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Slacks for Chaps
An inspired collection of 1960's trouser ads for men. Get your Securoslax, sta-prest & the Shatner from here.

Dirty old Mac
Mac pr0n! MacSleazy is a site dedicated to computer pr0n although it still manages to be SFW.

Sod the Osbournes
In 1971 Life magazine ran a feature on Rock Stars and their Parents - I never thought Frank Zappa had parents - surely he wasn't even from this planet?

Louie Louie
Back in the early 60's America was even more uptight than it is today - the FBI were so concerned by th eindecipherable lyrics on Louie Louie that they ran an investigation into it.

Top of the P2Ps
Big Champagne are a market research company who specialise in the p2p Napster-style programs. They publish a chart of the most popular current downloads. Lots of other cool info on here as well if you dig around.

Crab vs. Pipe
Freaky video taken 6000 feet underwater. A robot is sawing a 3mm hole in a pipe when the Crab vs. Pipe incident happens - a damn fine example of pressure differences.

Ming the Merciless
This has to be one of my favourite sites ever! Ming the Merciless.com is a truly random site. Stick some headphones on & keep clicking for some genuinely inspired web stuff.

ukeleleman
Watch ukeleleman on his travels around the world. Listen as the Benny Hill theme tune reminds you of tedious Saturday nights. Marvel at the lack of any design skills in this animation. Laugh at it anyway.

The Great Big Animal Ass Challenge
When I was a child, I remember going to the zoo and looking at the elephants with my Dad.
"Look! That elefunt's got no head!" I said excitedly.
"No, son. He's just facing the wrong way round." replied Dad
Can you tell?

Hart to Hart
Next up is a bizarre re-working of the Hart to Hart theme tune.
Altogether now, "When they met it was moider".

Name That Nose!
It's Friday which means it time for the b3ta newsletter. First up today is the Name That Nose quiz where you have to figure out whose nose Michael Jackson is wearing today.

Instant Karma (sutra)
Nicely programmed flash thingy which allows you to create your own DIY karma sutra positions. (Kinda NSFW-ish)
(cheers Ol)

Subscriptions
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Cheers.

Baked Apple
Some computer users are still finding new ways to provide tech support people with "I've dealt with more stupid users than you have" stories. This woman seemed to like baked apples a bit too much.

Blacker than Black
Just to annoy all the goths who bought this t-shirt comes the news that scientists have invented a material that's blacker than black.

Best animated gif ever.
I'd love to see the reaction of anyone who was out on a first date & found that their prospective partner had one of these in their navel. But what an animation!

Pessimystic Meg's Horrorscopes
Pessimystic Meg's Horrorscopes are the most accurate I've ever read. My horrorscope for today reads, "Just like the Son of God, you will die horribly, in great pain."

b3ta moonometer
The guys at b3ta have developed a very handy tool that they should sell to NASA - the b3ta moonometer could work out that you need to lay 1,582,954,205,814 groms end to end to reach Uranus.

Clocks for the clever people
Or more accurately Clocks for the nerds. It gets worse - much, much worse until, finally, someone gets it right.

Dress your Gay Dog
Remember the bizarre cat-dressing up game? The guy who made it has gone one step further with his Dress your Gay Dog game. Looks like dogs are, indeed, the new kittens.

Chuckie Egg
I've got stacks and stacks of old computer emulators but it's normally too much hassle to set up. BEST GAME ROMS have a selection of old games converted to PC on the site. Get yer copies of Chuckie Egg, Jet Set Willy, ManicMiner, PSSST & Attack of the Mutant Camels here. 'Kickin' it old skool' as the young people say.

G-G-Gareth Gates
I know it's not funny to m-m-m-m-ock the afflicted...
Aw hell, yeah it is!
Best bits are the bass solo bits.

Interactive Jedi Training Lightsaber
Another geek classic courtesy of my mate Alex, Firebox are selling these 'interactive' lightsabres which either look cool or remarkably sad depending on how nerdy you are (unfortunately I've realised that I think they're quite cool!)

ASCII Pr0n
Probably the ultimate proof that geeks need to get out more is the fact that someone has bothered to make Deep ASCII - an ASCII version of the infamous pr0n movie 'Deep Throat'. Apparently they chose ASCII for it's ability to show close-ups well.

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men
Cat's don't like men with long beards but they're indifferent to me.
Figures.

MP's E-mail system not quite right
The UK government has put in a new email filtering program - it's blocking the MPs' ability to see important mails about the new sexual offenders act. Apparently, the MP's for Scunthorpe & Penistone haven't seen any great drop in the amount of emails they get ;o)

Extreme SpearTossing
Remember last year's addictive meme - the spear tossing game? IT's been redone to give it full Political Correct Compliance. They've also got more wheelchair fun on the rest of the site.

Rent My Chest!
It's amazing what out-of-work or unemployed geeks will do for money - Rent My Chest! being a very good example.

Uroulette
People often ask me where I get all my links from.
Well, I could use URouLette...
...but I don't.

Gulf War 2
Play Gulf War 2 - it's like Risk only there's more to read & less to do.

Engrish Rord of the Rings
I'm sure a lot of you will be aware of the classic Engrish website. Even more specialist than that is this site about the subtitles for the Japanese version of The Lord of the Rings - it's hilarious - look out for my favourite - "Bring your pussy face to my ass" (it should have been "bring your pretty face to my axe"!)

Linux Developer Gets Laid
OMFG! According to BBspot, a Linux Developer has finally had sex!
Other top news from there today is that Microsoft are to put advertising into the BSOD.
(NB: BBSpot is a satire site, in case you've had a humour bypass)

Need a lookalike?
If you ever need to hire a Celebrity Look-alike for your local supermarket opening then I'd recommend NOT using the Sarah Jessica Parker or Kelly Brook from this page - being skinny or having big tits doesn't make you a lookalike.

spamradio
Finally! - a use for all the spam that invades your inbox. Spamradio is a streaming radio station that broadcasts spam after it's been converted to speech and mixed with background music. It's strangely relaxing.

Broadband Speed Test
If you want a decent tool to help diagnose any problems with your Broadband Internet Connection then try this one - it's the best one I've found yet. Other useful ones to remember are Whatismyip (which tells you just that) or for slightly more indepth info - try CurlyFries - both are especially handy if you're remotely trying to support other people's pcs.