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Today's News by Cletus™ Contest is over for this week. Check back Monday and all will be revealed! You have until Saturday night to enter the WindowShade Contest. ResExcellence's first Mac OS X specific giveaway. If you have been using Mac OS X, you may miss the feature of window shading. I know I do. This software allows that feature to return. Entry is a simple e-mail away. Stop by the contest page to enter.
9Tuner 5.2.2 will modify system resources to change appearance and functionality. This release provides compatibility for the just released Mac OS 9.2.2.
A-Dock 2.6.5 is the newest release of this application switcher/launcher that is similar to Mac OS X's dock. - Fixes some display bugs while using keyboard-cycling
- Removes the ability to expand the dock (when the dock was attached to the menu bar) when the mouse was moved inside the menu bar.
- Enhances the skin format, letting a skin provide a custom color for the dock frame and for the tool tips frame
- Adds the ability to eject volumes from A-Dock's desktop contextual menu
- Corrects a problem opening documents with a packaged application
 Angelo Scicolone writes in: "Today I released IconCleaner 1.1, a maintenance update that fixes some bugs under MacOS X and improves interface under Mac OS X." IconCleaner is a small application program that allows you to delete files' and folders' custom icons. Simply drag a folder over the IconCleaner window and it will erase all custom icons inside that folder. You can choose to delete only documents' icon or folders' icon. Requirements are: 68k or PowerMac running MacOS 7.6.1 or later or a PowerMac running MacOS X 10.0 or later.
QuickWindow 2.1.2 is a system utility package which installs a Window menu (and contextual menu under Mac OS 8.x w/PowerPC) on the Finder's Menu. You can bring an open window to the foreground by selecting the window name from the installed Window menu. It also allows you to center the foreground window, zoom the foreground window, and close all open windows. This update provides supports Mac OS 9.2.2.
iTunes Tool 1.4 provides users with a floating toolbar with playback controls for iTunes 2. It works with both Classic and Mac OS X. You do need the newest release of iTunes 2.x. - The toolbar's expand direction can now be user controlled.
- Added a new window to display the current playing track name.
Get Info 0.9.2 is a File attribute editing system with a batch mode. Quickly updated from Monday, this work in progress adds the following features. - Added hex editor helper preference
- Added "Open In Hex Helper" menu item ( Apple-Shift-H )
- Get Info now properly comes to front when activated by hot keys
- Fix drag and drop of files
unlockAll 1.0.9 will allow you to batch lock/unlock files in a selected folder. With it, you can unlock entire folders or the contents of the Trash. Preview which files are locked and which are unlocked in the File List.
- Made few minor changes.
- Updated the ReadMe.
- Authentication for Administrators will allow operation on any folder or Trash.
- Error Log: Will translate error codes into textual error messages.
- Empty Trash feature for easy clean up
- Show current lock state in File List.
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Tools of the Trade Tools of the Trade. by Michael CoyleAfter reading the comments of ResEx readers, I purchased a non-Apple wireless base station. The SMC2655W suited my needs and saved the most money. This unit was only $159 at CompUSA, but it's really a barebones box. There is only one ethernet port so a hub is needed if you are connecting additional wired computers to your network. Apple's Airport software would not configure the unit, even though I think it should have. Does anyone know if Apple refuses to configure other brands of wireless access points for purely political and not technical reasons? To configure the unit, I booted Virtual PC and downloaded the software from SMC's web site (they provide it on a floppy. Duh!). The Windows software was almost identical to Apple's Airport software, so configuration was a snap. If this step bothers you, some wireless access points can be configured via any web browser, but be prepared to pay more. When finished in VPC, the unit performed perfectly. The wireless works great under MacOS 9 and X, now I just need to set it up under Linux. Any one know of a good HOW-TO? The money I saved was used to purchase an extra Lucent wireless PCMCIA card for an older WallStreet Powerbook. Fianlly, I can put away my 50 foot ethernet cable!
 Jonah Greene found something cool in the Mac OS X client of AOL's Instant Messenger. If you use buddy icons and the person your chatting with has one selected, when you minimize the IM window into the dock, their user icon appears instead of a window!
He thought that was really cool, and then he noticed that when they send you the next message, a little IM cloud pops up telling you they are the one that IM'd!
