Calendar & Appointment Scheduler for Mac OS X

Tools of the Trade by Michael

Donald Hess is a clever gent who is using a Mac as an MP3 automotive player! He's having a problem that he hopes a clever ResEx reader can solve:

I am longtime Mac user and recently decided to put a PowerMac 6100 in my car as an MP3 player. I have only one stumbling block left to figure out. It seems that the software player I have chosen, GreyAmp, stops searching the playlist after 5 seconds. I need a time limit of about 2 minutes before it stops for this project to work. I was hoping that you and your readers could help me somehow change the timing. Your site has already helped me with several other software problems that I have taken care of, but this one has me stumped.

Well, there are only two editors left on the island after we found bits of Jeremy that had washed up on shore. Poor guy really went to pieces after failing to kill his own pig! Your remaining choices are clear. Our mean old Icon/Desktop Editor, Dan Flax, or my young and lovely daughter and Links Editor Melissa. You know what you must do next week. :)

• openldap,openssl allow for seemless access to https and ldap. For a neat trick, if you have openldap installed with the KDE2.1 beta and in the Konqueror browser type:
  
  ldap://ldap.nameflow.net:1389/dc%3Duk??one
  
  Now this may not look like much, but I was able to write an LDAP browser for konqi in a few hours as an example.
  
  
• cdparanoia (latest version). Open up Konqeror again and type in the URL line when you have an audio CD in :
  
  audiocd://cdrom
  
  One of the other developers on KDE was able to use this kioslave to write a digital cdplayer in very few lines of actual code.
  
  
• jdk or jre 1.3: Hit up this site with konqi and play the diamond mine game, after a few hours you will realize that Java fits into konqi with NO effort what so ever.
  
  
• NOTE: you may have to manually enable Java and/or Javascript in Konqueror's Settings menu, it is under configure Konqueror ->Konqueror Browser.

KDE 2.1 Click for Larger

• read the help, there is tons of it and it is useful
  
  
• in Konqueror if you want a man page type #<program name> in the url line.
  
  
• in Konqueror if you are in file browsing mode: click "View -> Preview -> HTML" and go look in your web directory
  
  
• in ANY application when opening or saving files when in the file open/save dialog in the top url line type: ftp://<username>@<servername>/<path to home directory> you can save/edit/open files right on your ftp server, this is very handy for editing web pages, and btw icon previews work over FTP too, only slower :)
  
  
• drag a sexy image from digital blasphemy (or a ResExcellence desktop) to your desktop, it almost feels like windows for a second ;)
  
  
• if you feel the need to get files off of your windows box and you have Samba working type in the URL line:
  
  smb://<windows box name>
  
  You will then have the ability copy files off of the box right through the browser.
  
  
• lastly if you need to get a good view of a tar.gz or tar.bz2 file, just click on it. You can drag and drop files right out of the archive.

I hope you enjoyed the tour. These are only a small number of features in KDE 2.1. If you have any questions or interests in KDE 2.1 check out: http://www.kde.org or see us on IRC at irc.openprojects.net in #kde-users. Also if you want to learn more about programming with kioslaves (ie the ldap, smb and tar thing) or want to learn more about how easy it is to develop under KDE 2.1 check out: http://developer.kde.org, http://www.kdevelop.org or see us on IRC at: #kde on openprojects.

User Contributed Splash Screens: by Michael Coyle

• A red makeover skin for iTunes was created by Anthony Jeancola.
  
  
• Spring is almost in the air, and with spring comes baseball! Deirdre Howarth created a MOSS for her favorite team - the New York Mets. Wouldn't it be great if readers sent in MOSS for all the MLB teams (hint hint). I'll handle the White Sox. :)
  
  
• Jeff Delauney sent another cool splash for AIM. This one looks more like a MacOS 9.1 MOSS!
  
  
• Speaking of MacOS 9.1 MOSS, look at this one by Todd Shultz.
  
  
• Another milpool creation features Albert Einstein. This time it's an About this Mac replacement.
  
  
• If you like the organic look, Mark Sutton created a nice looking wooden MOSS!
  
