we love the web email us go to messageboard newsletter archive home NEWSLETTER: HAPPY NEW YEAR! next issue » « previous issue This Week: * FATHER JACK - Vs Katie Hopkins * WORLD'S BIGGEST - Firework! * USVSTH3M - Best of 2014 ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're feeling fat ___/ _ |/_ > Sponsor B3ta << Want this space? Then talk to us. http://b3ta.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT B3TA PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING THIS WEEK Other than 'DIY eggnog' >> Father Jack vs Katie Hopkins << HSDriver writes, "I have a similar reaction whenever she's on the TV." http://www.b3ta.com/links/Father_Jack_vs_Katie_Hop... >> Bang goes the 'grow up' New Year's resolution << CCC is still making local papers print nonsense. Huzzah. http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/4085/1420127269... >> The Internet bought me a cuddly dinosaur << Stevierar writes "I dared to venture to Reddit and they bought me a cuddly dinosaur. It was all a bit fast and confusing. There was even a KickStarter at one point, until it was shut down. "I've written it up and tried really really hard to not sound like a weirdo but it just wasn't possible. Contains this terrible combination of a car journey and a dance version of the Peppa Pig theme tune." http://blog.steveguntrip.co.uk/post/105527889296/ ------------------------------------------------- : MOST POPULAR USVSTH3M STUFF OF 2014 Ten items, all hits - sorted by unique users 1. Theme tune of your life http://games.usvsth3m.com/the-theme-tune-of-your-l... 2. 2048 maker http://community.usvsth3m.com/2048/ 3. Who would play you in a movie? http://games.usvsth3m.com/who-would-play-you/ 4. What ridiculous food day is your birthday? http://games.usvsth3m.com/what-ridiculous-food-day... 5. What happened when we criticised Dapper Laughs on Twitter http://goo.gl/ftnRSW 6. Which city should you live in? http://games.usvsth3m.com/which-city/ 7. You won’t believe why the Victoria Line is currently suspended http://usvsth3m.com/post/74285062011/ 8. How middle class are you? http://games.usvsth3m.com/how-middle-class-are-you... 9. Crapper mapper http://games.usvsth3m.com/crapper-mapper/ 10. This Twitter reply from Dara O’Briain is magnificent http://goo.gl/KKy1cU ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff we like that wasn't made by our mates * 7 visionary women behind electronic music - It wasn't just Vince Cable of Erasure you know. http://goo.gl/EkMy21 * A clock that tells the time using a hex colour code. Next week? A clock that uses time data as latitude / longitude coordinates and claims the time is 'Calcutta'. http://whatcolourisit.scn9a.org/ * Excellent advice from Yahoo how to back up emails - next week they'll be suggesting copying thumbdrives by photocopying them. http://www.b3ta.com/links/1258343/ * Let's do a Kickstarter and buy Kate Bush's house together. Only £7.5k each & 365 of us can spend 6 nights there a year - although thinking about it, we might need to raise double that, so we have an investment sum we can use to pay for a manager and maintain upkeep. Still, WHO'S IN? http://goo.gl/F2YwUd * It's the word "unwittingly" that adds so much to this movie tagline - although, to be fair, as ridiculous as this film sounds, military dolphins ARE a thing. If you see any other great taglines, make sure you tell us. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_of_the_Dolphi... * The abandoned Silverdome Stadium outside Detroit: opened in the 70s and once host to the Pope, Elvis, NBA finals, Led Zepplin (tho not on the same day). It's now, like most stuff in that city, utterly fucked. http://goo.gl/TUqpf2 ------------------------------------------------- : VIDEO SCHMIDEO Like YouTube but not always on YouTube * Old Folks Enjoying Kraftwerk - although, to be fair, the band formed in 1970 so, if you were 20 when you started listening to them, you'd be 65 now. http://goo.gl/wFmLvq * One Day In The Life Of Television - a documentary that was broadcast on ITV on 1st November 1989 and filmed by over fifty crews exactly one year earlier. Long but fascinating and worth watching to hear Anne Diamond being called a scab as she crosses a picket line. http://youtu.be/NU8YMn5wLZc * Kevin Smith talking about Prince for 30 minutes is better than ANY of the films he's made. https://www.youtube.com/watch * Nik Kershaw the drugs narc - warning kids about the dangers of iffy substances whilst hanging out with the Filth. *Smashes 7" copy of The Riddle* https://www.youtube.com/watch * Is this the world's biggest firework? We're too crap to bother finding out, but there's no question it's exciting. http://www.b3ta.com/links/have_we_had_the_massive_... * Who was the first presenter of Top Gear? Angela Ripon, in 1977, and it was only shown in the Midlands. Some of the YouTube comments are gold: "THIS IS NOT YOUR SUCCESS, WOMAN!" https://www.youtube.com/watch ------------------------------------------------ : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Maths' challenge Your Christmas homework included a maths test. Favourite sums included: * FACES: The shocking truth they tried to hide. (R2Dtard) http://b3ta.com/board/11126109 * TRIGGERNOMETRY: The simple maths of British comedy (HappyToast) http://b3ta.com/board/11125877 * FERMATTER: modern telling of the tale. (superstoater) http://b3ta.com/board/11125863 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/maths2/popular/ >> New challenge: Starfish << It’s another one word challenge, this week focusing on those wonderfully pointy fish type things. http://b3ta.com/challenge/starfish// ------------------------------------------------- : B3TA IMAGE CHALLENGE Results from the 'Piggy Christmas' challenge Before Christmas we asked you to pig up Xmas. Your favourites included: * BEATTIE: Happy as a pig in... after a lovely Christmas dinner (FreshWaterMole) http://b3ta.com/board/11124125 * Angry Christmas Bird: (monkeon) http://b3ta.com/board/11125500 * Pigs in blankets: A A Milne’s festive story. (Ya What?) http://b3ta.com/board/11123382 All these images, and a load more can be found here: http://b3ta.com/challenge/pigxmas/ ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Make something cool and tell us about it. If you are in it then people will see your stuff. Things we'd really like to see: * Game idea: Realistic Monopoly. You can't afford to buy any property and you go round in circles until you die. * Facebook and Twitter to be replaced by non profit workers' collective which doesn't fuck you over by making you buy ads. * A magic button that makes exercise appealing after Christmas lethargy. Send contributions via the mail form. http://www.b3ta.com/mailus/ BTW: If you've sent something in that hasn't been featured then don't be put off - we look at everything you send us. ------------------------------------------------- YAY: [email protected] NAY: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------- Follow @b3ta on Twitter because why the fuck not? https://twitter.com/b3ta ------------------------------------------------- THANKS: This issue was written by Rob Manuel with David Stevenson. Stuff sent in by RompaStompa, tubaman, sinisterduck, dyllon, fred zeppelin, Flobbit & HappyToast. Image challenge by Fraser Lewry. Mike Trinder is QOTW bloke. Some say there's more computing power in your phone than what got us to the moon. However, the main thing that got us to the moon was a bloody great big rocket. ------------------------------------------------- TOP TIP: Middle-aged men: make people think that you've just been to the toilet, by using a cotton bud to dab a drop or water onto the front of your trousers... (NoStrings) next issue » « previous issue Newsletter We run a free weekly B3TA email reporting on the coolest stuff on the net. _____________________ [ go ] -------------------- THIS WEEKS HEADLINES -------------------- * TYPE-IN MAGAZINE - LAUNCHED FOR YOUR FINGERS * AI SLOP - GET READY TO OINK FOR IT, PIGGIES * GET WELL SOON - WISHING WELL TO DAVE BAGPUSS READ LATEST ISSUE archive