we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: ISSUE 61: "NAME THAT BEARD" next issue » « previous issue This Week: - Beard quiz - Simon says, "Fuck" - Mickhucknall.com domain squat ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | ___/ _ |/_ > Online games for the overly competitive << Mr Fancyteeth & Mr Mantlepies have made some online parlour games. Sort of. There's a choice of Scrabble, Chess and Connect 4. Have a look and pick your favourite. http://mantlepies.com/games/ >> Virtual Stress Relief << Tomsk has made these two mellow little Flash toys. Can you pop all the bubbles and knock the stars from the sky? Well, okay, you can't. But it's nice and relaxing to try. There's something for everyone - people who like stars and people who like bubbles. http://tomandphil.myby.co.uk/stars/ http://tomandphil.myby.co.uk/bubbles/ >> Kitten Healer << Kingmob is a regular on the B3ta board. Recently his kitten was attacked by a dog, and lost an eye. Brian Millar writes, "I like kittens so was saddened and made a vibe uploader which you can use to transmit nice thoughts to his cat. Press your hand to the screen and think of kitty." http://www.baker-street.net/getwell/ ------------------------------------------------- B3TA HALLOWEEN PARTY - Friday 1st Nov. Full details in the flyer. Come. http://www.b3ta.com/images/b3ta/halloween.gif ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates >> Pen Spin Jap Fad << Elbow writes, "I teach at a school in Tokyo. Pen spinning is the latest craze to sweep Japan. Check out these amazing mpegs." http://members.fortunecity.com/angenehm/ >> Freestyle wheelbarrow mayhem << While the US may dominate the BMX and skateboard circuit, Britain comes to the fore with freestyle wheelbarrowage. This is the UK's fastest growing sport. Maybe. http://www.wheelbarrowfreestyle.com/email.mpa >> Test your kids' underpants for semen << Are you worried that your children are having sex with somene you don't know about? Is your partner cheating on you? Worry no more. For a modest fee, this company will go through their smalls and check for traces of spunk. http://www.sementest.com/ >> Celery affects knicker elastic << These charming drawings from the 1950's all have a common theme: Ladies with their knickers round their ankles and sticks of celery in their shopping bags. The commentary is delightful. http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/index.html >> Lovely dancing thing << Dancing animations on the net are a bit of a cliché. This one has a new twist: ballet. It's beautiful. http://www.flyingpuppet.com/shock/legato.htm >> Off-road racing game << Unusually for a racing game, this takes a platform approach. It's technically innovative and fun. We also think it's advertising biscuits though. http://4x4.lapoo.nl/ >> Something to read << Six pages on how a team of MIT students took on the casinos of Las Vegas and won millions. Fascinating. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.09/vegas.htm... ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'End of the World' 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 to see pictures of how the world would end: http://b3ta.com/challenge/howtheworldwillend/ We asked B3ta boarder 'aubergene' to judge the huge number of entries - here are his 3 faves. Aubergene writes - #1 "Fat lady - just so terrifying, imagine her voice erupting in front of you in the post office queue as the world finally gives way. (littlebean) http://www.b3ta.com/board/4/0/2/9/5/2 #2 "World mash - lovely, that first squash with the masher is always the best, very satisfying. (discostu) http://www.b3ta.com/board/4/0/2/5/6/9 #3 "Effiel tower - all those years they spent just watching us, and when they came it was all over so quickly, *shudder*" (rogan) http://www.b3ta.com/board/4/0/8/5/7/3 >> This Weeks Challenge << This week, B3ta contributor Darryn.R gave us the suggestion, "Badly Mishead Instructions" http://b3ta.com/challenge/misheardinstructions/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Follow-ups on previous stories. * IUSEDTOBELIEVE - last week we mentioned Mat Connolley's project to collate odd childhood beliefs. The project has taken off big style. He's had 2500 entries. Read them. That'll keep you busy 'til Monday. http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/ * XYLOPHONE KITTENS - Joel's latest kitten animation has been huge. It even got bigged up on Radio 1. Now he's been contacted by forgotten rock dinosaurs Blue Oyster Cult about doing one for them. Go Joel! ------------------------------------------------- : 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 * An invitation to run a sinister broadband nerd lab at a large media corporation * Large sums of cash * Your links, projects and games Send contributions to http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Thanks: Links supplied by Santexo, Fraser, BigDaddyMerk & Cal. This issue was edited by Rob Manuel with the help of Fraser Lewry and David Stevenson. Proofed by B4ta. Thanks to Mike Trinder for handling the image challenge. And thanks to everyone who supplied stuff - we can't link to it all but we do look at everything. 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