we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: CODENAME: CYBER-LEOPARD next issue » « previous issue This Week: * CANNONS - What do they sound like? * BELLS - This clickbait will blow your mind * TROMBONES - in a special video! ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're shitting ___/ _ |/_ > Kick UKIP out of Kent (UsVsTh3m) << Featuring your B3ta editor Rob Manuel's lovely grumpy singing: http://games.usvsth3m.com/kick-ukip-out-of-kent/ >> "A Walk Through A Crime" << Joel Veitch writes, "I walked through a crime on my way home from work yesterday. I wrote a little summary of the experience. There's words and stuff." http://www.rathergood.com/blog/a-walk-through-a-cr... >> 19 Amazing Facts About Bells That Will SHOCK You! << Also from Joel - his take on listicles and clickbait. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1264498/ ------------------------------------------------ : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Extract a character' challenge Last week we asked for your images of Asteroidea. Your favourites included: * Slim Kim: Fat boy beats (R2DTard) http://b3ta.com/board/11128478 * Punk Floyd: Dark side of the Tron (oddotter) http://b3ta.com/board/11129051 * Labbarynth: Frida, Agnetha, Bennie, Bjorn and Bowie (HappyToast) http://b3ta.com/board/11128270 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/extractcharacters/popula... >> New challenge: Surveillance << This week we're taking a close look at the government's plans to spy on us. They want to read your emails, peek in your zips and even fiddle with your software's backdoor. Depict your thoughts on this and suggest what other draconian policies they might be plotting. http://b3ta.com/challenge/surveillance/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates >> Bhutanese Passport << Click on 'listen to this article' on the top right to hear this wonderful, wonderful accent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutanese_passport >> Unusual book title, mean reviews << "Helping the Retarded to Know God - a guide for Christian teachers of the mentally handicapped." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0570063507/... >> NASA audio << NASA has put its historical audio files up onto the SoundCloud. Should be useful for the odd sample. https://soundcloud.com/nasa >> Ship Your Enemies Glitter << Worse than burning dogshit. At least you can eventually clear dogshit up. http://shipyourenemiesglitter.com/ >> Twitter Choose Your Own Adventure << Just as exciting as it was in 1984. In fact, more so, as now you can confusingly RT which page you're on. https://twitter.com/wnd_go >> Schoolgirls licking doorknobs << Oh, Japan! Always new ways to objectify young women in ways that make us feel old and confused. http://goo.gl/uoxmfO ------------------------------------------------- : VIDEO SCHMIDEO Like TV but the knobs are different * Ever wondered what shooting a cannon would sound like? http://youtu.be/rmhrKMJDJd8 * Dog Goldberg Machine. It's an ad, and an ad from a few years back, but it's good. https://www.youtube.com/watch * The story of "Wordy Rappinghood". Tina Weymouth is looking well. http://youtu.be/hsGFH_Q7KMs * Father and Son on Trombone and Oven. Whatever you think this is, it is that. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1263591/ * Animator modifies NES Power Glove as a tool for work. Clever. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1265157/ ------------------------------------------------- Follow @b3ta on Twitter and win your dream: https://twitter.com/b3ta ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by sinisterduck, Amadeus, Wronceel, mugwump, gunmental, sinisterduck, Jabberwoc, RompaStompa & allseeingjapseye. Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. ------------------------------------------------- TOP TIP: Voyeurs. Before masturbating, sit on your hand AND your knob, so it feels like you're watching someone wank someone else off. 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