Just Like You -
There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be
an individual
in a
crowd
of
more than
a
billion people. Think of it. More than a BILLION people.
That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy,
there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.
- A. Whitney
Brown, The Big Picture
June
19, 2004
Monkie
Business
Pic
of the Day -
In our current day and age, it seems that there is
always three sides to
every story: Yours, mine, and the truth. Perhaps
born of politics, a story's angle
can be used to influence a particular tone. However,
as with this week's Pic
of the Day,
even the most obvious of "seeing is believing" views
can create a
bit of paradoxical truths. Take a look at this comical
snapshot,
and you will find yourself wondering if things are
coming or going!
At
The Top - As the work week
ends, the weekend begins! And to kick off the wind down of the work week willies, we're
pleased as punch to place new pixels on the GUI Menu
for your Friday Icon Edition. In
addition, there's the dietary essentials of Community
News and Bananas to meet your Recommended Daily Allowance
of all things Mac. Tuck in your napkin and let's
dig into this Friday's feast!
New
GOO!
New Icons -
Yowza! This week brings 2 New Iconists and 3 New
Icon Sets for your Friday
Icon Edition! All of this fine talent is certain to fill
your eye candy fix without the need to floss. Let's much!
Two
Nerds and a Jock -
Get down, get funky! Whether you're a geek or grad, musician
or muscle man, you're sure to enjoy
Ants by Two
Nerds and a Jock. A great set of seven, this groovin'
little colony of pixel pets will keep the ants on your
desktop
and
not
in your pants. Surf on, dude!
Blurburger - Mooove it
on over! Some of the best pixel critters in town have just
arrived in the likes of Plastic
Animals by Blurburger's ever
talented Peter Joison! You'll find a field of fine
livestock to populate your digital desktop domain where
the fun just never stops!
wbc
images - With all
of the pixel pizzazz and wonderful wahoo you've come
to expect from wbc
images, the great Yazoo gives you even more reason
to holler with iYazoo
2! This amazing pixel set comes packaged
for Pixadex and
makes for a most excellent System replacement collection.
Enjoy!
warrior~poet -
Feeling tribal? Need a taste of fresh new eye candy? Think
Ink! Tribal tattoos are primal, bold, a little wild...
Just
like Ink,
Jamie McCanless' newest set of icons at warrior~poet.
Of course, Ink is easier to move around your Mac than to
move around your skin.
If you're lookin' to tattoo your desktop, move your mouse
in the direction of warrior~poet and
ink it up!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
COMPUTER NERVES
My computer isn't that nervous. It's just
a bit ANSI!
ROCKET SCIENCE
Scientists at NASA have developed
a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the
windshields of airliners,
military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at
maximum velocity.
The idea is to simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the
strength of the windshields.
British engineers heard about
the gun and were eager to test it on the windshield of
their new high speed trains.
Arrangements were made. But when the gun was fired, the
engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurtled out of
the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed
it
to smithereens, crashed through the control console,
snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself
in the
back wall of the cabin.
Horrified Britons sent NASA the
disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs
of the windshield, and
begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions.
NASA's response was just three words, "Thaw the chicken."
PATIENT, DOCTOR
Nurse: Doctor, Doctor, there's an invisible
man in the waiting room!
Doctor: Well, go in there and tell
him I can't see him!!
DOING YOUR
HOMEWORK ON HOMEWORK
"Jimmy! I thought
I told you to do the dishes after you do your homework!
Why are you watching
television?"
Tomorrow:
New Icons - My how time flies when you're in a cyber space time continuum!
Did that just roll off my tongue? Well anyway...Time
is zippin' by pretty fast as Friday's future is nearly
here as we're readying for another Friday Icon Edition.
Plenty of pixel fun and grins are but a day away. Swing
on back this Friday to the Monkie Zoo, ya hear!
On
The Net
Rock
With RapidWeaver: iPod Mini Up For Grabs! -
Pump up the Pixel Jams!Realmac
Software has announced
its first ever competition: Rock
With RapidWeaver.
With the first prize of an Apple iPod mini up for
grabs, all entrants have to do is create and send
Realmac Software a RapidWeaver theme they designed
and created. Their
independent judges will pick 3 winners who have
created the best looking RapidWeaver
theme. The prize for the best designed theme
is an Apple iPod mini.
