October 5, 2003

Monkie Business

Pic of The Day - Phew! I think all of us have had a pretty rough week. And Lord knows, we could all use a "picker upper" from our friends now and again. So how about we pull a picture from the 'anonymous' files and take a hint from our Pic of The Day. All together now...Grab a friend and share the encouragement. Pass it on folks. Click!!

October 4, 2003

On The Net | Monkie Business

On The Net

Mac OSX 10.2.8 - For those of you who updated your Macs with the "now you see it, now you don't" Mac OSX 10.2.8 update, you can now grab the updated update via the Software Update pane in the System Preferences panel. And for those who weren't fortunate to be part of the "disappearing act," you can grab all the details and the 40 Mb download from Apple's Support page. Don't let this one slip through your fingers. Or should we cross our Monkie toes?!

Monkie Business

TRIVIAL MONKIE

Winka Blink! - Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

And here I thought the girls were winkin' at me!

Snoring Logs - Of those who snore, 19 percent snore so loudly that they can be heard through a closed door.

Trashed! - The U.S. produces 19 percent of the world's trash. The annual contribution includes 20 billion disposable diapers, 2 billion razors, and 1.7 billion pens.

And the other 81% comes from the Monkie dumpster.

October 3, 2003

Icons | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - Good golly, Miss Molly! This week has been about as useful as a sprinkler in a rock garden. Sheesh! But I guess that's where we get out the big guns: A brand new installment of our Friday Icon Edition. We also have a tad of Community News and Bananas to freshen your grin. So pull your shoe outta the mud, get your skirt out of the refrigerator door, and let's have some fun. Shall we?

New GOO!

New Icons - Everybody ready for a fine batch of fricasseed GUI goodies to warm your icon appetite? We thought you might! So we roll out another batch of fun with 3 New Icon Sets for this week's Friday Icon Edition. No sense in listenin' to the Monkie Mouth ramble. Let the pixels do the talkin'!

Billy James - If you're lookin' for the real thing, we've got just the thirst quencher for you! A lifelong Coca-Cola fan, Billy James pours a tall glass of icon cola delight with Coke Icons. This cool collection of 'classic' Coke icons for OSX will have all of your computer pixels singin' in perfect harmony!

Threeland.com - You won't be singin' the blues once you lay your eyes on Genre Blue, the first tune from our latest artist Marcus Reimann. This soulful set comes your way from the pixel libraries of Threeland.com and provide the perfect way to organize your music in almost every genre imaginable!

miX the piX - Master icon crafter Hein Mevissen puts the pixel polish on this Friday's finale. Ten of X would agree that Statistic Icons from Hein's home at miX the piX are bound for glory in the pixel hall of statistics! This colorful set will not only prove to be useful, but just looks all around cool to impress your techy friends! Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Marcus, Billy, and Hein...

You guys are the greatest! Keep sharin' the pixel shine!!

THANK YOU!!

Wanna show the world your work?
Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

The Iconfactory - Two days past Tuesday still makes a capital "T" for a terrific Thursday at The Iconfactory! The Factory's Icon Tuesday landed on a Thursday this week, but your eyes won't be complainin' once they get a good look at Corey Marion's latest creation: Smoothicons Volume 7. This collection of 28 "smooth criminals" represents the applications that you requested the most! Get yourself to The Iconfactory and see why this great new set get's a capital 'i' in fantastIcons!

Mandolux - All this week, Mr. Mando Gomez has kept the pixel fires burnin' by adding another round of excellence to the galleries of Mandolux. Here's what's been happenin':

Mandolux has issued this week six new desktops: one Fire REDUX (Flames/Nature), one Bonzai/Taran (Nature), and four Japanese Prints (Vector).

The latest piece is a new killer Fire REDUX desktop titled Della. This is a
slow-shutter photograph with movements that creates the sensation that you
are between the flames. Grab a look at all the latest hot desktops at Mandolux!

miX the piX - A special treat comes your way from master miXer Hein Mevissen! Just added to the fine GUI dining at miX the piX is a new icon/desktop bundled G4 PowerBook set. The collection includes a beautiful G4 PowerBook icon accompanied by an awesome G4 desktop! If you gotta have your Mac, this is a must-have set! Get over to miX the piX and get to grabbin'!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts

OFFICE ENGLISH DICTIONARY Part I

Blamestorming: Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.

Prairie Dogging: When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.

Ego Surfing: Scanning the Net, databases, print media and so on, looking for references to one's own name.

Keyboard Plaque: The disgusting buildup of dirt and crud found on computer keyboards.

Mouse Potato: The online, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.

