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June 24-26, 2005

At The Top - Yes sir-ees and ladies of course! The weekend's about to begin and we have no remorse...For a hard week in passing is dead and down under. To figure it out would be hard pressed asunder. So instead of the led in a zeppelin in heaven, let's get down to Earth with your Friday Icon Edition! We've a dabble of GOO, News, and Bananas to offer. So clear your throats now and you won't be a scoffer. All of my ramble and everything said, let's get to the goods and put the blues to their bed!

Pro Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com

New GOO!

New Icons - Cool beans and faded jeans...That would be quite the combination to chill out on any Summer day! But another method is to get your dose of 3 New Icon Sets in this week's Icon Edition! Since that's what we've got, that's what you get! Let's eat!

Milozswl.com - Ahhh...Once again we hear from the Master of Mischief and of course tops in pixel pops Mr. Milosz Wlazlo from Milozswl.com! This time around the icon circle we get the set titled Micro that will take you to the world of innovative micro shapes filled with aqua and plastic styles!

 

Leslie Javorek - Combining the past, present, and possibly the future, Leslie Javorek slips in with her retro baby-boomer style in design and a pixel packed set titled Bangles Folders & Apps. This huge collection of icon replacements for most of your favorite...well, folders and apps, adds a look to your viewing perspective!

 

i...Mac@dam - Wholey Toledo cow buckets! We're not quite sure how she does it, but Isabelle Laffy of i...Mac@dam always manages to add plenty of sweetness to every pixel she portrays! And so the sugar can be found in Apple Collection, her latest set Apple hardware icons to enter the Gallery. Suh-weet...Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Milosz, Leslie, and Isabelle...

Too cool GOO!

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Community News

StockIcons - The developer's designers from The Iconfactory have announced that StockIcons has just released the latest addition to the growing collection of ready-to-use icons with Contour. With a curvy cosmopolitan flair, the clean, elegant lines of Contour will add boldness and clarity to any project. The collection is now available for electronic download for $349.00. The set is also available as scalable EPS's for use in large format, print, and web applications for $249. So if you're a developer or a designer in need of high-quality, affordable royalty-free collections of icons, your next stop should be to StockIcons.com!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Cape Town

As reported by an anonymous travel agent:

I got a call from a woman who wanted to go to Capetown. I started to explain the length of the flight and the passport information when she interrupted me with "I'm not trying to make you look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts."

Without trying to make her look like the stupid one, I calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in Africa."

Her response...click.

No Eyes

What do you call a fish with no eyes?

A fsh.

Emergency Room

I am five feet, three inches tall and pleasingly plump. After I had a minor accident, my mother accompanied me to the emergency room. The ER nurse asked for my height and weight, and I blurted out, "Five-foot-eight, 125 pounds."

While the nurse pondered over this information, my mother leaned over to me. "Sweetheart," she gently chided, "this is not the Internet."

Magic Driveway

A magician was driving down the road..then he turned into a drive way.

June 23, 2005

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Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - One GUI day down, another GUI day to go. And we'll have another round of pixels for your Friday Icon Show! Also known as your Friday Icon Edition, you'll find plenty of fun without an ounce of fried chicken. What the heck am I trying to say? Just stop back in all about a day. And you'll find fun with News, GOO, and Bananas. So swing back tomorrow for a smile and some manners (not that we have any)!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Sharing Apple Shares - Apple shares are still being traded in a comparable number to PC shares, indicating that Apple in the business of success to stay. Some question whether the switch to Intel was a smart move in the middle of such a growth spurt as Apple has had, but the company only has expectations for further growth in the future. It has switched to PowerPC chips and a Unix operating system in the past and still come out on top. - from TheStreet

Intel Switch Part Of Strategy - Apple CEO Steve Jobs is all about strategy, and the recent switch to Intel is not exempt of being a part of the overall Apple plan. It seems that IBM was chosen by Apple originally just so it could distinguish itself further from the PC. The company's switch to Intel at this point in time not only will make the Mac cheaper and open a number of Power possibilities, but appears to be a direct challenge to Microsoft. - from MacNewsWorld

Legal Eagles - The Eagles are not the only band being downloaded legally lately. Studies show that legal downloads through online music stores such as the Apple iTunes Music Store are now equal to the number of illegal downloads. Many people sited their stop of piracy to the fear of prosecution. Whatever the reasons, Apple is accomplishing its goal of reducing piracy set out when iTunes and the iPod were first introduced. - from MacObserver

June 22, 2005

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Some like it hot and some sweat when the heat is on! And then there are those of us who simply like to cool off when the Sun is so hot it is fryin' up eggs on the sidewalk. Whether you like it hot or simply want to chill out, you'll find you can choose your choice inside this week's Wednesday Desktop Edition! There's a trio of New GOO accompanied by Community News, SW News On The Net, and of course ye ol' Bananas. Well done or just turnin' down the temp, let's get this pixel party started!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Let's get ready to go trippin' with the latest trio of digital designers and the 3 New Desktops in the Gallery! You're sure to find a pic that will tickle your fancy in this week's Desktop Edition. Ready? Let's do it!

