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September 16-18, 2005

At The Top: Win Mac mini, iPod nano In iClip 4 Giveaway - Want to win really, really big? Then you're in luck! Not only is it time for some fine icon design with your Friday Icon Edition, but the folks from Inventive Inc. have just announced the the upcoming iClip 4, which features a new, stylish user interface by veteran UI designer, Piotr Gajos (Pe8er) and their iClip 4 'Re-gift' Giveaway! iClip enables users to quickly store, organize, and access snippets of information without having to save them as entire documents. The new version promises to blow your clipping ventures away with its amazing new look and will be available very soon.
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To celebrate the forthcoming release, Inventive also announced the "iClip 4 'Re-gift' Giveaway" where a Mac mini, an iPod nano, or an iTunes Music Card will be given away to three lucky winners. They recently won the Mac mini in the DashboardWidgets.com "Favorite Widget" Contest for their iClip lite widget and decided to "re-gift" it for this promotion. So for the gifts that keep on giving, hurry over to Inventive, get your sneak peek of iClip 4, and get signed up for their Giveaway!

Still have time to play? Let's get to the New GOO and have a splendiferous day!

Pro Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com

New GOO!

New Icons - Alrighty then! Though still dealing with the coughs and the crud, we're still able to up an ounce of energy to present 2 New Icon Sets for this week's Icon Edition! And fortunately for all, these great new selections can't pass a bit of the bug. But they're certain to place a big ol' eye candy smile on your face. let's get to grinnin'!

Faneramx - Pushing your icon X-perience to the max while packing the utmost in new GOO freshness into one fine pixel package, our latest artist known as Faneramx presents his first appearance found in Tuppermx! This tightly sealed set based on Tupperware consists of folders, drives, and "dishes" that are certain to keep all of your files as fresh as fresh can possibly be...Yummy! Also, a special thanks to Bob Wiley for the conversion "direction!"

 

Leslie Javorek - Returning to the Monkie Zoo with yet another most creative collection is Leslie Javorek and a new addition to her Opal series. Inside the set titled Opal Network, you'll find a number of network gems that will make great replacements for your iDisk to Server connections...Just about everything needed to get connected is what you will find in this great group of GOO...Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Faneramx and Leslie...

Your talents are just to fine to define...

Keep up the GREAT work!

THANK YOU!

Wanna share your work with the world?

Send Us Your Icons!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Bill Gates' Diary

Steve Jobs started work today. The silverware looks great, but he doesn't do windows -- yet. Yeah, right.

The baby cries constantly. Maybe I'll buy Fisher-Price.

Bought my first Macintosh. It's sooooo cute!

Good day. Found over 15 bucks' worth of soda cans in the trash bins outside Microsoft headquarters.

Bad day. Ellison sent back the heads of two of the three hit men I hired, along with a note saying he ate the third one whole.

Reminder: 35-cent Snapple coupon expires in two days!

Memo to self: Next time, when my wife says we need to buy china, she means dishes.

Board Meeting, All Attend

After a long, dry sermon, the minister announced that he wished to meet with the church board members following the close of the service. However, the first man to arrive was a total stranger.

"You misunderstood my announcement. This is a meeting of the board," said the minister.

"I know," said the man, "but if there is anyone here more bored than I am, I'd like to meet him."

Devil's Deed

A lawyer was approached by Lucifer and was told - "If you want to win every case from now on, be elected Judge, then Supreme Court, then governor and finally President of the USA, just sign this contract for your soul, your wife's soul, and the souls of your children!"

The lawyer said, "Well, OK...But what's the catch?"

Self-Help Books

So this computer scientist is like a real uptight guy, uncomfortable in his own skin, has a hard time relating to people, you know the type, right? So he's in a bookstore, see's a book called "How to Hug," so he thinks yes, this could really help him. So he buys it, takes it home, starts to read it, and darned it if isn't volume 8 of an encyclopedia!

September 15, 2005

On The Net | Community News | Monkie News | Network News

On The Net

Omni Group Releases OmniGraffle 4 - The folks from The Omni Group have announced the release of OmniGraffle 4 and OmniGraffle Pro! This great 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. Highlights from OmniGraffle 4 include a new dynamic outline view, diagram styles, a Bezier curve drawing tool, and greatly improved import, export options and much more. For pricing and complete update information, slip over to The Omni Group and check out OmniGraffle 4!

A Better Finder Rename 7 Preview - Have the need for a first peek of great things to come? PUBLICSPACE.NET has announced the first preview release of the upcoming A Better Finder Rename 7, the file, photo, MP3 batch renamer! The preview release features a drag & drop installation, a detachable preview drawer, a reworked user experience, full unicode support for their international users, as well as advanced file list renaming. Version 7.0 final is expected to ship in early November and will add the #1 requested feature: the ability to combine different rename actions into a multi-step rename. Check out the preview of A Better Finder Rename 7 today!

