June
19, 2005
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Father's Day!
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June
17-18, 2005
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News | Bananas
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The Top - Would you believe it?!! Though this Monkie thought there
was a strong possibility that we would have to postpone the latest round
of GUI goodies, we actually were able to make it past the crazy chaos and
come out with your Friday Icon Edition.
Yessirree Bob! So now that we're right smack dab in the middle of a manic
Monkie mood, we can carry on with big ol' smiles in the GUI
Department,
Community News, and Bananas to boot. So kick me out of center stage and
let's get right down to the latest in raves!
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Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com
New GOO!
New Icons -
Ready, steady...How about some icon action as we roll out 3
New Icon Sets for this week's Pixelation Sensation! Fasten your
seat belts and let's roll!
 i...Mac@dam - Always entertaining us with
her sweet tooth for icon sensations, Isabelle Laffy of i...Mac@dam offers
an "old fashioned" style treat this week with Candy
Floppy! Resembling the old 3.5" disks and slightly similar
to the once popular Zip disks, this pixel package will make great for any
drive replacement!
 Leslie Javorek - As she thinks different
to create different, Leslie
Javorek has once again produced a most unique
gathering of GUI goodies titled Bangles
Baubles & Beads!
This series of original Mac icons has been created with baby-boomer eyes
in mind. Once you lay eyes on this set, you'll find yourself back to the
future!
 Steven Smith - A little
bit of nostalgia comes our way from master pixel crafter Steven
Smith!
Though Xi Mac Addicts is an older set from Steve's icon collectibles, this
smooth set of 52 offers a cool assemblage of addictive critters running
from the Classic Apple to the clean gleam of Apple's current logo!
Thanks Department --
Isabelle, Leslie, and Steve...
Your creations are most pixelicious
and delicious
to these iCon eyes!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Community News
Live Pencil - Rap-a-tap tap! Brand new GOO
has just entered the galleries of Live
Pencil with an amazing new beat. Let's
listen to the rhythm: 
- EMOTICONS - More cool Rappers!
- EMOTICONS - And more.
- ANIMATIONS - Kangaroo, mother and child.
- This is last week's HIDDEN
IMAGE - Don't forget to search for this week's Hidden Image.
With all of that GUI "tuneage" available, you best turn up your browsers
and tune in to the newest in GOO at Live
Pencil!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Love Is Blind
Have you ever seen Stevie Wonder's wife?
Neither has he!
A Different View
A woman walks out of a bar totally hammered, only to be greeted by a
snobby man. He takes one look at her.
"You, ma'am, are drunk!"
"And you sir, are ugly. But when I wake up, I will be sober!"
Like You Would Ever Call a Fish
How do you talk to a fish?
You drop him a line.
Hide The Duke
A boy was meeting his girlfriend's parents for the first time
for dinner. After dinner, his girlfriend and her mother left the room to
do the dishes, leaving him with the father and the dog Duke, who was sitting
underneath the boy's chair. Unfortunately, it was a large dinner and he
really had to fart. He stealthily let out a quiet, but audible, fart.
"Duke!" the dad yelled.
"This is great!" the boy thought. "He thinks the dog is farting!" So
he let out another one.
"Duke!" the father barked. The boy thought he was home free so
he let everything out at once in a really loud and smelly fart.
"Duke! Get out of there before the boy gases you out of here!"
June
16, 2005
Monkie News | On
The Net | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Stuff, Stuff, And More Stuff -
Here we go again...Chaos in the cage! What's this, you ask? Well for starters,
the last few days have been a bit crazy behind the scenes. But that is
beginning to become a normal state! Perhaps we should plan for the abnormal
and everything will seem normal. With that said, we still are planning a
round of pixelated fun for your Friday Icon Edition. But **just in case**
things get unraveled, we wanted to let you know in advance that there is
a slight chance it may be postponed.
Next up is the subject of SPAM.
Though we should never have to mention this, we DO NOT EVER send out spam
e mail to ANYONE. Unfortunately, there are those out there that are using
bogus MacMonkies e mail addresses to send out SPAM of various types, including
those containing attachments. This is a practice we do not involve ourselves
with ever. If you ever receive
one of these e mails and are uncertain whether or not we sent it, feel free
to contact us at any time. Okay...Let's get to some News!