Desktops - Who do you think you are. A super star? Well, right you are!! You can all find yourself on the big screen as Mr. Adam Dickson from Pictures and Adicons pulls out one of his latest productions to be found on Film! Adam's special flare for photography adds just the right flash that will make your desktop a movie star without the paparazzi fuss!

 

Logos - As the days grow long and crime increasingly continues, we need a Super Hero now more than ever to clean up the world! Enter in XÅERO STUDIO's Francisco Bennett as he presents a look into present and the future with i-2010! This amazing desktop feat features The Incredibles' logo ready to protect! Whatever the call, The Incredibles in 2010 are still needed!

 

Adding style and class with a high society-like look, Bandar Raffa from Tux'n'tosh really knows how to throw a pixel party with multi-platformed guests! Clearly to become a favorite in your desktop collections, Clear sports the ever edible Apple accompanied by the face of Mr. Linux - AKA the penguin. With a dynamic duo like that, you simply can't go wrong!

 

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Adam, Francisco, and Bandar...

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Community News

XÅERO STUDIO - All kinds of new goodies have found their way into the galleries of XÅERO STUDIO! Francisco Bennett has been bustin' some butt as he has created 2 New Desktops and something new to the Studio - Rock with MAESTRO! This new addition to the site is a collection of Maestro GarageBand Loops™ that will let you mix up your loop routine to achieve quality results. Yowza! That's quite the news. So now that you're in the know, boogie on over to XÅERO STUDIO and let the new goods keep you thumping!

On The Net

Silk 2.1 - Making things smooth as...well silk, the fine Mac haxters from Unsanity have announce the release of Silk 2.1! This cool little smoother is a haxie that enables Quartz text rendering in Carbon applications, substitutes fonts, allows changing of the theme font, and more. The current version brings Tiger compatibility, a new icon, new installer, and bug fixes to the popular font tool. So if you're lookin' to rid your fonts of those rough edges, grab your updated copy of Silk from the folks at Unsanity!

Gideon Softworks Updates! - Making the leap to Tiger, the MacAppers from Gideon Softworks have just released FileXaminer 2.4.1 - a Get Info tool w/batch mode & contextual menu, and xBack 3.4.2 - the cool tool that replaces the desktop picture with a screen saver. While both apps are now Tiger compatible, FileXaminer has added the keyboard equivalent info to Copy Path, Open Hex, and Show In Finder toolbar item tooltips. With xBack, the application size is now smaller and only one "Load Error" panel shows up when running multiple screens. With all of that info, untie your tongue and head to Gideon Softworks for the latest versions of FileXaminer and xBack!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Lemons

A woman went to a Florida lemon grove to apply for a job, but the foreman thought she seemed way too qualified for the position. "Do you even have any actual experience picking lemons?" he asked.

"Well, I think I do." she replied. "I've been divorced three times."

The New 3 Bears

It's a sunny morning in the big forest and the Bear family is just waking up. Baby Bear goes downstairs and sits in his small chair at the table. He looks into his small bowl. It is empty! "Who's been eating my porridge!" he squeaks.

Daddy Bear arrives at the table and sits in his big chair. He looks into his big bowl. It is also empty! "Who's been eating my porridge?" he roars.

Mommy Bear puts her head through the serving hatch from the kitchen and screams, "For cryin' out loud! How many times do we have to go through this crap? I haven't even made the porridge yet!"

Blonde Knock

Why can't you tell blondes, knock-knock jokes?

Because they keep walking off to answer the door.

Seinfeld On Parakeets

I had a parakeet that used to fly around the house and crash into these huge mirrors my mother put in. Ever heard of this interior design principle, that a mirror makes it seem like you have an entire other room? What kind of jerk walks up to a mirror and goes, "Hey look, there's a whole other room in there. There's a guy that looks just like me in there."

But the parakeet would fall for this. I'd let him out of his cage, he'd fly right into the mirror. And I'd always think, "Even if he thinks the mirror is another room, why doesn't he at least try to avoid hitting the other parakeet?"

June 21, 2005

Monkie News | Community News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Is there a hot time in the old town tonight? Then beat the heat this 1st day of Summer with a cool collection of pixel cubes headed your way in tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition! You'll find a fine line in digital design accompanied by News and Humor that's sure to quench your thirst. All this and more is coming your way in about a day. See you then!

