we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 46: "WE LOVE YOU" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - The kitten that sings, "I love you" - Mr Stabby, he wants to stab you. - B3ta party ... Tonight - Introducing, the "Blogdex Viral Chart" ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Sunny Day Animation << This is rather sweet - with a lovely pay off. Thanks to b3ta boarder Tomsk for 30 seconds of joy. http://tomandphil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mint/sunny.... >> Go go Scrollbar Racing! << You know that slidey bit on the edge of your browser? It's called a scrollbar. B3ta boarder Tomsk likes scrollbars so much that he's written a game where you can race them. This rocks - in a slightly nerdy kind of way. http://tomandphil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scrollbarra... >> German Tube Map << Artist Arthur Ascii (ho ho) has taken the London tube map and translated it into German. It makes strangely satisfying reading - if you are mad. http://www.myrtle.co.uk/art/untergrund.gif ------------------------------------------------- B3TA SALUTES: MAGGIE THATCHER HEAD SNATCHER Paul Kelleher, of Middlesex, UK has been charged with criminal damage for knocking the head off an 8 foot tall statue of ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. We would like to offer him our full support for his legal costs - but we have nothing to offer but our respect. ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Laundrette comp, Audition video, Kill the Queen >> Laundrette Sign Competition << B3ta reader Matt Round has got in touch about his new competition. He's photographed a sign in his local laundrette. There is a word missing - he wants you to email in your suggestions. http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/competition/ >> Audition Girl << We've been playing with our new video camera. We've made a 15 second clip of a young lady auditioning for a role in a blockbuster movie. Can you guess which one? Don't phone in, it's just for fun. http://www.b3ta.co.uk/audition-girl.mpg >> Queen Quake << Imagine taking a shit 3D shooter engine, and making the baddies be the Queen. Amusing for 20 seconds. Thanks Alphabet Soup. http://www.print-gifts.com/jubilee.html ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THIS WEEK Buy a remote control Dalek. Er.. What can we say? We know this is geeky. But hell - it's a dalek! And it's remote control! Cool doesn't come cooler in our book. http://www.prod-ent.freeserve.co.uk/radiocommand.h... ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Shaved Punk Cats << This Japanese site features shaved cats. They've styled the hair into full body Mohawk. Is this cruel or great? We don't know. http://homepage3.nifty.com/pee/bun.html >> Most anal-retentive man on the net? << Matthew McClintock is a 35-year-old webmaster from Chicago. He's so obsessive about lists and order that he's taken pictures of everything he owns and logged it all on a website. Blimey. http://www.mc.clintock.com/ >> Buy Eminem's Car << A US car dealer has bought Eminem's car and is now trading it on E-bay. Anything over $17000 will be donated to charity. The price currently stands at $22000. Please note: there is a small dent in the front bumper. Probably where he ran over a child. http://makeashorterlink.com/ >> Come on, fhqwhgads << This charming song and animation had us dancing round the room. Reminds us of The Gap Band's "Oops up side your head." Is this a summer novelty hit in the making? Maybe. http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html >> Great Battleships Game << Battleships might not be a game of huge skill - but it's still a good way kill a bit of time. This version has lovely stereo explosions and is enormous fun. http://makeashorterlink.com/ >> Scary Chatroom Transcript << Ok. Here's the story. Guy gets message off girl. Girl thinks guy is her boyfriend. He's not. She won't believe him whatever he says. This text is very long - but gave us several laughs reading it. (Thanks Ian Saunders) http://www.team-wiseguys.dk/shes_fucked.txt >> How fast can you type? << This little test is actually quite fun, if you fancy nerding out on your typing skills. http://typera.solutions.fi/ ------------------------------------------------- : BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK MC Pikey - MC Pikey Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection about his current favourite bootleg track. the_dr writes - "Sorry, our MP3 server is down, but it will return soon. You will not believe the amount of bandwidth we went through - 50 GIGS A DAY! "So I'm gonna have to let you down this week, no MP3s for you lot." Arse. Oh well. This week we'll have to be this bit ourselves. We write - "MC-Pikey is the eponymous debut from the UK rapper who -in his own words- 'lives in the flats'. We've been shouting the 'Noooorth London' bit out loud whilst writing the newsletter. "Actually this is a lie. We wrote and recorded this ourselves - 'cause we quite liked The Streets CD." http://www.b3ta.co.uk/McPikey-Mc-Pikey.mp3 ------------------------------------------------- : BLOGDEX VIRAL CHART What's big in the blogs this week. Cameron Marlow is a 24-year-old PhD student at MIT. He runs a site that counts the amount of links that each website gets from personal logs - or blogs as they are known. This is a measure of popularity. Starting this week, we ask him about the most viral things he's seen this week. Cameron writes - "These are the top memes this week." #1 5k Wolfenstein "Winner of this year's prestigious 5k award for design simplicity and compactness." http://www.the5k.org/description.asp/entry_id=946 #2 Customised Mouse "Poor thing, all alone in that chamber. Now comes the evil modder and adds some liquid nitrogen." http://metku.net/cryo/index.html #3 Solo round world balloon flight "Currently seeking hugest dork ever award." http://www.spiritoffreedom.com/ >> Blogdex Plug << If you care about viral media, then you should check his site everyday. It's the only chart that counts. http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from "Executive Stress Toy" Each week we run a competition to test your creative skills. We set a challenge and you open Photoshop and mess with our heads. Last week we wanted you to design an executive stress reliever. http://b3ta.com/challenge/executivetoys/ We asked B3ta contributor DivStivs to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. DivStivs writes - #1 "Glasto Desk - Great idea. Well chosen images. (Bitporn) http://b3ta.com/board/1/8/1/5/8/6/ #2 "Executive Quantum Leap - I actually want one of these. Badly. (Spaff) http://b3ta.com/board/1/7/2/7/9/0/ #3 "Punchable P.A - Funny. I like the look on her face. (Santexo)" http://b3ta.com/board/1/7/2/5/8/3/ >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor MonkeyBoyBlue gave us the suggestion, "Complete this sentence. The All New Adventures of ...." http://b3ta.com/challenge/allnewadventure/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * RADIO 1 have played Thorpe's "Pretty Thick" tune three times on their breakfast show. * DONKEY MUGS are actually selling! We've shifted about 100 of them, mostly to PwC employees via the introducingmonday website. * 20 COMPLAINT EMAILS for last week's "kill all puppies" newsletter, vs. no complaints for the previous week's, "we are nazis" comment. ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. 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