Archive for March, 2007

“I walked by my-self like a rain thing”

Monday, March 26th, 2007

Just reading this list of 500 Most Commonly Used Words in the English Language and I thought I’d attempt to transpose a famous poem using only these words.

I walked by my-self like a rain thing
that flys on high over up-side-down mountain and mountain
When all at once I saw many people
A group, of gold plants;
Be-side the round ground water, under the trees
moving in the wind

Ok, that’s your starter for ten. Can YOU re-write a famous poem or song? Go on, give it a go and add it to the comments.

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Back button breaks Internet advertising

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

Just a quick observation – I was just looking at YouTube and as I clicked onto another page, a banner ad caught my eye.

It was something to do with a Cadburys Creme Egg user group. I was curious because a few years ago, I pitched for a job for them (rejected pitch here), and I’m wondering what they are up to.

Anyways, so I hit the back button and the page displays a different ad.

This strikes me as ironic, as about the the first time in years I actually wanted to click on a banner ad, I couldn’t.

Surely the web should work better than this by now? If a bit of content is on a page, then it should stay on the page?

Yes, I know I can use Google to find the page, but that’s not the point.

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Tranny or Granny

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Haven’t made an either/or quiz in three years or so, so I thought – like a dog returns to his vomit – I’d have another go.

As this is my blog, rather than the B3ta Newsletter, I’ll give you some geeky background that I wouldn’t normally bore people with as no one gives a shit.

  • I’ve rejigged the javascript back-end so that one bit of code now controls all the either/or games such as Female or Shemale and Man milk or Moo Milk.
  • The code no supports image reveals. Not that essential in Tranny or Granny, but might be useful in the future.
  • New layout – using the width of the screen rather than a big scroll.
  • Spent a fair bit of time making the backing music. Found that Garageband is bloody awesome. It allows me to make quick music ideas without fighting the technology.

    Anyways, If you want to play, the click the magic URL: http://www2.b3ta.com/bigquiz/trannyorgranny/

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