September
23-25, 2005
At The Top: Unsanity
Releases WindowShade X 4.0.2, MM Lets Out New GOO! - Alrighty then!
The weekend's about to begin and what way to kick it off than with announcement
from the folks at Unsanity LLC!
They've been busy updating their fine haxies, and now they have announced
the release of WindowShade
X 4.0.2. This cool tool brings a wealth of window management
capabilities to Mac OS X from the ever popular windowshade functionality
to Minimize-in-Place and custom shadow control. The new version fixes numerous
issues and squashes other small bugs. Now that you have been given notice,
you best move your mouse to Unsanity,
get updated with WindowShade
X, and...Wait! One last
thing...Continued
Pro
Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com
 We
just can't call things complete without our obligatory mention of intention
of all things properly pixelicious! Translation please?!! That simply means
that it is once again time for your
Friday Icon Edition. So now you will find the
News from above, Bananas down below, and the new GOO straight ahead in the
show. So never mind my madness and let's go, go, go!
New GOO!
New Icons -
It's time to sing in three part harmony as we pull out a trio of good GUI
fun with 3 New Icon Sets added to the Gallery
for this week's Icon Edition. While I go out and sing off key, kick on back
and enjoy the eye candy spree!
 Faneramx - With his specialty
in stylish simplicity and in honesty's humility, the artist known as Faneramx maximizes
yet another package in pixel artistry with Simplemx!
Sporting a "smoothie" style, this collection of files, folders, and hardware
will amaze your eyes and fill up your GUI appetite!
 DesignMood -
Back for a "mini" Mac attack
comes the iconist who specializes in all things iPod, DesignMood's pixel
crafter TAB! Starting off a series of cool GUI tunes, this week's installment
begins with the all new iPod
nano. And since great things come in small packages, you're
certain to love this single shot!
 Leslie
Javorek - Finishing up this fine
line of GUI design is another in the series quality pixel gems by Leslie
Javorek with Opal
Toolbar! Inside this all too cool collection is a gathering
of polished up pixels that places the poignancy on the pearly whites. Add
to that a subtle shine of burgundy and you have just the right look...Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
David, Steve, and Alphan...
There's never enough of your talent to go around...
Keep it a comin'!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Super Granny!
An elderly lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four
males in the act of leaving with her car. She dropped her shopping bags and
drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her voice, "I
have a gun and I know how to use it! Get out of the car you scumbags !"
The four men didn't wait for a second invitation but got out and ran like
mad, whereupon the lady, somewhat shaken, proceeded to load her shopping
bags into the back of the car and get into the driver's seat.
She was so shaken that she could not get her key into the ignition. She
tried and tried, and then it dawned on her why. A few minutes later she found
her own car parked four or five spaces farther down.
She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The sergeant
to whom she told the story nearly tore himself in two with laughter and pointed
to the other end of the counter, where four pale white males were reporting
a car jacking by a mad elderly woman described as white, less than 5' tall,
glasses, and curly white hair carrying a large handgun.
What Goes Around
Junior had just received his brand new drivers license. To celebrate, the
whole family trooped out to the driveway and climbed into the car for his
inaugural drive. Dad immediately headed to the back seat, directly behind
the newly minted driver.
"I'll bet you're back there to get a change of scenery after all those
months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive," said
the beaming boy to his ol' man.
"Nope," came dad's reply, "I'm gonna sit here and kick the
back of your seat as you drive, just like you've been doing to me for sixteen
years."
The 23rd Pound
My appetite is my shepherd;
I shall always want.
It maketh me to sit down and stuff myself.
It leadeth me to my refrigerator repeatedly.
It leadeth me in the path of Burger King for a whopper.
It destroyeth my shape.
Yea, though I knoweth I gaineth,
I will not stop eating,
For it tasteth so good.
The ice cream and cookies, they comfort me.
When the table is spread before me it exciteth me,
For I knoweth that soon I shall dig in.
As I filleth my plate continuously,
My clothes runneth smaller.
Surely bulges and excess weight shall follow me
all the days of my life,
AND I SHALL BE FAT FOREVER.
Where's George?
Some men go on a hunting trip and separate into pairs. That evening one
hunter, Sam, returned to camp alone toting a 12 point buck. One
of the men asked, noticing that Sam had returned alone.
"He's about 6 miles back. He tripped and broke his ankle. I left him
there 'cause I figured ain't nobody 'bout to steal him."
September
22, 2005
On The Net |
Monkie News | Network
News
On
The Net
Unsanity Releases FruitMenu 3.4.2,
Smart Crash Reports -
The famed Mac Haxters
from Unsanity
LLC have announced the release of FruitMenu
3.4.2 and Smart
Crash Reports 1.0.1 ! The
menu enhancement that everyone wants a bite of - FruitMenu - is a haxie
that gives you the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus.
