we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 47: "THE RETURN OF THE SINISTER FINGERS" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - Nasty Ginger Fingers - Mark Llama Gerbil Farmer - Weebl and Bob ... In French ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > 2001 Pastiche << Santexo has re-edited cult Kubrick movie 2001 as a flash cartoon - and made it a lot shorter and probably funnier. http://www.thegravy-train.com/misc/2001.swf >> Polar bear PacMan << Spanky has made a version of PacMan featuring a polar bear and a penguin. Why? We don't know but we quite liked playing it. http://195.167.178.230/g/furtive/ >> Pointless Click Counter << Ben has got in touch and said, "I've made a page with a button on it. When you click it, the number goes up. Despite being frighteningly addicted to it, I'm still only at 30,000 clicks. Can you help?" Yes we can help. See a doctor. http://spod.cx/pcc ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Epilepsy, Broccoli Asteroids, Hive mind art >> Don't send this link to an epileptic << Spassmonkey & Pop write, "We've created this very informative health related website." They are lying. This could make epileptics have an attack. We strongly urge you NOT to send this to an epileptic. http://www.epilepsy.tk >> Asparagus vs. Broccoli Asteroids << Blimey Spassmonkey has been busy. He's also built this version of the ancient arcade game Asteroids using pictures of vegetables. http://www.spassmonkey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brocco... >> Can the collective mind draw?<< B3ta reader Kevan has got in touch to say, "I want people to contribute to a pixelised picture, each person adding a few dots at a time. Conclusion: People don't know what Great Britain looks like." http://www.kevan.org/smaller.cgi ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THIS WEEK Buy our useless crap in the B3ta shop. This is a plug for our shop. It's crap and over-priced and we're earning bugger all money out of it as all money is given to the designers of the items. But where else could you buy a Fred West clock? http://www.b3ta.com/shop/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Naked Spiderman << Eugh! This naked fat bloke in Spiderman body paint turned our stomachs. http://makeashorterlink.com/ >> Star Wars Origami << Ever wanted to re-create the special magic of George Lucas's blockbuster using only paper nicked from the fax machine? Then observe. http://www.happymagpie.com/swdiagrm.htm >> That bird stole my cash! << What an odd little story. A group of birds began sneaking into a vending machine and taking the coins. Great photos. http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm >> Modern life in the office << An accurate depiction of how life has changed for office time wasters. Oops - that's us. BTW: At least one person on our board lost their job this week for excessive Internet use. http://bbspot.com/News/2002/07/then_and_now.html >> God's Theme park<< Americans will make a theme park out of anything, including The Bible. It's unbelievable. Jerusalem recreated in the style of Alton Towers. Apparently created by "Jews For Jesus" as a bit of populist evangelism. http://www.theholylandexperience.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK "Woodchuck - Hang On" Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection about his current favourite bootleg track. But since he's not about this week we thought we'd do this section ourselves. Our mate Drew Pearce has been in the studio recording his debut album under the name Woodchuck. We particularly like his "Hang On" recording that makes him sound 20 years older than he actually is. It's country rock and you can download the MP3 here. (3rd link down) http://www.teamwoodchuck.com/music.html ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from "All New Adventures Of" Challenge 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 complete the sentence, "The all new adventures of ..." http://b3ta.com/challenge/allnewadventure/ We asked B3ta contributor Fraser to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Fraser writes - #1 "Rupert The Bear - beautifully crafted. Makes you wonder how Rupert got out of this predicament. (thebear) http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/9/8/0/6/0/ #2 "Spiderman - in his new role as a flamboyant hairdresser. (cobby) http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/8/9/6/3/7/ #3 "Fire Loris - I can imagine there'd be a lot less trouble with fire if this fella was in charge. Just look how quickly he reacts!" (juniorsquire)" http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/9/4/1/6/9/ >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor The Unknown Anorak gave us the suggestion, "How we won the war, the weird gadgets that our intelligence forces built" http://b3ta.com/challenge/howwewonthewar/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * LAST WEEKS PARTY was pretty good. Lots of people turned up and the pub cleared £1000 at the bar. * BEST EMAIL "I am unsubscribing. Margaret Thatcher is a great woman !!!!!!!" ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. This newsletter now reaches over 34,000 people - if you are in it, then people will see your stuff. It's that simple. 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