Community News

StockIcons Introduces "Spark" Stock Icons - The pixel perfectionists from The Iconfactory have let us know that StockIcons.com, their icon design site geared toward developers, has released a brand new batch of GOO with Spark! With its energetic and casual charm, the new collection will bring life to any project or website. Simple and bold, Spark is designed to communicate concepts quickly and effortlessly. Spark is available today as an electronic download for $349.00. It is also available as scalable EPS's for use in large format, print and web applications for $249.00 USD as an electronic download. Get a better look at this great new set by heading over to StockIcons today!

Monkie News

Tomorrow: Hmmmm... - Well folks...We're still tentatively planning a pixel party with new icons for your Friday Icon Edition. However, Mr. Bradford "Monkie Man" Wiles is down with the crud and still awaiting the results of his throat culture. If his current condition improves, there will certainly be some great new eye candy to observe. If not, there may simply be an abbreviated update or perhaps a postponement until a later date. Thanks for your patience and hangin' in there!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

iPod Keeps Apple On Top - Apple's iPod has not only sent it soaring to the top, but so far iPod has kept it there. But the question remains as to whether iPod can keep Apple the title of the top dog in the domain of digital music players. It seems Apple could encounter some obstacles since no electronics company has ever held the lead for this long, but with the nano momentum and the right price, it doesn't seem likely. - from The Street

iPod nano Steals The Show - Though the long awaited iTunes phone was introduced last week, Apple stole the show with the iPod nano. Nano received many more cheers and applause than the iTunes phone, making it the product of the hour. Some suspected Apple had something up its sleeve due to the announcement saying "Here we go again." And, as usual, Apple delivered. - from IC Birmingham

Bill Cosby Rules Domain - It seems that some fuddy duddies were trying to get funky by using the domain name of fatalbert.org to display some funny business on the web. Well, actually, the website was anything but funny. And when comedian Bill Cosby found that these people were perverting the name of his cartoon character Fat Albert, he took them to court and won possession of the domain name. - from Excite

September 14, 2005

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Whoa doggies! We've got quite the chunk of Monkie stuff to cover for this week's Wednesday Desktop Edition. From Community News with The Iconfactory's latest icon freeware release, to SW News On The Net with the availability of Default Folder X 2.0.3 from St. Clair Software, and some Bananas to whip the wayward ways of the mid-week bump known as hump day. But that's not all! This edition's spotlight is of course the new view in desktop GOO found just a few lines below.

One last thing...The Main Monkie's cold bug may in actuality be a case of strep throat. Though this bug is certainly not transferable via the web, he may find his butt in bed the next couple of days pending the results of his throat culture. If positive, Thursday and Friday's updates may be canceled. We'll keep you posted. That said, let's get down to the fun!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Well, well, well! What might we find inside a well of GUI goodies? That would be a trio of fine works with 3 New Desktops for this week's Desktop Edition! Let's have a looksy!

Logos - With the latest in desktop selections from XÅERO STUDIOS titled Sparky, we must admit we're a bit out of our descriptive element. Francisco Bennett delivers this ultra-sharp piece of pixel work as part of his Captain Pyrite's Crew collection. After having done some Googlin' and a search at iTunes, Captain Pyrite appears to be a rock band. And the likes of Sparky? You've got me...Pardon me ignorance!

 

3-D Rendered - Juergen Eilts, the master of nature's recreative digital mastery from ShiftedReality is back with a most amazing alternative view of a previous desktop canvas titled Shimuna. With his new incarnation - Shimuna Revisited - Juergen really let's his talents shine in this number created with Terragen 0.9.19. If you're trying to fathom how he does it, you're bette off wonder: Is it live, or is it Memorex!

 

Desktops - So what does one get when you light the fuse inside a color factory and blow its contents sky high? That would be ColoSplosion by MacMonkies' Bradford Wiles! Not quite sure how it was done other than saying it evolved from a desktop snapshot of iTunes visual effects and then run through a Photoshop filter. All questions aside, this **is** a loud one, so we highly recommend pulling out your shades...Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Francisco, and Juergen...

There simply aren't adequate words to describe your priceless pixel abilities!

THANK YOU!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Iconfactory Releases Space: 1999 - Wowza yowza! Releasing perhaps one of their finest freeware icon collections to date, The Iconfactory has announced the availability of Space: 1999! Based on Gerry Anderson's fanciful 1970's Sci-Fi cult classic TV show of the same name, this incredible collection by Dave Brasgalla will dazzle your eye candy eyes with the objects and ships from the short-lived show. But don't let the show's short shelf life lead you astray. This set is certain to keep your attention for some time to come. Get your copy form the folks at The Iconfactory today!