Version 3.4.2 now adds the ability to add Finder Smart Folders to FruitMenu,
allows you to remove items from the FruitMenu menu table in its Preference
Pane by dragging it out, makes some fixes, and includes other additions.
Smart Crash Reports is a free enhancement for the Apple's
CrashReporter application introduced in Mac OS X 10.4. It allows 3rd party
developers to register their products in manner so if the eligible application
crashes, the crash log is sent to the developer as well as Apple. It's makes
for a great beneficial service to the community! All the info on both FruitMenu and Smart
Crash Reports can be had by moving your mouse to Unsanity
LLC!
Monkie
News
Tomorrow: New Icons -
What might Friday bring to add pixel spizazz to your weekend's beginning?
Howz about a nice Hawaiian punch? Well, that would be a no go as we can't
afford to pass out that many refreshing drinks! But we can offer a nice round
of pleasurable pixels for your Friday Icon Edition. So if you're looking
for some ooz and awe's for your eye candy view, stop back tomorrow at the
Monkie Zoo!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Apple Magic - At the Apple Expo in Paris
Steve Jobs exposed the three- ingredient formula that makes Apple great. According
to Jobs, Apples magic potion is made up of the perfect combination of "World
class hardware, applications and services." With the right amount of
each all brewed up in the Apple pot no competition will be able to stand
a chance, because Apple makes them all "work together seamlessly." -
from MacWorld
On Time With Intel - Apple CEO Steve Jobs
has confirmed that Apple is right where it wants to be in terms of Intel.
Rumors of sales slowing down have not been fulfilled and investors in Apples
with Intel inside are positive and pumped up about it. Jobs verified that
shipping dates for Intel Macs are still set for June 2006. The schedule,
like the sales, has not even begun to slow down. -
from PCPro
Customers Keep iTunes Cost Consistent - Since
the price of iTunes songs fits  customers well, Steve Jobs does not plan to
give in to the pressure of music labels to increase the cost of songs. Jobs
commented that music companies already make more money off the price of songs
than they ever did when simply selling CDs by lack of production costs, so
there is no point in pondering an iTunes price hike. -
from Excite
September
21, 2005
Desktops | Community
News | On
The Net | Bananas
At The Top - What time is it? Time to wine
and dine with plenty of pixelicious pleasures during your Wednesday
Desktop Edition! And there's all kinds of fun to go along with this
week's featured desktops: There's the latest from The
Iconfactory and Your
Mac Life found in Community
News,
new application releases from Gideon
Softworks listed in SW
News On The Net, and some huckles and chuckles snickering away
in the Bananas Department.
So there's no need to let the mid-week funk get ya down. Let's start this
party and pass around the fun!
New
GOO!
New Desktops -
Oh my, my! A couple of days of rest and an afternoon nap makes for one **wired**
Monkie! But what makes for an even better jolt of adrenaline is a fine trio
of artists that make up this week's Desktop Edition! So set aside that caffeine
and get ready to be pumped up with this round of 3
New Desktops for your
eye candy eyes!
Nature - Coming in from the heart of the
country is Mr. Nature  himself and long time contributor here at the Monkie
Zoo, Bob
Wiley! This week we get another portrait of nature's finesse as found
in Fez:
The Countryside. Inside this amazing untouched photograph, you
will see a mass amount of olive trees. And if you look very close,
you will see little man on the mule in the distance...Awesome work!
3-D Rendered - Taking another look at one
of the latest jaw- dropping conceptions by ShiftedReality's Juegen
Eilts, we get a big hand of appreciation found in Tribute
To AB. With its serene setting in a cavern-like climate, the cool
and almost clear waters found in this classic creation made with
Vue 5 Infinite will quench your thirst and soothe your your GUI soul.
Mmmmm, good!
Desktops - With a tad bit of too much time
on his hands,  MacMonkies' Master of Madness
Bradford Wiles was able to dabble about the pixel paint palette and come
up with a colorful splatter and splash of chromaticity with PixelBlast!
Simply snapping a desktop shot while listening to iTunes and viewing one
of its visual plugins, this number took on a life of its own, only adding
a slight effect with PS...Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Bob and Juergen...
Your creations are simply incredible!
THANK YOU!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
Iconfactory Announces New Desktop Pic -
From their sister site - the
DeskStop  - comes a new desktop delight for The
Iconfactory's weekly freeware
venture! Hawkgirl,
by the Factory's very own Mindy
Weaver, celebrates the
return of one of their favorite shows: Justice League Unlimited. If you're
looking forward to seeing the rise of the Legion of Doom and how Earth's
greatest heroes will weather this season's perils, this ultra-fine selection
makes a perfect desktop addition for fans of Shayera, the proud warrior
from Thanagar. So for all things pixel perfect, slip over to The
Iconfactory and the DeskStop and
check 'em out!