Intel Linux users have been using it for awhile, and thanks to the efforts of Kevin Hendricks and others, OpenOffice is now available for PPC/Linux. First you'll need to install java, and then OpenOffice. This package has a great set of Microsoft Word translators.
User Contributed Splash Screens User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael CoyleWin a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 by contributing to ResExcellence! (How?) - For the holidays, here come a couple of contributions from Scott Meinzer. This Explorer splash has a red and green spin, and his throbber for MSN includes a festive splash.
- This Helen-Blaster Boot Panel, based on original artwork by artist Ian McConville and the online comic strip Mac Hall, was contributed by Robert Marking.
- Ed Dyer is the first to send ResEx the new smaller Login Panels, more like login icons really. These match his previous Atomic Era Boot Panels. Ed correctly recommends the new utility Visage for installation.
- Ho, Ho, Ho! MAJArch Studios created an About this Mac screen with Bing Crosby wishing you a Merry Christmas.
- A set of four colorful Apple Logo MOSS were sent by Conrad.
- Scott Weichet created a skin called MyTunes, a soft graphite submission.
Calendar & Appointment Scheduler for Mac OS X
Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly ’Tis the season to be submitting. Now’s the time to start sending in those holiday snapshots, and please make sure to denote your contribution with “Christmas” or another holiday term in the subject line of your email for priority.
Friday’s snapshots have arrived: - Ardie contributes this OS X screenshot sporting a “Bjork” desktop picture. iTunes is shuffling music in the upper right. Sputnix, which appears to be a client for the Audio Galaxy music service, is running in the upper left.
- Dan Bailey from Fontosaurus sends this two-part contribution featuring Space.com’s “Earthrise” desktop picture and Mandolux’s “A-10” desktop picture. One shot shows his X-Windows environment sporting the Ice window manager configured with the YAMM Theme. Calvin & Hobbes icons from Xicons have also been sighted.
- Digital Blasphemy’s “The Ride” desktop picture and Peter Harte’s Aqua II K-Scheme debut in this submission from Will Ernst. iTunes, equipped with a custom skin, is pumping out yuletide cheer in the upper left.
- Calvin’s galactic alterego, Spaceman Spiff, makes a crash landing in this submission from Benjamin Harrison featuring a “Spaceman Spiff” desktop picture. iTunes is juggling selections along the top, and Calvin icons from Xicons line the right edge.
Feel the joy of submitting! Give us a gander of your desktop.
Icon & Desktop News: by Dan  Back by popular demand, our Postcard Section has opened once again for the Holiday season. Why not take a few minutes and whip up a couple of tasteful cards to send to your friends and loved ones. Click here to read the guidelines for Postcard making and submission, and get in that holiday spirit.
Icons - Desktops: We've got (6) New Desktops, (2) New Icon Sets, New Postcards and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- Mathew Bice sends in a nicely done set of "Internet Marble" icons for OSX. This glassy grouping of a dozen spheres includes all your favorite net applications.
- Without a doubt, Russel Crow is fast becoming one on the most popular actors to grace the silver screen in some time. "Russel Icons" made by Melissa of Majarch Studios features this handsome bad boy in a small set of 7 expressive Classic Icons.
- "Integral Graphite" by Brian Coffin, could be described as cool, subtle and curvey, but having just enough of that organic feel and texture to make this fine desktop a real winner. An easy on the eyes creation, this one comes in four different resolutions.
- "Moonrise II" is another cool desktop creation by Bradford J. Wiles, owner operator and head monkey of the popular Macmonkies website. The original "Moonrise" desktop was never rendered larger than 800 X 600. When the only existing copy was enlarged to 1024 X 768, it was too pixelated to release. Thus, the creation of Moonrise II, which comes in 800x and 1024x resolutions.
- Nick Loveday thought you might like these two desktop pictures from Hyde Park in Sydney, Australia, taken on the 10th November. For the first time he was brave enough to push his humble Agfa e50 desktop scanner to try scanning Ektachrome slides, and the results were better than he expected. Both shots are available in 1280x resolution.
- "Laetitia Casta" debuts as the first of several "Pop Culture Desktops" generated by Niklas Dougherty. This jumbo sized "think beautiful" desktop comes in 1600x resolution.
- While the title is not to terribly original, this "Think Different" desktop submitted by Ted Pearson is. Displaying the Apple logo will all know in love in a hazy electric blue, this one comes in 1024x resolution.
