November
4-6, 2005
At The Top - Pixadex
2.0.1 Released, New GOO For You! - Hot diggity dog!
It's finally near the week's end and it's time for your Friday
Icon Edition! And with new icons in store, what better
way to organize those fine pixels than with the latest software release
- Pixadex
2.0.1. Yessirree Bob, the best tool to organize your favorite
icon collection from The Iconfactory and Panic has
just been let loose that fixes problems with PNG imports,addresses a few
issues with searching, and features other minor changes and fixes. So once
you have grabbed your updated copy of Pixadex from The
Iconfactory, slip on down to the latest
in New GOO and then enjoy a Banana or
two!
The
New Pixadex 2...Get It Today!
New GOO!
New Icons -
It's a hot time in the old town tonight as we roll out a sizzlin' set of
3 New Icon Collections for your eyes to go wild about! So kick back and enjoy
the eye candy view!
 HellCat -
Got a hellhound on your tail? Hopefully not! But we do have a trail of
mighty fine pixel pleasurables from our latest icon contributor - Caterina
Pinto from HellCat.com!
Her first addition to the Gallery includes a gathering of GUI girlies titled Les
Girls, a set that
sports Caterina's unique blend of icon design!
 DesignMood - Adding style
and strength to your view in GOO is the master of moods - TAB from DesignMood!
His latest icon collection called WHITE STEEL is
quite the nice "knock off" of his most popular PEARL BUTTONS pixel package.
This cool set of 9 is certain to follow in its predecessor's footsteps!
 Faneramx - Back for a maximum icon
attack is the well polished pixel crafter known as Faneramx.
Also adding to the success of a previous icon smash, Faneramx introduces
even more GUI gladness with the flash and color found in Milkmx
Fun! If ya don't have milk ala mx style, then you just don't
have the right GOO...Enjoy!
Thanks Department --
Caterina, TAB, and Faneramx...
It's always a pleasure to your pixelicious
creations!
Keep it a comin'!
THANK YOU!
Wanna share your work with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!
Support The Community
- Visit This Great Site!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Al Gore & The Seniors
Al Gore was campaigning at an old-age home. He went up to one old woman
and shook her hand.
"Do you know who I am?" he asked.
"No," she replied, "but if you go to the front desk, they'll
tell you!"
Put Out The Fire
These friars were behind on their belfry
payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone
liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought
the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but
they would not.
He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored
him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most
vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up
the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close
up shop.
Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that only Hugh can
prevent florist friars.
Angel
First Guy (proudly): My wife's an angel!
Second Guy: You're lucky, mine's
still alive.
Blondies Go Bowling
Two bowling teams, one of all Blondes and one of all Brunettes, charter
a double-decker bus for a weekend bowling tournament in Atlantic City.
The Brunette team rides in the bottom of the bus. The Blonde team rides
on the top level. The Brunette team down below is whooping it up having a
great time, when one of them realizes she doesn't hear anything from the
Blondes upstairs. She decides to go up and investigate. When the Brunette
reaches the top, she finds all the Blondes frozen in fear, staring straight-ahead
at the road, and clutching the seats in front of them with white knuckles.
The brunette says, "What in the world is going' on up here? We're having'
a grand time downstairs!"
One of the Blondes looks up and says, "Yeah, but you've got a driver!"
November
3, 2005
On The Net | Monkie
News | Network
News
At
The Top - OmniOutliner Updated; FontCard 1.3.2 Released -
Sittin'  in
at the top of today's biz is word of new software releases from both The
Omni Group and Unsanity LLC! Just released from The
Omni Group is an update for their outlining and organizational
tool, OmniOutliner
3.04.
Both OmniOutliner and OmniOutliner Pro introduce support
for Accessibility in OS X, improved integration with Spotlight,
and improvements to Automator support. Also released today is OmniOutliner
3.5 beta 1 and OmniOutliner 3.5 Professional beta 1. All the details can
be had by making a click trip to The
Omni Group and checkin' them out! Continued...
 And
from the folks at Unsanity, the latest
release of the haxie that adds an icon that displays the format of a font
next to the font menu item, display the font name in the font face, group
fonts into submenus, and add font collections to the font menu - FontCard
1.3.2! Included in this
version are several new improvements and fixes for the ultimate in font viewing
experience. Simply swing over to Unsanity and
check out FontCard!
