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December 9-11, 2005

At The Top: New GOO, iPulse Released, OmniGraffle Updated - Hurray, it's the beginning of the end of a long, long week! And that means we have a round of pixel pleasurables for your Friday Icon Edition, the latest SW News On The Net from The Iconfactory and The Omni Group, and a portion of bunched up Bananas to polish it all off. And since we can't wait for this day to reach it's end, let's get to the goods and let the fun begin!

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New GOO!

New Icons - With our latest batch of New GOO, you'll find that the 2 New Icon Sets from two fantabulous iconists showcase some of their best work to date! So we won't make you wait...Here they come!

Leslie Javorek - When you wish upon a pixel star, tell us, Leslie, how fine an artist you are! Featuring her latest star-studded pixel pack, Leslie Javorek gets into the Christmas spirit with Holiday Jewels Part I. Containing a huge selection of spirited ornaments, this gathering of GOO is perhaps her best set of gems ever!

 

Iconbulk - If you're looking for eye candy sweets like only Grandmother knows how to make, then your GUI sweet tooth will be more than satisfied with the sugar coated collection - Cookies! From the pixel crafter of both HellCat and Iconbulk, Caterina Pinto spares no flavor for this tasty set of eleven!

Thanks Department --

Leslie and Caterina...

Your GUI gems make for a whole lot of Christmas joy!

More pixel power to ya!

THANK YOU!

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On The Net

Omni Group Updates With OmniGraffle 4.1 - Those fine Mac app makers from The Omni Group have announced the release of their diagramming and drawing program - OmniGraffle 4.1. This release for OmniGraffle and the professional version features a number of bug fixes, improved stability, updated localizations, and readies the application for compatibility with future Mac hardware based on Intel processors. For all of the up to date info on this great Mac app, hurry over to The Omni Group and check out OmniGraffle!

Iconfactory Releases iPulse 2.1.4 - Knowing your Mac's health is but a heartbeat away as the fine folks from The Iconfactory have released iPulse 2.1.4, the amazing compact and visually pleasing utility for monitoring the numerous statistics of OS X and your Mac. The new version adds support for Quad Processor PowerMac G5 systems and is now a universal binary that will run natively on Intel-based Macs. This update is free and recommended for all registered users. Don't miss a beat...Get the latest incarnation of iPulse from the Factory today!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Down Right Dirty!

What do you call a letter sent up the chimney on Christmas Eve?

Black mail!

Oops, I Did It Again

While on a road trip, an elderly couple stopped at a roadside restaurant for lunch. After finishing their meal, they left the restaurant and resumed their trip.

When leaving, the elderly woman unknowingly left her glasses on the table. And, she didn't miss them until after they had been driving about twenty minutes. By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to travel quite a distance before they could find a place to turn around in order to return to the restaurant to retrieve her glasses.

All the way back, the elderly husband became the classic grouchy old man. He fussed and complained and scolded his wife relentlessly during the entire return drive. The more he chided her, the more agitated he became. He just wouldn't let up one minute.

To her relief, they finally arrived at the restaurant and as the woman got out of the car and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, the old geezer yelled to her, "While you're in there, you might as well get my hat."

No Brainer

What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?

It's Christmas, Eve!

It's Just Art

A man steals paintings from a museum and gets a few blocks away, runs out of gas and the cops catch him. When asked what happened he replied, "I didn't have enough Monet to pay for Degas to make the Van Gogh!!!!"

December 8, 2005

Monkie News | On The Net | Network News

At The Top: A Better Finder Attributes 3.9 Released - The folks from PUBLICSPACE.NET have just announced the release of A Better Finder Attributes 3.9, their contextual menu plugin for the Finder that allows users to change the file date and other attributes of Mac OS X files. The new version makes the reading of the EXIF shooting date and time of digital pictures both substantially faster and more reliable. If you're a digital camera owner, web master, compact disk author, graphical art practitioner or software developers, A Better Finder Attributes will be a great help to you..Check it out!

