Pic
of the Day -
Okay, okay! So I have done my share of poking fun
at the woman's side of the world. But really, women
are superior to men in many ways, including the "mothering"
thing. And for this week's Pic
of the Day, this little
snapshot is perhaps proof as to why men shouldn't
baby sit. Take a little click and
you'll see what we mean!
May
22, 2004
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
It's
the Law! - In Breton, Alabama, there is
a law on the town's books against riding down the street
in a motorboat. What about roller skating
in a buffalo herd?!!
Body of Water -
Water makes up 60 percent of our body weight. Of the water,
8 percent is in the blood, 25 percent in the spaces between
cells, and 67 percent inside the cells.
Technology -
I think that technologies are morally neutral until we
apply them. It's only when we use them for good or
for
evil that they become good or evil
At The Top - What
would a Monkie have on a Friday for your eyes only? Yup.
You guessed it! Your Friday Icon Edition!
There's a mouthwatering trio of GUI goodies by some most
amazing iconists, now
available for consumption. Add to the dining a well rounded
taste of text with Community News and Bananas, and you've
got just the right menu for your Friday dining. Let's
dodge the Monkie and call the waiter...Yo! Waituh!
New
GOO!
New Icons -
Hungry for some fantabulous works in the line of icon design?
Then ready your belly as we add 3 New Icon Sets to the
menu for this week's Icon Edition! Your eyes and tummy
will both be pleased once you get a taste of these, and
maybe a spot of tea. So much for the rhyme, let's dine!
grnluvbug
- Got a doozie of a hard drive you'd like to dress up
a little? How about making that doozie a Daisy
with the talents of Joy Tallant! This springtime "single
shot" from grnluvbug
ought to do just the trick. Joy takes her love for nature
and transforms it into a single icon set that is certain
to add class to all classifications in your icon collections!
Steve Smith - With a different
blend of desktop dough, Steve Smith pays tribute to the
late, great Johnny Cash with Cash Tribute.
This great set of CD and DVD jewel cases covers a wide
span of Cash's musical history with a touch of Steve's
excellent taste in icon craftsmanship. Don't be singin'
the Folsom Prison Blues. Grab this Cash act of the Man
in Black!
WatiWorks
- You're bound to go bananas with the latest set by Wati
Larke to enter the Monkie GUI Galleries! Fun
Fruits from WatiWorks
is one of the tastiest icon sets to date to come from
Wati's pallet of pixel design. Of course you'll find your
favorite Apple included in this set, along with 12 other
delicious treats to sink your teeth into. Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Joy,
Steve, and Wati...
I can't
begin to express my gratitude
for all
of you sharing your work with us and the Web!
The DeskStop
- Saving the world one desktop at a time is The
Factory's resident comic
book nut Talos
Tsui. He has created an all-new desktop picture to accompany
Gedeon's recent icon release of Justice League,
and it is now available at none other than The
DeskStop! So if you really wanna make a difference
to your desktop world and the rest of the web as well, scoot
your booty over to the The
DeskStop and get some justice for all!
Mandolux -
Another fine week of desktop additions have made their
way into the galleries of Mandolux!
Let's look at the latest:
Mandolux
has issued four new desktops: one Clouds & Skies,
one Morning/Spring (Flower/Close-up), and two Technosis/Anthraxis
(Abstract/Dual Giant).
The newest work to enter the galleries came
from what was once a set of great eucalyptus trees by the
freeway, but now lies as a field of trunks. The photograph,
Eucalyptus by the Wind, is of a branch
with three remaining leaves dangling by the wind set against
the blue Southern California sky. Make your way to Mandolux
and grab a look!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
THINGS YOU
DON'T WANT TO HEAR IN AN ELEVATOR
5. Does this look infected to you?
4. Would
you believe these pants are reversible?
3. The acoustics
in this elevator are perfect for yodeling.
2. I'm not
just a religious fanatic, I also sell insurance.
