July 27, 2003

On The Net

Update - Due to circumstances beyond our control, our Monday Update will be temporarily delayed. Thanks for your patience!

Silk 2.02 - The fine haxie folks at Unsanity LLC have just announced the release of Silk 2.02. This great Mac utility allows you to enable the Quartz text rendering and smoothing introduced in Mac OS X 10.1.5 in all Carbon applications. Version 2.0 allows you to substitute one font with another in your applications, and change the theme font. The latest update provides bug fixes and is free to registered users. Smooth out all the details by heading to Unsanity and grab your copy of Silk 2.02!

Monkie Business

Dumb Dumb - Don't underestimate the power of stupidity. You might just learn something from your own mistakes!

- B.W.

July 26, 2003

Monkie Business

Monkie Business

Things That Make a gorilla Go Huhhhh?

What does prehistoric mean exactly? How can something be "before" history?

Isn't the bride marrying the wrong person, if someone else is the "best man?"

Is it supposed to be a good thing when you're the pick of the 'litter?'

What's the difference between doing something 'out of spite', or doing something 'in spite?'

When a kid is crying, wouldn't it be better to give them something to stop crying about?

If we came from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Why don't they call firemen "extinguishermen?"

How does a blind man know where to aim when he pees?

If a tree falls on a mime, does it make a noise?

AND REMEMBER...Even little children, even the ones failing first grade, can ask questions that scholars can't answer.

July 25, 2003

Icons | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Yes! It IS Friday! And with Friday, we always have plenty o' fun. What's the latest on the ole Monkie Platter? How about a new prize package added to our Big Bang Birthday Giveaway! Just in from the fine folks of Electric Kitten and Digikitten is the purrfect prize: A 1 year web hosting package (The Baby Kitten kit) from Electric Kitten. This latest entry brings our prize total value to $2,280.00! And of course, the grande prize wins a brand new iPod. Just head to The Scoop and get signed up. Kewl beans!

What's next? A fine pixel time satisfy all of your pixel taste buds with our Friday Icon Edition. Also included for your enjoyment is a bit of Community News and Bananas too! Let's boogie with Pixel Ploppin' Stew!

New GOO!

New Icons - The G5's alive and flowering with plenty of pixel petals for an iCatching compilation of 3 New Icon Sets! Just in is new work from our latest contributor Joy Tallant, as well as works from Hein Mevissen and Michael Stuart. Let's get to the GOO!

 

grnluvbug - Joy's got the talent! grnluvbug's Joy Tallant sends us a beautiful set of of blossoming pixel petals titled PlasticDaisies. This colorful set of 20 is plenty to add spring to the step of your desktop enJoyment. We're certain you'll find a fave in this great group of GUI pixels!

miX the piX - Master miXer Hein Mevissen has once again applied his piXure perfect pixel abilities with an iContainer-only set titled G5 Brushed. Hot off the pixel presses of miX the piX, this powerful collection will seamlessly customize your desktop to a G5 look with the simple click of CandyBar. Scrumptious!!

mbsturart.com - Also participating in the Power of the new G5 processor is Michael Stuart with G5 Clean Icons. Michael offers up these incredible icons from the awesome collections of mbstuart.com. The G5, iSight, Panther X were drawn in Flash to look like the product shot provided by Apple Computer. You got da power! Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Joy, Hein, and Michael...

Talk about your pixel power in full motion!

AWESOME!

THANK YOU!!

Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

burntcanvasdesign - Going for a new update style at bcd, alan is looking at a couple of updates a week with a small number of pieces. A neat little update, with a 2 piece couple inspired by singer songwriter poe, sister of author mark Z. Danielewski who wrote the amazing book House of Leaves. You know the drill...get to clickin' your way to burntcanvasdesign and grab a look!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

OLD LADIES' NOGGINS

Three old ladies are sitting in a diner, chatting about various things. One lady says, "You know, I'm getting really forgetful. This morning, I was standing at the top of the stairs, and I couldn't remember whether I had just come up or was about to go down."

The second lady says, "You think that's bad? The other day, I was sitting on the edge of my bed and I couldn't remember whether I was going to sleep or had just woken up!

The third lady smiles smugly, "Well, my memory is just as good as it's always been, knock on wood," she says as she raps on the table. Then with a startled look on her face, she asks, "Who's there?"

BUMPER STICKERS Part I

So many stupid people...so few comets.

Forget about World Peace...Visualize using your turn signal.

It IS as bad as you think, and they ARE out to get you.

OK, who stopped payment on my reality check?

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.

COW PAT LIP GLOSS

An old cowhand came riding into town on a hot, dry, dusty day. The local sheriff watched from his chair in front of the saloon as the cowboy wearily dismounted and tied his horse to the rail. The cowboy then moved slowly to the back of his horse and waited for the horse to do its "duty." He plopped his finger in the dung and applied it to his lips. Then he stepped up on the walk and aimed toward the swinging doors of the saloon.