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Hmmm...Me wonders what goes in this slot! Could it be a blooming tree with short, shorts and 90 degrees in mid December? Not in this neck of the woods. Since there's no guessing allowed (since you should already know by now), we'll just come right out and say that your eyes will play as we're prepping up a new round of GOO for your Friday Icon Edition. Until then, let's look at some Network News!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

ESPN Sports iTunes - Sports super station ESPN is looking into some serious strategies to get several of its television shows on iTunes. The network wants to branch out beyond television and spread its wings into the digital world sporting all sorts of sports media. Though ESPN has not held talks with Apple yet, iTunes is certain to be one of the main avenues for video distribution the company will want to delve into. - from Yahoo

Jobs Keeps Mac Cube - Though Apple discontinued its Cube computer, CEO Steve Jobs still has claim on a different cube. It is a thirty-two by thirty-two square foot hollow glass cube designed by Jobs himself. This real life cube will be used as the entrance to an Apple retail store in the General Electric building on Fifth Avenue. Jobs signed a lease for use of the building as long as he gets the cube back.- from AppleInsider

End Of Couch Potato Era - The ability to view television programs at the leisure of the viewer through things like TiVo and portable devices such as the Apple iPod is bringing new definition to the couch potato. Where surveyors used to be able to simply ask how many hours a person watched television, they have had to tweak their surveys to get modern information. They now have to ask how many hours TV is viewed live. - from Cnet

December 7, 2005

Desktops | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - With the Arctic front that just moved into Monkie country, one thing we won't find At The Top is the terribly cold temps! Daytime highs are barely above zero, currently at nine degrees below! But while the bitter cold dips, one thing rises to the top...Your Wednesday Desktop Edition! Today you'll find a fine trio of GUI goodies, some SW News On The Net from Realmac Software, and some Bananas to toot the fruits. With all of that lingering in the land, things are sure to heat up a notch or two...Let's get to the view!

The New Pixadex 2...Get It Today!

New GOO!

New Desktops - With the following feature in desktop delights, one would think we're highlighting the grayscale skies of the cold, cold winter. But once you lay your eyes on these 3 New Desktops, you'll find their excellence will warm you GUI view for some time to come. Let's have a look!

3-D Rendered - Ahoy matey! Shiver me timbers. Or at the very least, you'll get a bunch of goose bumples once you lay your eye candy eyes on one of Ed Allen's latest show of most pleasurable pixel perfectionism - Shiver! In from the new face of EAD Studios, this most excellent selection will add a sure shine to your GUI design as well as select sense of quiver...Oh yes!

Tired of being stuck in the same old four walls at work? Then it's time you move your cubicle's desktop furniture around with with a fine "rock block" view from burntcanvasdesign! Making a strategic maneuver in digital design, Alan Sherwood offers an amazing rearrangement of Move I to make more room in Move IV! Look out desktops...Move it on over!

 

Logos - You say you want a revolution? How about a desktop solution with the unofficial Evolution release from the galleries of U'nek Design Studios! As Francisco Bennett ventures to meld Apple's past, present, and future into one incredible Mac theme, this sneak peek into 2006 will give you a glimpse of all things to come ala his craftsmanship that just can't be beat...Enjoy!

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Ed, Alan, and Francisco...

Absolutely amazing work!

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On The Net

RapidWeaver 3.2.1 Released - Just in from Brighton, England is news of Realmac Software's latest software release - RapidWeaver 3.2.1! This hugely popular web building software makes it easy for everyone to publish Photos, Movies and Blogs online instantly. Version 3.2.1 improves stability and adds new enhancements as well as bug fixes. For all the details, and to get your free upgrade, swing by Realmac Software check it out!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

Stuck!

What does Father Christmas suffer from if he gets stuck in a chimney?

Santa Claustrophobia!

Smartest Dog Ever

As a butcher is shooing a dog from his shop, he sees $10 and a note in his mouth, reading: 10 lamb chops, please.

Amazed, he takes the money, puts a bag of chops in the dog's mouth, and quickly closes the shop. He follows the dog and watches him wait for a green light, look both ways, and trot across the road to a bus stop. The dog checks the timetable and sits on the bench. When a bus arrives, he walks around to the front and looks at the number, then boards the bus. The butcher follows, dumbstruck.

As the bus travels out into the suburbs, the dog takes in the scenery. After awhile he stands on his back paws to push the "stop" button, then the butcher follows him off.

The dog runs up to a house and drops his bag on the stoop. He goes back down the path, takes a big run, and throws himself -Whap! - Against the door. He does this again and again. No answer. So he jumps on a wall, walks around the garden, beats his head against a window, jumps off, and waits at the front door. A big guy opens it and starts cursing and pummeling the dog.

The butcher runs up screams at the guy: "What the heck are you doing? This dog's a genius!"

The owner responds, "Genius, no way! It's the second time this week he's forgotten his key!"

Not-So-Great Date

While on a bus one woman asked another, with curiosity, "well, what happened on your date with dashing Prince Lancelot?"

"Yuck!" was the disillusioned reply. "He was more like disgusting Prince Lust-a-lot, and I was the one who needed the suit of armor!"