  
  

Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly

Icon & Desktop News by Dan

Icons - Desktops: We've got three brand new Icon Sets to add to the archives, and six awesome desktops. All on display for today's update.

• Ilona of Ilicon works her pixel magic once again, and comes up with a new set of "characters". This very cute set of 12 icons will surely bring a smile to your face.
  
  
• Ryan Meek turns his hand to Icon making, and comes up with "Meeker's Icons". This is a set of 10 assorted "this and that" icons to dress up your desktop.
  
  
• Adam Potts, an 18 year old high school senior from Montana creates the "sequel" to his first "Apple Photocons" icon set. "Apple Photocons II" were birthed with ResEdit, Debump, and JPEG View. Adam loves the quality of the OS X icons, so he figured he would try and replicate them for the Classic machines.
  
  
• When Luc offered to make various colored versions of his "iMacdream" desktop on request, he didn't know how many people would be asking. So, in response to the overwhelming demand, Luc has provided us with a full set of this backdrop in Bondi, Sage, Ruby and Graphite. All come in 800x resolution.
  
  
• Our good friend and Dewers aficionado Xochi lends us another of his original desktops for today's update. This one is titled "dent", and comes in 1152x resolution. He also notes that you are welcome to do whatever you wish with his work, but if you happen to make a million dollars selling one, you have to send him a share.
  
  
• If you had a pile of money to spend, would you buy that new shiny Volkswagen Bug, or a dual processor G4? "Users wanted" by Juan Santiago makes a good case for the Mac in 1280x resolution
  
  
• SoulRocka keeps it "Fun n' funky" with his latest desktop creation. This think different ok! backdrop comes in 1024x resolution.
  
  
• Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman will keep that desktop purring along...just don't get scratched! "Catwoman", by Sniper comes in 1024x resolution.
  
  
• "G3" desktop by Kevin Smit, was made especially for those of us without a Velocity Engine. This smart looking set come in 6 different resolutions.

News From Around the Web:

Ra's page updates with a new "desktops" section.

Shroomgfx has a whole new look, as well as 2 new desktops based on some old macintosh ads with a nice retro look

Colheres updates with the new desktop picture "Sleeping" by Luisa.

The Iconfactory's Pixelpalooza ended at Noon, e.s.t. on Wednesday the 14th. Head on over to find out who the ultimate winners are. The Iconfactory gang is also pleased to announce the launch of The Iconfactory DeskBase; a searchable database of Macintosh, Windows and Linux websites that offer downloadable items to customize your computer.

Etherbrian updates his site with 5 new icon sets whose names are the only thing more ridiculous than the icons within.

Yellow Lane Icons, the winner of last year's Pixelpalooza contest, opens it's doors.

The Devil's Desktop has been updated with 7 new desktops and 4 new downloadable things.

Rampant Mac updates with 12 new desktops.

So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!

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2/15/01

Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly

Thursday’s snapshots are hot off the press:

• Pravin Menon’s “Internet Co-Pilot” desktop picture combined with Timechanic Industries’ Boilerplate K-Scheme debuts in this snapshot from Mark Dawg. Audion, barely visible in the upper left-hand corner, is managing the background music.
  
  
• Erik Fritz submitted this screenshot sporting Customize.org’s “Gravity Well” desktop picture in conjunction with Maury McCown’s AquaX III K-Scheme. iTunes is kicking out songs in the lower left-hand corner.
  
  
• Regular contributor Helen is back with this contribution sporting the “Time Has No Meaning” desktop picture in conjunction with the BlueMoon Theme. Audion, equipped with the Cutting Edge face, is sitting in as digital DJ along the top.
  
  
• Joe Sainson submitted this snapshot featuring Misery in Motion’s “Something to Hold Onto” desktop picture along with Duncan Cowen’s Co-Pilot K-Scheme. Audion, tweaked with Albie Wong’s BlackHot & Blue face, is playing at left center.
  
  
• This contribution from Tupring touts the “Quantum Foam” desktop picture and Peter Harte’s Aqua II+ K-Scheme. SoundJam, retro-fitted with the Sony MP3 Player skin, is shuffling music in the upper left-hand corner. Icons from Xicons are arranged along the right edge.
  
