October 17-19, 2003

At The Top - Uhhhggg! Are ya ready for the weekend? This Monkie sure is! It's been quite the hairy week. One could even say it has inhaled! However, the most excellent GUI community has come to the rescue by giving us another opportunity to present another fine Friday Icon Edition! So to you, we say THANKS!

And of course, those little Monkie minions put together a bit of Community News and Bananas too. And before I forget, the Monkies of Mac will be taking a quick breather over the weekend. But ya never know...The addicted one (Mr. Monkie himself) might drop in and add a couple of notes here and there. But regardless, one thing is perfectly clear...It's time to have some fun! Let's do it!

New GOO!

New Icons - Anybody have a watch? If you had a watch you would know that it is GUI time! Time to break out those good GUI treats in the form of 3 New Tasty Icon Sets for your eye candy appetite! All ya gotta do is kick back and get to munchin'! Shall we?

Steve Ansell - It's been a long time since we've rock 'n' rolled with the GUI goodness of Steve Ansell! But Bubble Apps is gonna have your eye candy eyes floatin' in the pixel sky. This collection of 65 is no GUI 'pop'. Steve manages to present a cool set of apps in spherical form that will rock your socks off!

Threeland.de - Another awesome icon creation comes from the bay of Threeland.de. Marcus Reimann bids a creative combo for all you eBayers. This colorful eBay twosome provides for just the right storage of all of your eBay transactions. Now all ya have to do is figure out a way to hide your eBay addiction from your spouse!

wbc icons - Ok all you ghosts and ghoulies! Ready to get spooked? Then we have just the scary tricks and treats for you and all of your GUI goblins from wbc icons. Yazoo really turns up the fright lights with Halloween '03. This eerie set of icons will make the hair on the back of your neck stand on end and truly haunt your hard drive. Enjoy (if you dare)!

 

Thanks Department --

Steve, Yazoo, and Marcus...

You are all the AWESOMEST! Keep up the OUTSTANDING work!

THANK YOU!!

Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons

Community News

Mandolux - Mr. Mando Gomez is really in tune with things as he has added some great new desktops to the cool collections of Mandolux! Here's the scoop for this week's winners:

Mandolux has issued eight new desktops: four iPark (parody of the iPod commercials and South Park), one Vector-based (Abstract), two Impressionism ][ (Art), and one Morning (Nature) wallpaper.

His latest includes four slick selections that come just in time to celebrate the introduction of iTunes and iTunes Store to the Win world. And to top it off, there is a new facelift to the website titled BW. Get your Monkie motors running and get yourself on over to Mandolux like PRONTO!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz

MONKEY BRAINS

You are in a room with three monkeys. One holds a banana, one has a book, and the other a pencil. Who is the smartest primate in the room?

Hopefully, YOU!

HAM IT UP

A ham sandwich walks into a bar and asks the bartender for a cold one.

The bartender replies, "Sorry, we don't serve food here."

BAD DAY

You know you're having a bad day when your twin sister forgets your birthday!

GET IT STRAIGHT!

A cop pulls over a drunk driver. The drunk driver says, "Ossssifer, you need to get your records straight. You just asked me for my license, but you took it away yesterday!"

October 16, 2003

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Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Ah ooo ah! Folks, there's always a good reason to look forward to Friday's here at MacMonkies. Our Friday Icon Edition will provide some scrumptious pixel pleasures for your GUI consumption. All ya gotta do is bring your pixel platters, tuck in your napkin, and head back to the Monkie base tomorrow right here at MacMonkies!

On The Net

Pixadex 1.2 - All things good and GUI keep coming from the folks at The Iconfactory and Panic! Now available is Pixadex 1.2. Pixadex is to icons, what Apple's iPhoto is to images. Pixadex lets users collect, store, sort, and search thousands of icons quickly and easily. The latest update incorporates some of the most frequently requested features that they've received since the product's release. And of course, it's all geared up and ready for Panther! Get yourself organized and grab the latest version of Pixadex from The Iconfactory!

Overview 1.0 Public Beta One - Just announced is the public beta release of Overview. This made for Mac OSX app from Realmac Software is a new task manager that allows you to manage all your tasks easier than ever before. You can create categories to handle such things as, agendas, tasks, meeting notes, shopping lists and more. All ya gotta do to grab a look at Overview is click your way to Realmac Software, download, and enjoy the over view!

