April 11, 2004

Enter Your Icons At Pixelpalooza 2004!

April 9-10, 2004

Icons | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Yippity skippity! The end of the work week is near, and it's time to break out another fine batch of Icons for this week's Friday Icon Edition. You'll also find an ample amount of Community News, Software News On The Net, and Bananas to boot! Pull out your Pixel Party Hats and get ready to enjoy the ride!

New GOO!

New Icons - Hang on to your hats! This week's Friday Icon Edition is bound to blow you away with 4 New Icon Sets, some of the absolute finest on the planet! Let's get to lookin'!

grnluvbug - The GUI girl with the pixel most returns with tons of talent! My World by Joy Tallant of grnluvbug is filled with bunches of bold and beautiful icon colors that will add instant cheer to your desktop design! Get ready for a glimpse into the joys that make Ms. Tallant's view so bright!

Miloszwl.com - Captain Creative, also known as Milosz Wlazlo of Miloszwl.com, breaks out a big ol' GUI grin with his latest release titled H3O Extra 1. If you're lookin' for a great way to put a humongous smile atop your digital desk, this set is just what the GUI Doctor ordered. Fantabulous!

Threeland.de - Don't need a big fine car when you've got a set of Beamers from Threeland.de's Marcus Reimann! Once you've loaded these fine specimens onto your hard drive, you'll immediately start projecting the excellence of Marcus' digitatized digital projectors all over your desktop screen!

Steve Smith - Howz about a nice cool collection of Aqua GOO to polish off this great Icon Edition! The most amazing Steve Smith puts your desktop on ice with Iced Set. Everything you can imagine is included in this huge set, even a few for you users of PC's. A must-have set! Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Joy, Milosz, Marcus, and Steve...

Thanks to the four of you,

This is perhaps the BEST all around Icon Edition ever!

CHEERS!!

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Community News

Mandolux - Another wonderful week of desktop works have made their way into the galleries of Mandolux! Let's grab a glimpse:

Mandolux has issued three new desktops: one Bonzai/Taran (Orchids/Giant), one Mesopotamia (Antiquity/Stone), and one Cap (Dodgers/Giant).

The newest selection, a new Giant Bonzai/Taran desktop titled Shadowy Orchids, is the latest to join Mando's fine collection. As the name implies, this is a photograph of an orchid in the shadows. Don't be left in the dark...Make your way to Mandolux and lay your eyes on all the latest by Mando Gomez!

warrior~poet - Jamie McCanless' announces the newest icon set added at warrior~poet: Flutter! To make a wish come true, says a Native American legend, whisper it to a butterfly and let it fly. In gratitude for giving the beautiful butterfly its freedom, the Great Spirit always grants the wish. That's as good a reason as any for giving these colorful butterflies a home on your desktop! Get yourself to warrior~poet and let yourself fly!

On The Net

A Better Finder Attributes 3.3 - The always bettering folks from PUBLICSPACE.NET are pleased to announce the release of A Better Finder Attributes 3.3. This Mac OS X Finder enhancement is a contextual menu plugin that allows users to change the file date and other attributes of Mac OS X files. The new version adds the ability to process files in subfolders. Make all things better by making a click trip to PUBLICSPACE.NET for the latest version of A Better Finder Attributes!

The Fontz X 3.6 - The wonderful folks from To•The•Point Software have announced the release of The Fontz 3.6. This versatile font utility that allows you to browse installed and uninstalled fonts, see what they look like at different type sizes, styles and colors, and even group them in like categories using a "wysiwyg" group editor. New in this version is improved recognition of uninstalled fonts. Make your Mac better with The Fontz from To•The•Point Software!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

ELDERLY COLORS

I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and she was always correct. But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"

THE TEST: READY FOR CHILDREN? Final Assignment

Find a couple who already have a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, toilet training, and child's table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run riot. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.

MEN AND THE TOILET SEAT

How many men does it take to put down a toilet seat?

We don't know because it's never been done!

FAILED MERGER

Yahoo and Netscape: Net 'n Yahoo didn't work out because they would have to relocate the headquarters located in Tel Aviv.

April 8, 2004

Monkie News | Community News

At The Top - Sheesh! Ya make one little joke about The Bean joining a Marine Corps mud wrestling team, and she flies the coop! Actually, she's on Spring Break this week and Mean Mr. Monkie (that would be me) decided to give her the day off. So, you're kinda stuck with me for today. In the mean time, we've got a spot of Community and Monkie News. Now I just hope she doesn't ask for a raise when she returns next week! Guess we'll have to see...