Ohnosecond: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a big mistake.

MARRIAGE BLUES!

Once a man saw a board outside his friend's office and it said ''B.A.'' next to his name, but after a week it said ''M.A.''

So he asked his friend how he got his master's degree so quickly. The friend replied that last week his wife died so he put on the board B.A. (bachelor again). But then he married once more so he put on the board M.A. (married again).

NBA INJURY

A guy was limping, and his friend asked him what was up.

"You know, my foot bugs me sometimes. It's just an old basketball injury."

"Uh, aren't you kinda short for a basketball player?"

"Oh! No...I never played basketball. I just lost a whole bunch of money on the NBA finals last year, and kicked in the TV."

CROSS-EYED!

Did you here about the cross-eyed teacher?

She couldn't keep control of her pupils.

October 2, 2003

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - We're on the move toward another tomorrow, grillin' up the GUI goodies for our Friday Icon Edition. Another fine selection of icons is headed your way including new artists to the Monkie bunch and a favorite pixel palletteer! Mark your calendars for a fun way to wind up your work week right here at MacMonkies!

On The Net

XDarwin - From the folks at XDarwin: A site license program has been set up for XDarwin. Pricing is set at $249 for an unlimited company-wide license of the most popular X11 Window server for Mac OS X.

The windowing software enables a variety of scientific and open source applications to run directly on Mac OS X or remotely across a network, including: the KDE and GNOME environments, Ximian Evolution, MatLab, the GIMP, Mozilla Firebird, the network security tool ethereal among others.

For further information on XDarwin visit www.xdarwin.org. Or to purchase, see: www.xdarwin.com.

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Mac School Survives Semester - College campuses can be considered collectively with the big businesses that were bugged with computer viruses this Fall. Many man hours have been put in debugging machines all over America, and some schools even got to the point of denying server access completely. However, students at Stillman College did not get off to a slow start. They experienced business as usual with minimal mayhem because Stillman is an all-Mac school. - from MacObserver

Banana Lunch Box - Finally a box has been built to carry bananas. The inventor became inspired by being a banana eater. He noticed that his nanners grew mushier and mushier during the course of the day, and desired to discover a way to keep them fresh. Now, thanks to his banana lunch box, his savory snack stays ripe enough to please by the time he pulls it out and puts it to his pallet. The banana box is just the right size and shape for the funkily formed fruit. - from Ananova

October 1 , 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Yippee-yi-yay cow patties!! Or something like that anyway. Is it Wednesday yet? Won't know for sure till tomorrow when it is over and recorded on the "it happened" calendar. But one thing is for certain: It is time for our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition. And that of course means a fine set of desktops packaged up with Community News, Software News On The Net, and a smirk or two in the Bananas department. So strap yer self in and get ready for a snore on the old Monkie trail. Giddy up!

New GOO

New Desktops - If you're lookin' for some fine dining in desktop digital design, you've come to the right place! There's no canned stew on the menu, and you're bound to leave with your GUI appetite plenty satisfied as we proudly present the latest of 5 New Desktops in the Gallery to delight the eyes. Grab yer utensils and let's dig in!

Nature - The most talented Adam Dickson from the fabulous GUI galleries of Pictures and Adicons begins our GUI session with the ultimate in desktop textures, a solid selection titled Bark! This photographic tree close up will weather your desktop well and eliminate your need for howling at the moon. Aaaaahhhhhhhooooooo!!!!!

 

Fun - Another round of grinnin' good times comes your way from the artistic hands of Marty Leone with Bloated Trout School, the second in his "Bloated" series. This big fish will certainly add a sea sized grin to your face and make a great catch for your desktop collections. You don't need a college degree to figure that Charlie the Tuna would be proud!

 

3-D Rendered - Bestowing his ever amazing abilities to place those pixels with the utmost perfection is Mr. Ed Allen with To You I Bestow. This fine 'wine' in pixel design comes from Ed's vintage Aqua Rush collection in the gallant galleries of EA Design. It would seem as though Ed picks every pixel by hand and places each to its designated position. Exquisite!

Prepare yourselves for the ultimate in awe with our next selection from ShiftedReality's Juergen Eilts. Perhaps his finest creation to date, Autumn Woods is an absolutely awe-inspiring work of art that belongs in the finest of world class galleries. Words do not even begin to describe this piece made with Juergen's gifted hands. A must have pic!

