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Today's News by Cletus™  The very nice program, Disk First Aid Doubler 1.2.3, fixes a conflict that cropped up with the last release with Default Folder. It is a recommended download if you run Default Folder.
Wapp pro 3.4.1 provides a menu listing windows of all running applications, to aid in quickly switching between them. Changes in this update include: - Some old-style desk accessories could be associated with the wrong submenu in the applications menu. Fixed.
- Sending the front window to the back in carbon applications is now much faster.
- The small font used to display the content of a Finders folders is now the View fonts used in the Finder, so non-Roman languages display properly.
- On computers with some SCSI cards, if File Sharing was enabled along with Wapp pro's application-switcher in the menu bar, waking from sleep could hang. Fixed.
- The application-switcher in the menu bar can now be grabbed and dragged.
- The application-switcher in the menu bar has now a contextual menu that lets you change its positioning scheme easily.
Pic2Icon 1.0 is designed to work in Mac OS X . It allows you to create 128x128 icons for picture files. A Better Finder Rename X 4.3 is a CMM to quickly batch rename multiple files. The description for changes to this version is: "Provides improved support for OS X long file names, extends the number manipulation operations and fixes a problem with non-ascii characters in file names. A MacOS 9 as well as a OS X version of the tool are available."
FinderTweaks 0.1 is the first public release of this AppleScript that assigns more priority to Finder, Dock, WindowServer. With this release, more source code was added so that the admin password can be saved as a run-only start-up tweak!
Macintosh Explorer X 3.0 by Rage Software, is a powerful file browser and file management tool. Version 3.0 is a full rewrite over version 2.1. Described this way; "It offers faster file browsing, additional file management tools as well enhancements to many of the file management tools found in previous versions."
CharView 1.2 runs in Mac OS 8.0 through Mac OS X . It shows all printing characters of a selected font
HotApp 1.1 is the newest release of this ley assigning program. Assign hot keys to any Mac OS X app, file, URL, etc.
For Mac OS X there is a new version of Icon Brush II version 2.0. Noah Desch writes, Version 2.0 adds many new features, including being scriptable and recordable with AppleScript. Down load the program and try it out!
Daniel Kennett wrote to tell me that he has updated his software Writer 2.5 for Mac OS 8.5 - 9.x.x and for Mac OS X. "This is a major update to the popular text editing programs, which are made with REALbasic."
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Tools of the Trade. by Michael Coyle Bruce McLaughlin tried pasting a new icon into the Mail.app in MacOS X. After logged out and back in (or you can relaunch the Finder), the new icon showed up. However, once he received a new email the dock icon changed to the original icon with the red notification badge. Here's how to change the icon and make it stick with the addition of the badge. Pasting the icon into the Inspector Window doesn't work. You need to change the app.icns file in the Mail.app package. Make a copy of the Mail.app and Control-click on the program to bring up the "Show Package Contents" selection. Navigate your way to the Contents-->Resources folder and replace the app.icns with any icon in the new 'data-fork only' MacOS X format. If you use Iconographer, this is the "MacOS X New" format. For extra credit, you can even change the red badge. Look at the four "newMailBadg.tiff" images in the same folder. They vary in size to accommodate message numbers as high as 1000. (That's a lot of email!). If you make new badges, send them to ResExcellence and we'll post them.
Duality 3, a theme switcher for Mac OSX has been released by Conundrumsoft. Also in theme news, Xthemination has posted two new Themes. One is an unlined Aqua style, and other is a totally original creation based on the NeXT window manager.
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User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael Coyle Win a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 by contributing to ResExcellence! (How?) - James Lance Bass from nsync is the featured artist in this MOSS by Alistair Brownlie. Too bad I didn't have a recent Britany MOSS to place next to him. They could have talked about Justin. Whoa! I know way too much about this...
- A nice set of splashes for Microsoft Office X. These more closely resemble the default IE 5.1 splash.