Community News

Live Pencil - The man, the myth, the GUI crack up - Ramon Gonzalez Teja - gets down and funky with yet another great GUI update at Live Pencil! Here's a peak at the grins:

• Emoticons - This sparkling friend says...SMILE!
• It Is You - Steve and his eye balls...CRAZY!!!
• SLIDE PUZZLE!!!! - Have fun playing this amusing easy game! You'll have a NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!!!
• Write your emotions - Last week's crayon now in a larger size. We'll have more and more in future updates.
• Live Text -Place it between your regular text.
• Hidden Image - Very funny! You'll laugh!!

Spring your desktop into laughing action with all the latest, greatest fun from Live Pencil. Check 'em out!

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - If you make your way back to the Monkie Den on Friday, you're bound to be lickin' your chops as we have a great new group of GOO lined up for your Friday Icon Edition! Slip back by the #1 spot under the pixel fun sun for all kinds of good GUI grins on Friday. See ya then!

April 7, 2004

Desktops | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Welcome to your Wednesday Desktop Edition! You've come to the right place if you're looking for GUI gratisfaction. But we won't stop with the eye candy. There's a well balanced diet of Community News and Bananas too. No need for me to ramble...Let's let the pixels do the talkin'!

Pixelpalooza People's Choice Award - Hot diggity dog! Public voting for the People's Choice Award for Pixelpalooza 2004 has officially begun! You have been invited to visit each of the three category pages (OS X,CandyBar & Classic) and rate your preference for each entry. People's Choice voting runs from today until Noon E.S.T. April 13th, and the winners will be announced along side of the Grand Prize and Runner up winners selected by this year's judges on April 21st, 2004. It doesn't get better than this! Scoot over to The Iconfactory and cast your vote for this year's Pixelpalooza People's Choice Award!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Ready, steady...GOO! Er, that is, GO! It's once again that time to pull out the pixel platter as we present a fine and fantabulous Wednesday Desktop Edition. There's 5 New Desktops on hand to add plenty of GUI shine to your desktop design. Let's get this pixel party started!

3-D Rendered - Startin' up this great GUI Edition is a very Special selection by Jameson Sasser! With a keen eye for desktop design, Jameson offers a spectacular view of blue, while putting all available dimensions in a digital pixel perspective. You'll find all the elements of fine desktop design in this outstanding number and won't be able to pry your eyes from its view!

 

Desktops - Open wide! A mouth watering, fresh squeezed Mandarine makes for a GUI-licious delight from fabulous FR4NK! This talented artist has been increasingly pumping out the pixels without sacrificing an ounce of quality. One of his best works to date, FR4NK's latest number is certain to satisfy while looking forward to more!

'Tis the season for a splendid round of the Seasons by the ever creative Bob Wiley. It's GUI apparent that Bob knows no limits to a most colorful imagination. This beautiful selection will grab your attention and immediately ignite your inspiration with wonderment and awe. It is a must-have selection for every desktop season!

Still doin' the diggin' from the artistic archives of Adam Dickson, we've found another wonderful number titled HD. Adam's photorealistic talents reside mainly at his home base of Pictures and Adicons, but this "naked" Hard Drive comes from another one of his cyber stops: Bobbins Wingnuts. Gotta assume that the subject in this great piece got permanently retired!

Wrapping up this Desktop Edition in a most majestic way is William D. Thompson with another Easter work of art: Cristo Rey (Christ the King). The photo was taken in La Capilla del Santisimo in the Parroquia of San Miguel de Allende. The national monument, El Cristo Rey, towers over a church which forms its base and marks the geographical center of Mexico. A big round of applause goes out to William for this magnificent number! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Jameson, Bob, FR4NK, William, and Adam...

ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING WORK!

Ten toes up to all of you!

THANK YOU!!

