NEWSLETTER: PLEASE DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT BY PRINTING OUT THIS NEWSLETTER 5,000 TIMES
This Week:
* STUFF - Some of it you might like
* THINGS - Others you might not
* MORE BITS - That you'll be indifferent to
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B3ta email 632 - 30th May 2014
Read this issue better formatted via the web:
http://b3ta.com/newsletter/issue632
Yay : [email protected]
Nay : [email protected]
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: SPONSORED LINK
Yeah! We've got an actual sponsored post!
Sarah writes, "We've made a Glaswegian Kim
Kardashian who trawls charity shops and picks up
clothes from bins. It's been done for a brand
but we'd love to be featured in the newsletter -
do you have sponsored posts?"
YES WE DO! SARAH YES WE DO!
Sarah continues, "Our Weegie Kim is here."
So yeah, please click on this B3tans as this is
the first ad we've sold since about 1948 or
something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch
>> Sponsor B3ta <<
Want this space? Then talk to us.
http://b3ta.com/mailus/
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: WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK
>> Worst Take Me Out contestant ever? <<
Dogfood writes, "it's Barney from Basildon..."
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Worst_Take_Me_Out_contes...
>> Real-life GHOST activity caught on camera! <<
Colin-greenall writes, "I was walking in High
Gate Cemetery, London, when I came across some
strange poltergeist activity. When suddenly I
saw a ghost! Which started chasing me."
http://goo.gl/OUPpez
>> The Shawshank Redemption - Opera Scene <<
PMGT writes, "I watched the Shawshank Redemption
yesterday. Today I made this."
http://www.b3ta.com/links/The_Shawshank_Redemption...
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: USVSTH3M STUFF
The other B3taish project
* OKUKIPD - Take your chances on the worst
dating site on earth.
http://games.usvsth3m.com/okukipd/
* A NETFLIX APP IS GLITCHING - creating weird
new films we wish were real. A bug in one of
Netflix's apps is accidentally mashing up the
plot summaries of different movies and TV shows.
http://usvsth3m.com/post/86216234768/
* WE HELD A MAGIC RITUAL IN OUR OFFICE - to
cleanse London of fear Worried about the future?
http://usvsth3m.com/post/87090348548/
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: SITES IN BRIEF
Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates
* Alan Partridge on that find-a-shag app, Tindr.
http://loveinthekeyofpartridge.tumblr.com/
* Soft toys made from children's drawings.
Beautifully surreal.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/childsown/sets/72157...
* This is a geeky game about cross-site
scripting, but of course the grabby angle is
"learn how to hack the web", GIFs from Hackers,
etc.
https://xss-game.appspot.com
* Fascinating story about the bizarre & corrupt
goings-on surrounding Miss World 1970
http://goo.gl/s4FFIF
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: VIDEO SCHMIDEO
Yay vids!
>> Otters playing keyboard <<
Still better than us, the ottery bastards.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Otters_playing_keyboard
>> One man band plays Star Wars <<
He must be using the Force!
http://www.b3ta.com/links/One_man_band_plays_Star_...
>> Talc farting <<
Yep. Person puts talc on arse. Farts.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Talc_Farting
>> Chad Smith and Will Ferrell drum-off <<
Because Will Ferrell bears an uncanny
resemblance to the Red Hot Chili Peppers
drummer, they had to settle it once and for all.
Not bad.
http://www.b3ta.com/links/Chad_Smith_and_Will_Ferr...
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: B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE
Results from the Verbular Celebrities Challenge
Last week we asked you to pick on famous people
with verbs for names and photoshop them doing
what it sounds like they are doing.
Our favourites included:
* PAXMAN: Newsnight presenter turned serial killer
(dolphinwhisperer)
http://b3ta.com/board/11078981
* LEAN: Classic film direction from the master
of Lumbago (monkeon)
http://b3ta.com/board/11079900
* GROHL: Please sir, can I have some more Foo
(Captain Howdy)
http://b3ta.com/board/11079372
All these images, and your favourites
can be found here:
http://b3ta.com/challenge/verb_celebs/
>> New challenge: Smash Hits <<
This week's challenge is to travel back to the
80s and have fun with the rich cultural tapestry
that was Smash Hits magazine.
Challenge suggested by Monkeon (possibly)
http://b3ta.com/challenge/smash-hits/
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Lovers: [email protected]
Shovers: [email protected]
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THANKS:
This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David
Stevenson. Stuff sent in by via Trente-six,
BrokenCoccyx, @, Bobod & Pazuzu, quinze,
Sherbets Leaf. Image challenge by Fraser Lewry.
Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. Top Tip via Just a
vagabond.
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TOP TIP:
Make people think you're a bull, by making
"horns" on the top of your head with your
pointed fingers, lowering your head, and
charging at them.
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FUCKING HELL WE GOT AN AD!
Please click on this, you lovely people.
Glaswegian Kim Kardashian trawls the nation's
charity shops.
http://www.youtube.com/watch