Cold Milk

How do you call an Eskimo cow?

An Eskimoo!

December 6, 2005

Monkie News | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops - Yabba, dabba, doodle! Though it may be hard to believe, Mr. Monkie has little gabba from his noodle! While perhaps a good thing, what's even better is we're portioning a nice pot of GUI strudel for tomorrow's Wednesday Desktop Edition. And though there's no rendition like the nice fruition of desktop delectables sitting on your monitor's face, there's still a round of Network News to view from around the cyberspace. That said, let's hand the mic over to the Bean and check out the latest news on the net!

the WebWorld - BeanHead

iPod Pushes Out MP3 Players - Consumer electronic preferences are showing a huge shift in direction this holiday season. iPod is acting as the new walkman. Everybody wants one and everybody can use it. Another hit is the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. Between iPod and XBox, other brands of MP3 players are simply not much in demand this Christmas. In fact, they are showing less demand than last year. - from FinancialExpress

Apple Powerbook Shines - Apple's 15-inch and 17-inch powerbooks are now shining with brand new screen resolutions that are out of this world. The models were recently updated to cause the powerbooks to be even more perfect. Along with new screens to make them look great, battery life has also been increased. Both models are also cheaper now at the basic level and all include Bluetooth capabilities. - from PCAdvisor

Baby Jesus Missing From Manger - When the baby Jesus figurine came up missing at the city Nativity Scene in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, technology came to the rescue. Thanks to a recently installed surveillance camera the culprit was caught immediately. It turns out that a little girl's Grandma took the tiny figure as a joke with plans to return it. When caught, however, she was fined instead. - from Yahoo

December 5, 2005

Community News | Monkie Business | Bananas

At The Top: Live Pencil Updates - Welcome to your Monday morning Monkie Edition! What's new in the groove? How about this: With only twenty days left till Christmas, why wait till the last minute to give the GUI gift that keeps on giving when you can pick up the latest, greatest goodies from Live Pencil?!! Take a look at these fine pixel packages now available:

• New EMOTICONS- Christmas is almost here!!! 
• New EMOTICONS  - And even more Christmas.
• 3 new WALLPAPERS  - December calendar and more.

Now that you have the latest low down of GUI giveables for your Christmas giving list from Live Pencil, let's look at a new round of Monkie Madness to kick start the remainder of your work week!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Japanese Gift Giving - Gift-giving etiquette is important when traveling in Japan. Don't use white paper when wrapping a gift because white is associated with death. Also, don't use brightly colored papers or bows. If you buy your gifts at a Japanese department store, they will automatically be wrapped. A wrapped gift is often carried inside a shopping bag to avoid being conspicuous and to downplay any hint that a gift is being given.

Why The Shy Guy? - A recent study conducted by the Shyness Clinic in Menlo Park, California, revealed that almost 90 percent of Americans label themselves as shy.

Candy Canes - An 18th century English candy maker decided to make a candy commemorating Christmas (this was during the time that Christmas celebrating was outlawed in England), the result was a candy cane representing the Shepherds staff and upside down, a letter for Jesus. Made of white candy to represent purity with 3 red stripes for the Trinity and 1 large red stripe for Jesus' blood later shed. Some dispute this.

Ultimate Tuna Helper - In 1996, The Associated Press reported that during a robbery at Super Jim’s grocery in Chicago, store employee Vincente Arriaga was shot by the robber. The bullet barely broke Arriaga’s skin because it was slowed as it passed through an 8-ounce box of Tuna Helper he was holding.

- Larry Wilde

Commercial Christmas - Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?

- Bill Watterson

Good House Keeping - I'm an excellent housekeeper. Every time I get a divorce, I keep the house.

- Zsa Zsa Gabor

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

The 10th Reindeer

How come you never hear anything about the 10th reindeer "Olive?"

Olive?

Yeah, you know, "Olive the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names."

Not Guilty?

"I am not at all satisfied with the evidence against you," said the magistrate to the prisoner on trial." So I shall find you not guilty. You are discharged."

"Oh, good," said the prisoner, "does that mean that I can keep the money?"

Modern Day Christmas

As a little girl climbed onto Santa's lap, Santa asked the usual, "And what
would you like for Christmas?"

The child stared at him open mouthed and horrified for a minute, then gasped, "Didn't you get my E-mail?"

Fast Food

It was an extremely rough English Channel crossing from Weymouth to Jersey, and one wretched green-faced passenger was hugging the rail when a steward approached him.

"Lunch, sir?" asked the tactless steward.

"No, thanks," groaned the passenger. "Just throw it overboard and save me the trouble."