  
• Perfect Yosemite’s “Metal” desktop picture coupled with William Bart’s BBX Platinum K-Scheme is showcased in this submission from Christopher Vogler. Audion, overhauled with Jim Powell’s Bipolar face, is dishing out tunes in the center. One WWF icon and several selections from Icon Factory are scattered throughout.

Captivated with the thought of sending your own snapshot? Read our submission guidelines and then hop to it!

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Today's News by Cletus™

The time seems to be flying by as we enter midweek. I sit here writing my update with my two cats on either side of me. Sherlock and SweetPea. Sherlock by the way was named well before Apple started using the name. This cat versus dog poll is serious stuff. Maybe even more important then the island poll!

Sherlock	SweetPea

SpeedApp will now recognize it's extension properly.


Fixed a bug when closing the list box.


Fixed a bug that caused a crash when the trial period was over.

I stopped by the iView Multimedia booth while I was at MacWorld. I wanted to check out their new iView MediaPro program. I was very impressed watching the demo they had set up. This is an ideal program for ResExcellence readers who are looking for a nice, easy to use cataloging tool for images. The program will allow you to store all types of image media. iView MediaPro was just recently updated to version 1.0.2. The following fixes and enhancements were made to it:

• Increased speed & revised to make it compatible with Epson & HP color inkjets
  
  
• Corrected error when printing CD vertical spines
  
  
• Added option+arrow keystrokes for moving individual keywords and categories within panel list
  
  
• Added support for Adobe InDesign document previews
  
  
• Update decoding for the Olympus ORF format
  
  
• Finalized support for Nikon NEF format to support the 3000x1960 size (not publicly available yet)
  
  
• Applied rendering restrictions for images with width greater than 4095 pixels
  

James Thomson has posted still more "Happy Valentine Teasers" of the new DragThing. The screenshots are taken while running on 9.1.

Themes and Schemes:

Two Kaleidoscope scheme updates have been posted at Desktopper by Butt_O'sigh. The Aqua inspired Klassik and Sigh have both been bumped up a notch.

Submit Software and General News Suggestions!

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Tools of the Trade by Michael

Exitmusic has been updated. There are 3 new throbbers for Internet Explorer 5 in the archive: polar bear, courtyard fountain and question mark, plus 3 Valentine's Day related throbbers. This update brings the total number of throbbers in the archive to over 50!!! So come on by and browse around!

Fontosaurus Text has a new font available for download: NuMatrix. Inspired by the Matrix movie poster, it will server you in all sorts of evil endeavours. Check out their homepage for more information about a new batch of 7 fonts all coming out later this month! The Windows TrueType versions of all these fonts work great under Linux!

It's the great Cat-Lover conspiracy! Ben emailed to let me know that Tuesday's CNN online poll also asked readers to choose: Dog or Cat lover!

Paul Sahner let us know that DV Graphics has been working for a long time on their "Mac OS X Starter Guide".

Linux Icebox: Installing the latest KDE 2.1 by Michael Coyle

Over the past few months, readers have asked me for instructions on installing the new KDE 2.1 into LinuxPPC. This weekend, I did a new install of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 on a Wallstreet Powerbook and used the opportunity to document the steps needed to upgrade to KDE2.1. (Continued...)

User Contributed Splash Screens: by Michael Coyle

• For users of MacOS 9.1, James Davie has mad a nice looking MOSS with some features from the MacOS Boot Panel.
  
  
• Jeff Delauney put together two AIM splash screens. One features the Linux Penguin, the other some smiley faces!
  
  
• It has been a while since Derek Gordon sent a Clock to ResEx, but you'll agree the wait was worth it after seeing these two beauties.
  
  
• With Albert Einstein at the blackboard, Milpool created this splash for Netscape 4.x
  
  
• Do you use Menuette to replace your menu names with icons? John Bailey sends a collect of 6 images for you to use.
  
  
• A tasty splash for Explorer was created by Luis Eiroa. Chocolate lovers will want this!

Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly

Get ready for Wednesday’s wave of snapshots:

• A custom “Seven of Nine” desktop picture and Duncan Cowen’s Co-Pilot K-Scheme are showcased in this contribution from Alberto Chávez. Audion, tweaked with Scott Raleigh’s WetWare face, is tickling the eardrums along the left side.
  
  
• Tiernan Hubble contributed this screenshot sporting Traietti Studios’ “Colony” desktop picture. SoundApp is shuffling songs in the center, and three browsers are tuned into one popular Mac interface site.
  
  
• Blue Sky Heart’s “DC Swan” desktop picture and Ben Mackin’s Liquid Theme debut in this submission from Ryan Meek. Audion, equipped with Ikko’s some_bhodinut_preset face, is serving up music at dead center. Custom icons and selections from Blue Sky Heart are also shown off.
  
  
• This snapshot from Trevor Pressman features Digital Blasphemy’s “Early Frost” desktop picture. iTunes is dishing out music selections in the lower left-hand corner. A smattering of icons from the BeOS as well as Xicons, Gort’s Icons, and icons.cx are in the spotlight.
  
  
• This snapshot from Richard Rice touts the “Sage Foam” desktop picture included with OS 9 coupled with irieMac’s iWindow Theme. iTunes supplies the background music in the lower left.
  
  
• John Rose sent in this snapshot touting the custom “Sketchpad” desktop picture in combination with the Notepaper Mini K-Scheme. Audion, retooled with the Handwritten Note face, is pumping out soundwaves in the lower left-hand corner.

Captivated with the thought of sending your own snapshot? Read our submission guidelines and then hop to it!

Icon & Desktop News by Dan

In case you forgot, today is Valentines day (guys). A box of chocolates and a few roses will do wonders for the lady of your life. If you choose to ignore this, I have room in the doghouse here for you.

Icons - Desktops: We've got three more excellent Icon Sets, two of them Pixelpalooza contest entries, an Open Transport/PPP CSM makeover kit and 6 awesome desktops. All on display for today's update.

• Clean, simple and very cool. "Rounded icons" by Mike Kaiser is a set of 18 glassy spheres of all descriptions.
  
  
• Maybe some day "Jake" Tritt will get around to finishing his icon sets. Who knows. In the meantime, enjoy his selection of "Unfinished Sets 2001".
  
  
• "Bdog's OT PPP Makeover" will change the little icons in the “OT/PPP Strip” that appear in the control strip or extensions strip. It will also change the menu item names. ResEdit required.
  
  
• After some arm twisting and a bit of whining, our good friend Xochi sent us a number of his excellent desktops. The first in the batch is called "Nebula " and comes in 1152x resolution.
  
  
• "Graphite on Brushed Metal", by Paul Kuehn, is a handsome Mac-centric backdrop. Visit his website for the download and while you're there, check out the rest of his desktop pictures.
  
  
• "Nastycru desktop" by johnnutz, defies description. To try and get a handle on this one, I visited the associated website, and now I'm even more confused. All I can say is take a look for yourself and decide what it's all about. (please note this site contains materials that may be offensive to some.)
  
  
• If you've never seen a "Barking Gecko," now's your chance." Snapped by Australian photographer Peter McHugh, this luminous creature was "shot" at the White Cliffs Opal fields, and comes in 1024x resolution. A bonus photo of the Rose Breasted Cockatoo is also included.
  
  
• Sad but true, we've come to the final set of desktops on hand by Josh Bishop. "Josh's Desktops" contains two pictures, both featuring the robust G4, in 1152x resolutions.
  
  
• Garrett Walbridge's creative juices just keep on flowing with his latest subject "Pin Burst". As usual, this set comes in several resolutions.

News From Around the Web:

The Iconfactory's Pixelpalooza ended at Noon, e.s.t. on Wednesday the 14th. Head on over to find out who the ultimate winners is. The Iconfactory gang is also pleased to announce the launch of The Iconfactory DeskBase; a searchable database of Macintosh, Windows and Linux websites that offer downloadable items to customize your computer.