A Better Finder Launcher 1.0 - Those fine folks from PUBLICSPACE.NET have once again bettered your Mac experience! Just released and ready to roll is A Better Finder Launcher 1.0. This new product is a keyboard based application launcher for Mac OS X. For all the groovey details on A Better Finder Launcher, move your mouse to PUBLICSPACE.NET and check it out!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Apple Welcomes Windows To iTunes - It's official! Today's the day that Apple expands its extraordinary music service to include Windows users all over America. Success of the iTunes Music Store will soar with the addition of its newest audience. No longer will Apple users be alone in enjoying the fruits of the most honored online music service of all time. Today the world will watch as Windows users begin wheeling tunes onto their PCs and their iPods, which are already workable with Windows. - from Excite

"Big Mac" Power Play - Virginia Tech's Mac supercomputer made up of dual processor Power Mac G5's is said to rank second in power only to Japan's Earth Simulator. Big Mac meets the best of the best while boasting of only 2,200 processors and $5.2 million. The Earth Simulator has 5000 plus processors and cost $350 million. If Big Mac comes in second place it will mark an amazing achievement for Apple. It's standing will officially be announced November 17th at the International Supercomputer Conference. - from Wired

October 15, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Phew! We made it through Monday and hopped up on hump day. So now it's down hill from here...Right? We certainly hope so! But to remove the uncertainty and give the middle of the week Wednesday blues a nudge on the down slide, we open the doors of our mid-week Wednesday Desktop Edition! There's some great new eye candy ready for consumption as well as some good reading in the area of News and Humor too. Let's get to it!

New GOO!

New Desktops - Wholey Toledo Cows! This week's Wednesday Desktop Edition promises to be a fine time for all as we have 5 New Desktops for your eye candy taste buds! So without further ado, let's DO!

3-D Rendered - We're quite pleased to pull out a great new pixel place mat by our newest artist to the Gallery, Dave Hornsby. Sporting some outstanding 3-D craftsmanship, Dave gives your desktop a real pixel party with Pipes. This fine dining in digital design is sure to make all your fellow GUI friends green with envy!

Certainly the finest shifters of reality is Juergen Eilts of none other than ShiftedReality! This week we get the privilege of traveling to a land long forgotten with Juergen's creative imagination and the 3-D depths of Forgotten 3. This amazing work will take you to a world that your desktop will not soon forget!

Everybody say AHHHHHH for the jaw-droppin', awe inspiring, Aqua arousing Aqualien by the GUI maestro himself: Mr. "Pixel Till Ya Pop" Scott Chitwood! This cool creature from the collections of Rampant Mac is sure to add a refreshing new view to your group of GOOP! How he does it? Nobody knows. But he sure adds tons of fun for your eyes to behold!

 

Desktops - Adding a meaningful message to this week's Desktop Edition is a powerful piece from Jameson Sasser titled War Cry. Though blood and war are always found on the same "playing" field, it's hard to preserve life when innocent blood is spilled in the peace process. It's a fine line that is difficult to draw.

Everybody knows that you gotta hold the Keys to your desktop's heart! And this is exactly what you will find with this fine desktop design from EMKdesign's Evan Kaufman. The cool blue keyboard is certainly that of the Apple persuasion and the view that Evan provides will keep your monitor all but feeling blue. Note 2 Evan: Hey Evan! Where'd ya go?!

Enjoy!

 

Thanks Department --

Dave, Scott, Evan, Jameson, and Juergen...

Your amazing creative abilities keep the GUI globe spinnin' around!

MOST EXCELLENT!!

THANK YOU!!

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Community News

The Iconfactory - Those fabulous folks at The Iconfactory are up to their tricks and treats once again! They've put a ghoulish new look on their home base just in time for the season of spooks.

And to add even more fun to the bewitching season, they just added a new icon set to their Icon Tuesday titled Haunted Hard Drives. Quoted from the house of frights, "resident zombie and pixel pusher, Dave Brasgalla, has conjured a spell to infuse your Mac's HD with the spirit of famous movie monsters!"

What's more, The factory has opened the crypts of Web's Attic, a one-stop page for all of the best Halloween related icons, fonts, desktop images and other GUI goodies we've found across the Internet.

So if you're looking for a great way to scare the bad pixels outta your desktop's appetite, head over to The Iconfactory and grab their latest Halloween treats. There's a whole lotta spookin' goin' down!

Mandolux - Leaving quite the impression on your GUI craving eyes is the latest desktop piece from Mandolux titled Waiting (1880-82) by Edgar Degas. This new desktop concentrates on the face of one of the subjects. You know the routine! Make a real impression on that mouse by moving its tail to the fine galleries of Mandolux! Go already!!