Your Mac Life - Need rejuvenation for your
tired ears and eyes? Then liven up  your
Mac X-perience by getting all of the latest happenings from the folks at Your
Mac Life! This week's venture includes a trip to the biggest
Apple focused show in Europe and one of the biggest in the world - the
Apple Expo in Paris. And even though the YML crew has no luggage, they
are attending the show and sending back video and audio interviews, podcasts,
pictures and
much more! They are also hosting their own "Meet and
Greet" with listeners outside of the main doors of the Apple Expo
Hall. European listeners are encouraged to drop by to say hi to J and Shawn
and even win some prizes! Got all of that? Then tune in to Your
Mac Life and hear the difference!
On The Net
Gideon Softworks Updates - The fine MacAppers
from Gideon Softworks have
 announced
the release of both xBack
3.5.2 and FileXaminer
2.5.1! The first
of the two - xBack - is the coolest of tools that brings your desktop to
live by replacing your it with a screen saver. New in version 3.5.2,
animations are now disabled when machine goes to sleep; reactivated
on wake up, and composer files can now be previewed in media browser. There
is a special upgrade price for registered users of xBack 2.x.
FileXaminer is the award-winning File/Folder information utility for Mac
OS X. FileXaminer allows you to modify file and folder attributes that
the Finder cannot. Version 2.5.1 allows invisible files to show up in Open
Dialog for users of Mac OS X 10.3+ and fixes issues dealing with files
with special characters (ie: Ä). All ya have to do to get up to
date on the latest releases of xBack and FileXaminer is
take a click trip to
Gideon Softworks...Move that
mouse!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
For Sale: One Size Fits All
For sale: A quilted high chair that can be made into
a table, pottie chair, rocking horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8
and fur collar.
Bogus Bills
A big-city counterfeiter decided the best place to pass off his phony
$18 bills would be in some small hick Southern town. So, he got into his
new wheels and off he went.
He found a tiny town with a single store. He entered the store and handed
one of the bogus bills to the man behind the counter. "Can you change
this for me, please?" he said.
The store clerk looked at the $18 bill a short time, then smiled and told
the man, "Ah reckon so, Mister. Ya want 2 nines or 3 sixes?"
Women, Argh!
While on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant
for lunch. After finishing their meal, the elderly woman left her glasses
on the table, but she didn't miss them until they were back on the highway.
By then, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place
to turn around. The elderly man fussed and complained all the way back
to the restaurant.
When they finally arrived at the restaurant, as the woman got out of the
car to retrieve her glasses, the man yelled to her, "While you're
in there, you might as well get my hat, too."
You Can't Take That!
A preacher was asking for contributions to the church's program to buy
food for the needy. The town gambler, who also owned the saloon and several
other shady operations, offered the preacher $500.
"You can't take that," a deacon told the preacher. "That's
the devil's money."
"Well, brother," said the preacher, cheerfully accepting the
gift, "in that case, the devil has had his hands on it long enough.
Now let's see what the Lord can do with it."
September
20, 2005
On The Net | Monkie
News | Network
News
On
The Net
Realmac Software Announce RapidWeaver
3.2, AudioExpress 1.0 - In from Realmac
Software comes the release announcement
of two new applications, RapidWeaver
3.2 and AudioExpress
1.0. RapidWeaver is a next-generation web design application
to help you create professional looking web sites in minutes. 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, and much more. This
fine web app will be available early October priced at $34.95 (USD) and
will be a free upgrade for all existing users.
AudioExpress enables users to record sound from their Mac's
built-in microphone or from an external source such as the Apple iSight.
It works seamlessly with iTunes and iPod, so users can take their recordings
with them. AudioExpress will be available September 29th, priced at $19.95
(USD). For info on both of these great products, simply sing and swing over
to Realmac Software for the full scoop!
