December 21, 2003

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

More Christmas Trivia

Ten percent of American households leave milk and cookies for Santa Claus.

More than three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.

Nearly one in four people said they have more headaches during the Christmas season than any other time of the year.

Spirit of Christmas - Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display--so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn't the holly, it isn't the snow. It isn't the tree not the firelight's glow. It's the warmth that comes to the hearts of men when the Christmas spirit returns again.

- Unknown

December 20, 2003

Monkie Business

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Christmas Trivia

Only 9 minutes are spent by the average parent playing with his or her children on Christmas morning.

Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones, are also a good source of nutrition.

More diamonds are purchased at Christmas-time (31 percent) than during any other holiday or occasion during the year.

The term XMAS started with the Greeks. "X" is the first letter in the Greek word for Christ: Xristos.

December 19, 2003

Icons | Community News | Bananas

At The Top - And the winner is...You! There's new GOO on the platter with a fine new batch of Icons for your Friday Icon Edition. Plus you can check into the The Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway for your opportunity to pick up one of 4 registrations to ShapeShifter, a Sanyo DVD player, and the Hulk on DVD! Don't you dally. There's just a few more days to sign up. Now let's get to the fun!

New GOO!

New Icons - Open up your eye candy eyes and say ahhhh! We've got 3 New Icon Sets for your downloading enjoyment. Let's let the GUI mouths drool!

wbc icons - Welcoming in even more Holiday cheer is the great Yazoo from wbc icons! Yazoo gives you another installment of pixel pleasure Yazoo style with Yazoo Christmas 2. If you want your desktop decorated right, this is just the set for you!

DV Graphics - Sporting a DV Graphics room with a view, you're sure to enjoy Urbanview 2. Mr. Paul Sahner adds world wide class to your icon collections with the second in his Urbanview series. You won't even need to step foot outside your door to be a global traveler with this great set.

Threeland.de - Adding a nice zap of pixel code to your Mac resources is Resorcerer Icons from Marcus Reimann of Threeland.de. Since Resorcerer is the ResEdit on steroids, this powerful set reflects the app's pizzazz with a power Threeland punch. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Paul, Yazoo, Hein, and Marcus...

Your work is welcomed world 'round!

Thanks for your outstanding work!

Wanna share your pixels with the world?
Send Us Your Icons!

Community News

Mandolux - Mando Gomez sends the scoop on all the latest additions to the galleries this week at Mandolux. Here's what you will find:

Mandolux has issued eight new desktops: two Soccer (Chelsea Vs Fulham), two Steevil (Abstract), and four Technosis/Anthraxis (Abstract).

In celebration of the upcoming game in England between Chelsea versus Fulham this Saturday, Mando presents you with two desktops for each team. These are Vector based works showcasing their logos with a corresponding background. One last thing: Go Chelsea!!! Go Mandolux!

widget : widget - Most excellent pixel crafter Alexander MacLean creates a new icon set just in time for the Holidays. Noël is now available at widget : widget just in time to add that extra special Holiday shine to your Christmas festivities. So put on your cyber snow boots and get to diggin' the coolness at widget : widget!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz!

CHRISTMAS KIDS

If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children."

But remember: Be nice to your kids. They will choose your nursing home.

TREES A CROWD

Where is the best place to put your Christmas tree?

After your Christmas one and your Christmas two.

I BELIEVE IN SANTA

Just before Christmas, an honest politician, a generous lawyer, and Santa Claus were riding in the elevator of a very posh hotel. Just before the doors opened they all noticed a $20 bill lying on the floor. Which one picked it up? Santa of course, because the other two don't exist!

SUNDAY SANTA

A little boy returned from Sunday School with a new perspective on the Christmas story. He had learned all about the Wise Men from the East who brought gifts to the Baby Jesus. He was so excited he just had to tell his parents: "I learned in Sunday School today all about the very first Christmas! There wasn't a Santa Claus way back then, so these three skinny guys on camels had to deliver all the toys!" And Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with his nose so bright wasn't there yet, so they had to have this big spotlight in the sky to find their way around."

