October
12, 2003
Monkie Business
Odds and Ends
Now
Ear This! - According to the General
Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, the typical American
spends an average of one year of his or her life speaking
on the telephone. Well that would explain the phone growing
out of some people's ears!
That Bugs Me
A Lot - There are 5 million
different species of insects in the world. The insect population
of the world is at least 1,000,000,000,000,000,000.
Feelings? -
Saying that men talk about baseball in order to avoid talking
about their feelings is the same
as saying that women talk about their feelings in order
to avoid talking about baseball.
- Deborah Tannen
October
11, 2003 Monkie
Business
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
 Full Moon Fever - A
full moon rarely shows up on Halloween, although Halloween
is often associated with full moons.
The next full moon on October 31 will occur in 2020.
The Meaning of Madness! - Sanity is a madness
put to good uses.
George
Santayana
Real Stinger -
The bumblebee does not die when it stings – it
can sting again and again. In bumblebee hives, the entire
colony, except for the queen, dies at the end of each summer.
Each year, an entirely new colony of bees must be produced.
October
10, 2003
Icons
| Community News | On
The Net | Bananas
 At
The Top - Aaaaaoooooo! Full moon
fever has crazied the camp of the Monkies as that age old
orb has become full circle in the sky! All the monks have
run amuck with a jam-packed GUI truck that has delivered
a grand collection of pixels for our Friday Icon
Edition! There's all kinds of GUI treats plus Community
News, Software News On The Net, and even some rubber Bananas!
So let's not bark at the moon, but rather sing our favorite
pixel tune! Let's boogie!
New
GOO!
New
Icons - This week's Icon Edition adds a special
blend of pixels as we add 1 New Monkie Bundle and 3
New Icon Sets. A good time is guaranteed for all! So let's
get to the GOO!!
 miX the piX - It's been
a while since the Monkie Bundles Department
has been visited, but master pixel crafter Hein Mevissen
of miX
the piX provides this section with quite the pixel
treat! Sporting the brushed aluminum look, we add PowerBook
Icon, the great look of the new aluminum
PowerBook combined with an awesome aluminum looking
desktop!
 Theeland.de - And speaking
of some fine looking metal, this week brings another
heavy
set from Threeland.de
titled Plugins 2.
Marcus Reimann
really gives your Mac essentials the makeover with this awesome collection of
plugins by plugging names that span from Apple
to Flash to Quicktime. Plug it in!
 WatiWorks -
Stepping in with some true GUI "food" is Wati
Larke with
Give Me Sushi.
This edible delicacy from the galleries of WatiWorks celebrates
the "growing popularity of the Japanese cuisine around
the world." There's no need to get your hands in the
seaweed. Just grab the goodies and let your desktop munch!
 wbc
icons - Blazing the trail into this week's icon
sunset is a single icon selection from wbc
icons titled Yazoo
CD Burn. This hot GUI number by Yazoo makes
for the perfect CD burning replacement. Just slip on the
GUI gloves and slide it into the CandyBar
oven and you've got the hots in just the right place without
even a blister! Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Yazoo,
Hein, Marcus, and Wati...
You are
all the tops in the 'pixel pops' of the Icon World!!
THANK
YOU!!
Wanna share
your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Community
News
Mandolux
- Desktop master Mando Gomez has been pumpin' out the pixels
this week with some fine new desktops added to the vast
galleries of Mandolux!
Here's a glimpse at the goods:
Mandolux
this week has issued ten new desktops: four Technosis/Anthraxis
Two (Abstract/Macro), one Austere Petals (Nature/Macro),
and five Appreciation Week (Vector) wallpapers.
The latest is a Technosis/Anthraxis
selection titled Lucerita. To see this
and all the latest including Mando's Appreciation Week selections,
get your mouse a movin' and make your way to Mandolux!
 grnluvbug
- The California girl has done it again! As we previously
mentioned,
Joy Tallant of the ever colorful grnluvbug.com
was in the midst of revamping her already eye catching site.
Well, all good GUI wishes have come true with an all too
cool remodel of Joy's GUI home. So if ya wanna bring joy
to your eye candy eyes, head over to grnluvbug.com
and share the GUI luv!