Monkie
News
 Tomorrow:
New Icons - Four days down, and one more to go. Till time flies
by to your Friday Icon Show! A tad bit of normality has finally set in,
so tomorrow will bring about your Friday Icon Edition. So until it arrives,
check out the latest Network
News. Then swing back tomorrow for a new batch of Icon brew!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
Dell Dives To Apple - While Apple is enjoying
fine financial reports for the  third fiscal quarter, competitor Dell computer
has not measured up. Dell deems falling short of its mark as due to low sales
when actually it expected higher sales. And while "two out of three
ain't bad," the last two out of three fiscal quarters are bad for the
company because this makes two quarters in a row it has not gained its goal. -
from MacWorld
Remote iPod - The main purpose of the iPod
is that it allows people to be portable. But home entertainment experts are
contemplating ways to configure iPod into the home environment as well. Just
as music can be heard throughout the home using remote controls for stereos
or through computers, designers want to see a dock for iPod that will allow
it to play music throughout the house. - from MacNN
Not Delivery Or Dijiorno - Stealing the safe
at a pizza parlor must have  really made a San Clemente burglar work up an
appetite. An employee was surprised to find the thief baking himself a pizza
as a midnight snack. Unfortunately the perpetrator sped away quickly when
spotted. Thus the store was left with pizza dough while the robber stole
away with the real dough. - from Yahoo
November
2, 2005
Desktops | Community
News | Bananas
 At
The Top - Oh, my my! What a great day
for GOO! We've got a new round of new GUI fixin's for your Wednesday
Desktop Edition, and The
Iconfactory has just let loose new pixels from their
Icon Kitchen. With all of the top news out of the bag, you can check
out the details from the Factory in Community
News,
get your fix of desktop delectables in the New
GOO,
and top it off with Bananas to
get your latest gag!
New GOO!
New Desktops -
Ready to add a fresh new coat of shine to your GUI view? Then you will be
quite please with the 3 New Desktops featured
here at the Zoo! Let's get right down to the fun and put the mid-week blues
on the run!
3-D Rendered - Bringing about a more surreal
look to your desktop's
view of nature, Juergen Eilts from ShiftedReality looks
toward the sunlit horizon to create a most amazing creation titled Tion!
With the use of Mojoworld 3 Professional, Juergen combines his abilities
with this cool tool to create a look that will be lingering long in your
mind!
Logos - Last week we got a taste of Sunshine from
Logo master Francisco
Bennett. This week we get to quench our thirst with a nice drink of Aqua
Blue GOO from U'nek
Design Studios' founder of Apple fondness. It's slick simplicity
and cool view, this wide screen beauty adds just the right hue to your
desktop view without an ounce of clutter!
Nature - From one end of the globe to another,
world pixel traveler Bob
Wiley returns to the States with a glorious view of the southern
skies found in New
Mexico 2! This sweet sky selection of a building storm cloud comes
from Bob's series of snapshots taken in and around Los Alamos,
New Mexico just a few months ago. Kaboom!
Thanks Department --
Francisco, Bob, and Juergen...
Your works keep on amazing the masses!
THANK YOU!
Have a piece you want to display?
Check out our Submissions guidelines
and then send it in!
Community News
Iconfactory Releases Thanksgiving & Christmas
Icons - Good golly, Miss  Molly!
'Tis the season of the Holidays already about? Must be so as the fine folks
from The
Iconfactory have announced
the release of their latest freeware icon collection - Thanksgiving & Christmas!
With our hearts and minds turning to the warm glow of the next two Holidays,
Factory artist Kate England has
prepared a set will have your mouth watering and your tummy grumbling for
all the good food that is coming your way in the weeks ahead. So if your
icon appetite yearns for some mighty fine fixin's, head over to The
Iconfactory and check out the latest straight
from their kitchens!
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
Start Me Up
A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll
serve you, but don't start anything."
Hi-Ho, Silver!
A man decides to try horseback riding, even though he has had no lessons
or prior experience. He mounts the horse unassisted, and it immediately springs
into motion. As it gallops along at a steady pace, the man begins to slip
from the saddle. In terror, he grabs for the horse's mane, but can't get
a firm grip. He tries to throw his arms around the horse's neck, but he slides
down the side of the horse anyway. Finally giving up his frail grip, he tries
to leap off the horse and throw himself to safety. Unfortunately, his foot
has become entangled in the stirrup, he is now at the mercy of the horse's
pounding hooves as his head is struck against the ground over and over.
He is moments away from unconsciousness when, to his great fortune, Wendell,
the Wal-Mart greeter, sees him and unplugs the horse.
More Than A Feeling
A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He
shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!"
The doctor replied, "I
know you can't - I've cut off your arms!"
You Got That, U.S. Air!?!?
It was a foggy, busy "rush-hour" morning at La Guardia. A US Air
flight was taxiing to the active when they made a wrong turn and came nose-to-nose
with a United 727.
The irate ground controller lashed out at the US Air crew, screaming
and shouting on the ground control frequency. She ended her tirade with, "You
can expect progressive taxi instructions in about a half hour, and I want
you to go exactly where I tell you, when I tell you, and how I tell you.
You got that, US Air?"
The humbled crew responded: "Yes Ma'am."
The frequency went terribly silent, and no one wanted to engage the irate
ground controller in her current state. Finally, after what appeared to be
an eternity, an unknown captain from another airline, came up on the frequency.
