we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 37 "THE SWEARING FISH AND THE SHITTY SHOW" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - The Irritating Fish that Swears - The Shitty Show - Add an arse to any page on the net ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Hamlet in PowerPoint << Brain emailed us about his project to turn Hamlet into a PowerPoint presentation. It's very funny. (BTW: This needs PowerPoint. D'oh!) http://www.myrtle.co.uk/art/hamletppt1.pps >> Top 5 B3ta Tunes << People hanging out on the board are a creative bunch. A lot of them have been making music. Board member Thorpe has sifted through 100s of MP3s to give you the top 5 B3ta tunes. http://spacetowns.com/b3tasounds/ >> Extreme Pogoball << B3ta reader Sean Buckelew has invented a new sport. It involves bouncing on a pogo ball along walls. It looks very dangerous. http://www.ExtremePogoball.com >> The Kitten Bash Game << B3ta boarder, Weebl has been making this high speed variation on Mole Bashing. It's quite tricky as you loose points for every kitten you miss. Let them have it. http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitty.htm ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Collapse Game << Collapse has a simple concept, it's Maccy Game meets Tetris. You can pick it up in 1 minute, reach a gamers high within 5 and still be playing it 2hrs later. Genius. Our fingers still ache. (PC Only) http://games.yahoo.com/games/collapse.html >> Metal Bra << It's metal, it's a bra and it's got hands. BTW: there is some nasty not work safe stuff at the bottom of the page. http://pandoras-toybox.com/jack3.html >> Suicide Bomb Game << Bad taste, but funny and addictive. http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/content.php >> Dead Pool << Bet on people dieing. Yep it's the old classic but with REAL CASH. Costs £5 to enter. Tell us if you bother - we're interested whether this is legal. http://www.daisypushers.com >> Dating for Autistics << This appears to be a genuine guide to help autistics go on a date. However it's level of details makes it unintentionally funny. http://www.autistics.org/skills/pages/askherout.ht... ------------------------------------------------- : MP3 BOOTLEG OF THE WEEK A tribute to Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Each week we talk to th_dr at Boom Selection to ask him about his favourite bootleg music that he's heard this week. th_dr writes - "Forgive me, but it greatly amuses me. It's TLC vs I Like Driving In My Car. http://boom.phink.net/approved/anon_-_t-L-C(lunk_Click).mp3 "In other news, we put the acapella of Eminem's new single on our site last Friday, and within 24 hours I had been sent 7 bootlegs of it. Led Zeppellin, Michael Jackson, Kylie Minogue and Dexy's Midnight Runners have been mixed with the tune, among a few others - I've now got over 20 bootlegs of it. Wow." http://boomselection.n3.net/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results - The Worst Job Ever - Ronald McDonald Each week we run a competition to test your creative skills. We set a challenge and you open Photoshop and mess with our tiny minds. Last week we asked for ideas on the worst job in the world. http://b3ta.com/challenge/worstjob/ >> Winners? << Here are the top three worst jobs in the world. #1 Jeremy Clarkson's polisher. (Bazman) http://intranet.mykindaplace.com/clarckson.gif #2 The Pope's hat changer. (Stouffer) http://stouffer.20m.com/pope.gif #3 Or being the chihuahua that paints all the pixels on your screen. (CrazyMum) http://b3ta.com/board/7/0/4/1/6/ >> This Weeks Challenge << We want you to Photoshop Ronald McDonald. http://b3ta.com/challenge/ronaldmcdonald/ ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY Get a Simpson's DVD for £15 CD WOW is selling the 3 DVD package of the Simpsons Episode 1 for £15, that's £20 less than Amazon. It's region 1, so you'll need a multi-region DVD player. Despite series 1 not being the best episodes they ever made - it's bloody cheap and represents about as much entertainment as £15 can buy. We bought one a couple of weeks ago - and it turned up promptly. http://cd-wow.com/detail_results_2.php (BTW: If you've bought something fun on the Internet, let us know at http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/) ------------------------------------------------- : ITV DIGITAL MONKEY A farewell from their friends. ITV Digital was a TV service that supplied it's UK subscribers with a load of crap old repeats. It's unique marketing gimmick was a stuffed monkey that came free with the box. It was a very nice monkey - in fact the monkey was much nicer than the product. And now the service has finally collapsed. The monkey? Well he ended up being photoshopped all over the web in a number of tragic poses, Suicidal, drunk and depressed. And now? We'll let the web team who spent many sweaty hours thinking up ways of trying to promote the monkey on the web have their final say. This is their goodbye. It's sweet. http://www.alandmonkey.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE You. Yep. You. Make something cool. Email us about it, and we'll pass it by our highly trained editorial monkey, and if he likes it, then it's in. 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