And bringing up the Monkie rear is a piece from the rear himself, MacMonkies Mr. 'Weird Al' Wiles. Watching is simply a differently dressed version of the Bryce number titled Satin Ball which went on display last week. Why the different change in 'clothes'? Dunno. Why the title 'Watching'? Dunno that either. Guess the old Monkie Master felt a bit of paranoia set in. Or he just thought Hal was watching. Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Juergen, Marty, Ed, and Adam...

Simply amazing!

What more can one say?!!

THANK YOU!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez keeps the pixels pumpin' through the veins of Mandolux with a new Bonzai/Taran desktop title Leiko. This is a photograph of a hairy orchid in a desolate Japanese garden. It's sure to come to bloom sittin' square on your desktop, right where it belongs. And you know how to get it there...Swing over to Mandolux and get to grabbin'!

On The Net

Mighty Mouse 1.1.1 - Tired of that dull arrow cursin' it's way around the desktop? Check out the latest version of Mighty Mouse from the folks at Unsanity! Mighty Mouse allows you to customize your cursors with style - and it does so on the fly, without modifying any system files! New in version 1.1.1:

• New command line tool 'MightyMouseCursorInstaller' for installing cursor sets from scripts or from other apps.
• The Mighty Mouse login item is now reinstalled automatically if necessary.
• Double-clicking Mighty Mouse cursor sets to load them now works much more reliably.
• The prefpane now displays more informative messages if Mighty Mouse is installed improperly.
• Mighty Mouse now does some internal consistency checks to make sure it hasn't been damaged.

Give your cursor the ultimate makeover by grabbing the latest version of Mighty Mouse from Unsanity!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts

SAFE SEX

A teenage boy and his grandfather go fishing one day. While fishing, the old man starts talking about how times have changed. The young man picks up on this and starts talking about the various problems and diseases going around.

Teen says, "Grandpa, they didn't have a whole lot of problems with all these diseases when you were young did they?"

Grandpa replies, "Nope."

Teen says, "Well, what did you guys use for safe sex?"

Grandpa replies, "A wedding ring."

TECH GLOSSARY

State-of-the-art: Any computer you can't afford.

Obsolete: Any computer you own.

Microsecond: The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete.

Syntax Error: Walking into a computer store and saying, "Hi, I want to buy a computer and money is no object."

Hard Drive: The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, esp. after a Syntax Error.

GUI: What your computer becomes after spilling your coffee on it. (pronounced 'gooey')

WATCH THIS

What did the baby digital watch say to the mommy analog watch?

''Look Ma, no hands!''

September 30, 2003

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

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Wooo hooo and a bottle of GOO!! What did I just say? I don't know either! But me thinks it's time to tack up the ol' GUI reminder and let ya all know that some fine new desktops are once again on their way for tomorrow's mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition! So be sure to bring your pixel plates and get ready to load 'em up. See ya then!

Community News

Live Pencil - Just when you thought your GUI smile had gone grim, Ramon Gonzalez Teja has updated Live Pencil with yet another batch of grins! Here's what you'll find in store:

• DESKTOP ICONS: More Smilies wearing glasses. We'll never get tired, they're awesome!!
• WALLPAPERS: Don't miss October's calendar, and more...
• IT IS YOU: - Gordon is going to have the time of his life, Believe me!
• EMOTICONS: Again Smilies with glasses. Animated for you to use on your e-mails.
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...You have to look for it , keep searching...Please write me when you find it!!! I want to know if you play with me and if you enjoy it.

There's plenty of GOO waiting for you in the GUI bins of Live Pencil. Check 'em out!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

On The Net

Maxi Bidder 1.56 - The fine folks at Colourfull Creations have released a new update for Maxi Bidder. This colorful tool allows you to snipe auctions on eBay at the last few seconds of an auction without even being at your computer. Included in the latest update are fixes for some minor issues with the software and a few new features have been added to Maxi Bidder's strong lineup. Other great features that are included are the ability to sync prices with eBay, audio alerts, and much more. Grab your updated copy of Maxi Bidder from Colourfull Creations today!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Mac's Got The Look - The Mac logo will be getting a makeover for the up and coming new Mac OS code named Panther. The shapely bitten apple which started out with the colors of the rainbow years ago will now be going chrome. Shiny silver seems to be Steve Jobs' thing lately, and the new look of the logo will be no exception. Still the sentiment of the bitten Apple shape remains the same, no matter how many stages it has gone through. - from Wired

Powered Up Paper - Paper plates, paper towels, how about paper-like movie screens? That's right, scientists are developing electronic paper on which movies could be viewed eventually. Color dots have been devised inside sheets of paper thin plastic that can change colors in the blink of an eye. Once these color dots can be controlled -- SHAZAM! Video activity will be viewable. The public will no longer be looking in the paper to see what shows are playing, they will be looking at a paper thin plastic screen to take in the movies. - from cnews

September 29, 2003

A Tribute | Community News | Monkie News | the Apevine | Bananas

At The Top - Hi folks. This is truly the hardest update I've ever had to do here at MacMonkies. I received word last week that my friend and fellow GUI artist, Rene Mollema of Happicon, had passed away due to a heart attack.