On The
Net
 iPulse
2.0 - Be still,
my beating Macintosh! Those fine folks over yonder at The
Iconfactory have just announced the release of iPulse
2.0! This cool tool is a compact and visually
pleasing utility for monitoring the numerous statistics
of OS X and your Mac. What's new in this fine app? Here's
just a glimpse:
- Pop-up
windows that show info for the gauge under your cursor
- Load &
save the application's appearance via iPulse Jackets
- Disk activity
gauges show when your disk is being accessed
- Automatic
and logarithmic scaling modes for disk and network activity
- Panther
compatibility - ready for 10.3!
- And MORE!
And to make things even better, The
Factory has launched the iPulse
Jacket Gallery in support of iPulse's new ability to
save and load custom appearance themes. Things have never
been better for your Mac and iPulse.
And all the details are but a heartbeat away at The
Iconfactory. Thumpa thump thump!
 InstoSoft
- A great big 'Hello' comes your way from Michael Rabe of
InstoSoft!
Michael returns to the 'charts' with two new hit programs:
Examiner
and iGlass.
Examiner is a freeware program that lets you check the different
parts of your themes, schemes, and/or skins and then make
previews with ease. iGlass helps you see the small details
of your work by magnifying the area around your curser.
In addition, Michael has brought back the vault from the
days of the Doghouse! Woo hoo! Get your Monkie bootie on
over to InstoSoft
and check 'em out!
Measles 2.2
- The master of smiles from Stick
Software has announced the release of
Measles
2.2, a new version of the popular "desktop
critter." Measles is a fun, bouncy desktop companion
that can act as a CPU monitor if so desired. It provides
the user with Aqua-style spheres on their desktop that bounce
off of windows and each other, adding life and energy to
the user's environment. Version 2.2 of Measles adds several
new features and fixes several bugs. So don't get the bug...Get
over to Stick Software
and get Measles!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz
YOU'VE BEEN
ONLINE TOO LONG... Part
I
1. Tech Support calls
"YOU" for help.
2. You find yourself
trying to cock your head 90 degrees when you smile.
3. Three words: Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome.
4. You have to get a
2nd phone line just so you can call Pizza Hut.
5. You go up to people
you are attracted to "in real life" and ask them
for their GIF.
6. When at work, your
boss constantly reminds you that the word i should be capitalized.
FLORAL 4 YOU
A new business was opening
and one of the owner's friends wanted to send flowers for
the occasion. They arrived at the new business site and
the owner read the card. It said "Rest in Peace."
The owner was angry and called the florist to complain.
After he had told the
florist of the obvious mistake and how angry he was, the
florist said. "Sir, I'm really sorry for the mistake,
but rather than getting angry you should imagine this: Somewhere
there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers
with a note saying, "Congratulations on your new location."
WETREATING WABBITS
What do you call a bunch
of bunnies stepping backwards?
A receding hare line.
October
9, 2003
Monkie
News | On The Net | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow:
New Icons - Somebody get me a doctor!
I need a fix of GUI goodies like NOW! Oh, wait...The Friday
GUI fixin's come on FRIDAY. Maybe that's why we call it
the Friday Icon Edition, ya think? Me thinks this would
be the case. And me also thinks you're sure to enjoy the
selection headed your way in just a day. Don't touch that
dial! Head back to MacMonkies tomorrow for plenty of GUI
fun!
On
The Net
A Better Finder
Rename - The fine folks from PUBLICSPACE.NET
are pleased to announce version 6.0 beta 1 of A
Better Finder Rename, a great tool to enhance
the Mac Finder. The new version is the first beta of the
forthcoming 6.0 release, the biggest upgrade of the tool
in its 6 year history. This first beta focuses on the new,
completely re-designed user interface. For all the details
and to grab a copy of A
Better Finder Rename, get your mouse in gear and get
to clickin'!
Network
News
the WebWorld
- BeanHead
Presenting Panther
- Apple has announced the availability of their newest operating
system, code-named Panther.
