we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 39: "H & CLAIRE, JAMIE THEAKSTON & THE WAR FISH" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - H & Claire from Steps game - Jamie Theakston and the Magic Todger - Official B3ta Screensaver - now with war fish ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Song 2 misheard lyric animation << B3ta board member Captain Kimbo has taken the Blur hit, Song 2 (the woo hoo! one), and purposely misheard the lyrics. It's a delight, and really sweet to see the band rendered in cartoon form. http://kimbo-be-coo.com/song-2.html >> Cow Pig << In a follow up his Punk Kittens, boarder Weebl has made this lovely animation of a cowpig flying through time. Beautiful. Can someone commission Weebl to make pop videos please? http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/b3ta/cowpig.... >> Interactive Musical Kittens << French reader, Yomgaille, has made a tribute to techno with kittens. Each key plays a different musical loop and makes the kittens nod their heads. Cute. http://www.yomgaille.com/bordel/kittens/ ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY Adopt a Polar Bear Many of our readers send us pictures of animals. We say "if you really care - put your money where your mouth is and adopt a polar bear." It only costs $25 - and sounds like a bargain to us. http://makeashorterlink.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Shit = cash, McVeggie, Mr T, and B3ta Shop. >> How much does your shit cost? << You're working for a living and you go for a dump, how much of your companies money have you wasted? Thank to B3ta reader, JBoom, you can now find out. He says, "It's great for having bets with mates to see how much you can cost your company." http://www.jboom.com/shite-price/ >> Ronald McDonald Anti Meat Animation<< Too late for the recent Ronald McDonald image challenge, reader Scott Ross has made a protest against the meat industry featuring Ronald McDonald. http://samtripoli.home.mindspring.com/ >> Mr T Goes For A Drive << B3ta Boarder, Giblethead2000 has taken Mr T and the old Technohead track, I Want to be a Hippy and made a nice little flash video. http://www.highlyillogical.org/mrtgoesforadrive/ >> The B3ta Toy Shop << Aaarrgghh...wasps! (yes, that's his name) has taken pictures from the message board and made a B3ta Toy Shop selling all the stuff we'd sell if we could be arsed to run a business. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/longspanner/html/toys... ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Twin Towers $20 bill thing << If you fold up a $20 bill, you can make an image that looks like the Twin Towers burning. Spooky. http://www.clydelewis.com/twenty.html >> Scary Michael Jackson Paintings << Hells Bells! Czech artist Helena Kadlcikova is a scary lady. She's dedicated her life to painting child enthusiast, Michael Jackson. http://fee.prostejov.cz/paintings_of_mj.htm >> Millennium Falcon in his back garden << Film maker Dennis Ward has built a life-size model of the Millennium Falcon in his back garden. Respect. http://www.mentalwardfilm.com/falcon1.htm >> Star Wars << Long and nerdy, but interesting feature on why Darth Vader is good, and The Rebels were evil. http://makeashorterlink.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : WRITE A POEM ABOUT A PENIS And get it featured in a comedy show. In response to the resent stage show, The Vagina Monologues, comedian Richard Herring is writing the Talking Cock show, and he needs your help. Herring writes - "I want to find ways to get men expressing themselves about that thing which is so dear to them and which they rarely talk about in a factual or honest sense." Yadda yadda yadda. He wants poems about cocks, so send him some. [email protected]. ------------------------------------------------- : BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK XTC Vs the C&C Music Factory 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 - "An American calling himself Stark Effect has made a bootleg featuring XTC and the C&C Music Factory. It's well mixed - taking two different tunes, and not just another acapella mixed with an instrumental." http://makeashorterlink.com/ "Oh, and if you fancy buying some music, I suggest The Action Packed Mentalist Brings You The Fucking Jams, from Kid606. The male voice choir singing Radiohead's Creep is the freshest thing I've heard in months." http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from Bill Gates, 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 Bill Gates http://b3ta.com/challenge/billgates/ >> Winners? << #1 The Revenge of the Paper Clip (broon) http://www.smacbroon.com/broon/b3ta/billpaper.gif #2 Bill Gates as a little fly (pdr) http://www.itscorp.org/whatswrong/flygate.gif #3 Welcome to Gateshead (foot n mouth) http://www.jimherbert.clara.net/b3ta/gateshead.jpg >> This Weeks Challenge << In the light of the Buffy and Queen musicals, theatre is getting increasingly strange. We want you to design a poster for a new musical with an inappropriate theme. http://b3ta.com/challenge/musical/ ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. This newsletter now reaches over 24,000 people - if you are in it, then people will see your stuff. It's that simple. Stuff we'd really like to see includes * Contacts for celebrity interviews * Reviews of weird stuff you've bought on-line * Real world projects - have YOU built something weird in your shed? * Games, animations and general malarkey. Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Q: Why does Edward Woodward have so many D's in his name? A: Because otherwise he'd be Ewar Woowar. next issue » « previous issue Newsletter We run a free weekly B3TA email reporting on the coolest stuff on the net. _____________________ [ go ] -------------------- THIS WEEKS HEADLINES -------------------- * TYPE-IN MAGAZINE - LAUNCHED FOR YOUR FINGERS * AI SLOP - GET READY TO OINK FOR IT, PIGGIES * GET WELL SOON - WISHING WELL TO DAVE BAGPUSS READ LATEST ISSUE archive