NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 59: "HAVE YOU GOT PARKINSON'S?"
This Week:
- Love test
- Have you got Parkinson's?
- Penguin Madness
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B3ta email 59 - 04 Oct 2002
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: WHO LOVES YOU? WHO DO YOU LOVE?
Take this test and find out.
Did you ever play the game where you took your
name and someone you fancied - did a bit of maths
and it gave you a compatibility rating?
Net genius Casey has knocked up a web version.
It rocks. (We're 98% in love with Hitler.)
Casey writes:
"Better than that - it'll give you the world's
most useless advice. I've got to change my name
to Cyril if I want Geri Halliwell to return my
calls."
http://projects.caseyporn.com/nomdamour/
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: HAVE YOU GOT PARKINSON'S?
Take this test and find out.
Mr. Peters from Mantlepies has been working
tirelessly in his lab to create this scientific
test for the sake of all mankind.
Try it. Before it's too late.
http://www.mantlepies.com/parkinsons.html
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: B3TA PARTY
Halloween Special
Open your diaries and write:
"1st, November.
B3ta Halloween Party. Kentish Town, London.
Costumes optional."
If you read next week's newsletter, we might
even give you a flyer.
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Penguins, Bob, Marketing wank
>> Infinite Penguin Generator <<
Steve writes, "Edinburgh Zoo has its own
penguin parade - my local zoo doesn't. I was
greatly upset by this, so I made my own. I made
the music too." We love stuff like this. Send
us more. BTW: Keep pressing the "plus" button
for extra penguins.
http://www.impendingdoom.co.uk/cartoons/penguins.h...
>> A week of Weebl and Bob <<
Jonti has been busy this week. He's set himself
the challenge of making a new episode of Weebl
and Bob every day. To make things easy he's
left out Weebl. Check out Bob's holiday in
France.
http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/bobs%20week%20in%20fra...
>> Sell yourself through a marketing lens <<
Ever wondered how Ikea name their products?
Or even come up with the concept of what they
should be? Stick your name into this
product-descriptor thingy and be dumbfounded by
the marketing blurb it returns. Or not.
http://thesurrealist.co.uk/priorart.cgi
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: USELESS TAT TO SPUNK YOUR MONEY AWAY
Buy a Tory Tea mug.
Remember the Tories? We do. In fact it's almost
sad how often you don't hear from them these
days. Encourage your mates to think about right
wing issues by buying them this finely crafted
piece of fascist ceramic.
http://shop.conservatives.com/item.jsp
BTW: Have you found a present for someone you
really pity? Tell us at http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates.
>> Texty Wordy Anagram Game <<
Click on letters and link them up to make words,
much like a word search but far more addictive.
It's made by Popcap, the people that stole
thousands of office hours with the game Bejewelled.
This game will probably destroy your life. That
is why it is good.
http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php
>> People being chopped up <<
We couldn't watch these autopsy videos. They
are really grim. Are you man enough to watch
them all the way through? Masturbating? That's
the sign of someone special.
http://wsuonline.weber.edu/gundy/labs/default.htm
>> Nerd Film Quiz <<
Remember that movie with the computer in it?
Of course you do. You moaned to your mates that
it was unrealistic. Maybe. Anyway - this is
a neat quiz where you have to identify stills
of computers from popular films.
http://www.filmwise.com/visual/computers_01.shtml
>> David Copperfield Website Shitefest <<
Is this the worst celebrity website in the world?
It purports to overload your browser with the
raw magic of David Copperfield. Marvel at how much
money he must have spent to get this ambitious,
technically accomplished, yet strangely
uncompelling Flash animation put together.
http://www.tornadooffire.com
>> Make sand art pics <<
This is the most complicated way of making
pictures we've seen in a while. You have to pour
sand into piles and somehow make images. It's
probably best for making images of argyle socks.
http://lovethosekids.com/playgrnd/sandart.htm
>> Reading about Toast <<
It's not often we recommend something as wordy
as this - but we really enjoyed this short
extract of a book celebrating the humble joys
of toast. Read it. And then have some toast.
http://www.theoldie.co.uk/toast02.html
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: CALL FOR COLLABORATORS
Can you help this person out?
>> WANTED: Rock Song <<
Benjymous writes:
"I'm working on a PC clone of the classic Sega
game 'Death Tank Zwei, and could do with someone
to make me a theme song for it. I need 20 seconds
of German loudness with somebody shouting 'Hell
Tank' and other incomprehensible stuff."
http://www.grapefruitopia.com/helltank/
Do you need a collaborator? Then tell us at
http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the 'Before & After' 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 tell us a story
in two pictures - before and after:
http://b3ta.com/challenge/beforeafter/
We asked B3ta boarder 'bloid' to judge the
entries - here are his 3 faves.
Bloid writes -
#1 "Why did the chicken cross the road? - Two
weeks running for rogan, but this is inspired!!
Last minute entry - definite winner!! (rogan)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/8/5/1/7/4/
#2 "Archer before and after - I just liked this
one. Archer is a lying fool, and it's just
nice when the judiciary catch him out.
(crush with eyeliner)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/6/9/9/5/2/
#3 "War and Peace - This one shows an inspirational
level of cynicism that I think we should foster.
I'm not sure which is worse, the before or after
scenario." (frankus)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/7/9/3/9/0/
He adds "This week's 'image that gave me the fear'
award has to go to Reverend Dan for his truly
disturbing George 'robot wars' Francis picture."
We're scared of this one too...
http://www.b3ta.com/board/3/7/0/7/9/6/
>> This Weeks Challenge <<
This week, the B3ta random challenge generator came
up with the suggestion, "Great moments in history
(that were curiously overlooked)"
http://b3ta.com/challenge/greatmomentsinhistory/
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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories.
* BAD TASTE HOTEL UPDATE - last week we
mentioned the Madonna Inn. Blimey. It's more
famous than we thought - loads of you have
actually stayed there and loved it. Apparently,
the urinals are worth checking out.
* WHERE B3TA WAS BANNED NEXT
BT Martlesham, UK
Brighton Secondary School, Australia
Leicester Grammar, UK
Birmingham Grid For Learning, USA
Baltimore City Public Schools, USA
North Leamington School, Warwickshire, UK
OK - we're bored now. We're banning the
banned feature.
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: 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.
Stuff we'd really like to see includes
* Stuff that took zero effort to make but is
great anyway.
* Celebrity autographs, "To B3ta with love"
* Freebies. If you work for a corporate then
send us some free stuff. We'll flog it on
Ebay. Yay!
Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/
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THANKS: Links supplied by Spacefish, John Currie,
Jen, Lucy Reese, Andy Goth, Graham Freeman,
John Currie, Fraser and TheWife. Other stuff
from Kaor, Patricia Fabricant, hunkee, Helen
Garside and Scott Randall, Duncan, Simon Jelly,
Tom and Claude Call. Mike Trinder handled
the image challenge. David Stevenson and
Mike Trinder helped edit this issue. Employing
the proofing services of B4ta. (47111)