- A pair of About this Mac replacements from Conrad feature the eyes anf lips of Audrey Tchekova.
- A very industial MOSS was crated by Dennis Hicks. It looks like non-skid metal!
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Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly Snapshot Theme: It’s January and, like many other students, I’m heading back to the classroom. I’ve been thinking to myself, “Wouldn’t it be cool to make a snapshot representing the university I attend?” So, I’m extending this invitation to all you students and teachers past and present to proudly display the educational institution you’re affiliated with in a snapshot. By next Friday I hope to have enough submissions to do a special posting. Please include “Snapshot Theme” in the subject line of your email.
Friday’s snapshots just dropped in: - Jennifer Arning contributes this snapshot sporting a custom “Flowers and Butterflies” desktop picture. Xicons’ Xbugs and Cactus Studio’s PictoGraph icons are scattered throughout.
- A Windowmaker desktop picture and Swizcore’s NeXT Theme are showcased in this contribution from Roberto Dohnert. NeXBar mans the right edge, while the Power64 Commodore 64 emulator resides in the lower right.
- This screenshot from Hazlitt touts a gorgeous “Mount Tamalpais” photographic desktop picture he took from Coyote Ridge in California. Simply breathtaking.
- This snapshot from Günther Klebinger touts the “Waterbody 9” desktop picture. Audion, overhauled with the iPod face, is churning out soundtracks in the center. The Reactionary icons are also visible.
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Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: We've got (6) New Desktops, (2) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- Good Grief! I'll bet Charlie Brown never imagined he would show up as an OSX icon. As you can see, Dan from Nonsuchworks.com transforms a number of the cartoon characters into icons, representing only a portion of the entire Peanuts cast. He decided to start with the early, "classic" cast, so there's no Peppermint Patty, no Marcie, no Franklin, no Woodstock, and no Eudora, Rerun, Truffles, Roy, Belle, or Spike. Keep your eyes out for a follow-up set.
- Just in the nick of time, Jen Goldsworth sends in the Justice league. This small set of 8 comic book super hero icons for OSX brings new meaning to the words truth, justice and the American desktop.
- Super model goddess "Elle McPherson" graces another page of John Rose's personal Sketchbook. This foxy celebrity backdrop comes in 1280x resolution.
- Hungry for some bright sunshine and a warm summer day by the lake, Mario Garza spent a dreary rainy winter afternoon doing the next best thing; creating the scene in Bryce 3-D. This elegant, but alas, artificial sunset comes in 1024x and 800x resolutions
- Bradford J. Wiles of Macmonkies submits another of his nicely done Bryce 3-D desktops for your enjoyment titled "Different Worlds". This one is available in 1024x and 800x resolutions.
- The word courageous and the name "Lance Armstrong", go hand in hand. Jonathan Gurule sends in this desktop portrait of the man who beat the odds in 1024x resolution.
- All the way from the Land Down Under, Peter Mac submits another grouping of interesting photographs, these depicting the devastating fires of 2002 in Sydney Australia. Generated from images provided by the Sydney Morning Herald, all six shots come in 1024x resolution.
- John Rose detours for the moment from his celebrity Sketchbook work, and sends us a subtle and slightly erotic composition titled "Interstellar". Comes in 1280x resolution.
News From Around the Web: Macmonkies is still experiencing technical difficulties, will be posting an update later today (it's about time!). In the mean time, drop by the site and check out the latest 3D desktops! New Pics are now available at Normal Flora. Ethereal Creations updates with three beautiful new desktops. Our Site News page has also been updated so stop by and have a look! Dome-O-Rama is proud to present it's spin off site, PixelDecor! MacuserX.com has been updated with 7 new desktops, 1 new icon set, and 1 new AIM Buddy Icon set! Mandolux updates with 5 new desktops, continuing the F-15 Eagle Strike jet Series. DV Graphics (http://www.dv-graphics.com ) has updated with a new quicker-loading design along with the new, huge icon set: Glass IV. Also, DVG has fixed the glitch with their icons not working with OS 9 in this release. Flax Creations updates with one cool new desktop picture. Check it out! New OS X Icons have been added to Rampant Mac for January 15th. The set is titled "Aquaricons II". It features eighteen icons that are chock full of textures and complex blending modes. Stop by and have a look!