2nd
and 3rd prize are $60 and $30 respectively. Start
polishing up your best creations, check out all
of the details, and submit your work for Rock
With RapidWeaver!
A Better Finder
Rename 6.4 - Another software update
is outta the shoot fromPUBLICSPACE.NET!
Just announced is the availability of A
Better Finder Rename 6.4, a contextual
menu plugin which allows users
to quickly rename multiple files. The new version
can use the date and time at which a digital camera
picture was taken rather than relying on the picture's
file creation date. This information is extracted from
the EXIF metadata embedded in the picture files produced
by most leading camera manufacturers. For complete
info on A
Better Finder Rename, head to PUBLICSPACE.NET and
check it out!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
inCar iTunes -
Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, reportedly made remarks about bringing
iTunes to people's
cars while lighting upon the stage in London for the launch
of iTunes. Now that iTunes is available in France, Germany,
the UK, and the US, Apple is in talks with car dealers
to make it available in vehicles as well. Cruising in the
car seems to be the last base for iTunes to cover since
most people turn on the tunes while putting the pedal to
the metal. - from PC
Pro
Texas Hot Spot -
A U.S. survey has shined the spotlight on Texas' "Sun
City" as the sweatiest
city in the country. The survey combined hot summer temperatures
together with humidity to come up with it's conclusions.
El Paso can now sweat it out in style, as it sits atop
a list of the one hundred sweatiest cities from sea to
shining sea. Citizens in Sun City sweat enough to fill
an Olympic pool in only four hours. Their mayor will be
receiving a year's supply of Red Zone antiperspirant. The
things that make the news... - from Excite
At The Top -
Howdy
doody, folks! Hump Day is here and it's once again time
for your Wednesday Desktop Edition.
That means tons of fun in the Desktop Department, as
well as words with
Community News, Software News On The Net, and Bananas
too. Let's skip the Monkie babble and jump right to the
fun!
New
GOO!
New Desktops -
It's time to dig into the GUI delight as we have 5
New Desktops on hand in the Gallery! No need waitin'
on the waiter...Simply grab the menu and click to order.
Let's eat!
Desktops - Continuing
his trend of excellence in desktop design, FR4NK produces
another outstanding desktop pic titled Peninsula.
By definition, its title is "a piece of land that
projects into a body of water." And what a better
way to enter Apple's world of Aqua than with this fine
piece of desktop real estate planted squarely in eye's
view!
3-D Rendered - Press to
play! If green means go, then your desktop will soon
be on the move as you grab a look at BIG
GREEN BUTTON, the first selection by our
latest desktop contributor Oddioengineer.
As we're told by the buttoneer, this big and bold desktop
beaut was inspired by one of the other posts. Ah...How
creativity begets creativity!
Entering in with desktop flash and fashion
is the latest in digital designs from Bob
Wiley. Titled Hot
Threads, this slick selection will wire
your view and clothe your desktop with an electrifying
look of instant GUI gratification. Bob certainly knows
no end to creativity with his original outlook in eye
candy coolness!
Digging through the desktop archives, MacMonkies' Bradford
Wiles stumbled
across a piece never released in the GUI Gallery titled Fracture.
A previous rendering may have seen the light of day at
ResExcellence or Rampant
Mac. This current version has
been slightly reworked to create a more symmetrical look.
Nature - Everybody's favorite
girl of GUI goodness, grnluvbug's Joy Tallant,
places all of nature's pixels in perfect positioning
for her desktop portrait Painted
Daisy. Though it's been said that every
girl's crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man, you'll find your
desktop smelling pretty sweet with this fine pic attracting
all of the attention!
Thanks
Department --
Oddioengineer, Joy,
FR4NK, and Bob...
Sometimes
words just don't do justice
To describe
your amazing abilities!
THANK YOU!!
Have a piece you
want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
The
Iconfactory - Many congrats are in
order for the fine folks from The
Iconfactory! First launched in 1996, The Factory
began as a place where people could come and download
icons for their Macs. Eight years, 199 freeware sets
and over 5,700 individual icons later, they're still
here and pushing pixels.