1. Just
ignore Duke. We're going to have him fixed soon.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS
One sunny day a man decided
to go jump from an airplane. When he jumped there was
good and bad news...
Good news: He had a parachute.
Bad News: It
didn't work.
Good News: There was a haystack down below.
Bad
news: There was a pitchfork in the haystack.
Good News:
He missed the pitchfork.
Bad News: He missed the haystack.
SKUNK PUNK
How did the skunk call home?
On his smell-ular
phone!
SECOND 2 THIRD
Why does it take longer to run
from second base to third base than it takes to run from
first to second?
Because you have a short stop between
second and third.
Tomorrow: New
Icons - Hoo ha,
da doo dah! Tomorrow brings a fine trio of icon artists
for your Friday Icon Edition! What a way to wind up
your work week -- Pixel poppin' Icons, News, and Humor
-- all combined with a zany Monkie Spin. You got it!
Click on back to the Monkie Zoo tomorrow, right here
at MacMonkies!
Community
News
Live Pencil -
And he's back! The king of smiles from
Live Pencil,
Mr. Ramon Gonzalez Teja, returns with another fabulous
update filled with GUI goodies. Here's what's new:
Emoticons - SMILY-CAT with many more animations.
Slide
Puzzle - Have fun playing this amusing
easy game! You'll
have a NEW ONE EVERY WEEK!!!
Animations - Our pencil is melting down.
Clip Art - You'll
find a bunch of present packages.
Hidden Image - Here
is last week's Hidden Image...It's Me!!!
Everybody needs a smile once in a while. And
we can't think of a better place than Live
Pencil to load up on grins. Get to it!
On The Net
A Better Finder
Rename 6.3.5 - More great updates keep
pouring out of the portals of
PUBLICSPACE.NET!
Just released is A
Better Finder Rename 6.3.5, their Mac
Finder enhancement tool. The new version allows the name
of the enclosing
folder to be added to the file name. So if you wanna make
your Mac a better place, head over to PUBLICSPACE and
grab your updated copy of A
Better Finder Rename!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
More Features For .Mac - Apple is giving
.Mac users more for their money. It recently announced
new features for HomePage and iCards. The HomePage feature
allows users to customize download pages stored on iDisk
files, and iCards are now in sync with the address book
so iCards can be sent more quickly and easily. Symantec's
Norton Parent Control software is also being offered to
.Mac users as a free download. The software helps adults
to control sites kids surf on the internet. - from MacCentral
Ghost In The
Toilet - A talking toilet
device that reminds men to put the seat down
is proving to be quite popular in Germany. Devised by a
German inventor,
the device is ghost-shaped and sits under the toilet rim.
When the lid is lifted, the ghost shouts out in a female
voice, reminding the man to put the lid down. The "WC
Ghost" may soon be marketed in other countries as
well, including Britain, Canada and Italy. Could
this be the Tidy Bowl Man reinventing himself?! - from Yahoo
At The Top -
Let us all shine on, so we can bungle in the jungle and
head full swing into this week's Wednesday Desktop
Edition!
Yeah that's alright by me! There's nothing like a great
group of GOO along with a Monkie style spin on Community
News, Software News, and Bananas too. Let's not hang around
the intro limb too long...Spring forth to the next branch
as we launch the latest fun!
New
GOO!
New Desktops -
Yowza! Prepare to be pixel pleased as we pull out 6
New Desktops for this week's Desktop Edition.
Your appetite for desktops is about to be filled and then
some with this fine lineup of desktop design. Here we go!
3-D Rendered - You've
waited long enough! And what exactly is it that you have
been waiting for? That would be Waiting
IV from Mr. Alan Sherwood of burntcanvasdesign!
This cool Bryce rendered selection comes from an
older series by Alan of the same name. But his unique
talent in desktop design manages to have a timeless effect
on all desktops, anywhere, anytime!
