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  • Uni Dock. Uni as in Uni-bodied not University. Sexy Dock.

    Where the Wild Things Are. Right Here

    Uniq yet similar. So here’s a beautiful finder icon that some feel looks inspired by this one. Personally i like it when my half swirls meet in the middle.

    tucked away. A good, tiny, unobtrusive bowtie theme

    I’m angry. and so is he.

    Kawaii. Kitty

    Deja Tweet. I’ve been known to debate the merits of an 80% gray versus a 75% gray. So unsurprisingly i gladly encourage debate by linking to another wonderful tweetie icon

    Not Serious. A little birdie told me that Jonas liked Tweetie enough to change it’s icon. I like Tweetie better with this icon too.

    MBP Wallpaper. SOOOOO SEXY. MBP P0rn

    For the Shogun in All of Us. These Hoya icons are so damn nice I’m thinking of tattooing of them on me.

  • Recent Posts

    Fresh from the forums

    How Do You Say “Magnificence” in French?

    Leopard went on sale October 26th, 2007. Since then, talking about Mac themes has felt a little like talking about seeing unicorns, elves, and a beautiful mythical land where you could change the colors of your environment at will. Well, I’m finally standing in that mythical land again. I haven’t spotted unicorns, but I have been able to change a color or two, courtesy of the first app to hit the market, Magnifique.

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    Take a Look: Spring Cleaning

    What’s all this, then?

    If you haven’t noticed yet, we’ve got a brand-spankin’ new layout for the front page. As you may have ventured from the lack of posting activity, we’ve struggled keeping the front page maintained with news on a regular basis, and it was about time we revisited our system to make things interesting for the people that love MacThemes and have made it so great for all these years. Here’s our solution in detail.

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    A Look Inside Bowtie

    There is, I believe, a total of 47* iTunes controller apps. Their rise and fall usually follows the formula n-y3, where n represents initial excitement at some cool quirky design element; y represents the eventually realization that they aren’t worth the memory they consume; and 3 represents me failing basic algebra. And the small handful of included visual styles helps them get old fast.

    So understandably, when I saw the release of Bowtie, I couldn’t help but think, “Really, another one?” Today, after a few weeks of great designers taking full advantage of the CSS and JavaScript core of the app, I’ve instead been thinking, “Really! Another one!!” So I sat down at Chateau Marmont* with coder Matt Patenaude and designer Laurent Baumann to ask them some questions on their iTunes controller addition.

    * A gross exaggeration. I actually did the entire thing via email but tried very hard to picture the Chateau Marmont in my head the whole time.

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