NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 46: "WE LOVE YOU"
This Week:
- The kitten that sings, "I love you"
- Mr Stabby, he wants to stab you.
- B3ta party ... Tonight
- Introducing, the "Blogdex Viral Chart"
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B3ta email 46 - 05 JUL 2002 - "We're saving the
web ... together"
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: WE LOVE YOU
And we're saying it with kittens.
If you've been following our newsletters,
you'll know that we often lead on an item
in poor taste.
This week we are redressing the karmic balance.
This is completely without edge - and only
exists to spread a bit of happiness.
Go on. Send this to your granny.
http://b3ta.com/i-love-you/
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: THE RATHERGOOD CORNER
"Mr Stabby" - When two web giants collaborate.
Joel Veitch runs a site called Rathergood.
He's our mate and we love his deranged work.
Joel writes -
"This week I've been working with Weebl, the
chappy who made the 'when come back, bring
pie' stuff.
"We've made a short gag called Mr Stabby,
with me writing the script and Weebl doing
the animation.
"I really hope to make this into a series
Weebl's art work is simply fantastic."
http://www.rathergood.com/stabbypool/
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: B3TA PARTY TONIGHT!
Don't forget. We've got cake.
We're very excited about tonight's 1st birthday
party. We've got cake, DJs and some lovely
arcade games from digitaltables.
http://www.b3ta.co.uk/flyer2.gif
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #1
Sunny Anim, Scrollbar Racing, German Tube Map
>> Sunny Day Animation <<
This is rather sweet - with a lovely pay off.
Thanks to b3ta boarder Tomsk for 30
seconds of joy.
http://tomandphil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/mint/sunny....
>> Go go Scrollbar Racing! <<
You know that slidey bit on the edge of your
browser? It's called a scrollbar. B3ta boarder
Tomsk likes scrollbars so much that he's
written a game where you can race them. This
rocks - in a slightly nerdy kind of way.
http://tomandphil.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/scrollbarra...
>> German Tube Map <<
Artist Arthur Ascii (ho ho) has taken the
London tube map and translated it into German.
It makes strangely satisfying reading - if you
are mad.
http://www.myrtle.co.uk/art/untergrund.gif
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B3TA SALUTES: MAGGIE THATCHER HEAD SNATCHER
Paul Kelleher, of Middlesex, UK has been
charged with criminal damage for knocking
the head off an 8 foot tall statue of
ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. We would
like to offer him our full support for his
legal costs - but we have nothing to offer
but our respect.
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK #2
Laundrette comp, Audition video, Kill the Queen
>> Laundrette Sign Competition <<
B3ta reader Matt Round has got in touch about
his new competition. He's photographed a sign
in his local laundrette. There is a word
missing - he wants you to email in your
suggestions.
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/competition/
>> Audition Girl <<
We've been playing with our new video camera.
We've made a 15 second clip of a young lady
auditioning for a role in a blockbuster movie.
Can you guess which one? Don't phone in, it's
just for fun.
http://www.b3ta.co.uk/audition-girl.mpg
>> Queen Quake <<
Imagine taking a shit 3D shooter engine, and
making the baddies be the Queen. Amusing
for 20 seconds. Thanks Alphabet Soup.
http://www.print-gifts.com/jubilee.html
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: HOW TO SPEND YOUR MONEY THIS WEEK
Buy a remote control Dalek.
Er.. What can we say? We know this is geeky.
But hell - it's a dalek! And it's remote
control! Cool doesn't come cooler in our book.
http://www.prod-ent.freeserve.co.uk/radiocommand.h...
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates.
