter your icon designs for the Pixelpalooza 2004! Get to it!

New GOO!

New Icons - There's fun in the House of Pixels this week as we whip out 4 New Icon Sets for your viewing enjoyment! Plus there's a new artist amongst the ranks for a great lineup of talent. Sit yourself down 'cuz you're sure to be knocked off your feet with this great group of GOO!

Everaldo.com - Drum roll pullease! We're pleased as punch to introduce the work of accomplished artist Everaldo Coelho! The first set from the collections of Everaldo.com come as an Outline of Everaldo's great taste in computers and GUI design. You're certain to fall in love with this great set, just as our KDE cousins already have for some time!

Flameia Design - Though it's not Valentine's day, Fruity Hearts by Julia Nikolaeva is a sweet set of icons that you will love 365 days a year! From the awesome selection of pixel arrangements at Flameia Design, this most tasty set spreads the GUI love to all the corners of the web in a language that everyone can understand!

Pictures and Adicons - Computers have come a long way since the green days of DOS. With the larger than life interface of modern computing, you need a dose of the same from Adam Dickson's System Adicons. From the cool collections of Pictures and Adicons, this great set gives you a good healthy dose of photo realism right to your desktop!

Robert Luciano - Back for another great play is Robert Luciano with another installment in his award winning sports series titled NBA Hubcaps WEST. Robert has assembled a fine collection of pixel perfection representing teams from the NBA West Division. And just think: You don't even have to jump through the hoops to get a front row seat for this great show of icons! Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Julia, Everaldo, Adam, and Robert...

The four of you are absolutely AMAZING artists!

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!

Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando reports a great week in desktop additions to the galleries of Mandolux. Here's a list of the latest in winning selections:

Mandolux has issued four new desktops: two Antivas (New Theme/Abstract/Dual Monitor), one Fire REDUX (Nature), and one Pet (Cat).

The latest entry has created a new theme titled Antivas (as in Anti-Canvas) and the first fruit is a dual giant monitor desktop set. It's hard to explain what this theme is, but your eyes will have no need for words once they get a good look at the latest and all the great works added this week at Mandolux!

RAILhead Design - Though Maury McCown played the "Invisible Man" for a short period of time, there's a great new desktop work taking center stage at RAILhead Design! Maury has whipped up a fine new design titled Painted, a Photoshop selection that sports a textured canvas with daubs of various shades of blue all over it. So if you want to draw attention to your desktop details, head over to RAILhead Design and grab this great new work!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

WRONG WAY!

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on Route 280. Please be careful!"

"It's not just one car," said Herman, "It's hundreds of them!"

TONGUE TIED?

What did the hat say to the tie?

"You hang around here...I'll go on a head."

REENGINEERING THE GLASS OF WATER

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half-empty.

To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

FLOWER FLUB-O-RAMA

I sent flowers to someone who was moving to Florida for a job promotion. I also sent flowers the same day to a funeral for a friend.

I found out later that the flower shop got the cards mixed up. They sent the card to the guy who was moving that said, "Deepest Condolences," and sent the card to the funeral home that said, "I know it's hot where you're going, but you deserve it."

February 26, 2004

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Hoopy doopy! We have fun!! Come this time tomorrow, we'll have some new icon sets on the Monkie Menu for your Friday Icon Edition. And we're pleased as pixel punch to introduce the works of a new artist that we're sure you'll enjoy. So slip on back to the Monkie Farm on Friday for News, GOO, and plenty o' Fun!

On The Net

Trisection 1.2 - The fun never stops at Stick Software! Just released is Trisection 1.2, their popular game that follows in the grand tradition of Tetris, but with a colorful twist! This version adds localizations for French and Dutch. No bugs were fixed, because no bugs were reported! So get over to Stick Software, grab Trisection 1.2, and get all the piece put together!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Faster Macs - Motorola has rolled out a quicker chip that is pin compatible with Apple's G4 Powerbooks. The chip has the power to boost processing speeds up to as much as 1.5GHz. It is not known whether Apple will make use of Motorola's newly manufactured processing piece, but it would be an easy move if they decide to make it. The upgrade would make Powerbooks a hotter item by keeping them cooler and giving them longer battery life. - from PC Pro

3D Model Of Mars - Researchers have been rendering pictures received from the Mars rovers into a 3D projection of the planet. They are using software to transform flat photos sent from space into short virtual video clips that show the pictures from all different viewpoints. The visuals are not interactive, but may be able to be manipulated by joysticks sometime before people make it to the planet. In the meantime, they are working on making longer videos of the surface of Mars. - from BBC

February 25, 2004

Desktops | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Yesterday may have been Fat Tuesday, but today is Big Wednesday as we officially add bigger desktops to your Wednesday Desktop Edition! Add to that a full tummy of Monkie fun, and you've got every reason to pig out at the table of grins. Let's get this party started!