On October 24th, Panther will come pouncing out of the box
and onto people's desktops. Panther promises a "user-centric"
interface. It exposes a feature called Exposé which
allows users to make the most of manipulating windows and
documents. The mail program has also been remade. Many Mac
users have been waiting for this message from Apple and
plan to have Panther in their paws as soon as possible.
- from MacCentral
 Beatles'
Nightclub Cloned - Replicas of the Cavern,
the club where the Beatles hit the big time, are going to
be rendered all over the globe. The first Cavern look-alike
is scheduled for Southern Spain, and eventually a replica
will even rise in Russia. Not only do the Cavern replicas
have to look authentic, they also have to promise to promote
live music. Though Cavern clubs will be built all over the
world, there will not be another one erected in England.
The home country will only house the original. -
from Excite
October
8, 2003
Desktops
| Community News | Bananas
At The Top
- Phew! When your Monday begins on a Tuesday, and your Wednesday
feels like a Monday, you best be lookin' for shelter! But
regardless of how your week gets wound up, there's always
time for a good dose of GOO with Monkie Stew on our mid-week
Wednesday Desktop Edition. There's quite
the selection of fine dining in the Desktop Department along
with Community News and Bananas for dessert. So grab your
pixel platter and let's dig in!
New
GOO!
New
Desktops - We've got quite the pixel packed Edition
of Desktops on display today here at the Monkie Zoo! Your
eyes are sure to be delighted as we proudly present 7
New Desktops from some absolutely amazing artists.
Let's get to the GOO!
 3-D
Rendered - Opening this week's fine Desktop Edition
is another fabulous selection from ShiftedReality's
Juergen Eilts. His talents continue to amaze and inspire
this Monkie with his Vue d'Esprit created number titled
Alone. This
thought provoking number offers plenty to ponder in life's
lonesome journey.
 Break
it up! Marty Leone makes
quite the pixel blast with Broken
Explosion. Tippin' the Earth on its end and
spewin' the splinters into motion, Marty combines his
unique blend of pixel craftsmanship with a tint of retro
groove that will provide your desktop with a class act
of action packed fun!
 Nature
- As life passes from the seasons into an awesome array
of Autumn colors, Adam Dickson breathes life back into
the Springtime memories with Green
Vains. This digitized moment in time from
the galleries of Pictures
and Adicons will keep things fresh and is just the
right choice for those who are not green thumb inclined.
 Desktops
- We just knew you couldn't get enough of that sweet GUI
stuff from Flameia Design.
So when Julia Nikolaeva
sent us a copy of her latest desktop creation titled October,
we jumped at the chance to display it in the Gallery!
Your eyes are gonna love this beautiful Autumn piece from
Julia's talented hands!
 Another
mind boggling wonder comes from the fine collections of
EA Design titled
Running Away From
Me. Ed Allen sports his smooth artistic abilities
with this spiraling grayscale super selection that will
keep your desktop slip slidin' away for some time to come!
 Gettin'
down and funky with an outstanding show of colors is The
4 Elements from Jameson
Sasser. This most excellent piece emphasizes the
elements that we all endure, that of blood, toil, tears,
and death. And all four of these ingredients combined
make for quite the incredible creation!
 What
do you call a specialized Monkie place mat for your desktop?
Why, a Monkie
Splat of course! MacMonkies'
Bradford Wiles departed on a GUI journey with the EyeCandy
4000 filters to create this 'hot' new number. The base
was originally rendered in Bryce, but eventually got quite
the fire and ice makeover. Enjoy!
Thanks
Department --
Julia, Juergen,
Ed, Marty, Jameson, and Adam...
Wholey Toledo
Cows!
This is
one AWESOME group of artists together at once!!!
THANK YOU!!
Have a piece you want
to display?
Check out our Submissions
guidelines and then send it in!
Community
News
The Iconfactory
- The folks from The
Iconfactory have once again struck GUI gold
with another smashing new icon set added to their Icon Tuesday
update! The Factory's Anthony
Piraino offers up this week's awesome icon set titled
TRON. This absolutely outstanding set flashes
back to the 80's Disney's hit movie of the same name. You're
certain to love this new collection of sci-fi pixel pleasers
as sure as there was big hair in the 80's! Get yourself
to The Iconfactory
and get to grabbin'!
ramasjang.dk
- A site for sore eyes has hit the web with an old friend
of the GUI world! Formerly known as Prevision, Jack Juliussen
has made a new name for his delicious brand of GUI wonders
and planted his new home at ramasjang.dk!
