we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 38: "LEMMINGS, KITTENS & STEPHEN BYERS" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - B3ta people make stuff - Special Issue. - Our Birthday party - you're invited - Rathergood on TV ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Lemmings Game << DogEgg is a B3ta boarder contracted by the BBC to make web games. He says, "We just finished off this flash game. It's a distant relative of Lemmings." It's both polished and engrossing fun. http://www.bbc.co.uk/choice/games/roadies/ >> Badger Racing Game << You know those games at the fair where you have to bet 10p on which mechanical motorbike wins a race? B3ta boarder Weebl has made a version with rocket badgers. It's the tune that makes it. http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/badger.html >> Punk Kittens << Weebl has been busy. He's made this tiny but lovely animation of 3 kittens dancing to a punk record. It's a vibe thing. http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/cats.swf ------------------------------------------------- : COME TO OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY Jelly, ice cream, cakes and penguins. Keep the evening free on Friday 5th of July. We'll be having a party in London, UK. More details will be given closer to the date. ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Queen Mum, School Kid Photo and Booze Campaign And there's more. So much more. >> Fly the Queen Mum to Heaven << In a submission too late to be topical, b3ta boarder Crazy Mum gives you a nice little game where you have to dodge airplanes and collect gin. Nicely done. http://www14.brinkster.com/crazymum/queenmum.asp >> B3ta School Kids Photo << This will only be amusing if you've met any of the people who contribute to B3ta. Thanks to Mr & Mrs Pickled Pizza we've got new wallpaper. http://members.lycos.co.uk/mrpizza/b3ta/b3tanschoo... >> Campaign to drink later << B3ta reader GI Joe has started a campaign to extend the UK licensing hours. He's seeking to build a petition of 250,000. Show your support by leaving your name at his site. http://www.drinklater.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------- : THE RATHERGOOD CORNER Jazz Kitten on TV. Joel Veitch runs a site called Rathergood. He's our mate and we love his deranged work. Joel writes - "What a fantastic week. A few weeks ago I made an animation featuring kittens playing Jazz. I launched it using the b3ta newsletter. "And now? It's been on TV! The production company who make the C4 breakfast show RI:SE got in touch and asked to use it as an interstitial - the bit before an ad break. "Anyway - if you missed it, here it is again." http://www.rathergood.com/kittens/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #3 Weather Maps, Penguins & Dave Lee Travis Our brains hurt. There's too much stuff. >> Make Your Own Weather Maps << B3ta boarder Tomsk says "I made this thing for fun. It's not funny or anything, it's just a toy. Read the instructions, click stuff, drag stuff, make nice weather... " http://makeashorterlink.com/ >> Whack Penguins Game << Another week, and another variation on the mole whacking genre. Thanks Vbloke. http://www.vbloke.com/whack.html >> Which animal is that? << Long-time B3ta boarder Monkeon has made a game to test your animal identification skills. It also features the much loathed DJ, Dave Lee Travis. http://www.monkeon.co.uk/hairy/ ------------------------------------------------- : ANNOUCEMENT: T-SHIRTS Fatlobster have been making B3ta T-Shirts, they write - "T-shirts have arrived and will be despatched Friday/Sat/Mon. Not a single cheque has been cashed and will not be until t-shirts are despatched. Apologies for the delay." ------------------------------------------------- : LISTEN AND WATCH SWEARING POLITICIANS Osymyso & Cartel do it again 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 - "With the return of Stephen Byers to our TV screens, I'm loving this delightful clip of various politicians cutup to sound like they're swearing, all to the soundtrack of Rocky and Chas n Dave. Class. http://makeashorterlink.com/ "BTW: Osymyso and Cartel have got into trouble. Read this newspaper article about them." http://makeashorterlink.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY Buy a remote control vibrator. We asked adult e-commerce site Fanny Batter what was the geekiest item in their catalogue. Andrew writes - "The Oyster is pretty geeky. It's a remote control vibrator with a key ring controller, and offers daring fun at dinner parties. "With the receiving vibrating silent stimulator hidden inside the wearer's panties, shuddering vibes can be detonated from up to 50ft away." Sounds like a buzz. http://makeashorterlink.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Make weird animals pics << At the Switcheroo Zoo you can combine pictures of animals to make a zebra with an elephants trunk, or a dog with a rhino horn. Cool. http://www.switcheroozoo.com/zoo.htm >> A Periodic Table Table << Theo Gray has made a real wooden table out of the periodic table. Never has chemistry looked so good. We want one. http://208.55.251.3/Periodic.htm >> Hidden images in music << Fascinating story about how musician Aphex Twin hid a picture of his own face within his Window Licker track. Can only be seen with spectrograph software - these are the backward messages of the future. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,52426,00.... >> Trippy Animated Story << This strange and imaginative animation features a fly, regression therapy and magic mushrooms. It will make you go, "uh, that's odd." http://w1.736.telia.com/~u73602493/flashback.html ------------------------------------------------- : LONDON RETRO GAMING EXHIBITION Stuck for something to do? We'll be popping in to "Game On: the Culture and History of video games". It starts next Thursday at the Barbican. More details on their site. http://www.gameonweb.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from Ronald McDonald, New Challenge 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 wanted you to Photoshop Ronald McDonald. http://b3ta.com/challenge/ronaldmcdonald/ >> Winners? << There was so much good stuff that we've put a little page together of our favourite entries. http://b3ta.com/features/ronaldmcdonald/ >> This Weeks Challenge << We want you to Photoshop Bill Gates. http://b3ta.com/challenge/billgates/ ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. This newsletter now reaches over 22,000 people - if you are in it, then people will see your stuff. It's that simple. 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