Toren Valimir reports that his site I/O Unlimited Media, has a new URL, and has been completely redesigned. The Iconfactory is proud to announce the latest installment of our most popular icon series to date - World of Aqua 3. Resident artist Dave Brasgalla, continues to push the boundaries of desktop icon design with his newest freeware icon collection for Mac OS X. Visit http://www.chudovishe.ru/heresiology.html for some new and interesting Icons. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
Build a Merlin Simulator with REALbasic - Part 2 by Erick Tejkowski | | Back in the late 1970's, Parker Brothers introduced a great handheld electronic game machine called Merlin. This week we continue with Part 2 of our Merlin Simulator project and begin adding functionality to the simulator. (Continued...) |
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Today's News by Cletus™ Disk First Aid Doubler 1.2.2 will shorten or eliminate the startup disk check delay. It is designed for Mac OS 8.5 or higher
- Fixed the extension conflict causing DFA dialog to be disabled
- Fixed the radio button problem in the control panel
- Fixed window location saving in the control panel
- Separate options for report on success and failure
- Fixed caption live update in the control panel
The newest beta of File Buddy X is 7.0b14. It provides extensive desktop and file/folder editing and task management. There are a lot of changes to this release. More information is available here.
LockBurn 1.0 is an application to mass unlock all trashed files. "Launching this program unlocks all the files in the Trash. It has no interface, it just unlocks any files present, if any. Great for the Dock, it loads, unlocks, then quits smoothly and quietly."
 MovieFloat is described as a movie player 'with a touch'. "It enables you to watch (Quicktime) movies in a window which floats above your work. That way, your movie will always be visible. As a bonus, you can set the transparency of the movie so that part of your work 'shines through'." Screenshots are also available at the site.
I think this program is sooo cool! Unsanity LLC released Xounds 1.1. Xounds is a haxie that brings Appearance Sounds to MacOS X. Version 1.1 brings many requested features: - Sounds are now played/panned in stereo.
- It is possible to choose types of sound effects to play (Controls,
Windows, Menus, Finder).
- Adjustable volume for every type of sound effects - for example,
you can have menu effects played at one volume and window effects at
another.
- Sounds in Menu Extras menus are being played now.
- Sounds in Dock menus are also being played now.
- Added Empty Trash sound, Added Disk Insert/Eject sounds, Added Preload XoundSet in Memory advanced option, Added Disable Stereo Panning advanced option.
- Fixed a bug with third-party soundsets not playing correctly.
- Fixed some other bugs.
Load Monitor 0.92 will provide System load visualization. New in this version: - Overall improvement of the code (more cocoa-like)
- Menu available in the dock
- Better localization
- Launch time should be faster
 textSOAP 3.1.4 is the newest release of this great text clean up utility. The report on this version is: "Version 3.1.4 addresses two problems: 1) SCRUB and the MIME cleaner could crash on some URLs. 2) The Forwarding cleaner was not ignoring tabs at the beginning of a line. It now ignores tabs and spaces at the beginning of the line." textSOAP runs on Mac OS 8.6 - Mac OS X.
Classic Toggler 1.1 is a tool to launch and restart Classic from the dock. "This release features a new Preferences Manager. This tool is designed to help those users who frequently switch back and forth between Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. Users can now use Classic Toggler to synchronize preferences between the two environments. This release also improves visual feedback on Classic's status on the dock. "
Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive has posted new versions to their "Personal Favorites" section. Pop over and see if you like these schemes as much as they do.