Etherbrian updates his site with 5 new icon sets whose names are the only thing more ridiculous than the icons within.

Yellow Lane Icons, the winner of last year's Pixelpalooza contest, opens it's doors.

The Devil's Desktop has been updated with 7 new desktops and 4 new downloadable things.

Rampant Mac updates with 12 new desktops.

Colheres updates with the new desktop picture "In the Rain by Rosa and Daniel.

DOME-O-RAMA Dome-O-Rama gets drunk and falls in love: with three new sets of neato keen patterns.

So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!

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2/13/01

Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly

It’s time for Tuesday’s snapshots:

• Atari submitted this snapshot sporting a custom desktop picture. iTunes is cranking out songs in the lower right. A smattering of icons from Icon Factory and icons.cx is displayed as well.
  
  
• The “Blue Flower” desktop picture included with OS 9 debuts in this screenshot from Thomas Haller in conjunction with Maury McCown’s AquaX III K-Scheme. Custom icons reside along the right edge.
  
  
• This submission from Kenneth features a custom desktop picture coupled with Maury McCown’s AquaX III K-Scheme. iTunes is sitting in as digital DJ in the lower left-hand corner. Icons from Radiohead, Icon Factory, and icons.cx line the right edge.
  
  
• Back for another round, BJ Rampton touts this snapshot bearing the “Plasma Explosion” desktop picture. WinAmpMac is serving up music in the upper left-hand corner. Icons provided by Xicons and icons.cx congregate along the right edge.
  
  
• Regular contributor Sara Romini is back with this snapshot touting a custom “Oni” desktop picture. Audion, retro-fitted with the ƒ1 face, is supplying the music at right center. The Zero icons along with some of the custom variety also make an appearance.
  
  
• A custom desktop picture and Ben Mackin’s Liquid Theme debut in this contribution from Robert Stack. iTunes, overhauled with a makeover and pattern from ResExcellence, is dishing out tunes in the lower left.

Captivated with the thought of sending your own snapshot? Read our submission guidelines and then hop to it!

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2/12/01

Polling Place

Tools of the Trade

User Contributions

ResEdit Mods

Icons/Desktops

Snapshots

Today's News by Cletus™

What a great contest we just finished. St. Clair Software and ResExcellence wish to thank all who participated. Congratulations go out to Jennifer Lyng and Thomas Blaschy who correctly answered the contest question. I posted the answer on the contest page, if you are interested. St. Clair will be contacting the winners with their free registration for ScreenCatcher.

No-U-Turn Software has announced that Dot What 1.2 is now available. Many files have some sort of 3 digit extension at the end of the name. Dot What? currently has a database of over 2,000 file extensions to help you identify what the file is and help you open it. There is also a Pre-release version for use with Mac OS X.

MCFont Menu 1.2.1 has been released. MCFont Menu is a Macintosh utility for displaying multiple column font menus. This version includes a fix for the Finder Close-All-Windows-not-working. The author has also updated the "Known Issues" section in the manual.

AWOL Software has posted a public beta of CircumNavigator. CircumNavigator will allow you to use the newer Navigation Services instead of the older standard dialog box in all applications. Currently only a few applications take advantage of Navigation Services. CircumNavigator supports both PowerPC and 68K Macs, and is accelerated for PowerPC.

Perhaps some of you have heard of this before. I never have, and it has just been updated to version 3.0. NoShift Needed 3.0 by Royce K. DeBow will allow you to type special characters found on the keyboard without the need to press the shift key. This would be especially useful if you have some type of limitation of any kind, from a cup of coffee in one hand to a congenital anomaly. You can type:!@#$%^&*( ) instead of 1234567890 without holding the shift key. Download this software and if you would like it added to the Software Archive, please let me know.

Themes and Schemes:

Four new schemes and 9 updated schemes can be found over at the Kaleidoscope Scheme Archive. All four of the new ones are nicely done. I must say that I really like the one called Radarscopes by Dai Furuhata. Black and neon green really make this a cool scheme.

Submit Software and General News Suggestions!