December 18, 2003

Monkie News | Community News | On The Net | Network News

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Icons - Ahhhh! We've made it past the mid-week hump and are now on the final stretch toward the weekend. Of course to end the week right, we have another brew of Icons headed your way for our Friday Icon Edition. And don't forget to enter The Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway, which is your chance to win one of 4 ShapeShifter registrations, a Sanyo DVD player, and the Hulk on DVD!

Community News

Another Unsanity Contest! - Things just keep getting crazier at Unsanity! Just announced is the first ShapeShifter Theme Contest. brought to you by Unsanity and Other World Computing. GUI and graphic design experts will be given a month to create awe inspiring themes with which to compete for fabulous prizes and cash. Complete contest details and rules are available at Unsanity. Get your pixel pencils out and start designing!

On The Net

Mac OSX 10.3.2 - Apple has released the latest update to Panther with Mac OSX 10.3.2. The latest version includes:

• Improved file sharing and directory services for mixed Mac and PC networks
• More robust printing to PostScript printers
• Improved font management
• Updated Mail and Address Book applications
• New ATI and NVIDIA graphics drivers
• FileVault, FireWire 800, WebDAV and USB Printing improvements
• Previous standalone security updates

The update can be downloaded via the Software Update pane in the System Preferences or by downloading directly from Apple.

Cocktail 3.3 - Just outta the shoot from Kristofer Szymanski is the latest update of Cocktail with version 3.3. Cocktail is a general purpose system modify / repair utility fro Mac OSX. The most recent update adds a new Pilot scheduler, new Pilot options, a "Prebind system" task to Pilot and minor interface improvements. In addition, you can purchase a Single User or Family License at an unbeatable price! The Christmas Sale ends December 28th. Don't delay! Get your copy of Cocktail today!

Network News

the Web World - BeanHead

Jobs Cool With Competitors - Like a modern day David and Goliath, Apple is about to face three giants head-on when it comes to iTunes. But despite the fact that Wal-Mart, Sony and Microsoft will all be opening online music stores, Apple CEO Steve Jobs stays confident. "We're going to continue on our winning strategy," he told USA Today. "Quality keeps customers loyal." Jobs knows that Apple carries the rock of the iPod, and that is what will knock the giants down. - from MacObserver and USA Today

Got You In My iSight - Brigham Young University had been experiencing the loss of expensive electronic equipment through break-ins. Lab workers successfully set up iSight with software on one of the Macs to record all activity in the room. The view iSight captured was so good that it helped police capture two suspects in the stealings. Many items were found at each man’s home, but formal charges have not yet been filed. - from MacCentral and deseretnews.com

December 17, 2003

Desktops | Community News | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Hot dog! There's all kinds of GUI goodness goin' down in the neighborhood and right here is not a bad place to start! We've got The Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway happenin' where you can pick up one of 4 ShapeShifter registrations, a Sanyo DVD player, and the Hulk on DVD. Too cool! And of course, there's this week's Wednesday Desktop Edition with some fine pixel dining from around the web. There's some awesome Software Updates, Community News, and green fried Bananas to boot! So I think I will shut up and get to the goods. Lezzz GOO it!

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The Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway

New GOO!

New Desktops - Ahhhhoooooo! These eyes are happy eyes as we pack in the pixels this week with 7 New Desktops for your dining delight! No sense in having the Monkie run at the mouth. Let's just get to the GUI goodness!

Etc. - Whoa Ho Ho! Marty Leone gives this Holiday Season quite the new twist with a down home different Santa! With this marvelous Christmas selection, Santa goes gold and may even have had a bit to much of Weight Watcher's weight loss program. Fatten up, Santa!

 

Desktops - Making use of his wonderful winter talents, Jack Juliussen from RAMASJANG gives us a beautiful view of the white weather with Damhus. This breath taking view is a take of a lake in Copenhagen, and the real name is Damhussøen (Damhus lake). A great ice breaker!

 

Fun - What would a Desktop edition be without a fun filled desktop from the ever creative Julia Nikolaeva?! We have the privilege of presenting another tasty morsel from Julia's Oh My Rabbit collection with a nice bite of Carrot. Your vision is sure to improve with this yummy piece from Flameia Design!

