we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: RUSSELL BRAND CALLS B3TA 'A POUND SHOP REDDIT' next issue » « previous issue This Week: * HYPNO-CAT - treats a dog * PEAK SHIT - Brand Vs Farage * CRAP ROBOTS - championship ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're chewing the goose ___/ _ |/_ > Cat Gives A Dog Hypnotherapy << Translated with voice over by Slurpy J. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1257496/ >> Unveiling the Birdbox Christmas card << Smartie123 writes, "We thought we'd show off the 2014 Christmas pop-up card with a difference. Merry Christmas!" http://youtu.be/7aiKg5AscQ8 >> Sweary Stencils! << Lumpytuna and Happytoast bring you an exciting new way to be rude to someone over a hot beverage. Decorate a Cappuccino with popular phrases like Cunt, Twat and Toss Pot! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SwearyStencils ------------------------------------------------- : BEST USVSTH3M ARTICLES THIS MONTH Reading rather than interactives * Russell Brand and Nigel Farage on Question Time means politics has reached 'peak shit' - written by John Higgs author of The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds. http://goo.gl/DBAlt7 * What happened when your B3ta editor Rob Manuel visited the notorious Cereal Killer Cafe. http://goo.gl/D0z7de * 17 times it 'all kicked off' in regional news - the best, most bafflingly mundane, headlines from uk's local papers. http://goo.gl/CnmgoY ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates * Abandoned CDs - oddly fascinating glimpses of the rotting, technology of the recent past. http://abandonedcds.blogspot.co.uk/ * Winter wear for the discerning b3tard - because who doesn't want to be draped in cock? http://odioalagente.tumblr.com/post/105381396001 * 12 days of Tubgirl and Goatse - Something festive for our readers and not even that NSFW. Finally a use for 3-D printing! http://tubgirlandgoatse.tumblr.com/ * Bullets! Lots of bullets! The Recordist on SoundCloud has 23 seconds of HD bullets whizzing by. Play loud, as it used to say on LPs. https://soundcloud.com/therecordist/bullets-2-hd-p... * A very specific niche here. Perfect for secret Santa! http://www.stampacunt.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : PODCAST CORNER Keep you busy over Xmas anyway * Marc Maron and Louis C.K. from 2010 - "this conversation between Marc [Maron] and Louis C.K. was chosen by Slate as the #1 podcast episode of all time." http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/louis_c.k._... * New Popper/Serafinowicz Radio Spirit World - "David Frost interviews Jimmy Savile. In Hell. Ft. Hitler, Margaret Thatcher and Bill Cosby," writes jonofthesouth. http://goo.gl/5LjdRf ------------------------------------------------- : VIDEO SCHMIDEO Like TV but without the Radio Times >> Car Park by Bird Box Studio << Varmint writes, "This deserves a repost because it won the British Comedy Award 2014 for best Internet short, AND was done by a B3tan!" http://www.b3ta.com/links/Car_Park_by_Bird_Box_Stu... >> The Crap Robot Championships << "This is what the internet was invented for!" claims wakeupandsmellthebacon - with partial accuracy. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1253529/ >> A recorder made from a carrot << Does what it says on the tin. A carroty tin. http://www.b3ta.com/links/A_recorder_made_from_a_c... ------------------------------------------------- : FUNNY NAME CORNER 'Fanny burger' OnionTerror writes, "I actually used to live in this town, which is why I found out about this. It wasn't there when I was so I missed out on eating some." http://www.fannyburger.cez-net.sk/ ------------------------------------------------ : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Dangerous Everything' challenge Last week we asked you to make all the lovely safe things in the world into life threatening explosive horror machines. Your favourites included: * Gymnastics: a return visit to the already pretty lethal balance beam (drbroon) http://b3ta.com/board/11122149 * ELCJCB: another return visit, to the perfect blend of power tools and childcare (HappyToast) http://b3ta.com/board/11122065 * Hardhathell: The gaping jaw of site protection. (Ya What?) http://b3ta.com/board/11120814 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/dangerall/popular/ >> New challenge: Piggy Christmas < This week we are shoving all things porcine in to all things festive. Pigs in blankets, pigs in stockings, pigs in presents etc http://b3ta.com/challenge/pigxmas/ ------------------------------------------------- Sub : [email protected] Snub : [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Follow @b3ta on Twitter because good things will happen to you: https://twitter.com/b3ta ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by antmulder, fred zeppelin, mediocre, Mudface, Double2, jonofthesouth, Ghoti Fingers, & Varmint Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. Top tip via Devon Dan Subjlols via Frogbeat. ------------------------------------------------- TOP TIP: Seeing as it's nearly Xmas - here's the BEST ever top tip: http://www.b3ta.com/questions/toptips/post66967 Freezing worms makes them easier to sharpen. 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