we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 68: "ARSE" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * WEB TOY - You are an arse * INTERVIEW - Graham Rawle * CONFESSION - I've pooed myself ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > New Weebl, 'Bob's return' << This is the penultimate episode of Bob's Week in France. It's the same old bollocks that we know and love. BTW: Look out for Weebl posters coming to a blank wall near you soon. MTV is printing 15,000 of the buggers. http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/bobs%20week%20in%20fra... >> Domain squats << For some reason this week you lot have been registering domains in celebrities' names and sticking your own stuff up there. Er.. great. http://www.glennhoddle.com/ http://www.justintimberlake.co.uk/ http://www.robertkilroysilk.com/ >> Tragic chair animation << We found this inexplicably sad. The poor little chair touched our hearts. Thanks Mr Mantlepies. http://www.mantlepies.com/disaster.html >> Psycho bloke cartoon << Mung returns with another well produced and slightly odd interview-style animation. http://www.brianmung.com/fancysoup3.htm ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates >> One Minute Prose << This website has a unique gimmick. It gives you 60 seconds to write about a random word that appears at the top of the screen. It's surprising what you think of when the pressure is on. http://oneword.invisibleland.tv/index2.html >> The Worst Things on the Web 2002 << An attack on the most annoying aspects of using the internet this year: Interstitials, banner ads, and spam. We found ourselves agreeing totally with the writer, which was slightly worrying on a site called Right Wing News. http://www.rightwingnews.com/special/theworst.php >> Gothy Cartoon << 'Freakshow of Pipingrad' is a regular newspaper-style cartoon. There's a dreamy, melancholy feel to the artwork that we like very much. http://www.pipingrad.com/fop/fop1.html ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Dr Who Monsters' 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 'Dr Who monsters that should have been: http://b3ta.com/challenge/doctor/ We asked B3ta boarder 'Chthonic' to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Chthonic writes - #1 "Funding Cuts - not a monster per se, but lovely, lovely animation. (Maels) http://b3ta.com/board/532961 #2 "They don't let him out much - bouncy bouncy bouncy. Makes me giggle every time. (Trin) http://b3ta.com/board/522441 #3 "Kerplunk - a great visual gag, and the best of the hundreds of dalek images. Fab" (Monkey_doo_kid) http://b3ta.com/board/527470 >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Dr_Phil_Kitten gave us the suggestion, 'Why I was late for work' http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/late/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories * GASH OR TASH ON TV - we were very excited to see our quiz on Graham Norton's UK chat show. Mark Owen - former Take That star - was the lucky celebrity to witness its awesome moustachy/gashy power. * B3TA XMAS PARTY - to the bloke who emailed us asking, "Can you charter a plane so that all the Canadian B3tans can travel at half price?" Er, sorry, the answer is no. http://b3ta.com/party/xmas.gif ------------------------------------------------- : SEND US YOUR CASH Keep B3ta alive with a small donation If you enjoy reading this newsletter - then please help pay for it by donating a small amount to our fund. We promise to only spend your money on costs we incur in running B3ta. Oh, and crack. http://www.b3ta.com/features/appeal/ ------------------------------------------------- : 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 include: * Real world projects. Come on! Turn off your computer and do something less boring instead * Something as good as kittens * Your usual mix of games quizzes and animations. Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't been featured then don't be put off - we look at everything you send us. ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was edited by Rob Manuel with Big David Stevenson. Links sent in by Fraser & Ghost Dog. Image challenge handled by Denise Wilton. Proofing by the cheeky B4ta monkeys. Thanks also to Cal. 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