 

3-D Rendered - Me long lost GUI pal Kara Kelly of none other than KaraKelly.com once again gives us the honor of splashing her fine pixel talents on the screen with Aqua Punk In Love. There's nothin' like a couple of young GUI punks sharing their Aqua affection Kara Kelly style!

Another outstanding Holiday treat comes your way from the ever popular PlasmaDesign! Rob Randtoul gets into the spirit of things with the most colorful selection Snowflake 3. Whether you reside in a hot or cold climate, you're certain to get a snow filled Christmas with this cool piece!

We certainly hope no one gets forgotten this time of year. And no desktop should go without the fine work from ShiftedReality's Juergen Eilts. Forgotten 4 is a most excellent creation crafted with Vue d'Esprit 4.1. Amazing work, Juergen!

Adding a sugar coating to a selection that's What It Is, MacMonkies' Bradford Wiles adds a layer of EyeCandy to the above mentioned to sweeten the feet with Candy Toes. I just hope the resident cat doesn't get wind of this and expect a new kind of food. Enjoy!

Thanks Department --

Kara, Julia, Jack, Marty, Juergen, and Rob...

Thank you all so very much for adding color to this Christmas Season!

CHEERS!!

Have a piece you want to display?

Check out our Submissions guidelines and then send it in!

Community News

The Iconfactory - Good Golly Miss Mindy! The amazing folks from The Iconfactory have released another fabulous Icon Tuesday icon package with Frosty the Snowman courtesy of the most amazing Mindy Weaver. This cool and frosty new set is based on the characters from the classic Rankin & Bass Christmas cartoon and promises to "bring fond memories of childhood rushing back to your desktop." And of course you can be assured of some mighty fine quality and style with this latest Factory release. Get your snow shoes in gear and grab this great new set from The Iconfactory!

Mandolux - Mando Gomez continues to produce the quality desktop material your eye candy eyes have the craving for! Just added to the galleries of Mandolux is a new piece for the Steevil theme titled Dagmar. This is a picture of a glass sculpture illuminated in an orange/red tone set in a dark background. Get yourself a clickin' to Mandolux and have a good long gander!

On The Net

FruitMenu 3.2 - The wonderful folks from Unsanity LLC have just announced the release of your favorite haxie and mine, FruitMenu 3.2! This amazing Mac app allows you the ability to customize the Apple Menu and contextual menus with many marvelous ways. The latest update brings compatibility to Panther users as well as other fixes and speed improvements. FruitMenu is a must-have haxie and is now available by making your way to Unsanity. Get it!

Bananas

Just Plain Nutz

KIDS!

1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.

2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your own children.

3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat their young.

4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.

5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own.

6. We child proofed our homes, but they are still getting in.

AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS

Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Sweating his fat away,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Water-skis on his sleigh!

Never have a white Christmas,
When you in Melbourne live,
Wearing hot pants on the beach,
When you your presents give!

Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Sweating his fat away,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Here comes Santa Claus,
Water-skis on his sleigh!

Chestnuts roasting on the sidewalk,
Castles in the sand,
Eating ice-cream, having good talks,
Warm Christmas, isn't that grand?

TOP 10 USES FOR HOLIDAY FRUITCAKES

10. Use slices to balance that wobbly kitchen table.

9. Use instead of sand bags during El Nino.

8. Send to U.S. Air Force, let troops drop them.

7. Use as railroad ties.

6. Use as speed bumps to foil the neighborhood drag racers.

5. Collect ten and use them as bowling pins.

4. Use instead of cement shoes.

3. Save for next summer's garage sale.

2. Use slices in next skeet-shooting competition.

1. Two words: pin cushion.

December 16, 2003

Monkie News | Network News

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

The Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway - Unsanity LLC and MacMonkies have joined efforts to bring you the Incredible ShapeShifter Giveaway. Up for grabs are:

4 Registrations for ShapeShifter, a Sanyo DVD Player, and The Incredible Hulk on DVD.

ShapeShifter is a revolutionary new product that lets you change the overall appearance of your Mac using themes. And winning this great haxie couldn't be easier. All you have to do is head over to Unsanity's Product Page and count the number of products that they currently have available. Once you have that lucky number in hand, get yourself signed up!