- Soft, sultry and oh so sweet, John Rose adds another "Jessica Simpson" backdrop to his Singer's and Celebrity desktop collection. Available in 1280x resolution.
News From Around the Web: The LittleDarkRoom is back open for business with a revised look and a couple of new sections. Mandolux.com has now released 15 new desktops about the attack plane A-10 Warthog (AKA Thunderbolt). MacMonkies updates with 4 new desktops and plenty of fun! Stop by and fill up your baskets! macuserX.com has been updated with 2 new icon sets and 9 new desktops!! thanks for your support!!! The White Fire site will be updated on Friday, November 30 with 9 new desktop pictures by Andy Moraitis and 1 new desktop picture by Donnie Fischer! Our favorite icon artist Ilona Mellis of iliCon came up with a great idea, and is releasing a comprehensive collection of her unique desktop artwork on CD. You can be a proud owner of the iliCon-on-CD, which includes more than 2500 icons and hundreds of images. All your favorite iliCon stuff is on this CD and more since it is for both Mac and Windows! Icika wants to inform you that he's just added two new desktop pictures « Connection » and « Flowing» to his website. Why the Mac is so great.com ( http://whythemacissogreat.com ) debuts the site's first-ever 128x128 icon set related to, and indeed optimized for, Mac OS X, called appropriately, "Aqua Magna I". KC'z Custom Desktops has updated with two new pages...that's 16 new desktop picts for your amusement. Get them before the colors fade. LivePencil.com updates with new wallpapers, icons and much much more. Download Juan's lastest creation: "Animals in balls" from www.iconstree.com . Pixelcentric.net has been updated with 6 new desktop pictures. P91, P102, Symmetrix, Flower Power, Q-i Blue and Q-i Gold are all available for 1280x1024 screen resolution. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
REALbasic 3D Photo Gallery - Part 2 by Erick Tejkowski This week, we continue with the second part of a two part tutorial to create a 3D Photo Gallery with REALbasic. The end result will allow you to "walk" through an imaginary room and view a collection of photographs hanging on the imaginary walls. (Continued...)
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Today's News by Cletus™ Rest assured I am getting all of your entries for the WindowShade X contest. Despite the @Home snafu affecting some, I was given a new e-mail account through my cable company to have the emails from my Mac.com account forwarded to. In no time at all the entries started funneling in and now total around 400 plus submission. Terrific! We still have the rest of the week to go too. If you haven't entered yet, please do so.
Tiger Technologies has updated the popular Holiday Lights to version 5.2. It provides rows of festive light bulbs around screen edges. Designed for System 7.0 or higher. This updates adds an "Old Glory" US flag bulb.  Now this is cool. Really cool and I like it a lot! Can you tell? It is called: MenuCalendar. I always used the Calendar CSM in Classic. Just for real quick reference. I use Entourage for my PIM. But for quick reference, I love the Calendar CSM. I missed it tremendously when I switched to using Mac OS X exclusively on the iBook.
When I noticed the MenuCalendar program I downloaded and installed it immediately. I then set about having it open at start up to make sure it is always running. For me it is the perfect replacement for the missing CSM. It slides down from the menu bar, slides back up when done and does not tie up further Dock space.
piDock 1.4.2 is the newest version of this hierarchical file navigation and launcher. Designed for Mac OS 8.6 or higher with CarbonLib and Mac OS X 10.1 or higher. Changes in this version include: - Optimized Control-Option-Click activation (still not perfect, but better)
- Menu now closes when an item is selected to be launched
- Registration bug fixed where app would not become registered until relaunched
Snard .8 by Gideon Softworks is now available. It is described as a launcher that can be used as a system menu or a dockling. Snard reduces dock and screen clutter by replacing numerous items with a convenient system menu or dockling depending on the users preference. Changes to this release include: - Configuration Application no longer shows a dock icon
- Preference Menu groups items like in the actual System Preferences application
- Personal Preferences are now shown in the menu ( ie Tinkertool etc... )
- Open App as Administrator now works again
- Preference Menu Application Included : Snards preference menu as a system menu.
- Root level application items show Recent Items in a submenu - this can be turned on in Snard Config->Preferences
- Note : The recent items functionality is a concept. There are a few bugs that I know about. This release is just to gauge the amount of interest in this feature. Send me some feedback.
