we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 52: "TOADS ARE THE NEW KITTENS" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - Weebl to change his name - Stephen Hawking animation - Blode 5, Toad Turmoil ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Dinner time for Lumpy<< Richard Tingley has made a charming animation featuring his regular character Lumpy. This week? Lumpy tries to eat dinner. http://www.crapjuggler.co.uk/lumpy/dinner.html >> Random 24 plot generator << Chthonic is addicted to the TV show 24. He writes, "Now that the show is nearly over I've made this to create new plots to sate my need." http://www.chthonic.f9.co.uk/24/24.html >> Gay computer game characters << Edge is a UK published computer games magazine. In the latest issue B3ta is "website of the month." However they appear to have reviewed another site entirely. Something about "which console is better?" We don't know much about that stuff so we've made a list of gay computer game characters instead. http://b3ta.com/features/gay-computer-game-charact... ------------------------------------------------- : HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THIS WEEK Custom-Made Dolls Jim makes little felt dolls. If you send him a picture and $25 he'll make one for you. The Freddy Krueger one is particularly fine. They don't actually bear that much of a resemblance, but they are very cute. http://www.parkplacepub.com/podunk/custom.html ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2 Spam, Egg, Drink. >> Spam the Spammers << Ronald Scelson is reputed to be the world's most prolific spammer. Tim Ireland has set up a page to persuade you to give him a taste of his own medicine. http://www.bloggerheads.com/can_weblogs/ronald_sce... >> Scary Egg Clock << Have you ever wanted to know exactly when it's 3pm? Thanks to Mr Fancyteeth this egg will let you know. He writes, "It's a gift to be sent to those you love. Oh, you don't have to wait till 3 - just click it a few times." http://www.mantlepies.com/cuteegg2/ >> Buy this man a drink << Did you catch the Save Karyn site? She was asking for donations to pay off her $20,000 credit card bill. Amazingly she's already got $4,000. B3ta reader Leigh Geary saw this and wants in. His missus has spent all his cash on clothes and he hasn't got any money to buy beer. Go on. Have a heart. http://www.acrossthewater.co.uk/skint.htm ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Naked women jumping up and down << What's not to like? They're naked! They jump! And the music is great. Takes a bit of time to load though. http://www.cloud10.org/jiggles/ >> Dutch Dwarf Tossing Game << This is a new twist on darts - visually inventive with great controls. Although it's in Dutch you should be able to work it out. http://www.lightsmith.nl/games/bouterdart/bouterda... >> This will do your eyes in! << This series of Terry Thomas photos is arranged in such a way that an accidental optical illusion occurs, making dots appear in front of your eyes. Argh. My eyes. The dots. http://www.mobilecube.co.uk/t_thomas.jpg >> Foreskin Restoration << NORM is a support group for circumcised men who want their foreskins back. We've just read Wayne's story. He tied heavy ball bearings to the remains of his foreskin to lengthen it. Nutter. http://www.norm.org/restorebb.html >> 20p + Glue + Webcam = Fun << Ever stuck 20p to the street and hung around to watch people try to pick it up? That's the attraction of the 'Tramp Cam' website. http://www.camgirl.34sp.com/main.htm >> Gadget Blog << Brilliant. The latest news about gadgets all on one easy-to-read page. http://www.gizmodo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK "Crowded House vs. Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg Go Home Productions - The Weather Episode" Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection about his current favourite bootleg track. the_dr writes - "Sorry about the last few weeks - the CDs we're selling are kicking off big time. "The current golden boys of the bootleg world have produced this tune which has got everybody talking and is all over XFM Radio. One listener stopped the DJ in the street and to ask whether this was an authorised remix. "Yeah right, like Dre is down with the Crowded House massive!" http://www.bitzonline.net/updates/tunez/crowdiesvs... ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from "5th Emergency Service" Challenge Each week we run a competition to test your creative skills. We set a challenge and you open Photoshop and spunk on our eyeballs. Last week we wanted ideas for the 5th Emergency service. http://b3ta.com/challenge/fifthemergencyservice/ We asked Weebl to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Weebl writes - #1: "Friendly local owl man - I like the 'lovely owls' detail. (growler) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/5/6/6/7/8/ #2 "Ribena Rescue (ShiftClick) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/5/4/6/3/7/ #3: "Sofa Squad (hobnobgoblin) http://www.b3ta.com/board/2/5/5/1/8/5/ >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Lucy Reese gave us the suggestion, "Holidays from Hell." http://b3ta.com/challenge/holidaysfromhell/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * NICECUPOFTEAANDASITDOWN - Nicey has been asked by The BBC to contribute his thoughts on biscuits for a new TV show. * BUYMEAHOOKER.COM - We weren't sure if it was genuine. Now it's forwarding to a porn site. So we guess it's not. * MENSTRUAL RUBBER CUP - a reader writes, "It works! My wife uses one. Anything that reduces the amount of toxic waste we put into the environment has to be good." * LET'S FIST AGAIN - Deb got in touch from Australia to say that singing our song got her through a difficult labour. So B3ta says well done to her and young Caillie Grace. ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. If you are in it then people will see your stuff. Things we'd really like to see includes * More items to buy. We really like quirky personalised things. * Your projects, animations and games. 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