We are pleased to announce a minor update to iPulse, our popular Mac OS X monitoring utility. iPulse 2.1.6 adds support for displaying motherboard temperature for most Intel based Macintoshes. It also contains a new setup to allow for full reporting of CPU and memory statistics on Intel Macs. Registered users of iPulse can update their copy to version 2.1.6 for free. We invite you to download iPulse and try it out free of charge. If you enjoy knowing what’s going on under Mac OS X’s hood via a fully customizable GUI, then please support our efforts and register your copy today for $12.95.
The Breakroom
Announcing iPulse 2.1.6
November 9, 2006
“I Voted!” QuickPix
November 7, 2006
Unless you’ve been living on a desert island for the last six months, or you live in a far away land, then you probably know that today is mid-term elections here in the United States. Millions of people from all walks of life are heading to the polls to cast their votes for local politicans and initiatives. Nothing in our democracy is more important, so to help motivate you to get out there rain or shine, Corey has come up with a new QuickPix that you can proudly display on your desktop or your IM buddy list that says “I Voted!”. No matter if you are voting left or right, up or down, get out there and exercise your right to vote, the Founding Fathers would thank you!
A CandyBar sneak peek
November 7, 2006
The author of Smoothicons, Titanium and Monolith brings you a quick preview of the next system replacement set he has on the production lines at the Factory. Resident iconist Corey Marion is building these new icons from a very light pixel alloy that allows them to appear suspended ever so slightly above your desktop. Use your copy of CandyBar to give this new style a try and look for the complete collection in the near future. Available today for Mac OS, Windows and as a convenient Pixadex iContainer.
Carbon Database and Finance EPS Released
November 2, 2006
Stockicons.com has released the final collections in the popular Carbon family of royalty-free stock icons. Carbon Database EPS contains icons covering such specialized concepts as tables, scripts, records, and many others. Carbon Finance EPS extends the original Carbon collection into the realm of finance and commerce with icons covering concepts such as transactions, credit, interest, and more. We are pleased to release these new collections as scalable EPS files for use in large format, print and web applications. Carbon Database and Finance EPS are available for $129 each.
Happy and Safe Halloween!
October 31, 2006
How time flies! It seems that just yesterday we made the spooky switch over for October’s Halloween celebration. Now the day has come and there are only a few hours left until we have to bid farewell to all things spooky for another year.
We hope you have enjoyed this year’s terrifying makeover and have downloaded all of the workers frightening goodies over the past several weeks. As always, we enjoyed crafting them just for you and yours. If you are heading out tonight for tricks or treats (or awaiting the arrival of the Great Pumpkin), keep one eye out for ghosts and goblins and the other on the horizon. Great stuff is coming in the weeks and months ahead here at the Iconfactory and we hope you’ll join us for all the fun. In the meantime, have a Happy and safe Halloween! See you again next year, same bat time, same bat channel!
“There Wolf! There Castle!”
October 27, 2006
“You are talking about the non-sensical ravings of a lunatic mind!” So begins one of our favorite films of all time, Young Frankenstein. If you’re unfamilar with it, this Mel Brooks yarn spoofs the horror movies of the 30’s like Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein. With classic scenes like young Victor being trapped in a revolving bookcase – ‘Put the candle… BACK!’ and hilarious performances by Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman and Cloris Leachman, Young Frankenstein makes the perfect Halloween companion on dark and stormy nights.
Now you can travel to Transylvania yourself (or at least put a small part on your desktop) with this Halloween themed desktop picture from Dave. You can almost hear the monster’s lullaby coming from the lit window now! We hope you enjoy this little slice of the season. Happy Halloween!
Carbon Basic EPS and Carbon Multimedia EPS Released
October 26, 2006
Stockicons.com has released all-new sets of vector format stock icons based on our popular and flexible Carbon family. Carbon Basic EPS contains 80 metaphors common to user interface design. Concepts such as email, networking, printing as well as common navigation controls are all covered for maximum design flexibility. Carbon Multimedia EPS extends the Carbon family into the audio and visual realm with icons covering concepts such as mixing, effects, video and many others. We are pleased to release these new collections as scalable EPS files for use in large format, print and web applications. Carbon basic EPS is available for $249 and Carbon Multimedia EPS is available for $129.
Etchings in Terror
October 24, 2006
With the witching hour fast approaching and the hearts and stomachs of kids everywhere turning to candy corn, artist Anthony Piraino hands out Litho Halloween. Now you can extend the popular Litho System desktop into the realm of all things spooky with this clever set of Halloween-themed desktop icons. Bats, cats skulls and even a bubbling cauldron all set the stage for a scary desktop perfect for kids and adults of all ages. Be sure to wing your way over and grab them today as standard Mac or PC icons or as a creepy Pixadex iContainer. Happy Halloween!
Flickr’s a Wonderful Thing!
October 23, 2006
Huddled over our WACOM tablets, in the soft and continuous glow of our LCD monitors, we sit and push pixels and occasionally look up and see what all the hub-bub is about. Last week was one such moment when we posted our first set of photos on Flickr.
Our Chief Typist, quite by accident, discovered that the icons in his dock spelled out ”$eXy” and wondered what other words he could make from all the various app icons on his HD. Word quickly spread to the rest of the workers and Icon Words was born. Of course, we had to share these funny arrangements with our visitors, so we created a Flickr account and posted the pictures along with some recent shots of our Nintendo Wii adventures. You can send your own funny picts of words in your OS X dock thanks to this group we created just for the occasion. Thanks for the tips Wolfgang!
We’re still Flickr noobs, but its already apparent why the site is so popular. The social networking aspect of it is addictive to say the least and browsing the thousands upon thousands of users and their images is a magnificent time waster. So if you, like us, have heard about Flickr but not bothered to check it out, pop your head up and take a look. You never know what you might find.
Keeping Up with the Foreman
October 18, 2006
Our good friends over at Pixelsurgeon have published this month’s edition of their edgy podcast, Audiosurgeon which features news, reviews and exclusive music from the world of design, culture and more. Issue number 6 features a wealth of pulsing tracks that are definitely worth a listen.
Somewhere in between all this ultra-cool content lives a short interview with our own Gedeon Maheux. Ged gets a chance to talk about how the Iconfactory got started, where we are heading and the ins and outs of staying ahead of competition. The fine folks over at Pixelsurgeon did a great job of keeping Ged’s rambling answers short and sweet so for those of you willing to take the plunge, listening is not too painful. Besides how often does the Foreman get to hang out with hip UK rockers and offer his thoughts on such deep topics as the new Transformers movie? Not often we say! Check it out!
