we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 59: "HAVE YOU GOT PARKINSON'S?" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - Love test - Have you got Parkinson's? - Penguin Madness ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Infinite Penguin Generator << Steve writes, "Edinburgh Zoo has its own penguin parade - my local zoo doesn't. I was greatly upset by this, so I made my own. I made the music too." We love stuff like this. Send us more. BTW: Keep pressing the "plus" button for extra penguins. http://www.impendingdoom.co.uk/cartoons/penguins.h... >> A week of Weebl and Bob << Jonti has been busy this week. He's set himself the challenge of making a new episode of Weebl and Bob every day. To make things easy he's left out Weebl. Check out Bob's holiday in France. http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/bobs%20week%20in%20fra... >> Sell yourself through a marketing lens << Ever wondered how Ikea name their products? Or even come up with the concept of what they should be? Stick your name into this product-descriptor thingy and be dumbfounded by the marketing blurb it returns. Or not. http://thesurrealist.co.uk/priorart.cgi ------------------------------------------------- : USELESS TAT TO SPUNK YOUR MONEY AWAY Buy a Tory Tea mug. Remember the Tories? We do. In fact it's almost sad how often you don't hear from them these days. Encourage your mates to think about right wing issues by buying them this finely crafted piece of fascist ceramic. http://shop.conservatives.com/item.jsp BTW: Have you found a present for someone you really pity? Tell us at http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Texty Wordy Anagram Game << Click on letters and link them up to make words, much like a word search but far more addictive. It's made by Popcap, the people that stole thousands of office hours with the game Bejewelled. This game will probably destroy your life. That is why it is good. http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php >> People being chopped up << We couldn't watch these autopsy videos. They are really grim. Are you man enough to watch them all the way through? Masturbating? That's the sign of someone special. http://wsuonline.weber.edu/gundy/labs/default.htm >> Nerd Film Quiz << Remember that movie with the computer in it? Of course you do. You moaned to your mates that it was unrealistic. Maybe. Anyway - this is a neat quiz where you have to identify stills of computers from popular films. http://www.filmwise.com/visual/computers_01.shtml >> David Copperfield Website Shitefest << Is this the worst celebrity website in the world? It purports to overload your browser with the raw magic of David Copperfield. Marvel at how much money he must have spent to get this ambitious, technically accomplished, yet strangely uncompelling Flash animation put together. http://www.tornadooffire.com >> Make sand art pics << This is the most complicated way of making pictures we've seen in a while. You have to pour sand into piles and somehow make images. It's probably best for making images of argyle socks. http://lovethosekids.com/playgrnd/sandart.htm >> Reading about Toast << It's not often we recommend something as wordy as this - but we really enjoyed this short extract of a book celebrating the humble joys of toast. Read it. And then have some toast. http://www.theoldie.co.uk/toast02.html ------------------------------------------------- : CALL FOR COLLABORATORS Can you help this person out? >> WANTED: Rock Song << Benjymous writes: "I'm working on a PC clone of the classic Sega game 'Death Tank Zwei, and could do with someone to make me a theme song for it. I need 20 seconds of German loudness with somebody shouting 'Hell Tank' and other incomprehensible stuff." http://www.grapefruitopia.com/helltank/ Do you need a collaborator? Then tell us at http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Before & After' 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 tell us a story in two pictures - before and after: http://b3ta.com/challenge/beforeafter/ We asked B3ta boarder 'bloid' to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Bloid writes - #1 "Why did the chicken cross the road? - Two weeks running for rogan, but this is inspired!! Last minute entry - definite winner!! (rogan) http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/8/5/1/7/4/ #2 "Archer before and after - I just liked this one. Archer is a lying fool, and it's just nice when the judiciary catch him out. (crush with eyeliner) http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/6/9/9/5/2/ #3 "War and Peace - This one shows an inspirational level of cynicism that I think we should foster. I'm not sure which is worse, the before or after scenario." (frankus) http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/7/9/3/9/0/ He adds "This week's 'image that gave me the fear' award has to go to Reverend Dan for his truly disturbing George 'robot wars' Francis picture." We're scared of this one too... http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/7/0/7/9/6/ >> This Weeks Challenge << This week, the B3ta random challenge generator came up with the suggestion, "Great moments in history (that were curiously overlooked)" http://b3ta.com/challenge/greatmomentsinhistory/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * BAD TASTE HOTEL UPDATE - last week we mentioned the Madonna Inn. Blimey. It's more famous than we thought - loads of you have actually stayed there and loved it. Apparently, the urinals are worth checking out. * WHERE B3TA WAS BANNED NEXT BT Martlesham, UK Brighton Secondary School, Australia Leicester Grammar, UK Birmingham Grid For Learning, USA Baltimore City Public Schools, USA North Leamington School, Warwickshire, UK OK - we're bored now. We're banning the banned feature. ------------------------------------------------- : 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. Stuff we'd really like to see includes * Stuff that took zero effort to make but is great anyway. * Celebrity autographs, "To B3ta with love" * Freebies. If you work for a corporate then send us some free stuff. We'll flog it on Ebay. Yay! Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: Links supplied by Spacefish, John Currie, Jen, Lucy Reese, Andy Goth, Graham Freeman, John Currie, Fraser and TheWife. Other stuff from Kaor, Patricia Fabricant, hunkee, Helen Garside and Scott Randall, Duncan, Simon Jelly, Tom and Claude Call. Mike Trinder handled the image challenge. David Stevenson and Mike Trinder helped edit this issue. Employing the proofing services of B4ta. 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