No need to let your desktop rest in peace
with a second rate selection of
digital design. You can, however, bring about a Peaceful
sense of serenity with this natural choice by Juergen
Eilts. Coming straight from the amazing collections of
ShiftedReality,
Juergen utilizes one of his
desktop tools of choice, making use of Vue 4 Pro to create
this digitized recreation of nature's splendor!
Etc. - Think you just don't
belong? Think that you might just think different?
Then we've got the piece for you! Apple
Manifesto by Joy Tallant from grnluvbug
is a great reminder that it is the misfits that truly
make a difference in this world! So if you just don't
feel like you fit in this crazy race, grab a copy of this
classic Apple statement and start thinking different!
Nature - With the latest
GUI beauty by Bob
Wiley, you won't merely have A
Rose, but a Grade A, number one, class act
in digital photography! The subject in this awe-inspiring
piece was part of a photographic study, which will probably
be the first in what Bob sees as a series
of images to come. How can you top an act like this? Perhaps
with a "Rose of a different color!"
Desktops - Open up your
GUI eye ducts and let the Tears
turn loose for
your desktop view! This most excellent work in digital
design comes to you courtesy of Jameson
Sasser. Sporting his versatile gift of GOO, Jameson
contributes a different mood than most, with an Aqua-esque
appearance and emotional expression. Though its title
may imply a sad goodbye, you may find tears of joy all
over your desktop!
There's no better way to go than to get
the GO! going
with the prolific pixations by
FR4NK! You simply can't be
slow on the go when it comes to this clever creation. The
snail subject in this fine work could perhaps represent
the "rest of the PC world" when it comes to the progress
push made by everyone's favorite feline operating system:
Mac OSX! Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Alan, Joy,
Juergen, Bob, FR4NK, and Jameson...
How do
you make the best even better?
I dunno...But
you all just did!
THANK YOU!!
Have a piece you
want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
Mandolux -
Mr. Mando Gomez makes his mid-week desktop debut at Mandoluxwith
a new Morning/Spring desktop titled Tiger
Anthers.
Continuing a greenish theme
for this week, the latest is an extreme close-up
photo of a tiger lily's anthers. Mando's keen eye for desktop
delight comes into full play with this marvelous piece.
You're certain to enjoy it once you slip over to Mandolux for a full view. Do it!
The Iconfactory
- Making the most of the latest craze in DVD movie flick
releases is
another pixel pleasure from the fine folks of The
Iconfactory! Long time Tolkien reader and Factory worker
Dave Brasgalla
has created LOTR
- Armoury of the Third Age, a great set of
20 icons in honor of the forthcoming release of The Lord
of the Rings latest movie to appear on DVD. This cool collection
contains swords, shields and other objects associated with
the various races of Middle Earth. Plus there's matching
desktop pictures available from Dave's personal page Pixelhuset.
Make your way to The
Iconfactory and grab your copy of this icon coolness
today!
On The Net
eMail Verifier 2.0 -
The folks from MAX Programming are proud to present the
release of eMail Verifier 2.0,
the tool for batch e-mail validity checking. eMail Verifier
can
save time and money for businesses who send newsletters
to their
clients that need to
maintain a clean e-mail contact list by checking for valid
addresses without actually sending an e mail. The latest
version includes many added enhancements, improvements,
and bug fixes. To download and to check out all of the
details on the latest release of eMail
Verifier,
head to MAX Programming and grab a look!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
THE FLY
What is a fly without any wings?
A walk.
DON'T DRINK AND THINK!
Two drunk guys stumble out of a
bar and get into their car. After they've been driving
for a while, they see
a ghostly face appear at the window. "It's a ghost,
dude!"
"Roll down the window, ask him what he wants!" The
driver rolls down the window, and asks the ghost.
"You got a smoke?" They
give him a smoke, and the face goes away. A few minutes
later, the face returns.
