October
7-9, 2005
At The Top - So...Were you keeping your eyes
out for the new round of GOO? Well I sure hope not as you wouldn't be able
to see a thing!!! Okay, enough of my blinding humor. The real news is that
we have in store a fun round new GUI wonders for your Friday
Icon Edition,
news of new digital portraits from EA
Design Studios found in Community
News,
and a bunch of Bananas for your giggling brews.
So if your week has been filled with nothin' but the blahs, get ready to
fill up...Open up and say AHHHHHH!
Pro
Icons for Pro Developers - Miloszwl.com
New
GOO!
New Icons -
Did someone say open up and say ah? Yup, that was me. And with it, hoorah!
For there's 3 New Icon Sets from some folks fresh fruition, to dazzle your
eyes in this Icon Edition. On your mark, get set, ready and go! It's time
to begin this good GUI show!
 DesignMood -
In the mood for a pixel melody ala iPod style? Then you're in for a big
treat found in a nano sized package from Tab of DesignMood.
Finding their way around for all of your your files and folders is
the cool tuneage know as iPod
nano Directories X! Get ready to jam with this amazing set!!
 Faneramx -
Got Milk? Well as a matter of fact, we don't! But what we do have is a
maximized, calcium filled icon collection from the ever talented artist
known as Faneramx and
a big drink of GUI goodness found in Milkmx.
With a sleek style in simplicity, you'll find a fantastic set to soothe
your icon digestive needs!
 iAlphan.com -
Calling all phone lovers! With the recent boom in cell technology and the
addiction of caller communications, Alphan Gunaydin from none other than iAlphan.com creates
a collection of icons portraying the popular Motorola line
of cell phones. They will find themselves at home without a cent for the
roam...Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
TAB, Max, and Alphan...
Your creations are the coolest!!
Keep them a comin'!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Community News
EA Design Studios: New City Photography -
Just in from the city slicker  himself, Mr. Ed Allen from EA
Design Studios has announced a fresh new release of photographic wonders
with new city photography! These amazing new works sport Ed's keen eye for
digital dazzle and will entertain your appetite while still leaving room
for more. If you haven't seen the latest in lusciousness, hurry over to Ed
Allen Design Studios and check 'em
out today!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
When asked what surprises you most about mankind, somebody said:
That they lose their health to make money and then lose their money to restore
their health. That by thinking anxiously about the future, they forget the
present, such that they live neither for the present nor the future. That
they live as if they will never die, and they die as if they had never lived...
Funny how things change:
1880... "I walked 14 miles through snow and rain to go to school."
1915... "I had to walk five miles every day."
1936... "It was 11 blocks to the bus stop every morning."
1950... "I had to buy gasoline for my own car."
1966... "When I drove to school as a boy, we didn't have power brakes,
power steering, or power windows."
Better Shut Up, Or Else!
Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting together
in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister
had had enough. "You're not supposed to talk out loud in church."
"Why?
Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked.
Angie pointed to the back of the
church and said, "See those two men standing by the door? They're hushers."
What Do You Drive?
Three men were talking and it wasn't long until the conversation got around
to their line of work and what kind of cars they drove.
"I'm a veterinarian," said the first fellow, "so, naturally,
I drive a 'Vette."
They smiled and nodded.
"I own a sign company," said the second main, "so I drive
a Neon."
The third guy suddenly was quiet. He didn't join in until he was egged on
by the other two.
"Well," he finally said, "I'm a proctologist. I have a Probe."
Wailing Wall
A journalist assigned to the Jerusalem bureau takes an apartment
overlooking the Wailing Wall. Every day when she looks out, she sees an old
Jewish man praying vigorously.
So the journalist goes down to the wall, and introduces herself to
the old man.
She asks: "You come every day to the wall. How long have you done
that and what are you praying for?"
The old man replies, "I have come here to pray every day for 25
years. In the morning I pray for world peace and then for the
brotherhood of man.
I go home have a cup of tea, and I come back and pray for the
eradication of illness and disease from the earth."
The journalist is amazed. "How does it make you feel to come here
every day for 25 years and pray for these things?" she asks.
The old man replies, calmly: "Like I'm talking to a wall."
October
6, 2005
Monkie News | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow: New Icons -
Hoorah, hoorah! we're over the hump and almost to the bottom of the grind!
Well, for most anyway - if your Friday doesn't end on a Sunday or any other
day. But I digress...Gettin' dressed for success is a whole new round of
pixational icon collections for your Friday Icon Edition. So if you want
to wind up your week (or just another day) with some good GUI fun, slip back
on by tomorrow and put your blues on the run!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Nano Pushes Apple Over The Edge - Forbes
is predicting the Apple could sell more than ten million iPods by the end
of the fourth quarter thanks to the popularity of iPod nano. Not only has
Nano put Apple in prime position, but it is believed by researchers that
Apple has more multimedia products up its sleeve before the end of the year.
