we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 74: "TINY VAMPIRE BOFFINS" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * ANIMATION - Tiny vampire boffins * GAME - Feed the nine-mouthed baby * INTERVIEW - Argie handbag bloke ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Weebl Sherlock Holmes << The final episode of 'Bob's Week in France' is here at last. And it's a corker. An arty pulp detective/Twin Peaks theme this time. Most peculiar. http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/bobs%20week%20in%20fra... >> Extraordinarily Anal Font Quiz << Obsessive about type? Really fancy your typographic skills? See if you can tell the difference between Arial and Helvetica with your naked eye. Derren Wilson's font quiz may be as specialised as they can get without being incomprehensible to normal humans. http://www.iliveonyourvisits.com/helvetica/ >> Gareth Gates Supergroup << UK Pop Idol winner Gareth Gates fronts a supergroup of celebrity stutterers in this entertaining short video. Hoorah for cheap jibes at the afflicted! (Thanks Mr Bongo) http://mrbongo.uh-hosting.co.uk/garethgates/ >> Channel 5 Parody << "I made this to show my hatred for those bleeding Channel 5 advert thingies", writes Jibbed, "I'm getting mad just talking about them." We're not sure why he cares so much, but he made us laugh. http://www.magic-carpet.freeserve.co.uk/thb/channe... >> Gay Dog Game << Breel has followed up his popular "keep a kitten warm" page with dressing up game for dogs. http://www.breel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gaydog/ >> Moonometer << Ever wondered how many penises placed end to end it would take to reach the moon? Yes? You're odd. But you can find out with this useful moon utility which measures such things. (Thanks JBoom & Hugo Rune) http://www.design4online.com/b3ta/moonometer/index... >> Serial Killer Guessing Game << Monkeon. Oh Monkeon. Each week he sends us stuff and we worry for his sanity. This week he's made a game where you have to guess whether the next number will be higher or lower. But it's based on serial killers. Imaginary serial killers. http://www.monkeon.co.uk/kroeger/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Sock Matching Game << Now this is a thing of wonder and beauty. Drag matching pairs of socks together, to tidy up the screen. There's a nice payoff for you, once you've finished the lot. http://www.nobodyhere.com/justme/socks.php3 >> Penis-shaped navel ring << Ladies. Surprise your fella by attaching this metal cock to your belly button. Or surprise him even more by wearing it in your ear. This site features one of the finest animated gifs in history. http://bodypunks.com/BPIBCH195.htm >> James Bond Animation << Neil Cicierega created a web genre of bizarre videos for Japanese pop tunes, full of pop culture references and US comedian Colin Mochrie. This charming James Bond video surpasses most other imitations through its sheer kinetic energy. http://home.attbi.com/~dwedit/flash/jamezbond.html >> Sound Controlled Platform Game << The latest version of Flash allows for microphone input. Sounds dull? It's not. It opens a wealth of interesting possibilities in making stupid web pages. This one lets you control a blob by shouting. It's fantastic and will bring your office to a halt. Er.. if you've got a microphone, anyway. http://www.perfectfools.com/projects/crashbaby.htm... ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the Extinct! 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 things that have become extinct for some reason: http://b3ta.com/challenge/extinct/ We asked B3ta boarder 'Barry the Time Sprout' to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. The Time Sprout writes - #1 "Faceless Polar Bear - Great pic, simple caption. I think somewhere, John Travola is running round with this creature's face on. (Darryn.R) http://www.b3ta.com/board/716880 #2 "Trolls - I think we've all been guilty of this. A well placed spong too. (Sickpuppy) http://www.b3ta.com/board/723776 #3 "Moon penguins - The poor little blighters might still be with us today if the NASA boys hadn't run out of golf balls." (shiftClick) http://www.b3ta.com/board/728832 >> This Weeks Challenge << This week, Greenpeace contacted us to ask if we'd photoshop for world peace? Of course we would. Er.. but we can't promise the results will be exactly what they're looking for. http://b3ta.com/challenge/worldpeace/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * WEEBL DATE LATEST - he's selected a lady and they're going out for dinner on the 15th of February. She's an air stewardess. More news as it happens. * ROCKY THE B3TA CAT - we've uploaded him to ratemykitten, but inexplicably he's only scored 5. Please vote for him. He may not be much to look at, but he's the only cat we've got. Next week: buy Rocky on eBay. http://www.ratemykitten.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : 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: * War. It's worth it for the oil. * Games girls like playing. Pattern-matching games such as Tetris & Solitaire, not just shooting stuff. * Your usual mix of stupid videos, games publishers wouldn't touch and animations that make us laugh. 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 David Stevenson. Links sent in by Fraser, J Brown, Julien Chantefort & Greetz Wouter. Image challenge handled, managed and nurtured by Mike Trinder. Proofing by the websafe-coloured b4ta minstrels. Thanks to Nickstan, the originator of the Blue Screen of Death simulator. And special thanks to Cal Henderson for being the bestest coder in the world. 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