NEWSLETTER: FURBY LOVES SIRI
This Week:
* CAMERON - remixed for LOLs
* NUMBERS - form an entertaining game of some kind
* DRAG QUEENS - who are really world leaders
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B3ta email 623 - 14 Mar 2014
Poke at this issue with a stick:
http://b3ta.com/newsletter/issue623
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
Politics, Ghosts and Innuendo
>> Breaking Down The Budget <<
"Had to be done," bemoans swedemason. Political
samples demonstrate just how different the
parties really are.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Breaking_Down_The_Budget
>> SPOOK TRAIN Official Trailer <<
"This is a kickstarter advert posing as a fake
film trailer," explains Splattermation auteur
leehardcastle. "Cheers to fellow b3tan Cyriak
for the choon 'Something'."
http://www.b3ta.com/links/SPOOK_TRAIN_Official_Tra...
>> Wind turbine maintenance <<
" I made this to commemorate the ERECTION of a
massive turbine just a mile or so from my
house," trills Black Moon.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Wind_turbine_maintenance
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: USVSTH3M BOLLOCKS
The other project that's sort of B3taish
* The Hivemind Experiment - Are you in tune or
independent? We’ll ask you a series of word
associations to test whether you’re an
independent thinker or fully attuned to
the human zeitgeist.
http://games.usvsth3m.com/hivemind-experiment/
* Amateur Hacker Simulator - You are a hacker
and you must break into the War Room. Luckily,
it’s secured with the 100 most ridiculously
commonly-used passwords - how many can you guess?
http://games.usvsth3m.com/amateur-hacker-simulator...
* Which 8-bit Computer Are You? - Spectrum, C64,
BBC or Amstrad?
http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-8-bit-computer-are...
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates
>> 2048 game <<
Use your arrow keys to move the tiles. When two
tiles with the same number touch, they merge
into one. It's not Numberwang but it's still good.
http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/
>> Jane and Peter learn some new words <<
Spoof of the Learning-to-Read books that were
inflicted on us when we were little - but
updated and rather warped.
http://imgur.com/gallery/9lkFz
And the sequel:
http://imgur.com/gallery/3HIpZ
>> 'Chat' magazine' top tips <<
Collected onto a single page. Full of insanity
and a weird obsession with sanitary towels.
http://m.imgur.com/a/4OEQN
>> Horribly-designed products <<
Designer Katerina Kamprani creates deliberately
useless object. Our favourite? That ridiculous
fork on a chain.
http://www.tickld.com/pic/t/704875
>> World "leaders" as drag queens <<
We didn't put leaders in inverted commas as a
satirical statement, it's just Osama Bin Laden
is one of the famous men made over as a drag
queen in this clever, Gilliamesque animation.
http://www.sainthoax.com/wdyo.html
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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
Like telly but not shit. Mostly.
* What Seinfeld's mind would be like
If he went mad.
http://tinyurl.com/qhykooc
* Website model involuntarily dances. Is this
secretly a viral ad for a US clothing company?
Charming nevertheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch
* Furby talking to Siri. Imagine if Siri really
is interpreting that correctly. *Chills*
https://www.youtube.com/watch
* Amusing Yorkshire dub of Rebecca Black's
Friday. Sure, it's a bit of an old meme to be
riffing off but that doesn't make this any less
funny.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/1148013/
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the Interesting TV Challenge
Last week we wanted you to make TV more
interesting. Because someone has to, FFS.
Your favourites included:
* FAMILIES: celebrity genealogy with truth
and swearing (Christian's Bolt and Ski)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/11063746
* STING: men flee beehive in punning
sitcom scenario (Mystery_Bob)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/11062834
* TREK: to boldly go where no man has gone
before, Craggy Island version (Ninj)
http://www.b3ta.com/board/11064618
All these images, and the highest as voted by
you can be found here:
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/interesting-tv/
>> New challenge: The Deep <<
This week, dolphinwhisperer asks, "What's
right down at the very bottom of the
sea?". It's a very good question, and one
we'd like you to answer via the medium of
this week's image challenge.
http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/the-deep/
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THANKS:
This issue was written by Rob Manuel with
David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by colmcq2,
Pissflaps, moon monkey, Uncle Albert,
BaronMunchausen, The Tramp Surveyor,
and Mastarbeiter.
Image challenge by Fraser Lewry.
Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke.
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TOP TIP:
Avoid having to use the phrase, "It's always in
the last place you look..." by continuing to
search for something long after you have
actually found it.
(NoStrings)