>> Shaved Punk Cats <<
This Japanese site features shaved cats. They've
styled the hair into full body Mohawk. Is this
cruel or great? We don't know.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/pee/bun.html
>> Most anal-retentive man on the net? <<
Matthew McClintock is a 35-year-old webmaster
from Chicago. He's so obsessive about lists
and order that he's taken pictures of
everything he owns and logged it all on a
website. Blimey.
http://www.mc.clintock.com/
>> Buy Eminem's Car <<
A US car dealer has bought Eminem's car and
is now trading it on E-bay. Anything over
$17000 will be donated to charity. The price
currently stands at $22000. Please note: there
is a small dent in the front bumper. Probably
where he ran over a child.
http://makeashorterlink.com/
>> Come on, fhqwhgads <<
This charming song and animation had us dancing
round the room. Reminds us of The Gap Band's
"Oops up side your head." Is this a summer novelty
hit in the making? Maybe.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/fhqwhgads.html
>> Great Battleships Game <<
Battleships might not be a game of huge
skill - but it's still a good way kill
a bit of time. This version has lovely
stereo explosions and is enormous fun.
http://makeashorterlink.com/
>> Scary Chatroom Transcript <<
Ok. Here's the story. Guy gets message
off girl. Girl thinks guy is her boyfriend.
He's not. She won't believe him whatever he
says. This text is very long - but gave us
several laughs reading it. (Thanks Ian Saunders)
http://www.team-wiseguys.dk/shes_fucked.txt
>> How fast can you type? <<
This little test is actually quite fun, if you
fancy nerding out on your typing skills.
http://typera.solutions.fi/
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: BOOTLEG MP3 OF THE WEEK
MC Pikey - MC Pikey
Each week we talk to the_dr at Boom Selection
about his current favourite bootleg track.
the_dr writes -
"Sorry, our MP3 server is down, but it will
return soon. You will not believe the amount of
bandwidth we went through - 50 GIGS A DAY!
"So I'm gonna have to let you down this week,
no MP3s for you lot."
Arse. Oh well. This week we'll have to be this
bit ourselves.
We write -
"MC-Pikey is the eponymous debut from the UK
rapper who -in his own words- 'lives in the
flats'. We've been shouting the 'Noooorth
London' bit out loud whilst writing the
newsletter.
"Actually this is a lie. We wrote and recorded
this ourselves - 'cause we quite liked The
Streets CD."
http://www.b3ta.co.uk/McPikey-Mc-Pikey.mp3
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: BLOGDEX VIRAL CHART
What's big in the blogs this week.
Cameron Marlow is a 24-year-old PhD student at
MIT. He runs a site that counts the amount of
links that each website gets from personal logs
- or blogs as they are known. This is a measure
of popularity.
Starting this week, we ask him about the most
viral things he's seen this week.
Cameron writes -
"These are the top memes this week."
#1 5k Wolfenstein
"Winner of this year's prestigious 5k award
for design simplicity and compactness."
http://www.the5k.org/description.asp/entry_id=946
#2 Customised Mouse
"Poor thing, all alone in that chamber. Now
comes the evil modder and adds some liquid
nitrogen."
http://metku.net/cryo/index.html
#3 Solo round world balloon flight
"Currently seeking hugest dork ever award."
http://www.spiritoffreedom.com/
>> Blogdex Plug <<
If you care about viral media, then you should
check his site everyday. It's the only chart
that counts.
http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from "Executive Stress Toy"
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 design an executive
stress reliever.
http://b3ta.com/challenge/executivetoys/
We asked B3ta contributor DivStivs to judge
the entries - here are his 3 faves.
DivStivs writes -
#1 "Glasto Desk - Great idea. Well chosen
images. (Bitporn)
http://b3ta.com/board/1/8/1/5/8/6/
#2 "Executive Quantum Leap - I actually want
one of these. Badly. (Spaff)
http://b3ta.com/board/1/7/2/7/9/0/
#3 "Punchable P.A - Funny. I like the look
on her face. (Santexo)"
http://b3ta.com/board/1/7/2/5/8/3/
>> This Week's Challenge <<
This week, B3ta contributor MonkeyBoyBlue gave
us the suggestion, "Complete this sentence.
The All New Adventures of ...."
http://b3ta.com/challenge/allnewadventure/
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: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
Follow-ups on previous stories.
* RADIO 1 have played Thorpe's "Pretty Thick"
tune three times on their breakfast show.
* DONKEY MUGS are actually selling! We've
shifted about 100 of them, mostly to PwC employees
via the introducingmonday website.
* 20 COMPLAINT EMAILS for last week's "kill all
puppies" newsletter, vs. no complaints for the
previous week's, "we are nazis" comment.
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