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Tools of the Trade. by Michael Coyle On March 8th, 1999, ResExcellence posted an article on downloading CD track and title information for importing into CD Players. By comparison to the way we listen to music on our computers today, the tutorial reads like a historical document with no mention of MP3s! But it does discuss several tools for accessing the CDDB. At that time, the CDDB was a free service, a large database of CD track and title information contributed by end users. That same day the CDDB, originally incorporated as Escient and not owned by Gracenote, released a license forcing CD Players that accessed the database to display an Escient company logo and to pledge to exclusively access only the CDDB database. In effect, the programs that freely contributed to the CDDB were now being forced into restrictions if they wished to continue accessing the database they helped to build. The very next day, the roots of the Free CD Database were formed. The freecddb is a GPL alternative to the CDDB. It is used almost exclusively in the Linux community and by forward thinking Music Players and encoders on other platforms. Audion on the Mac is an example. Last May, the issue was again placed under the spotlight when Roxio (the producer of Toast Titanium) in an attempt to protest the large licensing fees to access the CDDB, switched its allegiance to the freecddb. After lawyers wrangled, Roxio was brought back into the Gracenote fold. One can only hope the terms were more favorable or you can expect to pay more for your next version of Toast. If you would like to support the FreeCD Database, freecddb on the Mac is a great place to start. In addition to a table of audio applications listing their support for the freecddb, they can show you how to use a hosts file redirect CDDB to the freecddb. Users of iTunes 2 are currently stuck with the CDDB and unable to switch to freecddb. It's possible that soon a program called iCDc will be updated to handle iTunes' CD Info.cidb data file, but until then, only CDDB will be available. Why go through all the bother? For years, thousands of people huddled over their computer keyboards typing the information for CDs into the original database. Once it reached critical mass, the maintainers of the database claimed it as their own and charged developers for the right to access it. That just ain't right!
Chris Lawson recommends this site to scramble email addresses and protect against spam-bots. Enter your email address, coyle@ResExcellence.com, for example, and it provides the conversion to the text shown below. The code can then be used in the mailto: of a web page. coyle@resex&
#099;ellence.com Wouldn't it be ironic if the site doing the conversion was setup to harvest email addresses? Banish the thought...
Andy Moraitis sends this little tip for MacOS X users who wish to spice up their terminal login message and change it from the default. Open a terminal session and su to root and type: pico /etc/motd Edit the message to whatever you would like. Andy's says: Welcome to MacOSX 10.1
Resistance is Futile! When done, press Control-X to quit, press "Y" to save the changes. Open a new session to see your new terminal greeting!
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Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly Here they come to save the day—Wednesday’s snapshots: - David sends this OS X snapshot showing off the Technichron screensaver from within SaverLab in the lower right. Very cool.
- A desktop picture sporting the Linux Penguin and the Sosumi Theme are showcased in this contribution from Robert Dohnert. Audion is juggling selections in the lower left.
- Toni Braxton is featured in a custom “Beautiful Soul” desktop picture along with Keith Spence’s Pale Ice K-Scheme in this submission from John Rose. Audion, equipped with Akio’s SlickCorner face, is dishing out tunes in the lower left.
- A “Basic” desktop picture is featured in this snapshot from Daniel Schep. iTunes is shuffling music in the lower left. Interesting.
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Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: We've got (6) New Desktops, (3) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- Another day, another set of 18 OSX Icons. Modest Scott Chitwood of Rampant Mac created "Aquaricons II" as a good example as to what can be accomplished during a slow day at work. Download this sequal to Aquaricons here, or visit Scott's site for a visual feast and vast array of other GUI goodies.
- "DVD Players" for OSX, by Hein Mevissen, features 21 different flavored DVD player icons for you to choose from. Warning, confusion as to which one you may want to use is inevitable.
- "Ramones Gone Home" icons by Eyeballbaby, includes all seven members of the heavy metal Ramones Band. This little set displays well in either Classic or OSX mode. Rock on!