On The Net

Web Dumper 1.8.1 - Just in from MAX Programming is word of the release of Web Dumper 1.8.1. This made for Mac app is a full featured internet tool that allows users to download web sites for offline browsing. New to the latest update are:

• Referrer support - "Referrer:" header added to all HTTP commands.
• Better BASE HREF support with auto-correction.
• "%20", "'", "./" enhanced handling.

Need a screen shot of this cool tool? We have just the single click for you! Now it's time to head over to MAX Programming and grab your updated copy of Web Dumper!

Gideon Softworks - Mac customization guru David J. Clark has been hard at it to bring you some new updates from Gideon Softworks! David has announced the latest versions of 2 great apps: Autologin 1.1 and Dock-It 1.5.1. Autologin is a preference pane that can automatically mount Appleshare volumes when you login. And of course the famed Dock-It is a multifunctional launcher and Finder enhancer for the Mac OS X operating system. You can get all the latest details and updates on these great programs by making a simple click to Gideon Softworks. Check 'em out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz

PSYCHIATRIST: BRIGHT IDEA

How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

One, but it takes five sessions.

YOU'VE BEEN ONLINE TOO LONG... Part III

14. You turn down the lights & close the blinds so people won't know you're on-line again.

15. You know more about your AOL friends' daily routines than you do your own spouse's.

16. You find yourself lying to others about your time on-line & when they complain that your phone was busy you claim it was off the hook.

17. You have an identity crisis if someone is using a screen name close to your own.

18. You would rather tell people that your bloodshot eyes are from partying too much than the truth (online all night).

19. You change your screen names so much that you have to look at your own profile to see who you are.

TECHNICOLOR!

One day, a man walked into an appliance store. "Do you sell color televisions?"

"Yes," said the clerk. "Yes, we do."

"Then give me a green one."

October 14, 2003

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Monkie News

New Desktops and Stuff - Tomorrow would be the day that we provide another installment of our mid-week madness! This week's Wednesday Desktop Edition will feature some cool new desktop works including a selection from a brand new artist to the Gallery.

On a different side of the Monkie coin, things on the Monkie Network seem to be getting back to normal. Over the weekend, our host server was moved to a new data center, thus causing some major downtime. Though things appear to be back to normal, there are still a few bugs to work out which should be within a couple of days. We did receive a new IP Address, so for those of you who surf by numbers, you may want to update your records. The new address is: 64.124.166.146.

Now that we have all the technical issues out of the way, let's get back to the fun!

Community News

Pictures and Adicons - Mr. Adam Dickson at Pictures and Adicons has been busy brewing up some fine new GUI goodies for your eye candy enjoyment! New to the extraordinary archives is a new icon system folder set based on tin cans and two OS X boot panels as well. You're gonna love this new GOO and your computer will be well pleased once you make your way to Pictures and Adicons and check 'em out!

Live Pencil - Things are gettin' spooky over at Live Pencil! Ramon Gonzalez Teja has added some grins and ghouls for the Halloween season. Here's some of the spooks:

• EMOTICONS: SMILY chewing gum. Now the entire collection.
• BARS: More dividers. Again it's music but this time Smiley is around.
• ANIMATIONS:  I am taking a look at Halloween with this lovely WITCH!!!!
• CLIPART: More green vegetation. You will have a lot of them to put together.
• HIDDEN IMAGE: A new one every week...Please look for it , keep searching!

If you're lookin' for just the right GUI goblin, grab your broom and make your way to Live Pencil! Get yourself spooked!

On The Net

Smart Scroll X 1.0 - Scroll 'em left and right, scroll 'em up and down. Get your pages movin' with the smartest scroll around with Smart Scroll X -- the latest great app from marcmoini.com! Marc has reintroduced his famous Smart Scroll Control Panel by bringing it to the OSX environment. Now you have the convenience of scrolling your windows and web pages at the tip of your fingers. Plus you can accelerate your scroll speed and even add scroll arrows at each end of your window. This new version of Smart Scroll is free to registered users and it's a great price for newbees. Make your way to marcmoini.com and grab the latest version of Smart Scroll X today!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

Big And Bigger iTunes - Apple has announced a special event to take place Thursday, October 16th. It has been revealed that music is the main material sparking the special event, and some suggest that the time has come for iTunes for Windows. When Apple announced the iTunes Music store for Mac they did so with a special event also. Perhaps Thursday's main stage will mimic the Mac announcement by presenting iTunes for Windows to PC users and multiplying music downloads by the millions. - from MacCentral

