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"WHAT'S GOT TWO THUMBS AND OPENS NEWSLETTERS?" This Week: * "WEBSITE" - HappyToast launches site * LO-FI SCI-FI - introducing 'Starship Impossible' * MOVING PICTURES - Yes, the technology now exists ------------------------------------------------- ________ ____ __ ___ ____/ _)|_ // /_/ _ | "We're shitting up the ___/ _ |/_ </ __/ __ | the internet bog __/____/____/\__/_/ |_| ... together" wibble email 772 - 28 May 2021 Read this issue if you like, who the fuck cares? http://wibble.com/newsletter/issue772 ------------------------------------------------- : HEBTRO SPONSORSHIP Yes, buy lovely woolly socks Do you own feet at the end of your legs? Well Hebtroco have a product called "socks" that work as kind of innertubes for your shoes so that you don't have to throw away your shoes every day. Buy some now, they're toasty and warm and will save you a fortune. https://hebtro.co/product-category/sock_range/ ------------------------------------------------- : WHAT wibble PEOPLE MADE THIS WEEK Other than sculpting toe-jam again * NEW HAPPY TOAST SITE - Matt Round has been working with HappyToast to revamp his site. It's all great but we'd direct you to the animation section for some old school wibblen action: https://happytoast.co.uk/animation/ * MOVING PICTURES - "I made these pictures move" writes drivelsieve, "from the news" - if you like photos from the news, moving in amusing ways, by golly are you in luck. https://wibble.com/links/I_made_these_pictures_move_... * THE LO-FI SCI-FI OF STARSHIP IMPOSSIBLE - The Brothers McLeod write "Greg and I have made some more silly animations - this time a lo-fi sci-fi, made in collaboration with Misfit. It's half an hour, but in 12 parts, and it's over on YouTube." This is a great style, going lo-fi in the age where it's easy to make shiny shit really makes it stand out. https://wibble.com/links/Starship_Impossible_Lo_fi_S... ------------------------------------------------- : FESSHOLE Your confessions, relentlessly processed into content * TWITCH - "My 12 year old son recently started to stream on twitch. After weeks of zero interactions he was ecstatic to announce that he had not only a viewer but a follower also. I've never seen a happier human being. I am that follower. He can never know." * SCOTLAND - "We live in a remote cottage in Scotland. Whenever a vehicle comes down the drive, I narrow my eyes and imagine turning to my wife and saying: 'Take the children inside' because my gangland enemies have found us and are coming to take their revenge. It's usually just the postman." * DUMPED - "I once finished with a girl by text because I couldn`t be arsed to drive the half hour there & the half hour back. Didn't matter because she turned up at mine & punched me in the face anyway." Why not join the 138,000 people who should know better? Link goes to the best of April so it's worth a click even though we regret selecting so many going "take my wife" ones coz we didn't read it back properly. https://twitter.com/fesshole/status/13972209463276... ------------------------------------------------- : SITES IN BRIEF Stuff made by other people in the content mines * IS THIS THE COOLEST MAN IN THE UK? - house wall collapse narrowly misses pedestrian and he just keeps walking. Filmed via someone's doorbell because we live in the future and it's shit. https://wibble.com/links/House_wall_collapse_narrowl... * MUSIC TO WORK TO - A relaxing mix of soviet synth pop. Okay, so it's basically just a playlist with a URL, but like designing the sleeve of a mix-tape, personalising a site makes it more special than a boring Spotify link. https://newsovietwave.com * STUNNING 256 BYTE C64 DEMO - proving once and for all that the best 8-bit computer was the Oric 1. https://linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/ * ONE DIMENSIONAL CHESS - After hearing all the Q idiots bang on about Trump playing 3D Chess, this person thought they'd see how 1D Chess plays out. For your printer or Steam, depending how old you are. https://gumroad.com/l/1DChess * DOOM CAPTCHA - we all hate having to find the traffic lights every time Google thinks we're a robot - but come into this better future where we can play Doom instead. https://vivirenremoto.github.io/doomcaptcha/ * GRUMBLE BLOG - This is some impressive grudge holding. The writer has been doing a sarcastic geekier-than-you round up of the stories on Hacker News since 2016 (in Comic Sans, obviously). It actually makes for quite a useful overview of what's going on over there. http://n-gate.com ------------------------------------------------- : IMAGE CHALLENGE Make Britain Great Again The devastating impact of nul points at Eurovision has hammered home just how much the world hates the UK. Show us what it would take to make the world like the British Isles. Crack open Photoshop and Make Britain Great Again. http://wibble.com/challenge/makebritaingreatagain/po... ------------------------------------------------- : FOLLOW UP What happened next on previous story, singular * GO DOTTY READY