On The Net
OmniGraffle 4 Beta - Our friends over at
The Omni Group have just announced  the release of OmniGraffle
4 and OmniGraffle
Professional 4 Beta. The pair are diagramming and drawing
application offers a streamlined user interface as well as many new features
under the categories of brainstorming, drafting, import and export, and document
management. The latest release offers a number of fixes, primarily concerning
multiple undo actions, objects on master canvases and exporting to PDF and
SVG formats. Be a part of the tester team by getting your copy of OmniGraffle
4 Beta from the folks at The Omni
Group!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Mac Partner Shows Promise - The partnership
of Apple and Intel has the  potential to bring many faces of phenomena to
the future of technology. With the possibility of providing a dynamite digital
home system, the processing power of Intel matched with Tiger's ease of
use will put out of this world products on the Earths map. Apple's partnership
with Intel will also put pounds of pressure on Microsoft to make a more slick
operating system. - from MacNewsWorld
iPod Stands Alone -
Statistics prove that iPod is the single most popular digital music player
sold. But the markets prove that iPod is more than simply a product, it is
a catalyst in the evolution of sociology. That's right, it has changed the
way individuals, groups, indeed globes of people behave. Other products such
as Playstation may have effected human behavior in a fad sort of way, but
none have had the prowess to stand without a competitor like iPod. -
from Fortune
Technology Transforms McDonalds -
A pilot of the futuristic fast food chain  McDonalds is up and running in
Illinois in which customers can savor the taste of technology while they
sit down savor the taste of a Big Mac. The new McDonalds comes with kiosks
allowing burger eaters to burn CDs and print photos. It also offers WIFI
internet access and is equipped with plenty of plasma TV screens. Oh yeah,
and there is mention of McDonalds menu changing slightly too. -
from Excite
June
15, 2005
Desktops | Community
News | On
The Net | Bananas
 At
The Top - Are you ready for some
fun, folks? Well that make all 12 of us! But that number multiplied by
millions of colors equates for a break from the work week and slip into
slacker mode as we present your Wednesday Desktop
Edition! A ton of fun in
the Desktop Department combined with a taste of News from the Community
and On The Net will be just the right recipe
to escape from the hump day boogers. Add some Bananas and
ya might even slip up that grumpy into a smile or two. No demotions, just
the potion...SMILE!
New GOO!
New Desktops - Here we go! 4 New Desktops in the Gallery from some fine
designers and your GUI view will be all the more excited, delighted, and
maybe even knighted. Let's look at this week's royalties!
Logos - It's been quite
some time since we've heard from the likes  of
Mark Penney, but that's about to change! Offering a sweet, simple, and
to the point design (just like a Mac), Mark has sent a most X-cellent selection
simply titled Tiger
Desktop. Placing emphasis on Apple's best OS yet, Mark puts Tiger's
X in the spotlight just as one would expect!
3-D Rendered - Can lightning strike in the
same place twice? Yes.  And
so does the brilliance of Juergen Eilts, ShiftedReality's amazing 3 dimensional
digital crafter! Created using Vue 5 Infinite, Terragen, and Photoshop,
Lightning Strikes makes use of
these great tools to render a powerful likeness of nature in action. Let
the thunder roll!
If you're up on your ABC's in graphic design, you'll know that  most
anything coming from Dave Hornsby is always a winner! And with Dave's latest
creation to enter the Gallery - RingThing
d - you'll find a whole lotta "D-light" in this finely crafted design
in 3-D. One glance at this piece and you will find it wrapped around your
favorites' finger!
Desktops - Not originally intended for placement
in this round of
 desktops, FlashBack was
actually "found" when another was "lost." MacMonkies' head
coconut Bradford Wiles was looking for another still misplaced pic when
he stumbled across this previously created Bryce frame. A slight angle
change and a Photoshop touch up and...Wa la! This critter came to life.
Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Mark, Juergen, and Dave...
This is a most excellent gathering of GUI goodies!
