Hoarding
Willenium says: I had to bring some floppy disks into work which I had been saving for 10 years "in case I might need them". Tell us when your hoarding skills have come in useful (or not, as the case may be)
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Scaryduck on 3rd May at 2pm
Biro Art!
This week's challenge is to create your next masterpiece in biro, or model something out of several biros. Show those poncy charcoal/acrylic users the true power of the ballpoint pen. Show them hard. Challenge suggested by Yo 'Ho Charles and a bottle o' rum.
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set by
Fraser on 3rd May at 10am
B3ta newsletter 526, out now - Dan Bull asking if Facebook is on the way out, a lovely logical fallacy poster and your chance to play dead Rambo. Get clicking pop clickers.
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published by
rob on 27th Apr at 3pm
Iron Man cosplayWants!
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Beejay on 3rd May at 12pm
Morning After Souvenirs
I once woke up in a tent after a particularly drunken holiday pub crawl, clutching a tap. There's a drowned, sunken village somewhere in Wales because of my act of petty theft, but I
cannot remember. Tell us what - or who - you've brought back from nights out.
(Suggested by Bicycle Repairman)
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asked by
Scaryduck on 26th Apr at 1pm
Disappointment
What form does it take? What causes it? This week's challenge is to show us what disappointment looks like.
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set by
Fraser on 25th Apr at 10pm
B3ta newsletter 525, out now - featuring your excitement about the Lympics, hot girls singing about being hot (flatly) and your stories and confessions about being twatty.
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published by
rob on 20th Apr at 3pm
Sporting Woe
In which we ask a bunch of pasty-faced shut-ins about their exploits on the sports field. How bad was it for you?
Thanks to scarpe for the suggestion.
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asked by
Scaryduck on 19th Apr at 1pm
Superheroes at Home
What do superheroes and supervillains get up to when they're at home, relaxing from their superhero and supervillain day jobs? Show us, using Photoshop's black arts. Challenge suggested by Sipowicz.
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set by
Fraser on 19th Apr at 7am
B3ta newsletter 524, out now - huzzah. This week featuring the travails of Henri le chat, the truth behind Goatse and a quiz about arses and bishops.
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published by
rob on 13th Apr at 3pm
Twattery
Nigella Pussycat says: Tell us about utter twats doing remarkably twatty things. Or have you ever done something really twattish to a friend, loved one or pet? In summary: Twats
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Scaryduck on 12th Apr at 1pm
A New Hoax
We've all seen Shark vs Helicopter (with bridge) and know it isn't real, so it's about time there were some new hoax photos on the web.
Fire up Photoshop and create some new images to fool, fox and deceive the world.
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HappyToast on 11th Apr at 11pm
B3ta newsletter 523 - this week featuring the video Cats Boobs Rainbows!'your amazing chance to love and own an 'Armando Iannucci Long Handled Shopping Bag' and of course Aliens: The Text Adventure.
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published by
rob on 6th Apr at 3pm
Skeletons
This week's one-word challenge is Skeletons. Show us your calcium enriched structural goodness. Challenge suggested by Bourbon Fox.
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set by
Fraser on 5th Apr at 9pm
Terrified!
Bathory asks: What was the most scared you've ever been? How brown were your pants?
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asked by
Scaryduck on 5th Apr at 1pm
B3ta Newsletter 522, out now - featuring YOU, ME and a TREE. Actually no it features a very strange promo for a shopping centre, a Bulgarian 'Married With Children' and women's gym machines from the 1940s. Huzzah.
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published by
rob on 30th Mar at 3pm
The Great Outdoors
Deskbound says: Camping! Hiking! Other stuff that's not indoors! Regale us with your tales of the great outdoors, whether it involves being rogerred by the Scout Master or skinning your first rabbit.
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asked by
Scaryduck on 29th Mar at 2pm
Extreme Sports for Children's Toys
This week's challenge is take take kid's toys, introduce them to the world of extreme sports, and picture them partaking in such events. It's entirely gnarly.
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set by
Fraser on 28th Mar at 10pm
Dreadful news about B3tan Edd Gould - who has lost his battle with cancer. Lots of lovely comments on the thread if you want to read or add yours.
posted by
rob on 28th Mar at 4pm
B3ta newsletter 521, our now - packed with stuff! There's a lovely song about doors, your chance to see exactly how much celebs look like mattresses and even East Berlin's dinosaur graveyard. Get clicking link pickers.
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published by
rob on 23rd Mar at 3pm
My First Experience of the Internet
We remember when this was all fields, and lived a furtive life of dial-up modems and dodgy newsgroups. Tell us about how you came to love the internets.
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Scaryduck on 22nd Mar at 11am
Trademarks
Hollywood bigwigs are making The Hobbit pub in Southampton change its name, in case people think Peter Jackson is running it. So this week's challenge is to infringe a trademark satirically, through the medium of photoshop. Challenge suggested by benito vaselini.
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set by
Fraser on 22nd Mar at 12am
B3ta newsletter 520, out now - really hope you enjoy it this week, there's lots here. We've got 5 signed copies of Capital by John Lanchester to give away. There's a great video of all the innuendoes in Master Chef. Also a wonderful poem - An Open Letter to 1998. What are you still reading this bit for? Click it.
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published by
rob on 16th Mar at 2pm
Training courses, seminars and conferences
Inspirational or a waste of precious slacking-off time? I once went on a buzzword bingo-laden training course which ended up with my being held at gunpoint in public. Could have gone better, to be honest. Tell us your tales from either side of the lectern
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asked by
Scaryduck on 15th Mar at 3pm
Beasts of War
Dogs, horses and pigeons are all well known for being used in wars to patrol borders, carry soldiers and pass on messages. Show us the lesser known animals that have been put to use in the art of war. Challenge suggested by ferret.
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set by
Fraser on 15th Mar at 12am
B3ta newsletter 519, out now - here you go girls the newsletter is on time this week and stuffed with great stuff. Horrid spiders thing from Cyriak, your guide to cooking meaty cakes and how algorithms can be written to spot arseholes. You need to read it. OOOH! And a compo to win 1 of 5 Darth Vader shirts.
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published by
rob on 9th Mar at 2pm
Lies that went on too long
When you lie you often have to keep lying. Share your pain. When I was 15 I pretended to be 16 to help get a summer job. Then had to spend a summer with this nice shopkeeper asking me everyday if I was excited about getting my GCSE results. I felt like an utter shit. Thanks to MerseyMal for the suggestion.
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asked by
rob on 8th Mar at 9pm
Hedgehogs!
There are 17 species of hedgehog, more than enough to warrent its selection as the subject of this week's one-word image challenge: HEDGEHOGS!
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set by
Fraser on 7th Mar at 7pm
B3ta Newsletter 518 is ready to read. Stuffed to the gills, as someone clearly stopped the b3ta folks' ritalin and they've been making a million things. Cats / robots / politics / ice cream / vaccinations / geotracking / idiocy / QR codes - enjoy / ignore each of these at no-one's bidding but your own! Now!
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published by
that dave on 2nd Mar at 3pm