Time-X 1.7 is a skinnable digital alarm clock that works in the dock., More dock menus are included with this release. Eliminated a transparency bug with some skins.
Good friend Len Ford dropped me a note about "a very good review of Canvas 8 for Mac OS X." It also happened to be a beta project he was involved with. Perhaps the article is of interest to some of you. Thanks Len!
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Tools of the Trade Tools of the Trade. by Michael CoyleYou want cool? I'll give ya cool. Sanity Software released Visage, a System Control Panel Pane that allows you to change many aspects of MacOS X without logging in as Root or moving files with terminal commands. For Login Screen Backgrounds, it will even change the background randomly everytime you log in. For a $10 shareware fee, this little app is a deal. Andree Hollander was wondering, "I would like to know how to change the text that is displayed in the Finder when you open a font. Now the text is "Cozy lummox give smart squid who asks for job pen". The text is stored in the Finder's STR# resource under ID number 5816. Open the Finder in ResEdit to change it. Remember Andree, don't type any naughty phrases in there! :)
Thanks to a tip from Eric Guerin, here's a simple three-drag way to convert MacOS X fonts for use under Classic MacOS 9. You'll need QuickConvert and Creator Changer. Fonts under MacOS X are stored in /System/Library/Fonts and /Library/Fonts.
User Contributed Splash Screens User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael CoyleWin a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 by contributing to ResExcellence! (How?) - A very cool iTunes skin called TiTunes was created by Seth Jones. The MacOS X version has extra elements for the window buttons.
- Featuring the anime Rei, Operator sent this MacOS X Boot Panel.
- Last month, Conrad sent a Graphite makeover for the Classic MultiUser login screen. This month, he sends the Aqua version.
- Gary P has updated his Blue MOSS with text elements. The archive contains both generic and MacOS 9.2.1 versions.
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Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly ’Tis the season to be submitting. Now’s the time to start sending in those holiday snapshots, and please make sure to denote your contribution with “Christmas” or another holiday term in the subject line of your email for priority.
Wednesday’s snapshots are ripe for the picking: - A gorgeous city skyline taken from a magazine ad doubles as a desktop picture in this contribution from Adam. iTunes is cranking out songs in the upper left, and selections from icons.cx and Xicons are showcased.
- This two-part dual-monitor screenshot from Timothy Breihan features two desktop pictures of the Porsche Carerra GT2. iTunes is rustling up some selections in the first two shots. An Adobe Illustrator project is visible in some of the shots.
- A Fluid Graphics desktop picture and the Iridium Quicksilver Theme debut in this OS X submission from Etreehi. Intriguing.
- John McHugh submits this OS X screenshot sporting the “Pop Graphite Tiles” desktop picture. iTunes is juggling music in the upper left. Icons from Xicons and Icon Factory abound alongside homegrown creations.
Feel the joy of submitting! Give us a gander of your desktop.
Icon & Desktop News: by Dan Back by popular demand, our Postcard Section has opened once again for the Holiday season. Why not take a few minutes and whip up a couple of tasteful cards to send to your friends and loved ones. Click here to read the guidelines for Postcard making and submission, and get in that holiday spirit.
Icons - Desktops: We've got (6) New Desktops, (1) new Icon Set and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- "Infinite Obsession Icons" by Toren Valimir is a preview package containing all the icons to be bundled with his soon to be released Infinite Obsession" Kaleidoscope scheme, due out on 12/22/01. This Classic set includes 50 excellent System level icons, available in either ResEdit or Folder format.
- Adobe Certified Photoshop Training Provider Patrick D. Lawrence admits to having a little to much time on his hands one day when he came up with this X-Files desktop spoof titled "Believe in Santa". Hang this one on your desktop in1024x resolution.
- Even if you're not running OSX, you can still get a bit of that stylish look with "Aquatop" by Mario Garza. This desktop organizer sports a series of Aqua button docks and an Aqua desktop pattern, available in 1024x and 800x resolutions.
- "Coupe" is another fine 3-D Bryce desktop creation by Bradford Wiles, owner operator and head monkey of the popular Macmonkies website. When asked about the chosen title of this backdrop, Brad replied: "Nothing like a souped up Cyber Sports Coupe to transport your through the galaxy! Comes in 800x and 1024x resolutions.