"You got a light?" They
give a light, and the face goes away. A few minutes later,
the face returns.
"You guys need help getting
out the mud?"
FORD HIPPOVAN
How do you get a hippopotamus in a mini-van?
Kick one of
the elephants out.
NASA BRAINS
Three men were in a NASA conference
room to decide how to spend $10 billion.
"I think we should put our men on Mars!" said
the first man.
"Ooh, good idea," said
the other two.
"I think we should put our men on Venus!" said
the second man.
"
Ooh, good idea," said the other two.
Tomorrow:
New Desktops -
It's almost time to play in the GUI park as we ready
up another great group
of digital designs for your Wednesday Desktop Edition!
Your eyes will be pleased once they grab the latest
in desktop wonders to place square on your computer's
face. So head back to the ol' Monkie Zoo on Wednesday,
right here at MacMonkies.com!
On
The Net
Snard 2.2.1 -
Just in from
Gideon Softworks is
word of the release of Snard
2.2.1.
This
cool Mac tool is the Swiss Army Knife of launcher programs,
providing many of the functionalities of Mac
OS 9's Apple
and Application menus and can be customized to your
heart's content. The latest version fixes an issue with
Snard not properly opening on some configurations. Hurry
over to Gideon
Softworks and snatch your updated copy of Snard!
iClip
3 - Let's get inventive with the latest
software announcement from Inventive,
Inc.! Just released is iClip
3, the productivity software for Mac computers
using OS X. iClip is a multiple clipboard/scrapbook application
designed to improve user efficiency and productivity for
various computing tasks. Here's a look at the latest changes:
With all
these new features in place, it's time to swing over to Inventive and
get the latest version of iClip!
Aqua Icon Set
Volume 1 - The GUI gatherers of Realmac
Software have assembled a collection of 32bit ultra
high quality icons for Application and Web based projects
with the release of Aqua
Icon Set Volume 1.
The set containing 60 icons is geared up for developers
and can be purchased for $99. To grab a look and to gather
the details, make a click trip to Realmac
Software and check 'em out!
Web Dumper
2.1 - Proud to present another update
of its web tool product,
MAX Programming has
announced the release of Web
Dumper 2.1. This is a full featured internet
tool that allows users to download web sites for offline
browsing. What's new in Web Dumper? Let's look:
"%20" and
other '%' hex codes enhanced support
Relinking failure in given situations
HTML tag parser
failure when no separator used to surround links
Windows
version now includes a standard toolbar with most used
functions
View all your favorite sites offline with
the latest release of Web
Dumper from the folks at MAX
Programming!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
iPod Mini Projects
Personality
- Analysts agree that Apple's iPod Mini seems to reflect
people's personalities. People
who are part of the general public become individualized
through the different colors the device offers. iPod Mini
also seems to provide identity by acting as a status symbol.
Though the original iPod carries the same power as a status
symbol, it is believed that iPod Mini will be the one to
inspire innovative design in all digital music players.
- from Yahoo
Gummi
GUIs -
Flexible computers may find their way into the public's
pockets in as soon as five
years. They will be bendable like a credit card and about
the same size. Sony recently presented the
potential plan through the Gummi Project at the NextFest
Expo in San Francisco. There is a twist to the thin trendy
bendies: Users will hold the mechanism in their
hands and twist it to manipulate the display, so there
will be no need for a mouse or pen. -
from The
Register
At
The Top - Monday,
Monday...Blah da, blah da da da...Heh! A slight twist on the Mamas and Papas hit tune seems all too appropriate
to confront the Monday mundane moments. Sometimes
some things simply seem uneventful. One would think
it would be hard to choose between chaos and collective
nothingness. Eeny meeny miney mo! Guess I'll choose
something not on the list: Monkie Madness! Yes, that
sounds good to me! So let's get crazy and begin the
week with News, Monkie Business, and Bananas -- all
dished out Monkie style!