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Community News

The Iconfactory - Welcome Back Mr. Anderson! To celebrate the North American DVD release of Matrix Revolutions, The Iconfactory's resident artist Dave Brasgalla has pulled out all the stops for this weeks' Icon Tuesday. Matrix Rebooted is a grand tribute to the movie trilogy from the Wachowski brothers and contains over 90 individual icons that can be used as a complete system replacement set for Mac desktops. Plus, CandyBar users can have a complete System makeover as this terrific set comes in an iContainer as well! All this GUI goodness and more is now available at The Iconfactory!

grnluvbug - The GUI girl has done it again! Ms. Joy Tallant has announced the release of an absolutely amazing CandyBar set for the Pixelpalooza contest titled My World! She has added some info on her site grnluvbug and put links to download the set for Mac and Win. Your eyes will have no regrets once they get a good look at this new collection from grnluvbug!

miloszwl.com - We're pleased as purple pixel punch to inform you that Milosz Wlazlo has updated his online portfolio at Miloszwl.com, as well as released an incredible new icon set titled H3O: Extra Pack 1! Your icon eyes ain't seen nothin' until they've seen this awesome new set by Milosz. Make like Monkie Madness and move your tail to Miloszwl.com for a GUI good time for all!

Mandolux - Mando Gomez keeps the desktop fires burnin' at Mandolux with a new Mesopotamian desktop titled Wing Detail with Snake. As the name implies, this is a close-up view of one of the wonderful ancient artworks of Apkallu found at Mando's favorite museum in all Southern California: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. You're bound to be mesmerized by this excellent selection, and it's only available at Mandolux!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

NOUVEAU RICH BLOND

There was this nouveau riche blond girl, who went to the nearest Mercedes showroom with a pocketful of dollars, and came out with the latest model. Half an hour later she was back at the showroom, claiming a that the car they sold her was terrible, that she was disappointed a brand-new Mercedes would get a fault in the gearbox after 15 minutes. The management apologized and gave her a new car.

Again, after half an hour she came back. The management offered her a new car, but sent along one of their engineers to see if they could figure out what the problem was. She put in the first gear...sped up...put in second...third...fourth... fifth..."And now," she said, "for the rocket," and threw it in reverse.

KLEENEX

How do you get a Kleenex to dance?

Put a little boogie in it!

FACES

Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Mrs. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the teacher said, "Bobby, when I was a child, I was told that if I made ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that." Bobby looked up and replied, "Well, Mrs. Smith, you can't say you weren't warned."

April 6, 2004

Monkie News | Community News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Woo hoo! Some hot new Desktops are headed your direction come tomorrow for your Wednesday Desktop Edition! Another great group of GUI gurus will make for a fine lineup of digital desktop designs to spruce up your desktop view. Make your way back on Wednesday to ye ol' Monkie Zoo for a fun batch of GUI stew. Y'all come back now, ya hear!

Community News

Marmalade Moon - Baby! The ongoing digital romance from Marmalade Moon continues with the release of Sakura (cherry blossom) icons and Hanami Desktop Picture and Calendar! The new desktop collection was inspired by the Japanese holiday Hanami "enjoying seeing the flowers in April." The artwork was inspired by a piece of e-mail from a Japanese visitor who fondly described the anticipation of a Japanese spring holiday named Hanami. Your desktop will find love at first site once you make your way to Marmalade Moon and check out the latest goodies!

On The Net

spellXbuilder 1.0 - The colorful creators at Colourfull Creations have announced the release of spellXbuilder 1.0 for Mac OS X 10.3 or higher. spellXbuilder allows you to create custom spelling lists to test on at your own pace. It uses the built in voice capability of the Macintosh to test you on the spelling lists that you create. We don't have to spell it out...Get creative and colorful with your spelling lists by scoring a copy of spellXbuilder from Colourfull Creations!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

The Wizard Of Woz - Steve Wozniak, who invented the Apple I and Apple II computers, will be given an honorary doctorate of sciences degree during commencement activities at North Carolina State University in May. "Woz," as he is affectionately called, earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering and computer science in California. Now Carolina is going to take him a step up. The soon to be Dr. Woz also belongs to the National Inventors Hall Of Fame. - from MacMinute and NCSU

Hanging On For Dear Life - John Sutton had quite a jolt when his cat slid down the windshield of his car while he was driving to work. Sutton had scurried his cat, Bono, away from the vehicle before veering out onto the road, so he thought the cat was still at home. After speaking with a policeman who pulled him over, Sutton discovered that the petrified Bono had been sitting atop the car all the while. The officer simply thought it was a stuffed toy put on top of the car as a prank. - from Ananova

April 5, 2004

Community News | On The Net | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top - My! How life changes in a blink of an eye! Won't go into the details, but dude! But now that I let out that little blurp, it is time to get on with gettin' on! Have I used enough exclamation points yet?!! Mmmm, maybe! Enough of the gastric indigestion. Let's have a look at the events that are certain to brighten up your week. So let's get down and funky and lezz get down to it!

