Alright b3ta?
Just passing by with this old pearoast
Thanks Octo
(Dick Wonder, Tue 17 Jul, 22:19, 3 replies)
Just passing by with this old pearoast
Thanks Octo
(Dick Wonder, Tue 17 Jul, 22:19, 3 replies)
what are you gonna do.. charge me for smoking? Wahoo FP! in your face losers.. (but thanks)
if ya no what i mean..
(R2Dtard, Tue 17 Jul, 14:33, 2 replies)
if ya no what i mean..
(R2Dtard, Tue 17 Jul, 14:33, 2 replies)
trying to guess what Duncan Jones' new film is going to be
(HappyToast, Sun 15 Jul, 16:43, 5 replies)
(HappyToast, Sun 15 Jul, 16:43, 5 replies)
Get your Thump Trump bag here!
Extended version on Youtube
*based on an idea by Paint!
(S4RK, Sat 14 Jul, 12:19, 13 replies)
Extended version on Youtube
*based on an idea by Paint!
(S4RK, Sat 14 Jul, 12:19, 13 replies)
HOLY FUCKING SHIT BALLS AND LEOPARDS COVERED IN PISS IT'S THE B3TA NEWSLETTER ONLY 20 HOURS LATE. FUCK.
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published by rob on 14th Jul at 11am
A telescope as large as Earth - Scott Manley
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To see a long distance, you need a big lens.
Even with the biggest current telescope - Hubble, with a 2.4m mirror - the largest thing we left on the Moon is less than a single pixel. The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for 2021, is 6.5m. See here for a really cool comparison picture.
But we need to see much further, deep space objects -so they have to get bigger. Much bigger. Radio telescopes can be combined - using two spread wide apart, and do a bunch of maths, to get an effective lens as large as the space between them - albeit with a big blind spot.
If we join a whole bunch, around Earth, we might be able to see the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.
I feel compelled to post this cartoon too - many of these are real telescope names! (explained here.)
XKCD also had a great article about what Hubble can see, if pointed at Earth.
Even with the biggest current telescope - Hubble, with a 2.4m mirror - the largest thing we left on the Moon is less than a single pixel. The James Webb Space Telescope, planned for 2021, is 6.5m. See here for a really cool comparison picture.
But we need to see much further, deep space objects -so they have to get bigger. Much bigger. Radio telescopes can be combined - using two spread wide apart, and do a bunch of maths, to get an effective lens as large as the space between them - albeit with a big blind spot.
If we join a whole bunch, around Earth, we might be able to see the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.
I feel compelled to post this cartoon too - many of these are real telescope names! (explained here.)
XKCD also had a great article about what Hubble can see, if pointed at Earth.
See all 20 popular links (6 made popular today)
linked to by SockCooker on 18th Jul at 7pm
The Shining
We're taking a summer break to the Overlook Hotel and checking in to room 237. Should be good to get away from it all, maybe we can finish off that book we've been trying to write.
Why not join us, pack your bags and remember your axe for a week of The Shining.
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We're taking a summer break to the Overlook Hotel and checking in to room 237. Should be good to get away from it all, maybe we can finish off that book we've been trying to write.
Why not join us, pack your bags and remember your axe for a week of The Shining.
See all 65 images (open)
set by HappyToast on 13th Jul at 3pm
IT'S THE FUCKING NEWSLETTER AGAIN - late, as usual.
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published by rob on 6th Jul at 11pm
Protest Trump
It's time, Trump is visiting the UK on Friday the 13th so we'd better start work on our protest posters, art installations and two fingered salutes.
Fire up photoshop and show us the best way to Protest Trump.
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It's time, Trump is visiting the UK on Friday the 13th so we'd better start work on our protest posters, art installations and two fingered salutes.
Fire up photoshop and show us the best way to Protest Trump.
See all 50 images (open)
set by HappyToast on 5th Jul at 11am
B3ta newsletter 683, out now - stuffed to the gills with stuff and only about 5 hours late. HOORAY.
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published by rob on 29th Jun at 9pm
Football
It's sportsball time on the world again. Celebrate the kicking of the ball up and down a grass rectangle until the bell rings by photoshopping some soccery lols.
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It's sportsball time on the world again. Celebrate the kicking of the ball up and down a grass rectangle until the bell rings by photoshopping some soccery lols.
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set by HappyToast on 28th Jun at 4pm
Adverts if everything was legal
It looks like they're going to legalise cannabis (or the medical sort at least) so we started thinking how they would advertise it, and then we thought how would other currently illegal things be advertised?
Show us your glossy ads for naughty criminals and dodgily dealt products.
