we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 78: "DIE PIGEON SCUM" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * VIDEO - Chasing pigeons with toy cars * SITE - Trick photography * ANIM - Weebl meets Elvis ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Squashing food on a scanner << Owning a scanner is a buzz. After you've scanned your face and the cat what can you do next? Why not scan food and squash it with the lid? Thanks Kamikazee Killmouse - next, why not try extended time-lapse scanning? e.g. slam your fingers in a car door and animate your recovery? http://www.kamikazee.freeserve.co.uk/2003/squish/s... >> Weebl meets Elvis << Remember Elvis? He was that fat dude on the telly in the 70s. Now he's back as a donkey. Watch him and Weebl in two-fisted action, except neither of them have fists. http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/elvis.htm >> How popular is your name? << How many people share your name in the UK? Glenn Chalmers' website will tell you, by searching the electoral roll. We found someone called Cuntos. Yay for Cuntos. http://www.yournotme.com/ >> Celebrity defacer << Are you the kind of person who likes doodling moustaches and willies onto pictures in newspapers? We are. But what if the newsagents are shut? Help is at hand with Scott Huot's online tool. http://www.scottsmind.com/celebrity_defacer/index.... >> Hammer the whore << "I was reading the news about the hammer-based killings in the UK", writes b3ta editor Rob, "And I wondered who would be the first to make a crass, exploitative game? Then I thought fuck it - I'll do it." http://www.b3ta.com/hammer-the-whore/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> USB tea warmer << The Japanese have the best computer peripherals. This one attaches to your PC and keeps your cup of tea piping hot. Fantastic. Now all we need is a USB toaster. http://www.dct-net.co.jp/special/usb_hot.html >> Make your own snowflake << Despite a slightly tricky interface, this Flash toy lets you create your own lovely snowflake designs out of a piece of internet cyber paper. http://snowflakes.lookandfeel.com/ >> Peckham art project << London's Peckham area is best-known for being shit, so a group of local artists decided to redress the balance with a series of oddball projects. We particularly liked when they turned local graffiti tags on a park bench into permanent engravings, embellished with gold leaf. Warning: clunky interface. http://www.ilovepeckham.com/ilovepeckham.html >> Art goth Flash video << Mew are a Danish pop group who met at film school. But don't let that put you off. This extremely atmospheric song and video is both beautiful and affecting. http://www.evil-office.net/likepapercuts/ >> Frog game << Male frogs have specially adapted sex-thumbs so that they can hang on to the female's back even if she gets bored and tries to hop away. Anyway, this puzzle-based game kept us cooing with delight, going "Mmm. Good frog. Tasty dragonfly." http://www.gamerival.com/games/frogmania.swf >> Something to read << Have you had some junkmail with a fake cheque in it? Patrick Combs got one for $95,000 and in a moment of whimsy cashed it. Read his long and fascinating story. http://www.goodthink.com/$$tablecontents.html ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from "Crap Superhero" 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 Crap Superheroes http://b3ta.com/challenge/crapsuperheroes/ We asked B3ta boarder AndyK to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. AndyK writes - #1 "Great! This has to win because of the confused logic that just seems so obvious. It all makes sense. (mozza) http://www.b3ta.com/board/830305 #2 "For inventing a superhero that everyone wants to see. (100% Kitten) http://www.b3ta.com/board/840779 #3 "We always knew there was a mystery lurking behind the smile. Finally we can uncover it. Python-esque and marvellous. (Razor) http://www.b3ta.com/board/843837 "And I couldn't get away without mentioning aHandInTheBush. It's a terrible geek joke that no-one will get but it made me laugh." http://www.b3ta.com/board/830292 >> This Week's Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Monkeon gave us the suggestion, "Robots!" http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/robots/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * EVERYTHING IS GAY KID - reader Elissa writes, "He's no kid. He's 26 and lives in Queens, NYC. A friend of mine took an improv acting class with him last summer. Apparently he is very hard to work with because he swore constantly and brought up homosexuality regardless of the scene they were working on. Also he is kind of dirty." * FREE STUFF UPDATE - we've been sent some toy Daleks by a lovely chap called Jon Stroud who works for a online gift site. http://www.past-times.com/ BTW: If anyone else wants to send us free stuff then get in touch at http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : 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 * MECCANO MONKEYS - why does every project have to be Lego? And hey, Stikklebrix would make a fullsome beard. * BLOGS THAT HAVE A HOOK - give up work, go to Africa, blog some lions. Or maybe visit a different prostitute every night and tell us about it. * "WHAT IF?" PROJECTS - what if you had no thumbs? Live life for a fortnight with your thumbs taped up. See what happens. Might be shit. Might be good. You won't know unless you try. 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 Lewry, Jason Russell, tattmaylor, GR££DY & rob_dean007. Image challenge handled by Mike Trinder. Proofing by the hell-damned b4ta sinners. (61112) 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