we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 79: "TEENAGE SPIDER ART TERRORISM" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * ART - Spider webs in schools * ANIM - Return of the Viking Kittens * VID - Doggie cam ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Silly Mobile Phone Hack << Poor old Nik Roope. We were in the pub with him over a year ago and he had a new toy: he'd connected up his old Bakelite phone handset to his Nokia and actually got it to work. And then what? He forgot to put the photos on the web and was beaten to the punch by a student at MIT university with the same idea. Don't worry Nik - we know you're telling the truth. http://www.vi-r-us.com/other/pokephone/Pokephone.h... >> Xylophone with a difference << Taiwanese writes - "I've made something slightly offensive and pretty stupid. You might like it." We do. We name it The Xylomong. http://members.lycos.co.uk/eighttaiwanese/flashgir... >> Where old jokes go to die << Dogbomb has been collecting cheesy old jokes and retelling them from the mouths of fleas. If you fancy a few groans then check it out. http://www.flea-toon.com/ ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates. >> Name that tune << Does what it says on the tin. Plays a tune and you have to name it. Absolutely compelling though, we could play it for hours. http://www.xangadix.net/gallery/flash/guessing/gue... >> Corner shop Cooking << Cooking can be a load of dull crap. Who's got time to buy buffalo mozzarella and artichoke hearts? What about the cooking you could do with the ingredients found in your local corner shop? It's the writers attention to detail on his pot noodle preparation that sold us this site. He finds the poetry in MSG. http://makeashorterlink.com/ >> Fan Letters to Pornstars << Pornstars attract weird fans. No surprise there, but it's still fun to laugh at thickos. These guys have made some MP3s of them reading out the letters in a rather formal manner. We liked the one marked "another one (580K)" best. http://www.trunkrecords.com/turntable/dfm.htm >> Circle Line Party << Spacehijackers are holding a party on the London underground on the 14th of March. They plan to take over a carriage and "corrupt peoples future experience of the Circle Line, as the memory of the party will recur each time they use the train." Brilliant idea, shame that the site doesn't tell us where to meet them. http://circlelineparty.org.uk/ ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the Robot Challenge Each week we run a competition to test your creative skills. We set a challenge and you open Photoshop and mess with our tiny minds. http://b3ta.com/challenge/robots/ We asked B3ta boarder 'mrcookieface' to judge the entries - here are his 3 faves. Mr Cookieface writes - #1 "Ever Since I was a Kid - Because my Dad was a robot driver, and even though he slaved his whole life making sure the robots were on time every morning, he still made time for us. (Mystery Bob) http://www.b3ta.com/board/871413 #2 "Benjamin - Very clever, and who doesn't think Anne Bancroft has nice legs? Lucky little robot. (StinkyCheeseMan) http://www.b3ta.com/board/867233 #3 "Robby's Star Had Fallen - simply because one of those would look fabulous in my living room" (Sosumi) http://www.b3ta.com/board/863513 "I'd also like to add that all of Mystery Bob's entries deserved to win: consistently original and very well done, he gets wild applause." >> This Weeks Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Bovine gave us the suggestion, "Portents of the Apocalypse" http://b3ta.com/challenge/apocalypse/ ------------------------------------------------- : 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 * SCULPUTRES MADE OF STOLEN SIGNPOSTS - have you got a back garden? Then use it. * CUTTING HEDGES INTO RUDE SHAPES - you know that trimmer thing in the shed? It can do more than trim. It can sculpt huge bushy penis. * HUGE WICKER KITTENS - that would get people talking. Maybe you could fill it full of kittens and burn it? No. That would be wrong. Would be impressive though. Argh. We're torn. (Oh we still want your web stuff too.) 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, Your Mum, markm1701, and Minitrog X. Image challenge handled by Mike Trinder. Proofing by the raging b4ta cows. (61142) Add a sad goodbye to b3ta subscriber Mark Carlin who passed away last week. 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