NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 45: "DEATH TO ALL PUPPIES"
This Week:
- Toss the Puppy
- B3ta's first birthday
- Shemale kittens
- B3ta shop
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B3ta email 45 - 28 JUN 2002 - "We're saving the
web ... together"
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: SUICIDAL SUPER PUPPY GAME
Toss the puppy and watch it die.
B3ta board member Weebl is turning into a bit
of a star. If you've been following our
newsletters - then you'll know all about his
"when come back bring pie" animations.
And now? He's made a game.
Weebl writes -
"It's golf meets Track'n'Field javelin level
but with puppies. I really wanted to faff
about with angles. It's crazy maths stuff
init?"
It's funny and addictive.
http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/b3ta/puppy.h...
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: COME TO OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
and have gay old time.
Next Friday is our 1st birthday and we're
having a party.
We've rented out the top room of the local
boozer and booked cake, DJs and old school
arcade games.
Come. There's a map on the flyer.
http://www.b3ta.co.uk/flyer2.gif
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: HE-CAT OR SHE-CAT
Can you tell the difference?
We spend a lot of time looking at pictures
of cats. We noticed that we could tell the
girls from the boys simply by looking at
their faces. Can you?
http://b3ta.com/hecatorshecat/
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #1
B3ta Shop, Car Wheel Theft, Pointy Wallpaper
>> B3ta Shop - buy our crap <<
We've asked some board members to make items
for a B3ta shop including a Fred West clock
and a mug that states "All consultants
are scum." The profits go to the designers of
the items.
http://b3ta.com/shop/
>> Car Wheel Theft <<
Blimey. Someone nicked his wheels and left the
car propped up on Yellow Pages. This speaks
volumes about London. Thanks Simon Waterfall
and his photographer mate Tig.
http://www.technicola.co.uk/yellow/
>> Intimidating Finger Wallpaper <<
Want to stop people staring at your screen
when you've gone for a piss? Install our
fantastic wallpaper. Note: it won't work.
http://64.246.28.104/jpg/B3TA-wallpaper.png
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: THE RATHERGOOD CORNER
Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my head
Joel Veitch runs a site called Rathergood.
He's our mate and we love his deranged work.
Joel writes -
"This week I've been listening to Kylie, and
was inspired to make this."
http://www.rathergood.com/kylie/
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2
Thicko song, Bogey Game, Cockroach Documentary
>> Send this to thick people <<
We've made a hugely offensive song and
animation designed to be sent to your friends
who can't spell. Made in the spirit of the
stuff we used to hear as children at school and
therefore utterly foul.
http://b3ta.com/youcantspell/
>> Bogey Game <<
"Do you remember the playground rhyme
Pick It Lick It Roll It Flick It", writes
B3ta contributor Monkeon, "I've made it
into a game." It's hard. You need to be more
dextrous than us to win.
http://www.monkeon.co.uk/snot/
>> Life as a Cockroach <<
Ever wondered what it would be like to be a
cockroach? Reader Al reckons, "It's scuttlely",
and has made this documentary style
animation to prove it.
http://thehouseplants.com/Roachlife.swf
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: BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK
Electic Method - Bootleg Mix Promo
Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection
about his current favourite bootleg track.
the_dr writes -
"Our site is down so I've selected something
different this week.
"This is a new thing. A bootleg video. Split
screen music videos of Nirvana, Busta Rhymes,
Basement Jaxx, Eurythmics, Queen, TLC, Dr Dre
& Eminem. Sadly it's only 30 seconds long,
previewing a 20 minute item to be released
soon.
http://makeashorterlink.com/
"Next week - some really exciting news!
I'm dead chuffed."
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates.
>> Wolfenstien 5k <<
Bloody hell. This is clever. It's a first
person shooter that uses half the memory
that this newsletter does. This is an entry
to the 5k coding competition - which tests
programmers abilities to do cool stuff
in small amounts of memory.
http://www.the5k.org/description.asp/entry_id=946
>> Google Vs. Art <<
Artist Christophe Bruno bought the ad space
on Google and filled it with short poems.
Google told him to stop. This is his story.
http://www.iterature.com/adwords/
>> Send your name into space <<
The Japanese space program is asking for
your name so that they can etch it on some
tin foil and drop it on an asteroid. Cool.
http://www.planetary.or.jp/muses-c/pc/en/index.htm...
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from "Nice Stuff" 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 you to stop taking the piss
and give us figures of hatred doing nice things.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/hatefigure/
We asked B3ta boarder TomDog to judge the
entries - here are his 3 faves.
TomDog writes -
#1 "Saddam Holiday Snap. He's really enjoying
himself. (tamagen)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/6/7/7/0/4/
#2 "Clean Shaven Hitler. Creepy, looks like a
sweetshop owner. (littlebean)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/6/6/8/0/5/
#3 "Louise Woodward. Babies annoy me.
(darryn.r)"
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/6/4/5/5/3/
>> This Weeks Challenge <<
This week we want ideas for executive stress
toys.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/executivetoys/
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: STAR IN NEXT WEEKS ISSUE
Make something cool and tell us about it. This
newsletter now reaches over 31,000 people - if
you are in it, then people will see your stuff.
It's that simple.
Stuff we'd really like to see includes
* Cool stuff to buy.
* Silly projects that you've made.
Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
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Thanks to Dave Stevenson for helping
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