"Wasn't I married to you, once?" he asked.
November
1, 2005
Monkie
News | Network News
Monkie
News
Tomorrow: New Desktops -
Out with the dead and in with the living. That's
what tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition is giving! Since the ghouls have
gone back to the grave, the GUI is returning to it's scheduled day. You'll
find a bite a Bananas along with some News, packed nice and neat inside of
this Zoo. So if you're looking to freshen up your desktop view, swing back
tomorrow for some fabulous GOO; for you and me, ma and pa, bother and sis,
uncles and aunts, and the grandparents too! Does
Mr. Monk ever know when to quit his bit? Or just bite the bullet and trim
up the mullet!
Network
News
the WebWorld -
BeanHead
More Video Material - With a product as perfect
as the new iPod, what could possibly present a problem? Right now, the lack
of video material. Sure, iPod is the best at playing music. And now, at
playing quality video. It's just that iTunes is not stocked up with video
footage like it is with the tunes. So in the meantime, users can fall back
on home videos. Or best of all, users can fall back on the music player part
of iPod where it all began. - from Excite
Apple AirPort Peaks - Though there has been
much marveling at the new video iPod lately, other Apple products still continue
to be deemed excellent by a consensus of PC users as well. Apples AirPort,
for example was rated highest when it comes to home networking routers this
year. This is significant not only because it was decided by PC users, but
also because it is the first wireless networking device to be chosen. -
from PCMag
Beijing Beefs Up Olympics - Technology is
helping to make the Olympics a friendlier place. A flip-phone for the 2008
Olympics has been made which will speak Chinese, so that all those visiting
Beijing will be much more familiarized with the place. Another way technology
is making things better for visitors in Beijing is that the entire Olympic
village including vehicles will go wireless with Wi-Fi systems installed. -
from Techworld
October
31, 2005
Community
News | Monkie Business | Bananas
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 From
The Grave - Alrighty, all you spooks! Another day of the dead has
dug up all you over grown boyz and ghouls for a fright night in Spooksville!
For all you big ghosts, remember...No
Drinkin' and Thinkin'! Hand over the keys to avoid driving yourself
and others straight to the graveyard. And for all you little spookies,
keep those big thugs in line and give them the safety reminder on their
way out the door. Oh yeah! Be sure to share those sweet treats!
P.S. Did you remember
to turn your clocks back 1 hour?
Community News
Live Pencil Updates - While Halloween is still
in swing, Live
Pencil has already begun preparing a GUI feast for the next holiday -
Thanksgiving! Let's have a look at the latest fixin's for the future feast:
- New EMOTICONS - Let's get ready for THANKSGIVING.
- New EMOTICONS - More
Thanksgiving.
- SLIDE PUZZLE - Thanksgiving!
Are you drooling already? If your tummy has begun growling, stop the drool
and get your pre-feast bite of GOO at Live
Pencil!
Monkie
Business
Odds and Ends
Halloween's Beginning
Many experts believe the druids were the first to observe Halloween. Dating
back to 700 B.C., they celebrated the festival of Samhain (the end of the
harvest and a time to honor the dead) on November 1. In the ensuing years,
the night before became known as the Eve of All Hallows, a.k.a. Hallow Even,
a.k.a. Hallow e'en.
The Great Pumpkin - The biggest pumpkin
in the world tipped the scales at a whopping 1,446 pounds. This gigantic
gourd was weighed in October 2004 at a pumpkin festival in Port Elgin, Ontario,
Canada.
Black Cats - Black cats, those customary
Halloween icons, were originally believed to be witches' familiars, a kind
of cosmic sidekick who protected the witches' powers from negative forces.
Full In The Face - This Halloween
the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part?
With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.
- Conan O'Brien
Losing The Fun With A Natural Fright -
I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.
- Anonymous
Halloween Loser? - Charlie Brown is the one
person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of
his own Halloween special.
- Chris Rock
Bananas
Just Plain Nutz!
All Stitched Up
Why does Frankenstein love good riddles?
Because they keep him in stitches.
Rocky The Trick Or Treater
One Halloween a trick-or-treater came to my door dressed as 'Rocky' in boxing
gloves and satin shorts. Soon after I gave him some goodies, he returned
for more.
"Aren't you the same 'Rocky' who left my doorstep a few minutes ago?" I
asked.
"Yes," he replied, "but now I'm the sequel. I'll be back
three more times tonight too."
It's In The Aftermath
What do you get when you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its radius?
Pumpkin
pi.
Halloween Delivery
The orthopedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his staff
was helping transport many of the items.
I sat the display skeleton in the front of my car, his bony arm across the
back of my seat. I hadn't considered the drive across town. At one traffic
light, the stares of the people in the car beside me became obvious, and
I looked across and explained, "I'm delivering him to my doctor's office."
The other driver leaned out of his window. "I hate to tell you, lady," he
said, "but I think it's too late!"
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