Keep up the OUTSTANDING work!!!
THANK YOU!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
The Iconfactory - Are you a Batman fan? Then
you'll be pleased as a Bif!  Bam! Boom! to learn of The
Iconfactory's latest
freeware release: Batmobiles
Vol. 2. With the
latest installment in the ever-popular Batman franchise - Batman
Begins,
resident iconist Talos Tsui marks
the occasion with his icon creation that expands on Volume
1 and includes
the Dark Knights vehicles from the 50's through the current WB cartoon. This
cool collection is available for Mac or PC or in handy Pixadex iContainer
format. That said, grab your cape and make like an ape to The
Iconfactory for this great new pixel package!
On The Net
MaxBulk Mailer 4.2 - Ready to take your e
mail experience to the max? Then  check out the release of MaxBulk
Mailer 4.2 from the folks at MAX Programming! This email-merge solution for
Macintosh and Windows is the ultimate tool for all of your email marketing
needs allowing you to design and send professional looking emails to your
customers and prospects for as little as fractions of a penny...directly
from your own desktop. Several new additions and fixes have been included
in this release. For all the details, swing over to MAX
Programming and get
up to date on MaxBulk
Mailer!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
That Smell!
Two snowmen are standing in a field. One says to the other, "Funny,
I smell carrots too."
Marriage and Men Part
II
Marriage brings music to a man's life. He learns to play second fiddle.
Getting married is one mistake every man should make.
A well-informed man is one whose wife has just told him what she thinks
of him.
Courtship, unlike proper punctuation, is a period before a sentence.
The argument you just won with your wife isn't over yet.
And lastly...
Before criticizing your wife's faults, you must remember it may have been
these very defects which prevented her from getting a better husband that
the one she married!!
Home On The Range
There are 2 cowboys in the kitchen. Which one is the real cowboy?
The one
on the range.
Old Friends
Two elderly ladies had been friends for many decades. Over the years they
had shared all kinds of activities and adventures. Lately, their activities
had been limited to meeting a few times a week to play cards.
One day they were playing cards when one looked at the other and said, "Now
don't get mad at me...I know we've been friends for a long time, but I just
can't remember your name. I've thought and thought, but I can't recall it.
Please tell me what your name is."
Her friend glared at her. For at least three minutes she just looked at
her. Finally she said, "How soon do you need to know?"
June
14, 2005
Monkie News | Community
News | On
The Net
Monkie News
Tomorrow: New Desktops - I
won't ramble...I won't, I won't, I won't! So since  I
can't and I don't want to breach my won't, I will just say that there's another
GUI gala on its way in about a day as we're preppin' up for your Wednesday
Desktop Edition! Did I done do good? Cool! And one last thing: Since the
Bean just got back from Hawaii and is recooping from jet lag and the ol'
"honeymoon hangover," she'll be taking one additional day away from the Monkie
Zoo. Okay...Now we're off to some News!
Community News
Bill Walker Releases "Age of Discovery" -
In from the music community comes  word of Bill
Walker's musical release:
Age of Discovery! This amazing instrumental recording has something for
everyone from New Age to R&B to Latin. The CD features Bill Walker on
piano, Juan Nelson 2 time Grammy WInner on bass,
Mick Valentino on guitar, Ahaguna G. Sun on drums, and orchestrated with
the sounds of the Vienna Symphony. If your ears have been itchin' for soothing
sensations and fresh new talent, slip on over to BillWalkerMusic give this
new CD a listen!
On The Net
Scale 'N' Mail 1.0 - Whoa! A cool new tool
has just made it out of the labs of  To•The•Point
Software as they announce the availability of Scale
'N' Mail 1.0. This new piece
of software is simple application that makes scaling images easy. It can
also email scaled images using Apple Mail or Microsoft Entourage. And what
could be better than this? Scale
'N' Mail is freeware! You got it, or at
least you gotta get it along with all its flavorable details once you land
your browser at To•The•Point
Software!
