https://github.com/davwheat/boris-johnson-covid-bingo

Do you find Boris Johnson's Coronavirus briefings ridiculously dull? Play a game of BoJo Bingo: mark off each phrase and action as they happen in real time.
https://github.com/davwheat/boris-johnson-covid-bingo

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Do you find Boris Johnson's Coronavirus briefings ridiculously dull? Play a game of BoJo Bingo: mark off each phrase and action as they happen in real time.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davwheat/boris-johnson-covid-bingo
• Owner: davwheat
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-01-06T02:45:50.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-03T17:14:26.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-03T19:27:34.626Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: borisjohnson, covid-19, govuk, uk, united-kingdom
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://borisbingo.com/
• Size: 6.42 MB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Boris Johnson COVID Briefing bingo

Do you find Boris Johnson's Coronavirus briefings ridiculously dull? Play a game of BoJo Bingo: mark off each phrase and action as they happen in real time.

## Screenshot

![](docs/1.png)

## Permalinks

Permalinks are available for every bingo board, and will always work for as long as the site exists.

## Creating your own boards

You can create your own boards! Check out [the code for how our boards are encoded](https://github.com/davwheat/boris-johnson-covid-bingo/blob/master/src/functions/EncodeGameBoard.js) for full info, but in a nutshell...

1. Create a list of all your desired entries (>256 chars will be ignored)

2. Base 64 encode them all (one by one)

3. Join all encoded entries with commas

4. Base 64 encode the comma-delimited string

5. Add final string to end of this URL: `https://borisbingo.com/?items=`

Yes, this does make the URLs super long, but it also means I need no backend store of bingo boards! Woohoo! Most social media sites also shorten and/or truncate URLs automatically, anyway.

## Contact me

The best way to get in contact is via email. You can find my email address on my GitHub profile.