we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ROB'S HANGOVER SPECIAL. SOZ. next issue » « previous issue ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "Really hungover sorry ___/ _ |/_ > VIDEO: The Outsider << BrokenToaster writes, "A man spots a feral man in the bushes near his flat..." http://www.b3ta.com/links/The_Outsider >> ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO: Google cat killer << Smearballs writes, "I made a little video outlining the dangers of driverless car technology. No cats were killed in the making of this video." http://www.b3ta.com/links/Google_cat_killer >> FLASH: Post University Simulator << LeoZ writes, "I've made a game about the crushing feeling of despair that descends when you finish uni and can do nothing but face the misery that is early adulthood in 2014." Bloody hell! It's a flash project! Let's party like it's B3ta 2002! (This is very good though) http://www.dashumph.com/game.html ------------------------------------------------- : USVSTH3M STUFF This is possibly why I am hungover. Office parties are bad, kids, don't do them. * Gender Switch Your Name - What would your parents have called you if you were born the opposite gender? Contains FACT. http://games.usvsth3m.com/gender-switch-your-name/ * Which 8-bit Computer Are You? - Spectrum, C64, BBC or Amstrad? http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-8-bit-computer-are... * What's The Theme Tune Of Your Life? - It's the song that was #1 on your 14th birthday. http://games.usvsth3m.com/the-theme-tune-of-your-l... ------------------------------------------------- : QUESTION OF THE WEEK You know, words. This might not be written up properly, due to the aforementioned hangover. I'm getting memories of people holding my hand and weeping. Did that really happen? This week, we're asking about fantasists. http://www.b3ta.com/questions/fantasists/ Last week: you wrote about being sacked, and you came up with a lot of good reasons. http://www.b3ta.com/questions/sackedagain/ ------------------------------------------------- : THREE THINGS I JUST FANCY TELLING YOU ABOUT Yeah, not links, art, music and people * Recently I saw Stewart Lee perform John Cage's 'Indeterminacy'. It was awesome. Bloke reading out cards that made little sense whilst getting heckled by onstage musicians. It felt like my life - a rambling inner monologue interrupted by people pushing me off my true path. * Also Luke Haines's new album is great - another one of his concept albums, this about 1970s New York musicians. It's recorded so quietly it sounds like the sex you have when you're trying not to wake your kids (or parents, do we still have young readers?). But the live performance was something else - righteous rock and roll. * Very excited to meet John Higgs, the author of 'The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds' this week. Trying to get him to do a bit of writing for UsVsTh3m about the most esoteric shit he can think of. The man has a fantastic mind and needs money thrown at him to continue with his head turning analysis of the world. ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the Smash Hits Challenge Last week we asked you to travel back to the 80s and have fun with the rich cultural tapestry that was Smash Hits magazine. Our favourites included: * Rick: The infamous misprint that started it all (Afinkawan) http://b3ta.com/board/11080598 * AHA: Knowing me, Knowing Morten (HappyToast) http://b3ta.com/board/11080864 * Bros: Poor Craig (monkeon) http://b3ta.com/board/11080702 All these images, and your favourites can be found here: b3ta.com/challenge/smash-hits >> New challenge: Fake Infographics << This week's challenge is to create impressive looking informative diagrams, but don't worry about the facts, you can just make that stuff up. Challenge inspired by Spellingmistakescostlives and suggested by Monkeon http://b3ta.com/challenge/fakeinfographics/ ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Things I'd really like to see include * THE KLF REFORMING - ok this isn't that realistic and would damage the myth. I'd still buy tickets. * THE QUEEN TO SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUST - dunno really, just rambling but it wouldn't be dull. * WHERE THE **** IS MY ***ING ****? This should be a service that finds shit, as this is the phrase I spend a lot of time mumbling hung over anyway. ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with Tom Scott as beleaguered stand-in editor who's hoping that Rob doesn't check this bit. (It's been a strange half hour, I'll be honest.) Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. ------------------------------------------------- TOP TIP: You want a tip? A tip?! Look one up yourself via the toptip archive thingie we opened years ago: http://www.b3ta.com/questions/toptips/ 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