June
13, 2005
Community News | On
The Net | Monkie Business | Bananas
At The Top - Monday the 13th...I have yet
to figure whether a 13th landing on  Monday is better or worse than one
landing on a Friday! But since we've made it through the week, the month,
and even the year, me thinks the chances of making it through this day
are pretty darned good. Yessirree. A lot of stuff has happened as of late:
Apple has announced their switch to Intel chips, the Bean has been married
off to a Wintel user (guess they're part of the switch too), and I have
made it though the week as a solo Monkie artist without my Mac letting
out so much as a little burp (another long story). So now that the through's
are through, let's get back to the fun we can find in the Zoo!
Community News
Live Pencil - While away in the GUI bay,
pixel meister Ramon Gonzalez Teja added some great new goodies
to the galleries of Live Pencil. Let's get a glance of all the latest:
- EMOTICONS - Rappers say COOL!
- EMOTICONS - And more COOLS.
- Just for fun SLIDE PUZZLE!!!! - Eye.
- This is last week's HIDDEN IMAGE. Don't forget to search
for this week's Hidden Image.
With all of the above mentioned fun, you've got just the right recipe to
put your GUI blues on the run. Got that? Now make a simple click to Live
Pencil!
On The Net
iPulse 2.1.3 - The health of your Mac is but
a heartbeat away. Yuppers! The pixel thumpers from The
Iconfactory have just
announced the release of iPulse 2.1.3, the ultimate tool that allows you
to monitor important system statistics like memory and CPU usage, network
activity, available hard disk space and much more. Version 2.1.3 now reports
on CPU usage for Dashboard widgets, Java processes and will continue to display
results even when Dashboard is active. The update is free and recommended
for all registered users. If you really love your Mac, grab the latest version
of iPulse from The
Iconfactory and see the insides in action!
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
A Perfect 10? - There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess.
Not So Finicky Feline - Despite their finickiness,
an average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times their
own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids. In case you were
wondering, cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.
Closing The Door On Vanity - Vanity, the
seductive actress-singer linked at one time professionally and romantically
with the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, was born Denise Mathews. In 1997,
she told talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey that she is no longer that provocative
girl of the 1980s, having acquired religion and closing the door to the entertainment
industry.
The Genius Of Stupidity - The word 'genius'
isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.
- Joe Theisman
Dead Or Alive - If
you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your
life.
- Brooke Shields
The Irony Of Being A Real Man -
A real man does not think of victory or defeat. He plunges
recklessly towards an irrational death.
- Tamamoto Tsunetomo
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Knowing Yourself
I only use de-odorant under one arm, so I know what I would have smelled
of.
Marriage and Men Part I
When a man decides to marry, it may be the last decision he'll ever make.
Some men who speak with authority at work know enough to bow to a higher
authority at home.
A dish towel will certainly wipe the contented look off a married man's
face.
Love is the quest, marriage is the conquest, divorce is the inquest.
An engagement is an urge on the verge of a merge.
Tough Change
I have to admit it, Jensen had offered a brilliant proposal to resolve our
troublesome problem.
He suggested we form three committees, one to study
the problem directly, one to study how other companies had resolved similar
problems, and a third to oversee the first two and coordinate their efforts
into a workable solution.
The plan worked flawlessly and we assigned the
janitor to change the lightbulb.
Before You Meet With God
A man died and went to The Judgment. St. Peter met him at the Gates of Heaven
and said, "Before you meet with God, I thought I should tell you --
we've looked at your life, and your really didn't do anything particularly
good or bad. We're not at all sure what to do with you. Can you tell us anything
you did that can help us make a decision?"
The newly arrived soul thought for a moment and replied, "Yeah, once
I was driving along and came upon a woman who was being harassed by a group
of bikers. So I pulled over, got out my tire iron, and went up to the leader
of the bikers. He was a big, muscular, hairy guy with tattoos all over his
body and a ring pierced through his nose. Well, I tore the nose ring out
of his nose, and told him he and his gang had better stop bothering the woman
or they would have to deal with me!"
"I'm impressed," St. Peter responded, "When did this happen?"
"About two minutes ago," came the reply.
Glass Houses
Why did the ding dong climb the glass wall?
To see what was on the other side.
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