NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 47: "THE RETURN OF THE SINISTER FINGERS"
This Week:
- Nasty Ginger Fingers
- Mark Llama Gerbil Farmer
- Weebl and Bob ... In French
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B3ta email 47 - 12 JUL 2002 - "We're saving the
web ... together"
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: THE RETURN OF THE SINISTER FINGERS
They're back - and this time they're evil.
Remember the introducingmonday link? We got
a lot of comments about the hand model we used.
"Has this guy got skin cancer?"
"Yuck! Ginger fingers!"
As we're not ones to be deterred by a bit of
criticism, we've brought back the hands -
this time to control your mood.
We're not gonna say anymore because that will
ruin the point.
http://b3ta.com/phillipmorris/
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: THE RATHERGOOD CORNER
Mark Llama Gerbil Farmer
Joel Veitch runs a site called Rathergood.
He's our mate and we love his deranged work.
Joel writes -
"This week I've been thinking about how some
of our UK celebrities have names that are
similar to animals.
"I've also been thinking about gerbils."
http://www.rathergood.com/mark/
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: NEW WEEBL AND BOB ANIMATION
"Une Fois Revenu Apportez le Tarte"
In celebration of Bastille Day B3ta regular
Weebl has translated his "When come back bring
pie" animation into French. Zut alors!
http://www.weebl.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/b3ta/tarte.h...
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #1
2001, Polar PacMan, Pointless Clicking
>> 2001 Pastiche <<
Santexo has re-edited cult Kubrick movie 2001
as a flash cartoon - and made it a lot shorter
and probably funnier.
http://www.thegravy-train.com/misc/2001.swf
>> Polar bear PacMan <<
Spanky has made a version of PacMan featuring
a polar bear and a penguin. Why? We don't know
but we quite liked playing it.
http://195.167.178.230/g/furtive/
>> Pointless Click Counter <<
Ben has got in touch and said, "I've made a
page with a button on it. When you click it,
the number goes up. Despite being frighteningly
addicted to it, I'm still only at 30,000
clicks. Can you help?" Yes we can help. See a
doctor.
http://spod.cx/pcc
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2
Epilepsy, Broccoli Asteroids, Hive mind art
>> Don't send this link to an epileptic <<
Spassmonkey & Pop write, "We've created this
very informative health related website." They
are lying. This could make epileptics have an
attack. We strongly urge you NOT to send this
to an epileptic.
http://www.epilepsy.tk
>> Asparagus vs. Broccoli Asteroids <<
Blimey Spassmonkey has been busy. He's also
built this version of the ancient arcade
game Asteroids using pictures of vegetables.
http://www.spassmonkey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/brocco...
>> Can the collective mind draw?<<
B3ta reader Kevan has got in touch to say,
"I want people to contribute to a pixelised
picture, each person adding a few dots at a
time. Conclusion: People don't know what Great
Britain looks like."
http://www.kevan.org/smaller.cgi
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: HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THIS WEEK
Buy our useless crap in the B3ta shop.
This is a plug for our shop. It's crap and
over-priced and we're earning bugger
all money out of it as all money is given
to the designers of the items.
But where else could you buy a Fred West clock?
http://www.b3ta.com/shop/
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates.
>> Naked Spiderman <<
Eugh! This naked fat bloke in Spiderman
body paint turned our stomachs.
http://makeashorterlink.com/
>> Star Wars Origami <<
Ever wanted to re-create the special magic
of George Lucas's blockbuster using only
paper nicked from the fax machine? Then
observe.
http://www.happymagpie.com/swdiagrm.htm
>> That bird stole my cash! <<
What an odd little story. A group of birds
began sneaking into a vending machine and
taking the coins. Great photos.
http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm
>> Modern life in the office <<
An accurate depiction of how life has changed
for office time wasters. Oops - that's us.
BTW: At least one person on our board lost their
job this week for excessive Internet use.
http://bbspot.com/News/2002/07/then_and_now.html
>> God's Theme park<<
Americans will make a theme park out of
anything, including The Bible. It's
unbelievable. Jerusalem recreated in the style
of Alton Towers. Apparently created by "Jews
For Jesus" as a bit of populist evangelism.
http://www.theholylandexperience.com/
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: BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK
"Woodchuck - Hang On"
Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection
about his current favourite bootleg track.
But since he's not about this week we thought
we'd do this section ourselves.
Our mate Drew Pearce has been in the studio
recording his debut album under the name
Woodchuck.
We particularly like his "Hang On" recording
that makes him sound 20 years older than
he actually is. It's country rock and you
can download the MP3 here. (3rd link down)
http://www.teamwoodchuck.com/music.html
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from "All New Adventures Of" 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 complete the
sentence, "The all new adventures of ..."
http://b3ta.com/challenge/allnewadventure/
We asked B3ta contributor Fraser to judge the
entries - here are his 3 faves.
Fraser writes -
#1 "Rupert The Bear - beautifully crafted.
Makes you wonder how Rupert got out of this
predicament. (thebear)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/9/8/0/6/0/
#2 "Spiderman - in his new role as a flamboyant
hairdresser. (cobby)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/8/9/6/3/7/
#3 "Fire Loris - I can imagine there'd be a
lot less trouble with fire if this fella
was in charge. Just look how quickly he
reacts!" (juniorsquire)"
http://www.b3ta.com/board/1/9/4/1/6/9/
>> This Week's Challenge <<
This week, B3ta contributor The Unknown Anorak
gave us the suggestion, "How we won the war,
the weird gadgets that our intelligence forces
built"
http://b3ta.com/challenge/howwewonthewar/
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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories.
* LAST WEEKS PARTY was pretty good. Lots of
people turned up and the pub cleared £1000
at the bar.
* BEST EMAIL "I am unsubscribing. Margaret
Thatcher is a great woman !!!!!!!"
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