On The Net

St. Clair Software Updates Default Folder X 2.0.3 - Another great update has been released by St. Clair Software with Default Folder X 2.03! This award winning makes OS X Open and Save dialogs "work the way they should," enhancing Open and Save dialogs. New in Version 2.03:

• Resolved a bug that could cause the Finder to repeatedly crash
  after installing Apple's QuickTime 7.0.2 update.
• Corrected a problem that prevented Default Folder X from working
  correctly when running under Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2).
• Fixed an issue with the Default Folder X preference pane failing
  when a user's login item list was in an inconsistent state.

For a full list of changes and free download links for Default Folder X, simply slip over to St. Clair Software and get the full scoop!!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Lawbreaker

Q. Which servant of Jehovah was the most flagrant lawbreaker in the Bible?

A. Moses. Because he broke all 10 commandments at once.

College Graduate

A young man, hired by a supermarket, reported for his first day of work.

The manager greeted him with a warm handshake and a smile, gave him a broom and said, "Your first job will be to sweep out the store."

"But I'm a college graduate," the young man replied indignantly.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know that," said the manager. "Here, give me the broom, I'll show you how."

Handsome Tip

A man finds his seat in the theater, but it's too far from the stage. He whispers to the usher, "This is a mystery and I have to watch a mystery close up. Get me a better seat, and I'll give you a handsome tip."

The usher moves him to the second row, and the man hands the usher a quarter. The usher looks at the quarter and then leans over and whispers, "The wife did it."

Surf Sandwich

A creature rose up out of the surf and came ashore. Its garments were made of green sea lettuce.

"I am the friendly witch of the sand," she said. "Do not be alarmed. I am only going to sunbathe."

The sun was terribly hot. Her skin began to bake and it turned as red as a ripe tomato!

No one on the beach had ever before seen a baking lettuce and tomato sand witch.

September 13, 2005

On The Net | Monkie News | Network News

On The Net

Realmac Software To launch New Version Of RapidWeaver - The folks from Realmac Software have announced that they will be demoing the next version of their hugely popular, easy to use web building software, RapidWeaver 3.2 at Apple Expo, Paris. The new version has a slew of new, powerful features, such as a built-in media inspector allowing users to re-size, flip and rotate photos.  Users will also have access to a revolutionary theme variation system allowing simply, easy customizations. Not only that but users can now apply different themes and variations to each page in their site. If at the Expo, RapidWeaver for Mac OS X can be seen at Stand 54, situated opposite the Professional Solutions Center at Apple Expo, Paris. Check it out!

To·The·Point Software Releases simpleDays 3.3.1 - To·The·Point Software has just released the latest update to their personal information and time management tool - simpleDays 3.3.1! This fine piece of software includes a perpetual calendar, popup reminders of special events, "to do" management, a personal journal, a day planner, contact information management, storage of and access to internet favorites and email addresses, illustrated on-line help, and more. Version 3.3.1 addresses several bugs as well as adding new features to make the most of your organizational needs. All the details for simpleDays can be with with a simple click to To·The·Point Software!

Monkie News

New Desktops and More - As you might have noticed, we're shaking up the format around the Monkie Zoo a tad by putting the most important subjects at the top - YOU! We're confident that you know the GUI routine with Desktop and Icon Editions every Wednesday and Friday. So though we will still offer a small reminder, any other news from you we have on hand will be placed front and center. The only exceptions will be on the good GUI days where the artists are in the spotlight and when a lack of notable events occur.

That said, here's the little plug for the upcoming pixel party! Don't forget to swing back by tomorrow for a fresh round of "wallpaper" wonders that are being prepared for your Wednesday Desktop Edition! Get it? Got it? Good! Let's continue with some Network News!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Nano Knocks Out iPod Mini - The new iPod nano, which is smaller than a business card and half as thin as the original iPod, is causing Apple to oust the iPod mini for a number of reasons. First of all, it combines the performance of the original iPod with the weightlessness of the iPod shuffle. Secondly, it has flash memory rather than hard drive storage, thus changing the rules of the MP3 player game. - from NewsWeek

Apple Patents Auto iPod Dock - In Apples pursuit to get an iPod in everyone's hand, it now appears to be seeking a way to get an iPod in everyone's car. The company has patented a product which will allow anyone to play their iPods in their vehicles. There are no pictures available yet of the design of this iPod dock, but it should allow people to place their iPods in the cup holders of their cars. - from MacNN

Nokia iPhone Not In The Cards - Now that the Motorola iPhone has been introduced, there is talk of many other brands besides Motorola wanting to carry iTunes on their phones. It is speculated, however, that Nokia will not be one of these brands, as it has already made arrangements with Microsoft to use its Digital Rights Management technology. Also, a Nokia iTunes phone probably wouldn't rake in the dough for Nokia or Apple. - from Technology Owl

September 12, 2005

Community News | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top - Bad router, fiber cuts, and overtime...What a week! So what's all this mean? Let's just say that for a day and a half, you couldn't contact us, for a good chunk of time, this Monkie did not have access to the web, and topped off tons of overtime at work, it was next to impossible to make any sensible updates. Add to that a nasty ol' cold, and I am fit to be fried. So there you have it...A day in the life of Mr. Misfortunate Monkie. So much for getting back to normality!

