B3ta newsletter 581, has been created - if you read only one new b3ta newsletter this week, make it this one.
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published by
rob on 17th May at 2pm
Star Wars UK
It has been announced that the 7th Star Wars film will be made in the UK. Boot up photoshop and show Disney and Lucas etc how their characters might cope while filming in the UK and just how British" the new film could be. Challenge suggested by The Twisted Omentum.
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set by
Fraser on 16th May at 1pm
The Emergency Services
Tell us your tales of the police, ambulance workers, firefighters, and - dammit - the coastguard
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asked by
Scaryduck on 16th May at 11am
B3ta newsletter 580, out now - with such wonders as Tony Blackburn's autobiography, a StreetView guessing game and Joel Veitch talking absolute, utter nonsense!
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published by
rob on 10th May at 12pm
My Saviour
Labour leader Ed Miliband recently dashed into the middle of a road to save a fallen cyclist. Who has come to your rescue? Have you ever been the rescuer?
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asked by
Scaryduck on 9th May at 1pm
Invent A Vehicle
This week's challenge is to design the most amazing vehicle ever, and to picture it doing what it's designed for. It'll be like Top Gear, but with fewer twats in the audience.
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set by
Fraser on 8th May at 11pm
A B3tan has passed away - bye bye Pcmechanic. Please use this thread to add your tributes.
posted by
rob on 7th May at 12pm
B3ta newsletter 579, out now - featuring Auto-completing iPhone headlines, surnames mapped to maps & Tony Hart style B3ta gallery fun.
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published by
rob on 3rd May at 3pm
Midlife Crisis
I've hit my forties, and my midlife crisis has manifested itself in old band T-shirts and a desire to go on camper van holidays. How has it hit you, or - if you are still a youngling - your elders?
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asked by
Scaryduck on 2nd May at 11am
Whales!
Oh, the whale! You magnificent leviathan, you creator of legends, you imperious guardian of the deep! You're also this week's one-word image challenge, by the way. Whales!
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set by
Fraser on 2nd May at 8am
Your Ginger Fuhrer is
working on a new website project and is recruiting funny people. Seems reasonable to think there might be a few on B3ta?
posted by
rob on 1st May at 8am
Want to see the
best of B3ta images in the style of Tony Hart's Gallery? You do? Well you're in luck and thanks to
Matt Round for dreaming this up and coding it.
posted by
rob on 29th Apr at 2pm
B3ta newsletter 578 is about to hit your screens, metaphorically speaking. It's full, metaphorically, of good stuff, including Daft Punk, a browser-based accordion, and some sort of religious epiphany Rob has had about whistling kettles. Go to it (not metaphorically).
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published by
rob on 26th Apr at 3pm
Controversial Beliefs
Some mugs still think the MMR injection gives children autism (it doesn't), while others are of the belief that we're ruled by billionaire lizard people. Tell us about views outside the mainstream which people go glassy eyed if you bang on about them (Your grandad's a racist - no need to tell us, thanks)
Suggested by Frample Thromwibbler
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asked by
Scaryduck on 25th Apr at 12pm
Funerals
Funerals are all the rage, it would seem. So we're having a one word challenge devoted to them. Show us how you want to go, redesign the funeral system, draw ironic celebrity funerals, etc. Suggested by HappyToast.
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set by
Fraser on 24th Apr at 11pm
B3ta newsletter 577, out now - featuring your chance to love and own a life-size cardboard Thatcher, a wonderful 'without my pants' Twitter tool and the Moody Blues as they should be heard.
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published by
rob on 19th Apr at 4pm
Travel
I've had guns pointed at me in many different countries, sometimes even by our own side. I've also sat on my own on a beach on a desert island, which was nice because nobody was trying to shoot me. Tell us your tales of foreign travel.
Thanks to SnowytheRabbit for the suggestion
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asked by
Scaryduck on 18th Apr at 5pm
Bankrupt Hollywood
Imagine a world... where all the big film companies have their cgi and post-production work done by b3ta for free. Then do that work, and enter it into this week's challenge. Suggested by orbojunglist.
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set by
Fraser on 18th Apr at 4pm
B3ta newsletter 576, is here at last! With Jeremy Kyle, Ed Balls, Maggie Thatcher and all your favourites!
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published by
rob on 12th Apr at 2pm
Funerals II
It's been 7 years since we last asked for your funeral stories and what with Lady Voldemort's coming up, we thought we'd ask again.
The deeply upsetting, the sad and the ones that make you want to hug the world all have a place here on b3ta, tell us about them.
Thanks to Pig Bodine for the suggestion
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asked by
chthonic on 11th Apr at 2pm
Pets with Superpowers
From cats with x-ray vision to bunnies manipulating time via echolocating guinea pigs, this week's challenge is to portray pets. Pets with superpowers. Challenge suggested by mictoboy.
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set by
Fraser on 11th Apr at 8am
Thatcher
Seeing as you're going to be making Thatcher images anyway, thought we'd open it as an extra challenge to collect them all into one place.
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set by
rob on 8th Apr at 1pm
B3ta newsletter 575, out now, featuring programmers' chocolate cake, pictures of voyeurs and *your* stories of 'winging it'.
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published by
rob on 5th Apr at 2pm
Surprise!
Herb Alpert's Taxi Driver asks: Ever given granny a heart attack on her 90th birthday or knocked down the wall between the living room and kitchen by mistake before the wife gets home? Tell us tales of surprises and their fluffy and/or messy endings.
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asked by
Scaryduck on 4th Apr at 12pm
Pop Letters
This week's challenge is take to an artist, add or remove a single letter, and 'shop the results. Think Nine Inch Snails. Or Britney Pears. Or Blurp. Challenge and lead image by Dr.Dunno.
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set by
Fraser on 4th Apr at 8am
B3ta newsletter 574, out now, with faintly political knob gags, a truly frightening One Direction redub and your embarrassing stories of epic absent-mindedness.
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published by
rob on 29th Mar at 1pm
Winging It
Don Spang says: I once found myself winging it in a job interview and somewhat exaggerated my technical experience in the field of mainframe computer operations. 24 years later, I'm still there. Ever had to improvise to get by? Tell us you tales of MacGyver-type genius.
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asked by
Scaryduck on 28th Mar at 12pm
Irrational Science
If irrational nonsense was scientific fact, what would the side effects be?
For example, what would be the dangers of swimming in a pool if homeopathy worked? How would a your family tree look if it took into account past life regression? Answering these, and other related questions, are this week's challenge. Suggested by monkeon.
UPDATE: Ben Goldacre has got in touch noticing we've used his photo. You should def
buy his book it's ace.
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set by
Fraser on 28th Mar at 9am
B3ta newsletter 573, out now titled, ""b3ta bailout to take 10% of your lols" and featuring a nightmarish video about Streetview from Sheep, how adsense was comically misunderstood by an MP & wake up sheeple was the destruction of the Death Star an inside job?
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published by
rob on 22nd Mar at 2pm
Brain Fade
Freddie Woo tells us how he recently spent ages trying to open his front door with his Oyster Card before realising he actually needed things called "keys". Tell us of times you've done stupid things while on auto-pilot
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asked by
Scaryduck on 21st Mar at 12pm
Sea Life
Scientists have discovered life 11km under the sea. To celebrate, they've asked us to set a challenge: show us this new underwater world and other fishy pics, using Photoshop. Challenge suggested by ferret.
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set by
Fraser on 20th Mar at 11pm
