we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, YOUR NEWSLETTER EDITOR, ROB MANUEL" « previous issue * BOT - 'Clickbait Robot Re-Enactment Society' * TOY - Make shit video with 'potato cam' * IMAGE CHALLENGE - Movie poster recycling ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're saving the web ___/ _ |/_ > This week: Movie Poster Recycling << Let's recycle a challenge from 2009 by taking the poster from one movie and using it to advertise a completely different film. Star Trek with the Star Wars poster or what have you. http://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/pop... ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Follow ups and bits and bobs * GOPHER BROKE - Peter Garner writes, "A question about your newsletters archive... I run a free public access gopher server and am collecting as many unusual / interesting / hard-to-find documents as I can: B3ta definitely fits in that category. Would it be ok if I downloaded the archive and make them available as text files?" Yep, go for your life, and it's exciting times to be able to include the gopher protocol in the B3ta newsletter like it's 1993 again. gopher://gopher.petergarner.net * TYPE-IN MAGAZINE, A MINI HIT - Matt Round says, "if you need an update: DOCTYPE is approaching 400 sold and now's the time to get orders in safely in time for Christmas." Order it now. Also if you're one of those video cunts who make videos on YouTube, you should make a video of yourself typing this stuff in and show the results. You're an idiot for not doing this already, there's a 'reveal' built into this format, which is the magic juice that makes half of YouTube work. Get on it. https://vole.wtf/doctype/ * MODEL BEHAVIOUR - If you want to see old B3tan 'bilbobarneybobs' in the BBC's The Marvellous Miniature Workshop then check out episodes 3 and 8 on iPlayer. However we're not going to link to iPlayer as reading a review will probably more likely make you check it out, so here's the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/... * WEIRD MUSIC THING - Hornob writes, "I did music & production for this - my friend, writer of some of the strangest prose you're likely to read, did the writing] Here's some absurdist lunacy; spoken word surrealism, backed by a variety of synthwave / ambient / business funk nonsense." We're linking to the /links version as it's fun seeing people react to a lurker, unlurking after 17 years. Click through to the bandcamp link to hear it. https://b3ta.com/links/Cairo_Time ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Some ideas to make your idea penis tingle * DANCE-O-TRON 2000 - we've all seen those things go viral where someone mixes up Beyonce dancing to the Antiques Roadshow theme or whatever. So how about a randomiser with 100 dancers and 100 themes. *spins rolodex* It's Madonna dancing to the theme from Chocky. * A PODCAST CALLED "BLIND FUCK" - where you set strangers up to have a one night stand with each other and we listen to them griping about it afterwards. * IT'S ALL GRAVY - a Chrome plug in that makes everything into tasty meat sauce. Yes this sentence is filler, delicious savory filler. Go on, email us your project, what would be the worst thing that could happen? https://b3ta.com/mailus ------------------------------------------------- : PATREON THANKS We love all these people. Almost romantically. A special thanks section this week as we've actually updated the list to be accurate, every single person here is an active supporter and listed in their correct section. Thank you. *HEBTROCO* *JAMES O'BRIEN* *MARK MCCREADIE* *MR PHIL DONNELLY* *STOOBERT* *DION ASHTON* *MARK* *DAVID GREEN* and *GUB~GUB*. MARK ADAMSON, IAN SHEEN, RICHARD BARCLAY, SPAZZCAPTAIN, CARL DENCH, MICHAEL TRINDER, MIKE STRINGER, and AUSTIN HOFEMAN. Eugenie vT, Tom Dolan, Chris Carline, lee burnett, Paul Cherry, Tom Wright, Matthew Wilkes, Kev Adams, Rich, Dominic Haigh, Dave Nattriss, Dan Stott, Konrad Petrusewicz, David Ault, '@mattdawhit, Adam Lloyd, Anna, Chris Evans, d@m0, Dave Tickle, David Catley, David Mills, Derek Law, Emma Lay, Eric von Borstel, Gia Milinovich, Greg Neilson, Iain Brassington, Iain Ruxton, Ivan Kelly, James Donnelly, Jason Stewart, Jim Frayling, Jim MacArthur, Jude Evans, Kate Devlin, Martin Peache, matsimpsk, Matt Buchanan, Matthew Collinge, Matthew Morris, Neil de Carteret, Nick Ross, Paul Smith, peter wouda, pookong, Ricardo Autobahn, Rich Pope, Richard Beckett, Rob Mahon, Rob Vincent, Robbie Lesiuk, Simon Holmes, Simon McDougall, Simon waterfall, Stuart Ashen, the wub, Tim Jokl, Tom Ryan, Wil Hadden, Byron Geoffrey Farrow, Chef Twat, Craig Turner, fourstar71, Jonty Wareing, Stevey Garland, Helen Gaskell, Ben Ward, Andy Tillett, Stafford Lawrence, Simon Balch, omnipiss, Claire Turner, James Heaver, Phil Lovell, Jon Morris Smith, Stuart, Mellyfish, Phillip Spowart, Roy Santos, Daniel Calvin, Rich Corcoran, John Daly, nevillebartos, Mike Wilcox, Geoff Tidey, Ian Walker, Leighton Stevenson, Funny_Hat, Gillian Parrott, Phil Bennett, Matt, Benjamin Blundell, Katie Steckles, Luka Mikec, Stuart, Peter Henningsen, Simon Howard, Kier Fox, tom yeoldeforge, lucas seven, mattcox303, Robert van Dijk, Ian Walker, Paul Martyn, Richie Hindle, Patrick Hudson, Gerry Spencer, John Davies, Harry Simpson, Paul Pod, Tom Loosemore, and DrumGui76. Also thanks to the 79 lovely people who didn't opt to be thanked by name in the newsletter. You are all legends. And also thanks to our newest benefactors: DrumGui76, Patrick Hudson, John Davies, Paul Pod, Tom Loosemore, Gerry Spencer, Harry Simpson, Paul Martyn, Ian Walker and Richie Hindle. Remember you TOO can contribute to the Patreon, it means your editor can afford to write this newsletter thing as it takes time and effort. Your help makes it possible. And today is his birthday so you know what a perfect birthday present would be? Giving him money. http://patreon.com/b3ta EDITORIAL THANKS: Monkeon & Matt Round additional links; Monkeon for image challenge help; and Dr Dunno for extra support. Proofing by Kat E. Thanks Kat. (HB Rob - Kat) And remember to subscribe, and tell your friends to subscribe. https://b3ta.com/subscribe/ ------------------------------------------------- : BONUS "UP THE 'RA" FESSHOLE "Mum missed me when I left for uni. I sneaked home as a surprise, and jumped out at her and Dad for a laugh. But this was Northern Ireland in 1993, I was dressed in goth black, and Dad was police. The poor guy thought the IRA had come to kill him. Still feel awful about it." « previous issue Newsletter We run a free weekly B3TA email reporting on the coolest stuff on the net. _____________________ [ go ] -------------------- THIS WEEKS HEADLINES -------------------- * BOT - 'CLICKBAIT ROBOT RE-ENACTMENT SOCIETY' * TOY - MAKE SHIT VIDEO WITH 'POTATO CAM' * IMAGE CHALLENGE - MOVIE POSTER RECYCLING READ LATEST ISSUE archive