- Sleek, stylish and sporty, Sporslown sends in a second "Porche-GT Desktop" for you to drool over. While we can't promise that Santa will try and stuff one in your stocking this year, you CAN download the desktop in 1024x resolution.
- The adds are great, the music catchy, but is the new Windows XP operating system really any better than the previous ones? Jim Wojan speaks his mind on the subject with his "XPdig" desktop. Hacked from an XP promo disk found in all places at a US Post Office, this one comes in 800x and 1024x resolution.
- The very talented and artistically versatile Guruphic submits yet another of his fine signature desktop creations titled "Buc". This one features that sought after Hi Tech look and feel, and comes in 1024x resolution.
News From Around the Web: MacMonkies updates with 4 new desktops and plenty of fun! Stop by and fill up your baskets! Mandolux.com has now released 5 new desktops. These desktops are about the A-10 Warthog attack airplane (AKA Thunderbolt). macuserX.com has been updated with 2 new icon sets and 9 new desktops!! thanks for your support!!! The White Fire site will be updated on Friday, November 30 with 9 new desktop pictures by Andy Moraitis and 1 new desktop picture by Donnie Fischer! Our favorite icon artist Ilona Mellis of iliCon came up with a great idea, and is releasing a comprehensive collection of her unique desktop artwork on CD. You can be a proud owner of the iliCon-on-CD, which includes more than 2500 icons and hundreds of images. All your favorite iliCon stuff is on this CD and more since it is for both Mac and Windows! Icika wants to inform you that he's just added two new desktop pictures « Connection » and « Flowing» to his website. Why the Mac is so great.com ( http://whythemacissogreat.com ) debuts the site's first-ever 128x128 icon set related to, and indeed optimized for, Mac OS X, called appropriately, "Aqua Magna I". KC'z Custom Desktops has updated with two new pages...that's 16 new desktop picts for your amusement. Get them before the colors fade. LivePencil.com updates with new wallpapers, icons and much much more. Download Juan's lastest creation: "Animals in balls" from www.iconstree.com . Pixelcentric.net has been updated with 6 new desktop pictures. P91, P102, Symmetrix, Flower Power, Q-i Blue and Q-i Gold are all available for 1280x1024 screen resolution. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
REALbasic News by Erick Tejkowski - And the Winner is...
- Carbon Events
- NavDialog Plugin
- Simple Chat
- RB Database Article
Find this and more in today's REALbasic News. (Continued...)
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Today's News by Cletus™ ResExcellence and Unsanity LLC are teaming up for the first Mac OS X software Giveaway at ResExcellence. What are we giving away? Well, Unsanity has come up with what they call "haxies" which are additions or hacks for Mac OS X. Combine the name hack with "X" and you get Haxie!
One of their haxies is called WindowShade X. WindowShade X is a haxie that brings WindowShade functionality into MacOS X. When you double-click a window title or try to minimize a window, it will perform an action which is different from the default MacOS X. Check the WindowShade X contest page for more details.
HandyMan 2.1 is now available. It is a Control strip launcher for applications, folders and files. There is a new web site address HandyMan. It is recommended that you use Extensions Strip 2.0b5 with this version to have full functionality. There is also Special Menu Mode support for Extensions Strip Other changes include the following: - Trash shows items in it.
- Improved Module Config Menu handling in MenuBarMode.
- Copy to clipboard added to clipping popup menus
- Special Fitts's law mode added, works only if icon tile is on!
- Icelandic catalog added.
- Full IconService support, this includes 32 bit icons.
- Improved dropping at the end of a row, you can drop anywhere at the end now.
- Update of Danish Version
 Version 1.3 of MC Font Menu is now available. The biggest change (other than the new icon :-) is the addition of a new option called "Menu Item Selection Enhancements, Cached". See the web page for the rest of the new and fixed items.
Folder Icon X 1.0.6 is the latest version of this application that makes customized folder icons in Mac OS X. Changes include the ability to copy icon to clipboard by using Edit menus "Copy To Clipboard" command and repairs to fix some interface bugs.
GideonSoft Works has released version 0.9.1 of Get Info. Many changes and additions have gone into this release. Please see the homepage for a full listing.
Kill Dock 1.0b simply allows the Dock to be terminated and restarted. Below is a full description and the logic for such a program: Kill Dock will let you see the process id of the program which runs the Dock for OS X. Sometimes the Dock will get messed-up, specifically, I have had a problem with programs crashing and the Dock not recognizing it. Kill Dock will terminate the process, allowing OS X to restart it. This has, so far, fixed all the problems I have had.