- How many times has your machine crashed today? If you lost count, then a little desktop humor may be in order with "Crash Can" by Waa. Hopefully, thanks to OSX, these desktops will feel outdated in a year or so, but for now they are available in three differrent resolutions.
- Pop Rock Icon "Britney Spears" graces another page of John Rose's personal Sketchbook. This celebrity backdrop comes in 1280x resolution.
- Spiderman fans will enjoy "Webslinger", an appropriate name for this comic book hero desktop sent our way by Jonathan Gurule. Available in 1024x resolution only.
- All the way from the Land Down Under, Peter Mac sends in a second group of photographic "Desert Scenes". These desktops begin just outside his back fence looking west, and end up deep within an Opal mine. All four shots come in 1024x resolution.
- John Sadowski sends us a smattering of what he calls "Wall Paper Samples", a teaser as to what you will find when you visit John's website. The download includes 3 different compositions, all in 1152x resolution.
- Slightly off center but very cool, "Carmen-electric" by Mario Garza comes in 1024x and 800x resolutions.
News From Around the Web: DV Graphics (http://www.dv-graphics.com ) has updated with a new quicker-loading design along with the new, huge icon set: Glass IV. Also, DVG has fixed the glitch with their icons not working with OS 9 in this release. Flax Creations updates with one cool new desktop picture. Check it out! New OS X Icons have been added to Rampant Mac for January 15th. The set is titled "Aquaricons II". It features eighteen icons that are chock full of textures and complex blending modes. Stop by and have a look!
Toren Valimir reports that his site I/O Unlimited Media, has a new URL, and has been completely redesigned. MacMonkies reports that updates for their site will be postponed for a few days due to circumstances beyond their control. Mandolux updates with a new desktop representing a continuation of the Technosis/Anthraxis theme of desktops. The Iconfactory is proud to announce the latest installment of our most popular icon series to date - World of Aqua 3. Resident artist Dave Brasgalla, continues to push the boundaries of desktop icon design with his newest freeware icon collection for Mac OS X. Visit http://www.chudovishe.ru/heresiology.html for some new and interesting Icons. Ethereal Creations updates with five new desktop images. Tray's Trove updates 1-13-02 with eight new desktop designs. More Live Pencil updates: With a New Section - LIVE TEXT as part of FOR YOUR E-MAILS: It's so fun to see a word come to life... and WALLPAPERS: NOAH is back again!
macuserx.com has been updated with a bunch of new desktops, icons and aim buddies. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
REALbasic News by Erick Tejkowski - Back to School
- Valentina Before Valentine's Day
- Align your Eyecons!
- Monkey See, Monkey Do
- String Stuff
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Today's News by Cletus™ We are back! What a wonderful trip we all had in San Francisco. Personally speaking, it was a lot of fun seeing everyone at the show and spending some time with my fellow ResExcellence mates. We even had an opportunity to do a little touring via the cable car system, which amazingly only cost a dollar to ride round trip! Although for the second year in a row (third for Michael) we did not see the Golden Gate Bridge. It was too foggy. Is there a Golden Gate Bridge?
A Better How Long 1.2 display a floating window with the number of days and the length of time your computer has been running in a floating window. Because it's floating in a window it is easily referenced. "It also offers a log window that indicates when the program was launched or quit." It is freeware.
 PTHClock 1.7.0 is a pretty cool Mac OS X menu bar clock and calendar. This version adds Dutch localization and uses a better method for displaying shadows.
Keyboard Maestro 1.0.0 is a new hot key utility. From the read me: "Keyboard Maestro allows you to define any number of hot keys actions that can be activated anywhere simply by pressing a user definable keystroke. Keyboard Maestro also incorporates the wildly popular Classic MacOS application switching utility, Program Switcher." It is by ClaireWare Software.
PocketDock 2.31 "is an incremental update that improves skins support and fixes a number of bugs. PocketDock is an easy-to-use launcher utility to organize your applications, documents, web links and email addresses. This update is free for all registered users. A free 30 day trial version is available."