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Polling Place

With Apple's free iTunes the number one MP3 Player, how do you think Audion and SoundJam feel? It's a good thing Apple doesn't have a monopoly on the desktop OS, or people may complain they are tying applications to the OS in order to gain entry into other markets. ;)

Since the skinning of iTunes is so limited, I'm surprised by its popularity with ResEx readers. The majority of Desktop Snapshots we receive display Audion and SoundJam.

Chris Petersen was the first of many to spank me for not mentioning SoundApp as an MP3 player, and Unsanity sent me to their web site to download Unsanity Echo, an MP3 player for classic or MacOS X. Checkout both of these and see how they stand up to your current favorite.

I like Cletus, and I must admit I'm surprised by this fact. You see, Cletus is a "Cat Person" while I side with Man's Best Friend. Historically, the two groups don't get along very well. What about you? This week's Polling Place asks, "Are you a Dog or Cat person?"

Both is NOT allowed. Choose your allegiance. It's time for you to make a stand.

With only three people left on the island, tempers are getting short. Melissa and Dan were rummaging through Jeremy's backpack looking for blank Jazz disks they were sure he had snuck into camp. Who is the real snake-in-the-grass? Make your choice in the sidebar and vote an editor off the island...

Tools of the Trade by Michael

The ResExcellence Links page has a dozen new sites. Melissa would love to post more European and Japanese sites, but she's having troubles with the various languages. If you're multi-lingual, help her out by using the form at the bottom of the link page to send her a URL and quick translation.

They have been working very hard cranking out the betas, and now RealSoftware has released REALbasic 3.0! If you're wondering if REALbasic is easy to use, just take a look at all the applications that have been created so far using it.

The other day, under MacOS X, I described adding fonts to the System/Library/Fonts folder. Rick Roe from Icons.cx wrote to say that's not really the best place to add Systemwide fonts.

"You should put fonts into /Library/Fonts if you want them to be available to all users. /System is *supposed* to be off-limits, thus making backups and restores easier and the system more stable."

Trying to run the newest schemes on an older Mac and Kaleidoscope 2.2? Michael Watson from Bungie.org sends this tip.

With the release of Kaleidoscope 2.3, menus can now have drop shadows. Many scheme makers are creating and updating their schemes to work with the new feature.

Cool, right? Sure, if you're not running an older Mac.

See, while this feature looks nice, it sucks up CPU cycles. On my old 6200, it takes anywhere from 5-8 seconds to draw the Apple Menu. Unacceptable. That isn't very nice, especially when there's no way to turn the shadows off.

Deleting the shadow resources doesn't help either--it still tries to render _something_, it seems, and drags the machine down.

Big deal? Just don't use 2.3, right? Wrong.

These schemes can't open under non-2.3 versions of the CDEV. Well, not without a quick bit of ResEditing. :-)

For all you older Mac users--and I know there are many of you--drop the scheme file on ResEdit, and open the "Colr" resource. Change the minimum Kaleidoscope version to "$20" (no quotes, of course), save and quit.

Bingo, it works in 2.x versions which aren't 2.3.

A couple of handy utilities were created by Dave Giovannini. This are perfect for moving the data fork of a MacOS X file into the resource fork so it can be edited in ResEdit. Some prime candidates are Extras.rsrc or HIToolbox.rsrc. Download them from ResEx and let the author know what additional features you would like to see.

User Contributed Splash Screens: by Michael Coyle

• Jake Swanson has created a nice looking Interarchy Interface called Linear. This will look great with a dark hi-tech theme.
  
  
• If you're using MacOS 9.1, Martin Sundstrøm sent a MOSS that's perfect for you.
  
  
• ResEx's own Dan Flax created a great looking splash screen for Photoshop 6.
  
  
• In this final series from Gregory Meach, you can download MOSS screens based on Apple web pages. Today we have two on Powerbooks, an iBook, and a collage of hardware.

Snapshots by Jeremy Hoesly

Gather round for Monday’s snapshot roundup:

• A custom desktop picture and Maury McCown’s AquaX II K-Scheme debut in this submission from Greg Beliera. Audion, outfitted with the F1 face, is kicking out soundwaves at left center. The iCopaqua, Alphacons, and Smoothicons collections are also featured.
  