Yesterday, they proudly released their latest
freeware collection, The
IF 200th Set! This set of system replacement
icons harkens back to the heady days of Mac OS 9 and
the beloved "Copland" style of desktop folders
and files. All of the 32x32 and 16x16 versions of this
set have been tweaked by hand for maximum "Pixel-clickiness" and
look great even in the modern environment of OS X. The
set also includes some Iconfactory themed desktop pictures
to complete your factory makeover. It's available for both
Mac OS X and Windows and also works great with CandyBar,
their system icon replacement utility.
All of us hope you enjoy their 200th release
and they invite you to stick around for the next 100 sets.
Hurry over to The
Iconfactory for this fabulous new set and be sure to
wish them the best in past and future success!
Mandolux -
Burnin' up the pixel palettes at Mandolux is
a new Fiery desktop titled Burning
Fences.
After such a cute desktop like Conyz, one might think this
latest desktop is a bit inappropriate. Mando's favorite
Fire Redux photograph is killer
wallpaper because of the composition, flames, and the orientation
of the wood. You'll have to see it to appreciate
it. You don't have to flick a Bic...Just click over to Mandolux and
light up your desktop!
On The Net
iCash 2.0 -
The folks from MAX Programming have announced the release
of iCash
2.0,
their personal finance and money manager designed to track
financial transactions. Version 2.0 is now available in
English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese
with several
interesting improvements, and new features:
Charts (types,
categories, accounts, Balance and P&L).
Transaction
splits (groups) can now be created to group existing
transactions.
Enhanced transactions/queries printing.
Possibility to print a range or selected.
Standard toolbar
on Mac OS X version giving access to most used functions.
Preference
panel lets you set number format, deactivate transaction
auto-completion...
Statistics panel giving access to
money flow per type, category and account.
Profit and
loss summary report.
Value added Tax handling and reporting.
Keep track of your hard earned money with
the latest version of iCash by investing a quick click
to MAX Programming and download your updated copy!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
COUSIN JACK FALLS APART
One friend was talking with another friend about his cousin
who recently passed away.
By the time cousin Jack died he had a transplanted
heart, a plastic hip joint, a plastic leg and a plastic
arm. Where did they bury him? They didn't bury him, he was
recycled!
SLIP SLIDIN' AWAY
What happened when the computer fell on the
floor? It slipped a disk.
NO CAVITIES
One fine afternoon,
a smiling boy arrived home from a dental visit. He called
out, "Hey
mom, I have no cavities today."
His mom stared at him
wide-eyed and quite surprised. But she smiled and then
frowned knowing
the expected. "Let
me guess," she said, "You have not a tooth
left."
Tomorrow:
New Desktops - Woo doggies doo!
Uh...Somethin' about that just doesn't sound right.
How about a nice woo hoo?!! That's a bit better! So
what's the big woo about? Howz about another deep dish
of desktop GOO for tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition!
That would be splendid. So mark your calendars and
swing back by the Monkie Zoo on Wednesday for plenty
of desktop fun!
On
The Net
RapidWeaver
2.2 - The fastest way to whip together
slick looking websites just got bunches better! Realmac
Software has just announced the release of RapidWeaver
2.2, their revolutionary web
design package allowing users to design, create and
publish web sites faster than ever before. What's new
in 2.2? Let's grab a look:
Drag and drop image support.
Styled content support.
Text (CSS) menu support added.
Framed site support.
Flash support. (requires compatible
themes)
Support for no rollovers.
Software update.
4 new CSS themes.
Fixed background image/colour feature.
Yowza! That's a lot of GUI punch that's packed
into the latest version of RapidWeaver. And all you gotta
do to get this bundle of fun is slip over to Realmac
Software and get to grabbin'!