Four lucky winners will receive a copy of ShapeShifter. Of the four winners, one will be drawn to receive a new Sanyo DVD player bundled with The Incredible Hulk on DVD. Entries will be accepted through Monday at Midnight, December 22, 2003. All prizes will be drawn at random at that time. Winners will be announced December 24, 2003.

So what are you waiting for?! Get yourself over to Unsanity and get your "lucky number" and then get yourself back and get signed up!

Note: Previously, we had listed the deadline as Tuesday, December 22, 2003. This was a typo. Entries will be accepted through Monday, December 22, 2003.

Monkie News

Tomorrow: New Desktops and More! - Woo hoo! Tomorrow brings some great eye candy for the Christmas Season as we will add another great selection of Desktops for our weekly Wednesday Desktop Edition! Makes your mouth water just thinkin' about it!

And, later today we have a very Special Announcement that is sure to re-shape the way you see things in an incredible way! Be sure to keep your peepers pealed! Till then!

Network News

the WebWorld - BeanHead

iTunes Stays On Top - Apple has proven the theory that the first one out stays ahead when it comes to the iTunes Music Store. It sold one million songs in the first week and also spurred a number of other internet music stores to open, but iTunes was the first one and has stayed ahead of all the others. This is a fascinating feat since only 3 percent of computer users own a Mac. So how does Apple do it? Perhaps it is Apple's incredible ad campaigns that keep iTunes on the top, not to mention ease of use and the iPod. - from TechNewsWorld

iPod Gathering Place - There is a new place on the web for people who own iPods. MacMinute reports that iPodhead.com offers all kinds of iPod goodies, including guides on using the MP3 player as well as news and reviews pertaining to it. Tips and tutorials are available for iPod users from creating a song list to keeping your pocket player charged up and ready to go anytime, anywhere. The website hopes to help those who have the gadget get the most they can out of it. - from MacMinute

December 15, 2003

Community News | Monkie Business | On The Net | Bananas

At The Top - Wowzers. The biggest Holiday of the year is almost here and next thing you know, the year will be gone. My how time flies! Insane Hussein has finally been captured, which is probably one of the biggest packages under wraps in quite sometime. Can't say I'll lose too much sleep knowing that he just might have to do some jail time. So now that some of the bad in the world has been tended to, howz about we attempt to start the week out right with a bit of a Monkie grin. Shall we?!!

Community News

Mandolux - Just in from Mando Gomez is word of the latest desktop update at Mandolux. A new set in the Technosis/Anthraxis has been added titled Lighthouse. This is an abstract view of a set of photographs of a fresnel. Get your mouse on the move and make your way to Mandolux for an eyeful of this great new selection!

Send Us Your Site News!

press@macmonkies.com

On The Net

Photologist 1.4 - The folks at To·The·Point Software have recently announced the release of Photologist 1.4. Photologist is a versatile image management, manipulation, and presentation solution. It provides users with easy but powerful ways to work with digital photos. The latest update is now Panther compatible and features a number of improvements and enhancements. You can get the full scoop on Photologist by making a quick trip to To·The·Point Software and checkin' it out!

Monkie Business

Odds and Ends

Christmas Trivia

Ten percent of American households leave milk and cookies for Santa Claus.

More than three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.

Nearly one in four people said they have more headaches during the Christmas season than any other time of the year.

A Santa Clause - What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic?

- Unknown

A Christmas Diller - Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered. What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

- Phyllis Diller

Bananas

Just Plain Nuts

WAYS TO CONFUSE SANTA CLAUSE Part III - The Finale

13. Dress up like the Easter Bunny. Wait for Santa to come and then say, "This neighborhood ain't big enough for the both of us."

ALL OF RUDOLPH'S DOUGH

Knock Knock

Who's there?

Rudolph

Rudolph who?

Money is the Rudolph of all evil!

SINGLE HANDED

I'm so strong I could lift a reindeer with one hand.

Yeah, but where are we going to find a one-handed reindeer?