  
• This drop dead gorgeous snapshot from Matt Celia features RAILhead Design’s “Black Hash” desktop picture coupled with Albie Wong’s PussyGalore K-Scheme. Audion, equipped with the F1 face and G-Force visualization plugin, is serving up music in the lower left-hand corner. Icon selections from Icon Factory are present as well.
  
  
• A desktop picture from Zarobiev is showcased in this screenshot from Navdeep Gill. iTunes is shuffling songs in the lower right-hand corner.
  
  
• This screenshot from Drew Hamlin touts the “Quantum Foam” desktop picture and Maury McCown’s AquaX III K-Scheme. iTunes is tickling the eardrums in the upper left-hand corner. Custom icons along with selections from Icon Factory and icons.cx are scattered throughout.
  
  
• Sean King submitted this contribution touting EndEffect’s “Mechanical Warfare” desktop picture and William Bart’s BBX Platinum K-Scheme. iTunes is dishing out tunes in the center. A plethora of icons from icons.cx and Xicons inhabits the desktop.
  
  
• This OS X Beta contribution from BJ Rampton sports the “Mac OS X Fade” desktop picture. Cool.

Captivated with the thought of sending your own snapshot? Read our submission guidelines and then hop to it!

Icon & Desktop News by Dan

It's grown a wee bit quiet around this corner of ResExcellence during the last week. No news to report? No new desktops and icons being made? Sounds kinda fishy to me. Perhaps it's the calm before the storm, sun spots, a dreaded case of spring fever setting in...or what?

Icons - Desktops: We've got three more excellent Icon Sets, two of them Pixelpalooza contest entries, and 4 creative desktops. All on display for today's update.

• "Laserfight" Icons, by Michael Murphy will make you smile. This silly set of icons comes complete with 18 different pixelated "war-game" characters.
  
  
• "Old MacDonald Icons", by Chris Collenberger, should bring back some childhood memories. You may find yourself singing Ee-i-ee-i-o when looking over this large set of Barnyard delights.
  
  
• "Finder Icons", by Hein Mevissen, will shrinks your desktop down to a tiny size. This novel concept portrays 9 of your favorite programs and finder functions in mini windows.
  
  
• "Zoom", by Daniel Fernandez, is sure to put some zip back in your desktop. This colorful and playful backdrop comes in 1024x resolution.
  
  
• Keep it real, keep it Mac. "iGrind", is the latest desktop creation by SoulRocka Nasty Nene of the T.S.B.'Z Crew. This hip-hop backdrop comes in 1024x resolution.
  
  
• Wow your friends and coworkers everytime you startup your Mac with Schack Lindemann latest "Startup Movie". Instructions included on how to install this Power PC powered Quicktime movie. Just in case that's not enough, Schack has also included a stylish Startup Screen to keep things interesting.
  
  
• "Woolshed Road", shot by Australian photographer Peter McHugh, depicts an old stock dam or reservoir found on the long since abandoned Whitton stock route. This historical photo was taken in the Cocoparra National Park Reserve and comes in 1024x resolution.

News From Around the Web:

The Devil's Desktop has been updated with a total of 8 new desktops.

Rampant Mac updates with 12 new desktops.

Colheres updates with the new desktop picture "In the Rain by Rosa and Daniel.

DOME-O-RAMA Dome-O-Rama gets drunk and falls in love: with three new sets of neato keen patterns.

Tray's Trove updates with 12 new desktop designs

BREDSTIK Entertainment has just updated their site with a whole pile of new goodies.

Iconfactory announces the end of submissions being taken, and the final tally for Pixelpalooza 2001. (125 entries) It's finally time to begin the People's Choice Voting process. This is your chance to help choose who will walk away with the "People's vote".

DV Graphics is updating almost everyday now. Check out the 4 newest desktop and moss sets, not to mention another IE splash set and icons set in the making.

So what's up WWW? Icons? Desktop pictures? News? Inform us! We'll post it!

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