Monkie
News
Tomorrow: New Desktops -
Oh yes! We can't forget to plug the upcoming fun found in tomorrow's Wednesday
Desktop Edition! There will be some fresh new desktop pics accompanied by
some fun in the sun like a crazed Monkie on the run. So if you're looking
for the perfect way to break up the mid-week monotony, be sure to slip back
tomorrow and have a blast!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
iTunes Kicks Back Competitors - Though many
companies across the seas and  here in the United States have tried to compete
with the Apple iPod, no company has come close. In fact, they have had to
cut costs continually in hopes of surviving against iPod. The reason Apples
competition has not been able to make the cut is because of Apples iTunes
dominance. iTunes is Apples golden ticket on the music market. -
from Mail&Guardian
Nano Is No Ninny - Apple, once again, has
left the rest of the world in the dust with its iPod nano. Nano, which is
eighty percent smaller than Apples original iPod, does it all, from music
to photos. In addition, its battery lasts up to fourteen hours. Simple and
schick, like its predecessors, iPod nano also has a few new features, such
as a world clock, a stopwatch and a screen lock. -
from CentreDaily.com
iPod Displaces Tapes and CDs - Now that iPod
is becoming the standard mode  of listening entertainment it seems to be causing
an identity crisis for cassette tapes and CDs. After all, once a person goes
iPod they can never go back. So what is to become of all the space-taking
CDs and cassettes that are left laying around? Well once they are transferred
to iPod they may as well be sold or even given away! -
from The
Star-Ledger
September
19, 2005
Community News | Monkie
News | Monkie
Business | Bananas
At
The Top: Live Pencil Updates -
What's the best way to get your Monday into the groove and on the move?
Howz about a nice delightful glass of pixel punch from Live
Pencil! That
oughtta put a big smile on your face. So let's see what's in store:
- New EMOTICONS - Once again: Back to SCHOOL!!!
- New EMOTICONS
- School is back.
- New EMOTICONS - School again... and this is the last
one.
- Last week's HIDDEN IMAGE - Search for this week's
Hidden Image.
So if the work week blues have already got you down, hurry
over to Live Pencil and turn that frown upside down with all new GOO to brighten
your day!
Monkie
News
Look Around! - Well, it's only taken forever
and a day...But whilst this Monkie  was
home away from work and sick with the crud (turned out to be a respiratory
infection), I had some extra time on my hands to clean up the ol' Monkie
Hut. If you look around, almost every section sports a conform look to the
current GUI, except the Music Department and part of the Google Monkie search.
There's still some junk HTML code to sweep up, but the overall look should
be pretty consistent. Soon to be added will be the "tutorials" on how to
change your Desktops and Icons as well as some other surprises. Perhaps I
should get sick more often...Mmmmm, no. Never mind that!
But speaking of sick, I am still recooping and may need to take a day off
here and there. If so, we will let you know ASAP! Thanks for your patience!!
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
Canned Napoleon - Because Napoleon
believed that armies marched on their stomachs, he offered a prize in 1795
for a practical way of preserving food. The prize was won by a French inventor,
Nicholas Appert. What he devised was canning. It was the beginning of the
canned food industry of today.
Concrete Excretions - A large Caribbean parrot
fish excretes a ton of sand a year. Using two oversized front teeth, it nibbles
on sea grass and scrapes algae. Another set of teeth in its throat grinds
up the coral it ingests.
Polish And Preserve It - Rinse food products
off knives immediately after use, especially mayonnaise, which is a highly
corrosive substance. If staining should occur, use a non-abrasive polishing
compound (even toothpaste) to remove it.
Define Normality - A question that sometimes
drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?
- Albert Einstein
Dog Sense - How many legs does a dog
have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make
it a leg.
- Abraham Lincoln
One Note Too Late - A man doesn't know what
happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.
- Frank Sinatra
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
A Dog's Telegram
On a slow day with few customers, a clerk at a telegram office looks down
from her counter and sees a dog waiting in line.
"Oh, aren't you cute?" she says. "What would you like me
to put on your telegram?"
"Bow wow wow, Bow wow wow," the dog
replies.
The clerk says in a cutesy voice, "But you can add another
'Bow wow wow' for the same price."
The dog responds, "Now wouldn't that sound a little silly?"
Good Bassoon
What's a bassoon good for?
Kindling for an accordion fire.
African Porpoise Groaner
In the middle of the African Continent, along the shore of an inland
lake, lived a tribe of native bushmen. In this lake lived some porpoises.
The tribesmen worshipped the porpoises and believed that they would live
for ever. However, one year during a drought, the myna birds, which were
the main food of the porpoises were dying out.
Fearful that the porpoises would starve the tribesmen headed toward the
coastline where they knew there to be an abundance of myna birds. They trapped
many of the birds and placed them in sacks and carried the sacks over their
shoulders back towards their lake.
Walking through the jungle paths they came upon a lion standing in the middle
of the path. It was a very regal and dignified looking lion and they were
terrified. However, they knew they had to get the myna birds back to the
porpoises, so they very carefully, and quietly stepped over the lion and
continued on their way.
Suddenly a game warden stepped out of the bushes and arrested them for transporting
mynas across a stately lion for immortal porpoises.
Chow Time!
Young Amanpreet never quite got over his miserable childhood as an orphan
in the ghetto. When he turned 18 he joined the Marines, but old habits die
hard and one night the sergeant found him rummaging around the garbage and
eating out of the discarded cans and jars.
"On your feet, Boy" he bellowed. "You'll eat in the mess
hall -- you're no better than the rest of us!"
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