Community News

warrior~poet - After Jamie McCanless designed a red awareness ribbon for warrior~poet, he asked himself "Why stop at just one color?" "No reason at all!" he answered. So he proceeded to design Awareness, a most colorful collection of 25 ribbon icons. Have other ideas in creative coloration for these "award winning" ribbons? Then now is your opportunity to offer your input in ideas that interest you. Simply swing over to warrior~poet and let Jamie know your call to cause!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Putting Tiger To The Test - Those who have been practicing with the new operating system from Apple are finding that Tiger is well worth its pennies. Some have had minor trouble getting third party software to run after installation, but for every problem program there are multiple more that run ten times better thanks to Tiger updating them. And those who travel a lot have found that Panther works consistently no matter where they take it. - from MacNewsWorld

iPod Is Future Tour Guide - iPod has now become a tour guide. That's right, DJs are being hired as tour voices to record interesting information about particular tourist areas. Tourists can download these iPod tours from the internet and listen to them as they travel. The pilot iTour is being tested in Glasgow, and iTours for major cities such as New York are expected to be released soon. - from Guardian

Monks On The Move - Monks in the oldest monastery in the world are turning to technology to aid them in their studies. In particular, they hope to use high tech cameras to help them read ancient texts more thoroughly. The cameras will be allowed to take photos of the texts, which have been stored inside for centuries, using special lighting which may make them easier to read. - from Yahoo

June 20, 2005

Community News | On The Net | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top: Live Pencil Turns 5! - As of June 18th, master pixel crafter Ramon Gonzalez Teja announced that Live Pencil has just celebrated it's 5th Birthday! Live Pencil offers a ton of fun providing high quality graphics for your e mail messages, personal Web site, presentations, newsletters, etc. The site has free limited access, as well as unrestricted access for a 6 month subscription price of only $15. With all of these wonderful graphics designed for both the Mac and PC platforms, there's a guaranteed good time for all! Now that you have the skinny Miss Mini, surf on over to Live Pencil and give Ramon a great big 5 candle Birthday salute...CONGRATS!

On The Net

Pixadex 1.5.4 - The pixel partners of Panic and The Iconfactory have announced the release of their popular icon organizational tool Pixadex 1.5.4! This update will please all Pixadex users, but especially those with large icon libraries as the update boasts a significant speed increase when loading large collections and also uses greatly reduced memory. In addition, Pixadex now features Japanese localization as well as bug fixes and interface tweaks. The update is a free upgrade for registered users and is available today for only $18.95! All ya gotta do to be organizationally pixel perfect is point your mouse toward The Iconfactory and get your updated copy of Pixadex!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Loose Lungs - Because of their extreme elasticity, the lungs are 100 times easier to blow up than a child's toy balloon.

Convincing Carrie - After some small film roles, actress Sissy Spacek soared to fame as the title character in Stephen King's 1976 movie shocker Carrie, where she portrayed a homely, unpopular high school student with deadly telekinetic powers. She did such a convincing job in the role that few people are aware that Spacek was selected as the homecoming queen at her high school in Texas. Spacek was also in her mid-20s when she was cast as the adolescent Carrie.

Correlating Crime - Temperature and crime are correlated. Many more crimes are committed in the hot summer months than in the cold winter months.

- George Carlin

Money, Money, Money! - I can spend your money better than you can.

- Bill Clinton

Yeah, What He Said - The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can't change. After I die, I'll probably come back as a paintbrush.

- Sylvestor Stallone

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Dancing With Ghouls

Q: Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?

A: He had no **body** to dance with.

Money Problems

A young man was having some money problems, and needed $200 to get his car fixed and road-worthy again, but had run out of people to borrow from. So, he calls his parents via the operator, and reverses the charge and says to his dad, "I need to borrow two hundred dollars."

At the other end, his father says, "Sorry, I can't hear you, son, I think there may be a bad line."

The boy shouts, "Two hundred. I need two hundred dollars!"

"Sorry, I still can't hear you clearly," says his father.

The operator cuts in, "Sorry to butt in, but I can hear him perfectly."

The father says, "Oh, good. YOU send him the money!"

Apartments

Why are they called apartments if they are attached to each other?

The Orchestra

One night, a well-known orchestra was playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. One bass player said to the other, "We don't have much to do for a while, so let's go to the bar next door. To give us some extra time, I tied the last pages of the music together, so the conductor will have to untie them when he gets near the end." They sneaked out and had a few drinks together, becoming increasingly drunk. Then they staggered back into the auditorium just in time for the finish.

The next day, when asked how the concert went, the conductor replied, "Pretty boring, but it picked up at the end of the Ninth when the score was tied and the bassists were loaded."

National Bird

Q: What do you call geese in Portugal?

A: Portuguese.