"Hold on there, Mister," said the sheriff. "Did I just see what I think I saw?"

"Reckon you did, Sheriff. I got me some powerful chapped lips."

"And that cures them?" the Sheriff asked.

"Nope, but it keeps me from lickin' 'em."

July 24, 2003

Monkie News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow and More! - Hey! It's Friday...no wait. It's Thursday! Ummm...YEAH! Well, for me it's Friday. But for you, it means Friday is on its way with our Friday Icon Edition! And that means more new icon eye candy for your iconian iPleasures!

But wait...That's not all! We have more to add to our Big Bang Birthday Giveaway that will be announced tomorrow. Eeeek gads! The best just keeps on getting better with more wonderful prizes to win, including a new iPod! So slip by The Scoop and check out what's up so far. Stop back tomorrow for even more fun. Now let's get to the news!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Monkie Head: U.S. State of Mind - Since July 8, 2003, our Nose for News -- Ms. Tina "BeanHead" Spicer -- has been reporting your Mac stories from Botswana Africa. She was visiting her sister and brother-in-law who are medical missionaries in Africa. The following stories are the last she will be reporting from the other side of the world until she arrives back in the States on July 24th. We wish her the most safe trip and many thanks for her delightful dedication. Here's to you, Bean!

Go Go Gadget Mac - iSight has been dubbed Time Magazine’s gadget of the week. It is as simple and seamless to use as the iTunes store, with all the class and style for which Apple is famous. If a person has the prerequisites for using iSight, video conferencing can be as easy as plugging in the camera. The camera not only enhances eye sight, but also enhances hearing through its built-in microphone. With a good picture and excellent sound quality, the user friendly program promises to please users of all levels. - from MacMinute

iTunes Saves The Play - Rolling Stone reporter Jenny Eliscu raves about the success of the iTunes Store in her recent writings. She notes that in a biz where music stores are drying up and cutting staff down to the bare bones, iTunes seems to be the safe song haven. Digital downloads have been not only been a breath of fresh air to the biz, but also a new breath of life. This provision of music to our ears even has other companies, such as Amazon, looking into offering tunes over the computer as well. - from MacCentral and Rolling Stone

July 23, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Oh yeah! It's once again that time to get to the fun! In less than 10 days we will hold the drawing for our Big Bang Birthday Giveaway! Say what? You haven't heard yet? This is your opportunity to win one of over $2,000 worth of prizes -- including a brand new iPod! All ya gotta do is head to The Scoop and get signed up!

In addition, we bring you new Desktop works complete with Community News, Software News On The Net, and Bananas too! So let's put on a brave new face to spiff up your desktop's mid-week blues and get to our weekly Wednesday Desktop Edition. Shall we?

New GOO!

New Desktops - Time to bring on those pixel pleasures in the form of 4 New Desktop additions to the Gallery from the finest pixel monkies around! Let's do what Monkies do the best and enjoy the latest GOO!

Desktops - Enjoying every inch of pixel excellence from EA Design, we're pleased to present to you Milk It by Ed Allen. Ed simply knows no bounds as to how far a clean, crisp, classy desktop can enhance your computer's X-perience and add tons of fun all in the same breath!

 

3 D Rendered - Looking for a breathtaking view to browse around with? Then you are certainly on the right Path with this absolutely awesome selection from ShiftedReality. Juergen Eilts is quite the incredible digital artist, and this number is no exception! This creation was made with Vue d'Esprit 4 and a fine eye for a view!

Wow! When you got it, you GOT it! Marty Leone keeps the calm a comin' with his pixel expertise, and a selection titled Watery Calm. This is yet another of Marty's outstanding creations that is certain to be a hit with your desktop GUI delight. Gotta love it!

 

Nature - According to all unofficial calculations, Adam Dickson of Pictures and Adicons is one of the finest desktop artists around! Shall we prove the point? You bet! How about a nice view of Spring time fever with Spring Buds! This ought to plant a couple of seeds of belief to your "doubting" minds. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Ed, Juergen, Adam, and Marty...

Just let me drool a while and I will be OK...

OUTSTANDING!!!!!

THANK YOU!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

The Iconfactory - Those great bunch of pixel pushers over yonder at The Iconfactory have done it again! Just released is their latest freeware icon set titled G5 Drives. This amazing new icon set was inspired by Apple's newly-introduced G5 tower. The set also includes the hard drive icons needed for the relevant categories in CandyBar, plus many extras. You gotta grab a look at these awesome critters! All ya gotta do is make a click to The Iconfactory and let the pixels do the talkin'. GO ALREADY!

grnluvbug - Whoa! Talk about déjà vu! Remember Joy -- Last year's winner of the DVD player for our Birthday Giveaway? Well this girl's been BUSY! Joy has created quite the colorful GUI site called grnluvbug. And does she have a flare for all things bright and beautiful. You can find all sorts of GUI goodies including icons and desktops at her new corner of the web. Need we say more? Grab a look at grnluvbug!