Diablotin is a new Preference pane which allows you to see the Startup Items which have been added to Mac OS X in the /Library/StartupItems folder. If you're an user with administrative privileges, you can enable/disable these items. While I still have internet connection, things are still up in the air. Please be sure to use my iCletus@mac.com address for any email. Thanks.
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Polling Place  Polling Place. by Michael CoyleOuch. Over a third of ResEx readers still refer to Apple's newest OS by the wrong name. Not that I blame them. In my head I say the letter 'X', but in conversation, I manage to say 'ten'. Go figure. The comments on this poll were interesting as readers tried to guess how far Apple will carry the Roman numerals. Anyone interested in an early beta of MacOS MCIIIV? I believe it was with the release of MacOS 8.5 that the MacOS had the option of performing a mount check after the computer was shutdown improperly. This has greatly increased the reliability of file systems on the Mac. So much so that I wonder if many users bother to buy Tech Tool, Norton Utilities, or some other third party diagnostic tool. This week's Polling Place asks, "Do you use a third party disk tool?"
Tools of the Trade Tools of the Trade. by Michael CoyleHe contributed a bunch of MOSS, ATM, and even a Desktop picture! All of those submissions increased his odds of winning and that's how Sporslown was randomly chosen to win a $50 gift from PowerMax! Ho-Ho-Ho and props to you!
Michael Rabe has updated The DogHouse! Stop by to get the latest info on a new theme switching tool called Duality which will also coincide with the release of the much anticipated Glass 2.0 for MacOS X 10.1. In the ResEx Theme archive are four of Mike's iCloud series of Classic themes: Tangerine, Ruby, Sage, and Strawberry.
X Themination, the group that is working hard to create a Theme Editor for MacOS X, has opened a forum section to discuss all things related to theme creation. If any of you Scheme creates are looking to transition to MacOS X, give them a read.
ResEx editors Cletus, Erick, and Dan have all been affected by the @Home bankruptcy. Judging from the server stats from Sunday, thousands of people have had internet disruptions. Did your subsequent ISP give you a user name that looks like an email address? For example, user name = user@isp.com. Netscape 4.7 cannot check email for accounts that contain an 'at sign' @. At least not until you perform this simple mod by Jonathan Scott! In the System Folder->Preferences-->Netscape Users-->UserName->Preferences you need to add the following line: user_pref("mail.allow_at_sign_in_user_name", true); And change the following line to add your user name with the @ symbol: user_pref("mail.smtp_name", "user@isp.com"); The trickiest part is actually opening the darn Preference file. You can use ResEdit to change the File Type from 'pref' to 'TEXT' and open in a decent text editor like Tex-Edit. Then after performing the modification, switch the code back to 'pref'.
User Contributed Splash Screens User Contributed Splash Screens. by Michael Coyle Win a PowerMax gift certificate worth $50 by contributing to ResExcellence! (How?) - If you like Street Fighter, take a look at this MOSS from Juan Alvarez.
- The popular chrome skin titled Metal from Dan Leeder has been updated for iTunes 2.
- Conrad updates his set of three Classic MOSS submissions.
Harry Harrison has taken his popular Armor iTunes skin and made a Graphite version.
- Scott Meinzer updated the Throbber and Emoticons for MSN Instant Messenger.
Complete Cable Management For The Home & Office.
Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly ’Tis the season to be submitting. Now’s the time to start sending in those Christmas and New Years snapshots, and please make sure to denote your contribution with “Christmas” or a similar holiday term in the subject line of your email for priority.
Start the month of December out with a snapshot lineup: - A custom desktop picture and William Bart’s BBX Platinum K-Scheme are showcased in this submission from Troy Harrell. iTunes, retro-fitted with Christian Dye’s Slick skin, is juggling music in the lower right. MacGround’s Ethereal icon set and Anatomy’s Eye icon set share the spotlight.
- A custom desktop picture featuring a scene with Yoda from the Star Wars Episode II trailer coupled with a custom Silver Theme debuts in this screenshot from Joe Sainson. Various icons, some of which are custom, litter the desktop.
- Mike Watson contributes this OS X snapshot sporting the “Blue Flowers” desktop picture. iTunes is spinning off tunes in the lower right.