Last but not least, Apple notebooks are predicted to be in demand. -
from Forbes
iPod Inspires Digital Sales - The Apple
iPod has spurned the growth of the digital music market so much that sales
have more than tripled in a year, providing some consolation in the midst
of a decline in CD sales. The incredible increase is attributed to the public
turning to the internet for its tunes. iTunes, Apples online music store,
accounts for most of the digital song sales, an impressive eighty-two percent
worth. - from Excite
Mac High School - Detroit has signed a million
dollar deal with Apple to  delve into the domain of a digital high school
this year. Actually, the deal was worth $1.2 million and the high school
is signed for our years. It all started with a desire to get Detroit students
engaged in education. It is the goal of educators in the digital high school
that, through mentoring and career preparation, there will be fewer and fewer
drop-outs. - from MacNewsWorld
October
5, 2005
Desktops | Community
News |
On The Net | Bananas
At The Top - Are ya ready to bump the hump
toward the downward slide of the week? You want your MonkTV? Then you're
in luck as we roll out a fine line of GUI designs and more for your Wednesday
Desktop Edition!
Not only will your eyes be delighted with the new GOO in the Gallery, but
your mind will be thrilled with a fill of intellect as there's word of
new icons from The Iconfactory found
in Community
News, a new release from
MAX Programming relayed
via SW News On The Net,
and Bananas to
add a winning grin to all of the above. Now that you've got the skinny,
let's get into the groove, Miss Mini!
New
GOO!
New Desktops -
Hot diggity doggities! All of the pixel critters 'round here are a howlin'
as we've got
3 New Desktops from the finest of digital designers
on display for this week's Desktop Edition. So now that you have the intro
in "say," we can now grab the goods and hey...Let's play!
3-D Rendered - It would seem as though the
creative juices of  ShiftedReality's Juegen
Eilts have been flowing in abundant form these days as both the quality
and quantity of his works have been running a river of desktop delight!
His latest piece titled Elbalia shores
a soothing body of water in an attempt (and success) to reach the beach...it's
quite the fixx!
Desktops - Long time GUI pal Ed Allen brings
about another wonderful
desktop twist from his home on the web at Ed
Allen Design Studios! With his warped and ripping capabilities, Ed
grabs a flash of black and turns it inside out to create The
Great Collapse. Though somewhat resembling a black hole, your desktop
items will feel right at home and won't move an inch!
Nature - Once again coming back with a blast
of nature's bliss, Bob
Wiley picks up the pixel pace with no. 2 in his
Countryside Fez collection and a triple
paned portrait titled Fez:
The Countryside 2! While this shot has a better view of the graveyard
and a clearer sense of the size of the hills than its predecessor, both
offer a byte of photographic excellence...Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Juergen, Ed, and Bob...
Your works and abilities are absolutely fantabulous!
THANK YOU!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
Iconfactory Releases Vintage Halloween Freeware Icons -
As Halloween  creeps into view, the ghouls at The
Iconfactory have been doing ghastly things to
all the pixels they can find, and they're now ready to begin unleashing their
experiments on the unsuspecting townsfolk. Vintage
Halloween, by David
Lanham,
is an icon set based on the Halloween designs of the early 1900's. The eerily
happy faces in this set are the perfect haunts for your desktop. So slither
on over to the Showroom at The
Iconfactory and unearth them for your Mac,
PC or as a handy, searchable Pixadex iContainer and give your eyes a great
new trick...or treat!
On The Net
MaxBulk Mailer 4.3 Released - The software
makers from MAX  Programming
LLC have
just announced the release of MaxBulk
Mailer 4.3! This mail tool for both Mac and PC is an email-merge
solution that supports plain text, HTML and rich text formats
including optional plain text alternative and attachments and was created
to be the ultimate tool for all of your email marketing needs. Version 4.3
is available now in English, German, French, Japanese, Italian, and Spanish
with several interesting improvements, new features, and
bug fixes. Complete details on the latest update to MaxBulk
Mailer can be found by making your way to MAX
Programming!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
No, Lincolns
A rich Japanese was living in the States. His eyes were getting bad, so
he went to see an eye doctor. After the examination the doctor said, "Mr.
Suzuki, I believe you have two cataracts."
"No," he answered. "I have two Rincoln Continentals."
The Cost of Justice
A dog ran into a butcher shop and grabbed a roast off the counter.
Fortunately, the butcher recognized the dog as belonging to a neighbor of
his. The neighbor happened to be a lawyer.
Incensed at the theft, the butcher called up his neighbor and said, "Hey,
if your dog stole a roast from my butcher shop, would you be liable for the
cost of the meat?"
The lawyer replied, "Of course, how much was the roast?"
"$7.98," said
the butcher.
A few days later the butcher received a check in the mail for $7.98.
Attached to it was an invoice that read: Legal Consultation Service: $150
Broke Bloke
Ever notice that people who spend money on beer, cigarettes, and lottery
tickets are always complaining about being broke and not feeling well?