You'll find all of your favorites plus some all new digital
wonders at Jack's new home on the web. Don't just sit there!
Click your way to ramasjang.dk
and check it out. Your eyes will thank you!
Bananas
Just Plain
Nuts
GOD SPEED?
A man asked God how
much a million dollars was to him. God replied, ''Oh, about
one penny.''
Then the man asked how
much an eternity was to him. God replied, ''Oh, about a
second.''
Then the man asked.
''Can I have a million dollars and live an eternal life?''
God replied, ''Sure, just wait a sec.''
BLUE REDNECK
You might be a redneck
if the Bluebook value of your truck changes with the amount
of gas you have in it!
18 LEGGED FLY
CATCHER
What has 18 legs and
catches flies?
A baseball team.
INDIAN TEA
Did you hear about the
man who drank 5 gallons of tea?
He drowned in his teepee!
October
7, 2003
Monkie
News | On The Net | Network
News
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow:
New Desktops
- Yup yup! Tomorrow brings another round of fine GUI fixin's
in the form of some awesome new desktops for our mid-week
Wednesday Desktop Edition. Your desktop
eyes might be weary now, but one more day for another cool
collection of eye pleasing pixels will be well worth the
wait! Be sure to slip back tomorrow and slip your desktop
into something more comfortable right here at MacMonkies!
On The
Net
Gideon Softworks
- The release of two updated cool tools for OSX has recently
 been
announced by Gideon
Softworks! The app Dock-It
is a multifunctional launcher and Finder enhancer for the
Mac OS X operating system. xBack
is a utility that allows you replace your desktop with a
screen saver. With xBack, you can bring your desktop to
life! Both Dock-It
1.5 and xBack
2.5 have received numerous improvements for your OSX
experience. Get yourself clickin' and get your updated copy
of these fine and fun apps from Gideon
Softworks!
Network
News
the WebWorld
- BeanHead
 iPod
Urgency: iPod On ER
- Actor Noah Wyle, who played Apple CEO Steve Jobs in the
movie "Pirates Of Silicon Valley," got to plug
Apple products on TV once again. In last week's episode
of ER, his character, doctor John Carter, was shown sitting
on the floor listening to an iPod after an exhausting day
in Africa. A fellow doctor asked him, "What's that?"
"iPod," he responded, and proceeded to explain
that it was a digital music player. If it's good enough
for ER, it's good enough for America! -
from Beanhead (the TV junkie)
Open Window
For Apple - Windows has provided a window of opportunity
for Apple
to enter the business world. Apple can get its foot in the
door primarily because of the virus problem that has plagued
PCs. There are, however, a couple more reasons for companies
to consider switching to Mac computers. The use of Unix
and the rising love of laptops are two keys. Also, many
enterprises are employing young whipper snappers who would
make the switch easy because they already know how to make
the most of Macs! - from Businessweek
October
6, 2003
Community
News | Monkie News |
the Apevine | Very
Ape | Bananas
 At
The Top - Whoa!
It's Monday already and I don't even have my laundry done!
But that's another story. What's worse is that I can't figure
out how to tie this in with the beginning of another week
here at MacMonkies. Or did I? Oh well...It is time to face
a new work week and shake off the Monday grumbles. So, we
will begin this day with a packed Edition of Monkie
fun. Slip on your shoes and let's get on with the news!
Shall we?
Community
News
Mandolux
- Mando Gomez expresses his Mac appreciation by announcing
 Appreciation
Week at Mandolux.
This week Mando has made up some fabulous new desktops honoring
his favorite Mac sites including The Mac Observer,
The Iconfactory, MacMinute,
ResExcellence, and MacMonkies.
We feel quite privileged to be included in this great collection.