Macs In The Major League - Major Motion Picture makers Joel and Ethan Coen have made Mac their tool of choice. The latest independent film for them is "Intolerable Cruelty" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and George Clooney. The film was edited using Mac machines and Final Cut Pro. Zeta-Jones and Clooney may look good to begin with, but Macs make them look even better on the big screen. The cat and mouse chase comedy came to theaters last week. - from Apple

October 13, 2003

Community News | Monkie News | the Apevine | Very Ape | Bananas

At The Top: Grumpy Monkie - Grrrrrrrr! Most people get the willies when the 13th falls on a Friday. But what could be worse than a Monday the 13th?!! Mondays are bad enough all by themselves...SHEESH! And as you have probably noticed, things have been a little hairy around here for the last day or so. My apologies!

We have had no e mail access for the last day. So to all of you who have tried to contact us via e mail, you may want to resend your message to our .Mac account at: macmonkies@mac.com.

And for all of you out there in Cyber Land, we are working with our host to get this problem resolved as quickly as possible. I do appreciate your patience with this situation. Now that I have done my Monkie grumblin', let's try to have fun!

Community News

Marmalade Moon - Just as she promised, Kate England from Marmalade Moon has brought all of you pixel lovers a fine new desktop collection for October titled Autumn Leaves. This amazing Autumn set includes icons, a desktop picture, and a multilingual desktop calendar for your desktop's delight. You're bound to enjoy this beautiful new collection and there's only one place to find it -- Marmalade Moon!

Mandolux - Mr. Mando Gomez at Mandolux offers up a photo that he's really proud of. The latest Morning desktop is titled Bee. It is a photograph of a bee gathering pollen in mid flight hovering next to a tiny blue flower with legs fully loaded. You can lay your eyes on this awesome selection by making a simple click and making your way to Mandolux. Bee there or bee square!

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Monkie News

Featured Link - Yet another fantastic site has be selected as our Featured Link! wbc icons has been added to our Links Page and featured in that funky place to your left with our take on this great pixel place on the Net. Get your clickers in gear and check it out!!

the Apevine

Have You Heard?

The Iconfactory: Top Secret - If you've been to The Iconfactory lately, you might have noticed that they've posted a 'sneak peak' of their up-and-coming software offering that has been labeled "Top Secret." What could it be? Can't say that I have the best of clues, but I may have a hunch! But rather than me spoiling the view, why not just take a trip to The Iconfactory and have a nice long gander for yourself. Looks spiffy to me!

Very Ape

ASCII Matrix - If you're a Matrix fan and you like all things different, then you're about to embark on the ultimate cool! My boss sent me this link a while back to check out the ASCII Matrix Movie. This cool link will take your eyes for a turn as you will view clips from the most recent Matrix installment in text -- ASCII text that is! This clip is entirely rendered in ASCII text. Not quite sure how they done it, but it sure does look cool.

Keep in mind that it doesn't render well with all browsers. For optimal Mac viewing, it works best when viewed with Netscape 7, Omni Web, and Mozilla. When opened with Internet Explorer for Mac OSX or Safari, it may download the file to your desktop. If this happens, simply re-open the local file with the same browser and you're ready for cool viewing. Enjoy!

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts

PIG-IPEDE

What do you get when you cross a pig and a centipede?

Bacon and legs!

DEAD AGAIN

A funeral service is being held in a synagogue for a woman who has just passed away. At the end of the service, the pallbearers are carrying the casket out when they accidentally bump into a wall jarring the casket. They hear a faint moan. They open the casket and find that the woman is actually alive.

She lives for 10 more years and then dies. A ceremony is again held at the same synagogue and at the end of the service the pallbearers are again carrying out the casket. As they are walking, the husband cries out, "Watch out for the wall!"

YOU'VE BEEN ONLINE TOO LONG... Part II

7. Although you don't know what they look like, you become insanely jealous of people hitting on your cyber-love.

8. You don't even know what your cyber-love looks like.

9. You watch TV with the closed captioning turned on.

10. Your spouse now complains of you moving your fingers in your sleep instead of talking.

11. Your kids are eating cereal morning, noon, and night.

12. When someone says, "What did you say?" you reply, "Scroll up!"

13. You find yourself sneaking away to the computer in the middle of the night when your spouse is asleep.