The Culprit
One night at about 3 am my wife was getting up from the throne to return
to bed when she heard a little noise. It was a suspiciously rodent like sound
that seemed to be right in the bathroom with her. She of course froze and
listened attentively for any further sign of invaders. After a moment, satisfied
that she was alone, she took a step for the door. Rodent scratchy sounds
again! She froze, not breathing... Silence.
Her heart beat fast as she once again tried to retreat from the bathroom.
This time the noise was accompanied by something touching the back of her
leg! That was, of course, too much to bear. She literally flew the 8 feet
to the bed, clearing the foot board by a couple feet, to land screaming by
my side. This is not a pleasant way to wake up. Scrambling into consciousness,
now scared half to death myself, I managed to get the light on.
The culprit was right there in plain sight, a trail of toilet paper neatly
marked the path from bed to bath.
October
4, 2005
Monkie News | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow:
New Desktops -
Good Golly, Miss Molly! Is it Wednesday already? Mmmm, nope! But it is **almost**
here, and with that comes some news of cheer: Your Wednesday Desktop Edition
is just around the corner! And with it comes a delicious new round of desktop
delectables that you won't want to miss. So be sure to scoot your motor mouse
back here tomorrow to the Zoo. Be there and be square. 'Cuz we all
know that it's hip to be...Well, you know the tune. Now let's look at some
news!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Nano Heightens Halo Effect - When speaking
of the Apple iPod a "halo effect" is often referred to, meaning
iPod has brought about the creation of many other products with itself shining
alone at the center of the halo ring. The introduction of iPod nano in Paris
promises to heighten these halo happenings. Some speculate that nano will
now be setting the standard for desktop computers instead of just peripherals. -
from BBC
Flash In The Pan? - Sure, iPod nano may be
the lightest, sleekest, classiest iPod ever, but perhaps there is a subliminal
message in Apples release of the icon. Suppose Steve Jobs is turning to a
different sort of memory. Whereas other iPods house hard-drive memory, nano
is special because it operates using flash memory. Maybe in a subtle sort
of way, Apple has introduced not only a new product but a new direction. -
from Yahoo
Subways Solicit iPod Services - City officials
are looking for a way to  post
maps of major subway routes on the internet so they can be downloaded to
peoples iPods. The idea, however, comes with a bitter sweet taste. It started
with an unofficial website posted by a private citizen. Maps were popular
and multiple downloads were made. Officials shut it down to make their own
maps available in the interest of accuracy. -
from Excite
October
3, 2005
Monkie Business | Bananas
 At
The Top -
Top of the mornin' to ya, mates! It's rather a quiet Monday as there's
not much happenin' in the "Goings On Department." But that don't
mean we can't make a big bang and destroy the doldrums that come with the
murky Monday madness. So let's begin with a big grin as we have a healthy
dose of Monkie Business and Bananas to tickle your funny bone's fancy.
And what about Nanci? "I'll take Nanci, for you Loretta's fine!"
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
Orange You Glad You've Got Disney! - Purely
coincidental, Disneyland and Walt Disney World amusement parks are in counties
with the same name. The former is in Orange County, California; the latter
is in Orange County, Florida.
Insufferable From Beginning To End - An observation
by author Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852): "When a man is young, he is so
wild he is insufferable. When he is old, he plays the saint and becomes insufferable
again."
40 Years Of Rest - The human heart rests
between beats. In an average lifetime of 70 years, the total resting time
is estimated to be about 40 years.
Nothing Serious - Sure there have been
injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious.
- Alan Minter, Boxer
A Matter Of Speaking - Wise men talk because
they have something to say. Fools talk because they have to say something.
- Plato
Keep Your Clothes On - Clothes make the
man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
- Mark Twain
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
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Important Call
The other day I needed to call home, but the only pay phone I could find
was in use. So I stood to the side and politely waited until it was free,
thinking it would only be a couple of minutes. Five minutes went by, and
still the man was on the phone. He was just standing there, not saying a
word. Two more minutes went by, and he still wasn't talking.
Finally, I tapped him on the shoulder and asked if I could use the phone.
I really wouldn't be long, but needed to make an important call.
"Hold your horses," he responded, covering the receiver. "I'm
talking to my wife."
Ethical Dilemma
A lawyer charged a man $500 for given legal services. The client paid him
in cash with five crisp new $100 bills. After the client left, the lawyer
was smelling the money when he discovered that two bills had stuck together
-- he'd been overpaid by $100!
This posed an ethical dilemma for the lawyer: Was he obligated to share
the extra $100 with his partner?
The Fly
A farmer was milking the cow when he heard a buzzing sound. He looked up
to see a fly pestering the cow. The cow flapped her ear to shoo it off, but
the fly disappeared into her ear.
The farmer wiped his brow, went back to milking, and then noticed the fly
swimming in the milk pail. "How did that happen?" the farmer wondered
aloud.
The fly panted, "In one ear and out the udder!"
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