New GOO!

New Desktops - You asked for it, you got it! All of you "big screen" Monkies now have more sizes to choose from in the Gallery. New artists and new desktop artists light up the Gallery in a big way! So kick back and enjoy this week's addition of 5 New Desktops in the department of desktop smiles!

Fun - Familiar here at the Monkie Bin, Ms. Joy Tallant of grnluvbug shares more of her multifaceted artistic abilities with a fun filled desktop titled Don't Panic! Joy points her energies toward the power of the pixel with bright, exuberant colors that bounce off the walls as well as your desktop! So come on...Don't panic! Just get a good dose of fun with this awesome pic!

 

Desktops - Brand new to the Monkie Zoo is one of our latest artists Brian Hintze. Brian brings the big, bold, and beautiful desktop number titled Navel Orange Fire. It's pretty obvious that he had fun creating this desktop. Your desktop will get good vibes from this vibrant piece once you place it square on your desktop GUI mat!

Another new face to this crazy place is the ever talented Victor Emert. His first entry into the Gallery is called Time Is Change. Victor does collage and mixed media works, scans them, tweaks 'em in Photoshop, and uses them for CD covers, framed artwork, and cards. He's been at it on a Mac since 1987, and it surely shows by the results!

As we welcome another round of pixel popping fun from Bob Wiley, you better hang on to your GUI glasses once they get an eyeful of Fields! This show stopper is from a new technique that he's developed from "worrying" some day he'd run out of new things to try. It may look simple on the outside, but is likely more than meets the eye. Fantabulous!

 

Nature - Puttin' on the ritz for the finale to your Big Wednesday Desktop Edition is Max Vrooman with another selection of excellence titled Fans. This is photo he took a while back and displays his most awesome diversity in desktop abilities. Personally, this Monkie sees many "fans" in Max's future and I am sure you will agree! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Joy, Brian, Victor, Max, and Bob...

While my noggin got smaller from envy,

My smile grew bigger with awe and amazement!

Thank You for sharing your terrific talents!!!

CHEERS!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

The Iconfactory - The fabulous, far out, and funky Mindy Weaver adds the pizzazz to this week's...Icon Tuesday at The Iconfactory?! Well, there is a single set of icon classiness by Dave Brasgalla titled Garageband. But Mindy really packs this week's pixel punch with a new desktop titled Let's Go Asuka! Mindy's Evangelion series of desktop pictures has proven very popular. So if you're a fan of anime, this release will leave no room in your GUI appetite for disappointment. Let's go get your groovin' movin' GUI appetite to The Factory's sister site The DeskStop and get your eyes satisfied!

Mandolux - How does he do it?!! Mr. Mando Gomez adds yet another fantastic Fiery desktop to the galleries of Mandolux titled Edeline. What makes this an awesome desktop is the composition of the photograph and how the fire flames are molded with the camera. Even though half the desktop is flames and the other half is just black, the desktop is a must have download. You know what to do...Jet over to Mandolux and let this new pic add fire to your desktop!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

FIVE IN A QUATTRO

Five Belgians in an Audi Quattro arrive at the French border. The French customs agent stops them and tells them: "It's illegal to put 5 people in a Quattro."

"Oh, no, Quattro is just the name of the automobile. Look at the papers: this car is designed to carry 5 persons."

"You can't pull that one on me," replies the French customs agent. "Quattro means 4!"

"Oh, you are so dumb! Call your supervisor over!"

"He can't come. He's busy with the 2 guys in the Fiat Uno."

BRIDE AND BROOM

Two brooms were going to get married, before the ceremony, the bride broom said to the groom broom, "I think I'm going to have a whisk broom."

The groom broom said to the bride broom, "How can that be possible? We haven't even swept together!"

MOTOR POOL

The phone rang at the motor pool and an authoritative voice demanded to know how many vehicles were operational. Jim answered, "We've got twelve trucks, ten utilities, three staff cars and that Bentley the lard-butt colonel swanks around in." There was a stony silence for a second or two.

"Do you know who you are speaking to?"