You're certain to share the appreciation once you get to
clickin' to Mandolux
and get a good look at Mando's latest work for Appreciation
Week!
Live Pencil
- Lookin' for a GUI grin to get you through the week? We've
got just the treat for you! Ramon Gonzalez Teja has updated
Live Pencil with
new smirks and smiles just for you. The latest entries include:
- EMOTICONS: More HANDS.
Wearing gloves this time.
- WRITING YOUR EMOTIONS:
Hand writing GOOD MORNING for you.
- TICKLE ME : Always awesome.
Always fun! Punch the boxer.
- BARS: To use as dividers
in your e-mails. Today...MUSIC.
- HIDDEN IMAGE: A new
one every week...Please look for it , keep searching!
Don't let the week go
by with a grumble. Get yourself to Live
Pencil and get yourself happy!
Send Us Your Site
News!
press@macmonkies.com
Monkie
News
Featured Link
- We're please to announce that another Featured
Link has been added to our list of fine sites
to lay your eyes upon! We're certain that you will feel
the same when you visit Flameia Design!
We've placed this cool site on our Links
Page and shared our thoughts
as well. Check it out!!
the
Apevine
Have You Heard?
WatiWorks
- If you haven't been cruisin'
around the cool GUI sites lately, you  might
not have noticed a really cool change over yonder at WatiWorks!
All kinds of nifty things have been happenin' at this great
GUI palace on the web. Most noticeably, Wati has given the
entire place a makeover that is exceptionally pleasing to
the eyes. Next up is a tasty GUI treat in the form of a
new icon set titled Give Me Sushi. And
if you look around a bit, you will see that as of August
of this year, Wati received the Macromedia
Professional Flash Designer Certificate! Congrats!
If you hadn't already
heard all this good news, now you have no excuse to get
your happy eye candy eyes over to WatiWorks
and enjoy all the fun!
Very
Ape
A-Dock X
- This Monkie just loves to customize his Mac, but I don't
like all the clutter of countless folders littered all over
the desktop. So what's the best solution since Apple introduced
the Dock with OSX? Quite simply, A-Dock
X from The
tijej house!
 If
you comb through your Monkie cobwebs, you will recall that
Jérome Foucher made A-Dock
available to us for the 'Classic' environment. But in recent
months, Jérome has been working hard with the beta
releases of A-Dock X to bring us an even
better dock than you can imagine! A-Dock X can do practically
everything that Apple's dock can do and then some. It's
like the dock on steroids! Furthermore, you can have both
Apple's Dock and A-Dock X running at the same time to add
for twice the fun.
Top it all off with the ability to
custom "theme" A-Dock X, and you have a useful
tool that looks as good as it works! I can't wait for the
final release of A-Dock X as I am already hooked! You will
be too once you get yourself to The
tijej house and download the beta version of A-Dock
X. Get to groovin'!
Bananas
Just Plain
Nuts
NOT-SO-BRIGHT-TELEMARKETER
A telemarketer was trying
to make a particularly difficult sale. The person was just
about to hang up, and the telemarketer said, "Look,
pretend I'm your kid asking for money! What would you say?"
Instantly the man hung
up.
OFFICE ENGLISH
DICTIONARY Part II
Perot: To quit unexpectedly,
as in "My cellular phone just perot'ed."
SITCOMs: What yuppies
turn into when they have children and one of them stops
working to stay home with the kids. Stands for Single Income,Two
Children, Oppressive Mortgage.
Squirt the Bird: To
transmit a signal to a satellite.
Starter Marriage: A
short-lived first marriage that ends in divorce with no
kids, no property and no regrets.
Stress Puppy: A person
who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
Swiped Out: An ATM or
credit card that has been rendered useless because the magnetic
strip is worn away from extensive use.
Tourists: People who
take training classes just to get a vacation from their
jobs. "We had three serious students in the class;
the rest were just tourists."
A SIDE ORDER OF BLONDES
Two blondes are on opposite
sides of a lake. One blonde yells to the other, "How
do you get to the other side?"
"You are on the
other side," the other blonde yells back.
REDNECK RESTROOM
You might be a redneck
if going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves
shoes and a flashlight.
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