Community News

Mandolux - GO DODGERS! Mando Gomez hits another ball outta the park at Mandolux as he has issued a new desktop in celebration of the new baseball season and his favorite team: Dodgers! Go Dodgers is a giant and normal desktop of the blue-and-white cap. Mando continues to bat his best with this fine desktop number. Make a run to home plate by swinging over to Mandolux for another home run!

Live Pencil - Liven things up at Live Pencil! Ramon Gonzalez Teja gets down with the best in GUI goodness as he updates with all new GOO. Let's grab a look:

• Emoticons - Crayon writing BYE. So many colors!  
• Animations - From our Advent calendar: AIRPLANE. 
• SLIDE PUZZLE!!!! - Have fun playing this amusing easy game! You'll have a NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!!! 
• Live Text - Place it between your regular text!

There's no better way to begin your week than with a BIG GUI smile from the biggest grin on the net at Live Pencil. Check it out!

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On The Net

TaskTime 1.4 - It's once again time to tackle those tasks! To•The•Point Software has announced the release of TaskTime 1.4, a tool to provide a straightforward method of tracking time spent on jobs you do for your clients. It can generate invoices which can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk. What's new in this release? Take a peek:

• Added ability to add clients from Address Book data
• Fixed "fuzzy" printing of invoices
• Email invoices directly to clients
• Add personal information to invoices
• Add a message to invoices

Take the time to make the best of your tasks with the latest update of TaskTime from To•The•Point Software!

Speed Download 2.3.4 - The fast folks from Yazsoft have announced the release of an important update to their flagship download utility Speed Download 2, 2.3.4.Here's a quick look at what's new in SD 2.3.4:

• Updated and optimized the Speed Download plugin for more compatibility.
• Removed the MacShareware feature set from the SDCLI (Command Line Interface).
• Minor tweaks to the interface and better wording for some information displayed by SD.
• Quite a few internal tweaks.

Enriched with a totally redesigned  Mac OS X interface and features that take advantage of leading edge Macintosh technology, Speed Download 2 is: The fastest, most complete download manager for Mac OS X no matter what browser you use. If you have the need for download speed, head to Yazsoft and pick up the latest version of Speed Download!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Denver Gold - When visiting Colorado's capitol in Denver, tourists are amazed at the resemblance the structure bears to the nation’s capitol in Washington, D.C. It was designed and built with the nation's capitol in mind. The majestic building is composed of white granite, with large pillars at each entrance that help support the ceramic-style roof. Pillars along the west entrance support statues that were carved in stone, depicting early life in Denver. The building was built in the 1890s. In 1908, 24-karat gold was used to plate the building's bell-shaped dome, commemorating the discovery of the precious metal by early pioneers.

Woodchuck Chuck - A hibernating woodchuck breathes only ten times per hour. An active woodchuck breathes 2,100 times an hour.

Outta My Way! - Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

- Henry Ford

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts!

THE TEST: READY FOR CHILDREN? Part II

Feeding Test:
Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a stout cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal (such as Fruit Loops or Cheerios) into the mouth of the jug while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.

Night Test:
Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8 to 12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 8:00 PM begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00 PM. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00 PM. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing these too until 4:00 AM. Set alarm for 5:00 AM. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for five years. Look cheerful.

Physical Test (Women)
Obtain a large beanbag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months. Now remove 10% of the beans.

Physical Test (Men):
Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.

SHROOMING

A mushroom walks into a bar and asks for a drink, but the barkeep said, "Sorry, but we don't serve mushrooms." The mushroom replies, "Why, I'm a fun guy."

UNCLE TED'S BIG ADVENTURE

Joe loved golf, but his eyesight had gotten so bad, that he couldn't find his ball once he'd hit it. He consulted with his wife, and she recommended that Joe bring along her uncle Ted.

Joe said, "But Ted is 80 years old and half senile!"

His wife replied, "Yes, but his eyesight is incredible."

Joe finally agreed and took Ted along. He teed off and could feel that he had hit it solidly. He asked Ted, "Do you see it?"

Ted nodded his head and said, "Boy, that was a beautiful shot!"

Joe excitedly asked, "Well, where did it land?!"

Ted said, "Hmmm. I forget."