- This OS X submission from Jeff Welsh touts a custom desktop picture. Dillo, a graphical web browser for X-Windows, is running along the left edge. Selections from Xicons abound.
Feel the joy of submitting! Give us a gander of your desktop.
Icon & Desktop News: by Dan Back by popular demand, our Postcard Section has opened once again for the Holiday season. Why not take a few minutes and whip up a couple of tasteful cards to send to your friends and loved ones. Click here to read the guidelines for Postcard making and submission, and get in that holiday spirit.
Icons - Desktops: We've got (6) New Desktops, (2) new OSX Icon Sets, and of course, updated "News From Around the Web". All on display for today's update!
- "X Lord" of the Rings Icons were created by Hes Nikke to heard the arrival of the first Lord of the Rings movie due in movies theatres any day now. The set includes 17 character icons of the cast in 128x128 glory.
- Hein Mevissen updates his popular "Nice on the Desktop" icon set with a non transparent version. Volume four,the fourth and final set from this collection includes 21 different 'this and that' assorted OSX icons framed in brushed metal.
- "I can not Hear you", submitted by Bear from the band caveoftrouble.com, at best guess appears to be a plug for the release of their new millennium album, EP 2000! Cave of Trouble is a musical act whose records appear on Tiger Lounge Records, Chook Industries official record label. This off center but cool hand drawn desktop comes in 1024x resolution.
- "All Thumbs" is another fine 3-D Bryce desktop creation by Bradford Wiles, owner operator and head monkey of the popular Macmonkies website. When asked about the chosen title of this backdrop, Brad replied: "I can't quite put my finger on this one! " Comes in 800x and 1024x resolutions.
- Scott Brown created "My Sweet Lord Desktops" to honor the passing of George Harrison, one of the greatest musicians to ever grace the face of our planet. Created with pics that he found on the 'net in various places,Scott has included one at 1280x960 (normal 4:3 ratio, so it can be downsized properly) and one at 1280x1024 resolution.
- Now that winter descends over most of the nation, and the colors of summer are gone, wouldn't it be nice to at least take a virtual stroll through a lush green garden ripe with "Daylilies"? Tim Fehr, webmaster for the American Hemerocalis Society provides the scenery with 9 gorgeous floral snapshots in 1024x resolution of the noble flower, plus companion descriptions of each.
- The very talented and artistically versatile Guruphic sends us another of his unique desktop creations titled "Tunnel". Reminiscent of Peter Max artwork of the 60's, this one comes in 1024x resolution.
- Perhaps you've noticed that the popular desktop artist "Akio" has sort of disappeared off the radar as of late. Well, Soul Rocka Nasty Nene created a cute and heartfelt desktop plea for him to come on back. Comes in 1024x resolution.
News From Around the Web: Mandolux.com has now released 5 new desktops. These desktops are about the A-10 Warthog attack airplane (AKA Thunderbolt). macuserX.com has been updated with 2 new icon sets and 9 new desktops!! thanks for your support!!! The White Fire site will be updated on Friday, November 30 with 9 new desktop pictures by Andy Moraitis and 1 new desktop picture by Donnie Fischer! MacMonkies updates with their weekly dose of new desktops, humor, and Network News! Head over and share the fun! Our favorite icon artist Ilona Mellis of iliCon came up with a great idea, and is releasing a comprehensive collection of her unique desktop artwork on CD. You can be a proud owner of the iliCon-on-CD, which includes more than 2500 icons and hundreds of images. All your favorite iliCon stuff is on this CD and more since it is for both Mac and Windows! Icika wants to inform you that he's just added two new desktop pictures « Connection » and « Flowing» to his website. Why the Mac is so great.com ( http://whythemacissogreat.com ) debuts the site's first-ever 128x128 icon set related to, and indeed optimized for, Mac OS X, called appropriately, "Aqua Magna I". KC'z Custom Desktops has updated with two new pages...that's 16 new desktop picts for your amusement. Get them before the colors fade. LivePencil.com updates with new wallpapers, icons and much much more. Download Juan's lastest creation: "Animals in balls" from www.iconstree.com . Pixelcentric.net has been updated with 6 new desktop pictures. P91, P102, Symmetrix, Flower Power, Q-i Blue and Q-i Gold are all available for 1280x1024 screen resolution. So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!
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