Rene would have been 27 years young today. It's kinda hard to grin when you know that the web's biggest smile is no longer with us. However, since Rene was hugely responsible for the grin around here, I owe it to him to keep those smilin' fires glowin'.

I have put some of my thoughts down as a Tribute to Rene. I hope you will take a moment and take a glance. And to Rene's family and friends, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

For Rene Mollema: A Tribute

Shine On Little Star! - I first saw Rene's icon work in June of 2001. I was in awe of his exceptionally cheerful talent. Eventually I found myself at Happicon, which was hosted by Apple's iTools. Since I had questions about how to use my iTools account to start my own site, I took a chance and wrote Rene, introduced myself, and asked for his help. I was pleasantly surprised that someone I didn't even know wrote me back eager to answer my questions.

Rene's help ignited my enthusiasm for the Community spirit. Rene always shared a smile whether with his work or in the correspondence between us. I will truly miss Rene, but the memory of him will always inspire me to help others. Rene's outlook also inspired me to incorporate a cheerful theme with the format at MacMonkies. For this, I am forever grateful.

I had the honor and privilege of displaying all of Rene's work here at MacMonkies. His talent was exceptional. Though his smiling faces will always make that Little Star shine, I will remember him most for his willingness to give to others. That, to me, is what it's all about. Rene, you really made a difference. Shine on you crazy diamond!

B. Wiles

Community News

Rampant Mac - Wholey Toledo cows, Batman! Rampant Mac is back with pure pixel pleasures to pleasify your GUI eyes! Working hard at the helm of both ResExcellence and the Rampant Ranch, Scott Chitwood has managed to whip up four new desktops and one cool desktop tile! Your eyes won't be truly satisfied till they get a good look at the new gobs of GOO at Rampant Mac. Check 'em out!

PlasmaDesign - Rob Randtoul has been busy brewing new GOO just for you at PlasmaDesign! Two dual monitor images have been added to the members area. The new desktop selections, Loch and Kestrel Valley, are available in the huge size of 3200x1200 pixels! Not only that, Rob is working hard on a major site overhaul. The new site version is about 75% complete and is expected to debut sometime in October. Grab a look at all things GUI at PlasmaDesign!

Mandolux - Mr. Mando Gomez has issued a new a new subsection to Mandolux titled Japanese Prints and the first desktop is titled Ayame. It is a vector-based graphic of a woman on a scroll moving towards the left. There are a few little details that make this a wonderful desktop - one of them is the dress pattern. Ayame is available in Giant, Dual Monitor, and regular setups. Check out the latest work at the fine galleries of Mandolux !

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

Monkie News

Featured Link - Yesirree Bob! We're pleased as punch to feature mbstuart.com as this week's Featured Link. Be sure to make that all important click, look to the left, and grab our scoop on this most excellent site. We've also added it to our Links Page. We know you'll love it and you know the drill! Get your motors runnin' and move that mouse!

the Apevine

grnluvbug - That little Monkie Bird has been at it again! Word has it that everybody's favorite luv bug is getting ready to make your GUI X-perience better and better! Inside sources are saying that the Mac Genius (in more ways than one) who brings you the bright and loveable colors at grnluvbug.com is about to revamp the already wonderful GUI site of the same name. It is said that version 2 of this vivid site will include a HUGE update. So you best keep them pixel eyes peeled for all kinds of GUI goodness coming your way real soon from grnluvbug.com!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts

DINO-RIFIC!

What do you call a blind dinosaur?

Do-you-think-he-saur-us.

SOFTWARE PRO

Guy 1: Hey! Why do you smoke cigarettes even though there is a warning on the pack that says it's bad for your health?

Guy 2: I am a software professional. I don't bother about warnings -- I am concerned only about the ''Alerts.''

THE TEST

Bill Gates, an engineer, and a mathematician were called in for a test.

The engineer went in first and was asked, "What is 2+2?" The engineer thought awhile and finally answered, "4."

Then the mathematician was called in and was asked the same question. With little thought he replied, "4.0."

Then Bill Gates was called in, and was asked the same question. Gates answered even quicker than the mathematician, "What do you want it to be?"