But while we were away, there was some great news in the world of Apple as they introduced the iPod nano, iTunes 5, QuickTime 7.0.2, and the much anticipated iTunes mobile phone. So when you add it all up, it was still quite the splendiferous week. Even with all that said, there's still more news and fun to get your attention. So with out further ado, let's have a look!

Community News

DV Graphics Rolls Out New Iconize Me! - After 3 years of being the number-one destination on the internet for digital caricatures, DV Graphics rolls out an all new Iconize Me! service. Among the new features of this fantastic service, customers can now hand pick one of three artists to caricaturize them and all orders now include the full-vector PDFs, as well as JPEGs, GIFs, Icons and more.

Along with the new order setup, Iconize Me! is launching a brand new site. The design, influenced by the hand-drawn icons, brings a clean and fresh look to the site. This redesign also marks the first time it has been detached from the main DV Graphics site, both in design and URL. So if you would like to see your face in pixel paradise, swing over to Iconize Me!, pick your pixel package, and get ready to be amazed!

Live Pencil Updates - Just when you thought all of your pixels were pooped from being overused, Live Pencil has added a fresh batch of GUI pleasures to their gallery to entice your eye candy eyes! Here's what's new on the menu:

• New EMOTICONS - SCHOOL IS BACK!!!
• New EMOTICONS - Welcome back to school.
• New EMOTICONS - School is cool!
• Last week's HIDDEN IMAGE - Search for this week's Hidden Image.

Ah...Now wasn't that refreshing? But of course! And better yet is the view of this new GOO available now at Live Pencil!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Dimes Pay The Price - Before 1933, the dime was legal as payment only in transactions of $10 or less. In that year, Congress made the dime legal tender for all transactions.

Cold Puck - According to the National Hockey League’s official rule book, the home team is responsible for providing an adequate supply of official pucks which must be kept in a frozen condition. This supply of pucks must be kept at the penalty bench under the control of one of the regular off-ice officials.

Spineless Wimp? - The giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. It weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. Each eye is a foot or more in diameter.

- Oscar Wilde

Viva la Victory - Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

- Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

Thorn-less Rose - Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend."

- Anonymous

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

A Soul From Purgatory

In the 15th Century, the Church announced that it was possible to liberate a soul from purgatory by giving alms. The story goes that in Madrid, the Count of Villamediana, who loved a good joke, entered a church one day and encountered a priest with a collection tray, asking for money to save the souls in purgatory. The count dropped a gold coin in the tray.

"Are you sure my contribution will liberate a soul from its torment," he asked.

"Absolutely," answered the priest.

"Then," continued the count, "since I have already given you my alms, that soul has left purgatory."

"Yes," responded the priest, "that soul has just left purgatory."

Villamediana then took the coin from the tray and put it back in his pocket, saying, "Well. He'll be a fool if he goes back in!"

Chickens Got Loose

The farmer's son was returning from the market with the crate of chicken's his father had entrusted to him, when all of a sudden the box fell and broke open. Chickens scurried off in different directions, but the determined boy walked all over the neighborhood scooping up the wayward birds and returning them to the repaired crate. Hoping he had found them all, the boy reluctantly returned home, expecting the worst.

"Pa, the chickens got loose," the boy confessed sadly, "but I managed to find all twelve of them."

"Well, you did real good, son," the farmer beamed. "You left with seven."

Carrot Groaner

(You really ought to just delete this now...)

Two carrots were walking down the road when a huge truck slammed into one of them. An ambulance was called and they rushed the little fellow off to the hospital where he immediately went into hours of surgery.

Finally the doctor emerged and approached the other carrot who had been anxiously awaiting in the waiting room.

"Tell me" said the carrot, "how is he?"

The doctor replied, "I have good news and bad news. I'll give you the good first. He's going to live, but he'll be a vegetable for the rest of his life."

Carried Away in a Speech

A man is giving a speech at his lodge meeting. He gets a bit carried away and talks for two hours.

Finally, he realizes what he is doing and says; "I'm sorry I talked so long. I left my watch at home."

A voice from the back of the room says, "There's a calendar behind you."