we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 51: "WEEBL IN FIVE FIGURE MTV DEAL" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - Spam Ticker - Psychic Trick - Weebl in five figure MTV deal ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Bad Weather Blues << The weather has been awful in the UK. We've had thunderstorms, rain and some flooding. At B3ta we're never despondent, and Spacefish has galvanised the message board people to do something about it. They've put together this cheering song and animation to fight the bad weather. http://www.glastonbridge.co.uk/blues/ >> Penis Animation << It's been a long time since someone has submitted something this weird. It's a music video starring penises. We think the TV deal might be a long time coming. (Thanks HootyOwl) http://www.ultraville.com/flash/new%20swfs/gennies... >> Kitten Owl Wallpaper << Pop has made you some new wallpaper. It features an adorable kitten owl creature in a snowscape. It's classy. Install it. http://www.robb.karoo.net/wallpaper.htm >> A Love Story << Now that Weebl is an international superstar, his animator is working on new ideas. Jonti's most recent is a short animation about two people in love. http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/flash/lovest... ------------------------------------------------- : WHERE I LURK Cider Girl on "Liphook Messageboard" People pass time on the web in different ways. Some people like links, some read news, others watch message boards. Each week we ask a B3ta reader where they like to lurk. Cider Girl writes - "I'm totally addicted to the Liphook message board. It was set up to serve a local community but got invaded by a load of media wannabees who big themselves up, squabble and bang on about how many drugs they take. It's a cross between Eastenders and Big Brother, only more pretentious." http://www.knowhere.co.uk/board/kb4354/ BTW: Do you lurk on any message boards? We'd like you to contribute to this section. Send a couple of paragraphs to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Mahjongg, Decision Machine, Clicky game, Irwin >> Mahjongg << Thomas Weibel has built this neat web version of Mahjongg to play with his children. He says, "Kids are great at it, they recognize patterns and characters much faster than an adult but they'll leave finger prints on the screen. Mucky puppies." http://www.thomasweibel.ch/mahjongg.htm >> Decision Maker << Izb has built an advice machine. You go through a series of questions about your problem and it attempts to solve it. If it doesn't fix your quandary then you can suggest your own solution. Izb is hoping that your entries will make the site able to resolve every problem in existence. http://www.lifesdifficultdecisions.com/life/ >> Clicky Mouse Game << Salmon of Knowledge has made his first web game. "I got the idea from an attraction at Alton Towers," he says. It's very simple. You need to click your mouse as fast as you can to race your character across the screen. It'll fuck up your hands. http://www.oshq.co.uk/b3tarace/ >> Steve Irwin Game << Aaarrgghh...wasps has made a game where you pretend to be TV's Steve Irwin and chuck eucalyptus chewing gum at koala bears. But of course! http://waspworld.gotdns.com/2dpb.htm ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Write an email in piss << Pee-Mail is a fantastic new service. You scrawl your message using a cute little cartoon chap weeing on the screen. You can then send the message to your friend. Here is a special message we've prepared for our readers. http://www.pee-mail.com/index.php >> 'Rejected' Animation << Utterly insane minimalist account of an animator's decline into madness and eventual self-implosion. One of the best animations we've ever seen. http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~mad/krischan/download/R... >> Anco's Energizer << This cute problem-solving game gets you to push blocks and avoid giant insects to get to the next screen. The stepped level of difficulty eases you in gently and then shags your brain. http://www.miniclip.com/acno/acno.htm >> Lego Porn << Artist David Thomas has been photographing naked Lego ladies. Slightly disturbing but tastefully posed. http://soli.inav.net/~thomas/mfactory/lm002.html >> Elephants on acid << 40 years ago two psychiatrists administered the equivalent of 3,000 LSD trips to an elephant. It shat itself and died. Poor elephant. http://makeashorterlink.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from "How Things Really Work" 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 to know how things really worked. http://b3ta.com/challenge/howstuffreallyworks/ We asked B3ta boarder Breel to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Breel writes - #1 "How Medical School works - simple concept, excellent execution and made me spill me tea. (Rogan) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/5/1/1/1/5/ #2 "How batteries work - cute brand subversion. (Kubox) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/4/8/1/5/8/ #3 "How Daleks Work - know I know why they are so wobbly. (CJ) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/4/3/9/8/2/ # Honorary mention. "How Chaotic Illuminator really works." http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/5/2/4/7/6/ >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Freddy Woo gave us the suggestion, "What is the fifth emergency service?" http://b3ta.com/challenge/fifthemergencyservice/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * We asked you to buy Glitter Band T-Shirts. The fan club bloke thanked us and said "you've emptied my garage." ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. Stuff we'd really like to see includes * Where you lurk * Things to buy * Your latest stuff Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Dave Stevenson and Lucy Reese for helping edit the newsletter. 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