TO SHIP - Old wibblen Breel writes, "Go Dotty -- fully funded and now in production, order today to get your copy before Christmas." Well done, and well done to the wibblens who helped crowdfund this a couple of years back. https://www.godottygame.com/shop/ ------------------------------------------------- : STAR IN NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE Three / free ideas for you to jizz into reality * LEAVE A SHIT ON THE BOSS'S DESK AUGMENTED REALITY - well we've explained it in the caps, just go build it. * A MAKE YOU FEEL OLD MACHINE - Miles Hunt of the Wonder Stuff is now the same age as Arthur in the first series of Minder. * GINJA - rewrite all board games so that the losers get very drunk. Or high. We dunno. Hungry Trippos. Go on, make some stuff, you lazy fucking fuckwits: https://wibble.com/mailus/ ------------------------------------------------- : PATREON THANKS We love all these people. Almost sexually. *HEBTROCO* *JAMES O'BRIEN* *KATE* *MARK MCCREADIE* *MR PHIL DONNELLY* *SHOWRAT* *SIMON JAMES* *STOOBERT* 24-7 DEATH, ALAN CHARLTON, ALISTAIR, BRIAN EELES, CHRIS BLAKENEY, CHRIS CARLINE, CHRIS LOCKE, CRISS MORENO, IAN SHEEN, JAIMIE VANDENBERGH, MARK ADAMSON, RICHARD BARCLAY, SPAZZCAPTAIN, WENDY GOODE, NAT KING COLESLAW, ALBERT MARSHMALLOW, DANIEL MUDFORD, CARL DENCH Ed Zitron, Eugenie vT, Tom Dolan, Tom Wright, lee burnett, Richard Matthias, @mattdawhit, Adam Atack, Adam Cooney, Adam Lloyd, Adrian Woodfield, Al Davidson, Albion Gray, Andy Storrar, Andy Tillett, Andy Webber, Anna, Anne-Marie Scott, Ben Watson, Bertram Wooster, blossomshed, Carl Morgan, Catherine McAllister, Chris Evans, Chris Shaw, Craig Tonks, Damien Smith, Dan Stott, Daniel Brown, Dave Nattriss, Dave Tickle, David Ault, David Catley, David Gardiner, David King, David Mills, Derek Law, Dominic Haigh, Emma Lay, Eric von Borstel, Faith H. 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Kramer, sean casely, Simon Cowan, Simon Holmes, Simon McDougall, Simon waterfall, Stephen Waller, Steve Anglesey, Steven Smith, Stuart Ashen, Tim Jokl, Tim Mouncer, Tim Weaver, Tom Crick, Tom Rees-Williams, Tom Ryan, TownsendsPublisher, Wil Hadden, Will Goulden, AuntieSash Hazlewood, Byron Geoffrey Farrow, Chef Twat, Chris Gough, Chris Whitworth, Craig Turner, Daniel Chote, Fergus McKay, fourstar, Geoff Tidey, Geoffrey Balme, Graham Licence, James Macinnes, John Higgs, Jonty Wareing, Mick Curtis, Rhys Wynne, Rob Affleck, Chris Saunders, George Preston, James O'Malley, Martin Davies, Mike Middleton, Bex Cook, Hannah Chubb, Ben Ward, James Pearson, Shane McHugh, Stevey Garland, Ciarn R, Craig Liddell, Helen Gaskell, Christopher Orr, Will Moody, Nick Morgan, Ben Brice, David Green, Justin Brett, Louise Allen, Robin, Gavin Tommey, Stuart Richards, Tobie Fysh, Pete, Carl Mesner Lyons, Chris Johnson, Emma Sykes, Jan Spielhoff, Mike Congreve, Sean Flanagan, Tom Freke, Sam Anderson, Jess Baker, Adam Beardwood, David Stark, Julie Brumlik, Alastair Dodd, Alexandre Strube, Andrew Robinson, Andy Candler, Connor Parslow, Craig Naples, Daniel Moeller, Duncan STrickland, Harry, Irene Semanchuk, Joseph Mulvaney, Michael Kitt, Nicky Hewgill, Paul Topping, peter royal, Richard Speed, Sentient Meatbag, Tim Beachy, Dominic Le Garsmeur, Mark Benson, Danny Kodicek, Deny Coughlan, Nick Kent, Russ Anderson, Adam Kaczmarek, Andrea Vail, Andy Shirling, Ben Chapman, ben cowell-thomas, Ben Groom, Ben Sugden, Cat Conner, Centuries of Sound, Claire Allen, Claire Zolkwer, Darren John Harris, Dave The Hammer Parry, David Bond, David Ellinor, Daz Wright, Emily Payne, Emma Nicol, FuzzyFreaks, Gary Sharp, Gwyn Fisher, Hugh Noble, Iain M Barker, Ilya olak-Anti, Jennifer Moquin, Jim Lucking, John M, Jon Bounds, Lee Ball, Louis E, Lyra Jay, Marc Lindberg, mark madgwick, Matt Carr, Michael Bryan, Mr Flibble, Neil Ives, Nick, Nigel Ford, Oli, Paul Bayfield, Paul Slade, Peter Wood, Phil Barns, Rachel Tougas, Richard Abraham, Richard Midwinter, Robert Purkis, Robert Simpson, Rohan, Sam Brown, Seirian Hanner, Sham Courtney, Simon Lumb, Stephen McAuley, Stewart C. Russell, Stphane, Swedemason, Ted Bowyer, Thepfy, Tim Polglase, Tom Clark, Tony East, wigglywigglyworm, Adam Tickner, Al Napp, Andrew Harris, Bobod, Chris Ward, Jace Otting, James Meers, John Griffiths, Paul Mancini, Rob Potter, Tanya Kant, Victoria Wood, Graham Freeman, Caroline Kahn, Matt. EDITORIAL THANKS: Monkeon & Matt Round additional links; HappyToast for image challenge help; and Dr Dunno for something or other. Proofing by Kat E. And thank you to newish Patreons Ben Rout, Tim Clarke, Simon Balch, Clemence Saussez, Derek Colley. Martin Pritchard, Stephanie Wissinger, Dion Ashton and Paul Blanchard. Thanks to EVEN NEWER ONES: Fadgebadger, Mark (Mavis), Joshua Rackstraw, Mike Stringer, Eliot Beer, Harri Bionic, Chris Lindley, Stuart B, Jon Morris Smith, Daniel Malbon, James Heaver and Phil Lovell. And further thanks to newer ones: Ben Oliver, James Wise, Claire Turner, Omnipiss, Lindsay Mclaughlin, Mellyfish, Simon Edwards, Dave Wong & Stafford Lawrence. 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