MacMonkies - Mr. Mike Stuart of mbstuart.com has just sent us an updated version of 2003 iPod that we featured last week. This fine set now features a new transparency, is "glowed with a halo" on dark backgrounds, and is now available for download. Check 'em out!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

On The Net

FruitMenu 3.1 - Another great update has come your way from the fine folks at Unsanity. Now available for your Apple Menu and contextual menus customization needs is FruitMenu 3.1. The latest version includes new additions, enhancements, bug fixes, and is free to all registered users. For the best haxie on the web, head over to Unsanity and grab your updated version of FruitMenu!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

WINDOWS: THE GAME

This customer comes into the computer store. "I'm looking for a mystery Adventure Game with lots of graphics. You know, something really challenging."

"Well," replied the clerk, "Have you tried Windows?"

COMPUTER JUNK FOOD

What do computers eat when they get hungry?

Chips.

PROGRAMMING 101

f u cn rd ths, u cn gt a gd jb n cmptr prgrmmng.

PRETZEL TWISTED

Two pretzels were walking down the street...One was a salted!

July 22, 2003

Monkie News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Oh my gosh! It's the terrible Tuesdays...Not quite mid-week yet, and still tryin' to wind down from the Monday crazies. But me thinks we can put an end to all that! Tomorrow would mean some new GOO added to the desktop zoo! That means some great new Desktops for our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition.

And did somebody say something about a Big Bang Birthday Giveaway?! We just got more word today that new prizes are in the works to make their way into the amazing line-up of most generous Contributors with a new iPod tagging about! All ya gotta do is head to The Scoop and peek at the details. Be sure to tell a friend about this great deal. Now let's get to the News!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Macs Make Marked Profit - Apple has reported a rip roaring increase in sales reflected in the latest fiscal findings. The $19 million profit is more than than has met their eyes for the last eleven quarters! Items that led the increase by far and away were Apple’s iPod and laptops. The millionth iPod was purchased as well as over six million songs from iTunes to date! Overall hardware sales, which were up eight percent, also helped to boost Apple higher on the hog. - from MacCentral

Pardon My French - French eminence is erasing the term "e-mail" in an attempt to re-entitle the electronic epistles. Canning use of the current term for computer correspondence, the French prefer a prettier pronunciation that is tidier to their native tongue. They have teamed up and formed the term "courrier electronique," calling it "courriel" for short. Courriel will be found in place of the term e-mail on all French government and official documents in the future. Awe...The French kiss of death! - from Excite

July 21, 2003

Community News | Monkie News | Bananas

At The Top - Time for yet another week of Monkie Madness here at MacMonkies! We give you a chance to win a brand new iPod, bringing our Big Bang Birthday Giveaway prize total to over $2,000! All you gotta do is head over to The Scoop, check out all of our AWESOME contributors, and get yourself signed up.

Also added to this week's festivities is a new Featured Link that you can find in the Monkie News section. Add to all of this some Community News and Bananas too, and you will go plenty Coconutz this week at MacMonkies. Lezz doo it!

Community News

Live Pencil - Another round of smiles of GUI goodies come your way live from Live Pencil. Let's take a peek at all the latest:

• EMOTICONS: More sad Smilies weeping.
• CLIPART: Delicious ice-cream!!!
• ANIMATIONS: LOVE again... Two different Love Themes.  
• BARS: For your e-mails. Dig these bright and golden dividers!
• IT IS YOU: Linda and Bruce.
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...You have to look for it , keep searching!

Grab yourself a great big GUI grin by making your way to Live Pencil!

PlasmaDesign - Rob Randtoul of PlasmaDesign just keep them pixels pumpin' your way! Just added are 4 new dual screen wallpapers available to members of PlasmaDesign and can be viewed simply by visiting! Hurry over to PlasmaDesign and check out these great new works!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

Monkie News

Featured Link - Be sure to check out our latest Featured Link by taking a little click, look to the left, and grab our take on Stick Software. We have also added this great to our Links Page. Head on over and check it out!

Monkie Poll - We are still looking for alternatives for our Monkie Poll. Until then, The Poll will be temporarily suspended. We will keep you posted as to any changes. Thanks for your patience!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts - R. Westby

WINDOWS VIRUS

What's the difference between Windows and a virus?

A virus does something.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED

To The Consumer: Suppose we refund your money, send you another without charge, close the store, and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory?

CANCELLED

A ragged individual stranded for several months on a small desert island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean one day noticed a bottle lying in the sand with a piece of paper in it. Rushing to the bottle, he pulled out the cork and with shaking hands withdrew the message. 

"Due to lack of maintenance," he read, "we regretfully have found it necessary to cancel your e-mail account."