Network News
the WebWorld - BeanHead
Apple According
To Jobs - Steve
Jobs, Apple CEO, recently revealed some comments concerning
the future of popular Apple
products to the Wall Street Journal. Regarding iTunes,
Jobs said that Apple now sells two percent of music
purchased legally in the US, and the company's goal
is to jump that to five percent. He also stated that
prices on iTunes would not go up, and that prices on
iPods would go down. When asked about a possible video
iPod, Jobs didn't see a market for it. - from MacCentral
Broadcasters Boast About Apple - Apple floored
the NAB (National Association Of Broadcasters) 2004 event
this year by projecting some of the most popular products
out on the floor. A survey conducted by Weinstock Media
Analysis showed that Apple really showed off on the show
floor. Broadcasters were taken aback by the brilliance
of the Motion software and Xsan, as they proved numbers
one and two consecutively in capturing people's interest.
Garageband also got in on the action, scoring number ten.
- from TVTechnology
At
The Top -
Top of the mornin' to ya! Now that you have found your
box of tooth
picks and have your eyes pried wide, it's yet again time to
find a grin as the work week begins. So grab your cup of
caffeine, slide into your slippers, and let's get a good
dose of Monkie style reading to kick this Monday in the
rear. Shall we?!!
Community News
Live Pencil -
Need to give your GUI face a lift? You'll be pleased
as purple pixel punch once you get a glimpse of the latest
fun from Live
Pencil! Let's look:
Animations - Crystal
flower. See the colors of the rainbow.
Wallpapers -
9 New versions of my cats and skies.
Clip Art - Here
you'll find a bunch of colorful balloons.
SLIDE PUZZLE!!!! -
This week a little more difficult but much more fun.
Hidden
Image - Check last week's Hidden Image!
Liven up your eye candy
experience with all the new GUI goodies from Live
Pencil! Go get 'em!
Mandolux -
Drawing your attention to the great desktop works of Mandolux,
Mando has
released a new desktop titled Conyz.
This is a super cute
desktop for all bunny lovers out there. Photographed
by her owner Isabelle Mory, Conyz is a silver-brown
bunny with a dark nose ready to make your desktop adorable.
And all you have to do to get a copy of this hoppenin'
new selection is bounce over to Mandolux and
grab it like a rabbit!
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
On and Off -
Computers only understand two digits, 0 and 1. This base
two math is known as Binary. 1 represents on and 0
is off. When you type the letter M on your keyboard,
it
is translated to the Binary code of 01001101. Every
letter, number, pixel you see on your monitor is a binary
set of 1's and 0's.
Dream
About It -
The word dream stems from the Middle English word dreme,
which means joy and music.
No
Questions Asked - Computers are useless.
They can only give you answers.
- Pablo
Picasso
Life
Without Words -
Does anybody know how the story really goes, or do we all
just hum along?
- STP
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
COMPUTER AGE
What is a computer's
first sign of old age?
Loss of memory!
TALL TALE
A man and his pet giraffe
walk into a bar and start having a few quiet drinks.
As the night goes on, they get pretty intoxicated. The
giraffe finally passes out near the pool tables and the
man decides
to go home.
As the man is leaving,
he's approached by the barman who says, "Hey, you're
not gonna leave that lyin' here, are ya?"
"Hmph," says
the man, "that's not a lion, it's
a giraffe."
WETREATING
WABBITS
What do you call a
bunch of bunnies stepping backwards?
A receding hare line.
ANTENNAS
Did you hear about
the two antennas that got married?
The ceremony was long
and boring, but the reception was great!
Tomorrow:
New Icons - My how time flies when you're in a cyber space time continuum!
Did that just roll off my tongue? Well anyway...Time
is zippin' by pretty fast as Friday's future is nearly
here as we're readying for another Friday Icon Edition.
Plenty of pixel fun and grins are but a day away. Swing
on back this Friday to the Monkie Zoo, ya hear!
Desktops
The
Iconfactory - Many congrats are in
order for the fine folks from 
doesn't sound right.
How about a nice woo hoo?!! That's a bit better! So
what's the big woo about? Howz about another deep dish
of desktop GOO for tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition!
That would be splendid. So mark your calendars and
swing back by the Monkie Zoo on Wednesday for plenty
of desktop fun!
At
The Top -
Top of the mornin' to ya! Now that you have found your
box of tooth
picks and have your eyes pried wide, it's yet again time to
find a grin as the work week begins. So grab your cup of
caffeine, slide into your slippers, and let's get a good
dose of Monkie style reading to kick this Monday in the
rear. Shall we?!!