Wastebasket 1.1 is the newest version of this Applescript application which mimics behavior of the Desktop Trash Icon in Mac OS. This version now Ejects disks too.
XMonitor 1.0.1 will allow you to easily monitor your "disk, CPU, ram and network usage, PPP status, IP address, and e-mail. Changes to this version include: - -38 command not found error fixed
- -38 (setuid) error caused if users Applications folder was not owned by root
- Misc. grammatical errors
- Help display in the preferences was partially off screen
MouseZoom 2.0 will speed up your mouse cursor movements. It is described as "a small Cocoa pref Pane which lets you set your mouse scaling preference (mouse speed) to greater values than the Apple-supplied pref pane." Changes include: - The speed is set "live" without having to log out before is takes effect. To do this, MouseZoom uses the same method as Apple's mouse panel. Should also work fine with 3rd-party mice.
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Polling Place by Michael Coyle  Spam is certainly a problem and many readers offered suggestions on how to limit it. For several of the posters the preferred method is to first check your mail with POPMonitor and delete the offenders from the server before downloading them. The next most common suggestion was to create email filters, but I have always thought it was risky to trash any email before reading at least the subject. Plus it's getting so hard to sift the good from the bad that spam still sneaks through.
Unfortunately, web pages are often scanned by email sucking bots that then sell the addresses to anyone who wants to sell you Viagra. So starting today, ResExcellence will no longer be posting reader email addresses unless specifically requested. If you contribute to the site, please place the information in a READ ME or send a URL. When it comes to fonts, I must admit to being a boring lad. Other than Nu Sans, I have never purchased a font and have installed few free ones. How about you? This week's Polling Place asks, "Have you installed 3rd party fonts?" Before you answer be aware that I am not referring to fonts installed by applications such as Internet Explorer or AppleWorks. What I want to know is if you have visited a site like Fontosaurus Text and downloaded fonts for use.
Tools of the Trade. by Michael Coyle Here is a roundup of other interesting items from the floor of the Macworld Expo... This item is so new it's not even on their web site. Mbox is a new USB interface from Digidesign, the makers of ProTools. This is the answer to my location recording prayers. The Mbox plugs into (and is powered by) the computer's USB port. About the size of an external modem, the Mbox has 2 analog inputs (either MIC or LINE level), phantom power, two analog outputs, S/PDIF, plus headphone jacks and insert points. In addition, it ships with ProTools LE! This is the perfect way to make you Powerbook a portable recording studio, or create an inexpensive, high quality studio in your home. Watch their web site for pricing and availability, but I believe the using will cost $399.
For the first time, the Electronic Frontier Foundation had a booth at Macworld. Think of this group as an ACLU for the online world. Here are just some of the some of the items for which they are relentlessly fighting: your right to backup install CD's of software you have purchased, convert your CD s to MP3s for loading on an MP3 player, and the protection of email as private conversation. Join if you can. The rights you protect will be your own.
 GroBoto is an easy to use graphics application that creates cool 3D images. Dan Flax was impressed with the simplicity of the interface and the quality of the output. Grab the demo from their web site and whip up some futuristic desktops for ResExcellence!
User Contributed Splash Screens User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael CoyleWin a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 by contributing to ResExcellence! (How?) - For users of Classic MacOS, Patrick Patoray created a cool looking desktop clock. It's an octopus!
- Alistair Brownlie sent a hunka-hunka MOSS of Jacob Young.
- The new iMacs haven't even been packed off the Moscone floor, but Robert Marking has already created MacOS X Boot Panels displaying the new hardware.
- A futuristic MOSS and ATM combo was contributed by Mike Hofer. It's a rendered metalic female android (I think).
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Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly Let’s kickoff the week with another snapshot lineup: - This snapshot from Chris Bower touts a custom “Sprint Car” desktop picture. He is a member of the team that races it. Interesting.
- Chris Kiss contributes this snapshot sporting a custom “Spiderman” desktop picture. Very cool.