"No," said Paddy.

"It is the so-called lard-butt colonel you so insubordinately referred to."

"Well, do you know who you are talking to?"

"No," roared the colonel.

"Well thank goodness for that," said Paddy as he hung up the phone.

February 24, 2004

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Big news for tomorrow's mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition! Along with some brand new artists added to the Monkie Gallery, the pics themselves keep getting bigger as we continue to add more "big screen" resolutions of 1600 x 1200! So get your clicker in gear and get on over here on Wednesday for some fantastically fine desktop wonders!

On The Net

RapidWeaver 2.1 - The fine Mac appers from Realmac Software have announced the release of RapidWeaver 2.1 for the Mac. RapidWeaver 2 is a revolutionary web design package allowing users to design, create and publish web sites faster than ever before with consistently high standards. The latest update has several new enhancements, bug fixes, and 10 new themes! Build your site with the best of them once you grab the latest version of RapidWeaver from Realmac Software!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Mac Cool Tools - Apple's iSight and iChat AV have survived several months of thorough testing by Network World, and have been named winners in the Cool Tool category. Network World notes that, when powered by a broadband connection, these tools work just as well as costly videoconferencing equipment. The data company went on to comment that Mac's Webcam was the best they had ever seen. iSight and iChat AV proceeded to prove it by outperforming all the rest. - from MacCentral

When Windows Wavers Grab A Mac - In the midst of the constant crashes of computers, David Coursey of ZDNet finds one thing he can count on to be consistent: Mac OS X. He always keeps his powerbook close by as a "rock solid," reliable back-up when Windows crashes. Three of his PCs have crashed so hard they bit the dust, but the operating system on his powerbook just keeps going and going. So Coursey would advise that those who don't have time to mess around grab a Mac. - from Apple and ZD Net

Back To The Beach Boys - Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys encourages fans to "Smile" as he debuts an album of the same name. "Smile" was scheduled to follow the album "Pet Sounds" in 1967, but was shelved instead. It is described as a musical collage of tunes and jingles ending with the well-known title "Good Vibrations." Wilson is performing the piece in places around London, but there is no word of its release. - from Excite

February 23, 2004

Community News | Monkie Business | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Gasp...The weekend is already over! Darn it anyway. Guess that means we gotta go back to the grind and bare a grin and face the place we dread the most: WORK! But whilst we make our way into the mainstay, let's grab a grin and brighten the old eyes to make the best of things. Shall we?!

Community News

Live Pencil - A great GUI place on the web, Live Pencil updates with new GOO for your downloading pleasures! Let's take a look at what's in store:

• EMOTICONS: SMILY Rain bow...Appears and disappears.
• ANIMATIONS: From this year's Advent Calendar...A jet drawing in the sky.
• IT IS YOU: As always...Lot's of fun! This time a delicious animation.
• LIVE ANIMALS: - Singing zebra.
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...Please look for it, keep searching!

If you're lookin' for the gift of grin, head over to Ramon Gonzalez Teja's Live Pencil and let the fun begin!

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On The Net

PrefsMenu 1.2.4 - Another great update has hit the shelves with the release of PrefsMenu 1.2.4! This cool little app adds a menu to the right side of the menubar allowing easy access to System Preferences. The menu can be sorted alphabetically or in categories. The latest update includes:

• Fixed bug where group name is clipped in some localizations.
• Fixed bug where menubar icon is invisible in MacOS X v10.2.
• Now fully localized in Japanese (Thanks to Yuzuru Shiraiwa).

Motor over to CodeServant Software and grab your updated copy of PrefsMenu today!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Maximum Wage? - In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the first minimum wage in the United States. The new law, considered controversial at the time, established a 25 cent-per-hour minimum wage and a maximum 44-hour work week for minors.

Bald Is Beautiful - In 1500 B.C. in Egypt, a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.

Good Example - Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

- Mark Twain

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Just Plain Nuts!

QUIET IN CHURCH

A Sunday school teacher asked her little children, as they were on the way to church service, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

One bright little girl replied, "Because people are sleeping!"

BIG GRASSHOPPERS

A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer and gets talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field and the Texan says, "Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large."

Then they walk around the ranch a little, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, "We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows."

The conversation has, meanwhile, almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks, "And what are those?"

The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, "Don't you have any grasshoppers in Texas?"

STARING COMEBACK

If someone ever says, "What are you staring at?" Say "I don't know, give me a minute."