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It looks like they're going to legalise cannabis (or the medical sort at least) so we started thinking how they would advertise it, and then we thought how would other currently illegal things be advertised?
Show us your glossy ads for naughty criminals and dodgily dealt products.
See all 41 images (open)
set by HappyToast on 21st Jun at 12pm
B3ta newsletter 682 - out now, a bit late and stuffed with b3ta projects. Hooray.
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published by rob on 15th Jun at 9pm
Rejected Greeting Cards
They say there's a greeting card for every occasion, but this is a lie as I never got one when I fell in a pond and nearly drowned. Show us all the designs that Hallmark foolishly said no to, show us your Rejected Greetings Cards!
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They say there's a greeting card for every occasion, but this is a lie as I never got one when I fell in a pond and nearly drowned. Show us all the designs that Hallmark foolishly said no to, show us your Rejected Greetings Cards!
See all 57 images (closed)
set by HappyToast on 14th Jun at 5pm
Newsletter sending now via the magic of email - or you can read it on the site via this magical hyperlink. Lotsa b3ta projects. Which is the point init.
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published by rob on 8th Jun at 5pm
Kids covers adult books
The Harry Potter books have an "adult" cover option so people don't laugh at you reading a children's book in public. We're swapping that around this week by giving adult books kids covers. Make inappropriately friendly and jolly pictures for your favourite disturbing reads.
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The Harry Potter books have an "adult" cover option so people don't laugh at you reading a children's book in public. We're swapping that around this week by giving adult books kids covers. Make inappropriately friendly and jolly pictures for your favourite disturbing reads.
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set by HappyToast on 7th Jun at 9am
If you have any tribute images for Peter Stringfellow then our ob3tuary challenge is always open.
posted by rob on 7th Jun at 9am
B3ta newsletter 680 out now - only a day late but hey we were trying to fix the site and stuff like that. ENJOY IT.
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published by rob on 2nd Jun at 8pm
Farm Films
Hop in your tractor and take a trip to the cinema, we're doing Farm Films this week. Give us your best agriculture related movie puns.
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Hop in your tractor and take a trip to the cinema, we're doing Farm Films this week. Give us your best agriculture related movie puns.
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set by HappyToast on 1st Jun at 11am
Yeah we know the site is a bit fucked at the moment - our host Hetzner had a power surge which killed the disk. We're now on a new machine with the site rebuilt from backups. We're working through problems at the moment and the site will be back to normal shortly.
posted by rob on 28th May at 11am
One letter celebrity name change
Pick a famous person, change one letter of their name so that it makes you lol and then do us a picture of it.
It's a one letter celebrity name change challenge!
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Pick a famous person, change one letter of their name so that it makes you lol and then do us a picture of it.
It's a one letter celebrity name change challenge!
See all 156 images (open)
set by HappyToast on 22nd May at 7am
Let's design some new icons - design some and we'll get them up on the site in a week or so. THANK YOU.
posted by rob on 19th May at 8am
B3ta newsletter 678 out now -The b3ta newsletter should be flying to your inbox now - it's a biggy, stuffed with jokes and projects You asked for it. You committed money for this so you're getting it. Version on the site too, but it's best in email. PLEASE SHARE EVERYTHING.
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published by rob on 18th May at 4pm
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- * PHOTOS - OF STUFF DUMPED BY A WALL
- * IMAGE CHALLENGE - KUBRICK'S THE SHINING
- * ASHENS - MAKE HIS HOLLYWOOD DREAM COME TRUE
The Shining
We're taking a summer break to the Overlook Hotel and checking in to room 237. Should be good to get away from it all, maybe we can finish off that book we've been trying to write. Why not join us, pack your bags and remember your axe for a week of The Shining.
Oblique Strategies for Work
We want you to share solutions that solved work problems - but don't explain the problem it solved. The idea is that someone else, when they have a problem can read this and see if your solution jolts them out of their problem. (This is obviously a tribute to Brian Eno's Oblique Strategies cards which were filled with stuff like "add backing vocals")
Funnel or Tunnel
Oooh. Mucky quiz alert. Are these ladies indulging in vaginal or anal sex?
Blode and the Giant Bee
Looks what happens when two b3ta people work together. Joel sings, and Nicey supplies the animation - and the result is beyond fantastic. We want to see this on Top of the Pops.
Top 10 Cutest Kittens
Something to annoy people at work. Warning: Contains extreme shouting.
Internet Fatty Toasted Sandwiches
Breville + sweets = lots of horrid photo fun
Tim Hunkin
Cartoonist, inventor, and TV presenter Tim Hunkin is a very clever fellow. We wanted to get a glimpse inside his brain, but settled for tracking him down and asking a bunch of questions instead.