- This contribution from Matt Lyon features a custom desktop picture created with Artmatic Pro. iTunes is shuffling music in the upper left.
- ChrisKiss’ “Spiderman” desktop picture and CRasH’s Lucent Theme debut in this submission by Joe Sainson. An assortment of icons by CRasH and some homegrown miniature masterpieces are scattered thoughout.
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Icon & Desktop News: by Dan
 Icons - Desktops: Home again, Home again... For those who didn't make it to MacWorld this year, the report from the floor is that the show rocked! Save your nickels and make it a point to go next year. Perhaps it's not much consolation, but we've got (6) New Desktops, (2) New Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- wOOge of MacAxonz releases another great set of icons for OSX. "iBookz Icons" includes 11 different classy looking metallic hard drive icons for you to choose from.
- "Vintage Pin-up Icons" for OSX by Jen Goldsworth, pays homage to the sultry ladies and the artists that captured them during the last 50 odd years. Enjoy this frisky little set of 15 foxy ladies in full 128x128 pixel glory.
- Victoria's Secret sexy dark angel "Stepahnie Seymour" makes a desktop debut on another page of John Rose's personal Sketchbook. This smokin backdrop comes in 1280x resolution.
- Ryan Marshall imparts a bit of personal wisdom in response to what many may experience in modern life's "Chaos". This handsome and inspirational desktop comes in 1024x resolution.
- ResExcellence fan and recent Bryce 3-D student Ed Allen submits "Unity" and two other artworks for your approval. This group of three backdrops all come in 1024x resolution.
- Out of the woods and goofin' around, you have one crazy "Bush Monkie". Bradford J. Wiles of Macmonkies departs from his usual serious artistic endeavors for a moment and sends you some smiles in 800x and 1024x resolutions.
- "Fiery Pix" sent our way by Peter Mac, is a satellite image of the current bush fires in the Blue Mountains and around Sydney, NSW. Australia Jan 2002. The smaller image bundled with the desktop is of the area of Sydney itself (the lighter brown area) the dark area to the south is the Royal National Park which has been 80% burnt, for the second time in seven years. This beautiful but sobering image of what is happening to our planet comes in 1024x resolution.
- Ted Pearson's "Surreal" desktop is a Subtle and interesting digital art study. While the preview doesn't do it justice, you can download the backdrop in 1024x resolution and get a closer look.
News From Around the Web: The Iconfactory is proud to announce the latest installment of our most popular icon series to date - World of Aqua 3. Resident artist Dave Brasgalla, continues to push the boundaries of desktop icon design with his newest freeware icon collection for Mac OS X. Visit http://www.chudovishe.ru/heresiology.html for some interesting Icons. Ethereal Creations updates with five new desktop images. Tray's Trove updates 1-13-02 with eight new desktop designs. More Live Pencil updates: With a New Section - LIVE TEXT as part of FOR YOUR E-MAILS: It's so fun to see a word come to life... and WALLPAPERS: NOAH is back again!
Mandolux updates with 5 new desktops representing the new series of photos about the F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet. macuserx.com has been updated with a bunch of new desktops, icons and aim buddies. Flax Creations updates with some new icons for OSX. Check them out! John's Sketchpad has been updated with several new desktops. A couple of new illustrations, too. Check 'em out! MacMonkies updates with 6 fantastic new desktops for your eyes to feast upon! They have also have 7 songs in the newly opened Music/Audio department to make your ears happy! Here's a shameless plug by a fellow called Longhair for a little website that has some cool backdrops for downloading. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
Build a Merlin Simulator with REALbasic by Erick Tejkowski | | Back in the late 1970's, Parker Brothers introduced a great handheld electronic game machine called Merlin. Merlin played six different games that, while crude compared to today's gizmos, could hold a kid's interest for hours on end (trust me on this one). This week, we will begin with Part 1 of a multi-part REALbasic tutorial to build a Merlin simulator. (Continued...) |
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