we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: "WHAT'S 22 YEARS OLD AND SMELLS OF OLD MEN? IT'S THE B3TA NEWSLETTER" next issue » « previous issue This Week: * TYPE SOME WORDS - the B3ta Newsletter survey * NEW IMAGE CHALLENGE - Photoshop Sir Satan HIMself * THE SMASH HITS BOT - back, Back! BACK!!! ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're shitting on every ___/ _ |/_ > This week: SATAN!!! << Seeing as it's Christmas, we've turned over the site for one week to the enemy of Christ, the Devil himself. Do your worst, for we work for him now. HAIL SATAN! http://b3ta.com/challenge/satan/popular ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Follow-ups on previous stories * SHARDCORE ON THE BEEB - Shardcore tells us that he's "delighted to announce that I am doing a bit at this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - talking about AI & creativity. It should be on your telly on 27th December." https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tv98 * CHRIS THE BARKER IN BILLBOARD - Chris, whose Sgt Pepper death montage we linked last week is pleased to get his annual appearance in the only US magazine that's set up to express tedium with people who use the diminutive of William. https://www.billboard.com/culture/lifestyle/2023-s... ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Oh god we have to think up some ideas for this Each week we slam our dicks into the fridge door until we can think up three ideas to bung in this section. Ow. Ow. Ow. * 'WHAT PARTY IS THIS MP' CHROME PLUG-IN - a long term infuriating thing on social media is seeing MPs pop up who don't make it clear which party they're from. This could be fixed with a big list and plug in. Get to work Chrome-nerds. * EVERY MOVIE A CHRISTMAS MOVIE - Surely it's possible to rate every movie ever made on how Christmassy it is, from Paul McCartney's Give My Regards To Broadstreet to Schindler's List. * IS YOUR FAVOURITE MOVIE MORE POPULAR THAN PEPPA-PIG OR NOT? Matt Round asks us to point out that "you can download a spreadsheet of Netflix's viewing stats and do nerdy things with it." So that's a serious suggestion should you want one. https://about.netflix.com/en/news/what-we-watched-... Go on, tell us about your "project": https://b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : READERS' QUESTIONS Like the Guardian's Notes & Queries but useless Jeremyhurst3 asks, "I've always wondered what Larry Hagman said for the product name in the very first Muller Light advert. This bit was overdubbed and he definitely wasn't saying Muller Light. Do any of your readers have any ideas?" Hmmm. We've checked out the ad and can't even see a bit where he says this on camera. So fucked if we know. But if you have anything to add - here's the mail form: https://b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : PATREON THANKS We love all these people. 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Russell, Stphane, Swedemason, Ted Bowyer, Thepfy, Tim Polglase, Tom Clark, Tony East, wigglywigglyworm, Adam Tickner, Al Napp, Andrew Harris, Bobod, Chris Ward, Jace Otting, James Meers, John Griffiths, Paul Mancini, Rob Potter, Tanya Kant, Victoria Wood, Graham Freeman, Caroline Kahn, Matt. EDITORIAL THANKS: Monkeon & Matt Round additional links; Monkeon for image challenge help; and Dr Dunno for extra support. Proofing by Kat E. Thanks Kat. (NP, K) And thank you to newish Patreons Ben Rout, Tim Clarke, Simon Balch, Clemence Saussez, Derek Colley. Martin Pritchard, Stephanie Wissinger, Dion Ashton and Paul Blanchard. Thanks to EVEN NEWER ONES: Fadgebadger, Mark (Mavis), Joshua Rackstraw, Mike Stringer, Eliot Beer, Harri Bionic, Chris Lindley, Stuart B, Jon Morris Smith, Daniel Malbon, James Heaver and Phil Lovell. And further thanks to newer ones: Ben Oliver, James Wise, Claire Turner, Omnipiss, Lindsay Mclaughlin, Mellyfish, Simon Edwards, Dave Wong & Stafford Lawrence. NEWEST - special love to NEW PATREON Phillip Spowart. NEW NEWSEST - extra love love love to si Jobling & Daniel Calvin. And bonus new love to Douglas Pennant, Roy Santos & Will Thompson. We love you. OH GOD, and more bonus love to Alex Collin-Oakley, Phil McGuire & Paul Blanchard - you sexy people. And Mike Powell and Damion Brown and Ross Carter and PJ. Ooooh and John Daly. Oooh oooh ooh and Rich Corcoran. Love you. And a special thank you to the super generous Paul Topping. And a thank you to the return of Carlos Fandango. Much appreciated Carl. OOH AND NEW ONES! Alistair Murray Swodeck, nevillebartos, Blargity Blarg Blarg. YAY! Oh and more thanks to Ian Walker, Attila Eros, Calanish and Mike Wolcom. WE LOVE YOU. And new new thanks to Dale Goodall, Gillian Parrot, Albion Gray & Gary Alan Norton. Thank you, you kind humans. And... Leighton Stevenson, Ben Cowell-Thomas & Phil Bennett. Thx. BONUS THANKS: Gillian Parrott, Funny_hat & Gub~gub. 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