Community
News
Mandolux -
Nature continues to bloom desktop style with an outstanding
new selection at Mandolux!
Having redone his PiNTURA
theme, now available is a new Technosis/Anthraxis 2K4
titled Growing Grasses. This picture
captures of a pair of long grasses extending beyond
the point of focus with shades of greens as the background.
It's definitely a must-have addition to your collections,
so head over to Mandolux and
check it out!
TaskTime
1.6 - Time for another great update
from To•The•Point
Software! Just announced
is the release of TaskTime
1.6, the 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. New to
the most recent version:
Fixed a bug that occurred when
a session went from AM to PM
Added export feature allowing
comma or tab delimited exporting of data
Keep track of your valuable time by picking
up your updated copy of TaskTime from
the folks at To•The•Point
Software!
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
Open
Up And Say Ralph - The most popular
euphemism for vomiting in Denmark is "talking
into the big phone."
Captain
Reagan -
In 1944, Major Clark Gable's army discharge papers
were signed by president-to-be Ronald Reagan,
then a captain.
A
Bit Sharp -
When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune
too high.
- Mary
H. Waldrip
Bananas
Just Plain
Nuts!
DRIVE!
Q: What's the difference
between a car salesman and a computer salesman?
A: The
car salesman can probably drive!
MOVIE THEATER MAYHEM
A man was sprawled
across three entire seats in a theater. When the usher
came by
and noticed this, he whispered
to the man, "Sorry sir, but you're only allowed
one seat."
The man groaned but
didn't budge. The usher became impatient. "Sir," the usher said,
"if you don't get up from there, I'm going to have
to call
the manager."
Again,
the man just groaned, which infuriated the usher who turned
and marched briskly back up the aisle in search
of his manager.
In a few moments, both the usher and the
manager returned and stood over the man. Together the
two of them tried repeatedly to move him, but with no success.
Finally, they summoned the police. The cop surveyed the
situation briefly.
"All right, buddy.
What's your name?"
"Sam," the
man moaned.
"Where ya from, Sam?" the
cop asked.
"The balcony."
RUB IT IN!
A television can insult
your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer.
HELP LINE
Welcome to Megacomputer's
24-hour help line. If you have been waiting LESS than
24 hours, please remain on the line.
It's
the Law! - In Breton, Alabama, there is
a law on the town's books against riding down the street
in a motorboat. What about roller skating
in a buffalo herd?!!
At The Top - What
would a Monkie have on a Friday for your eyes only? Yup.
You guessed it! Your Friday Icon Edition!
There's a mouthwatering trio of GUI goodies by some most
amazing iconists, now
available for consumption. Add to the dining a well rounded
taste of text with Community News and Bananas, and you've
got just the right menu for your Friday dining. Let's
dodge the Monkie and call the waiter...Yo! Waituh!
At The Top -
Let us all shine on, so we can bungle in the jungle and
head full swing into this week's Wednesday Desktop
Edition!
Yeah that's alright by me! There's nothing like a great
group of GOO along with a Monkie style spin on Community
News, Software News, and Bananas too. Let's not hang around
the intro limb too long...Spring forth to the next branch
as we launch the latest fun!
Tomorrow:
New Desktops -
It's almost time to play in the GUI park as we ready
up another great group
of digital designs for your Wednesday Desktop Edition!
Your eyes will be pleased once they grab the latest
in desktop wonders to place square on your computer's
face. So head back to the ol' Monkie Zoo on Wednesday,
right here at MacMonkies.com!
the Mamas and Papas hit tune seems all too appropriate
to confront the Monday mundane moments. Sometimes
some things simply seem uneventful. One would think
it would be hard to choose between chaos and collective
nothingness. Eeny meeny miney mo! Guess I'll choose
something not on the list: Monkie Madness! Yes, that
sounds good to me! So let's get crazy and begin the
week with News, Monkie Business, and Bananas -- all
dished out Monkie style!
