This past year marked the 25th Anniversary of the Graphics Interchange Format. From its humble beginnings at Netscape, to its current prominence in today’s Tumblr-driven culture, the GIF has come a long way, bb.
All this week, in honor of the Lifetime Achievement Award GIF inventor Steve Wilhite is receiving at this year’s Webbys we will be celebrating GIF WEEK. It’s like shark week but way, way better.
And FYI, it’s pronounced “jiff.” And that’s according to the guy who invented it. If you have any problems with that, take it up with this guy.
I’ll be cold and buried before I recognize the soft G.
We stand with Bugs.
Jiff? No. Never. IDC.
A gentleman who bears more than a passing resemblance to Jay Z hangs about in New York in 1939.
Time Lord.
NOOOO!!! Jay Z already has it all. Now he’s a Time Lord on top of it? I suppose his 1943 was better than his 1924s…
Don’t let Cam’ron find this. Or the Daleks.
he couldn’t die till he made a billion
Illuminati Time Travel
I know I got told “black don’t crack” but y’all should’ve also added that a condition of blackness is immortality…
Sick Sad World: Classist justice
Far too often, I’ve heard radical queers and feminists, in their hipster garb, talking their academic jargon about checking one’s privilege and being accountable, and in the…
So this is actually the best flashmob you’re ever going to see.
truly this is the flash mob of flash mobs
Wow. Do not even have words for how perfect this is.
A+ museum advert
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IM GONNA SCREAM
Phllp hug
Lolz I’m good y’allO To
ahahahahth go goodbye world
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(justin timberlake, attorney at law)
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This morning, I logged onto tumblr and twitter (as I do) and found quite a few people I follow retweeting or reblogging into my feed a tumblr called Reasons My Son Is Crying. I’m not going to link because I don’t like it but you’ve probably seen it already anyway. I looked at the first page and…
npr:
Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.
#signofthetimes
The end is nigh.
I think this is freaking excellent and important and A+, good work MLA
libraries have to change with the times
academia has to change with the times
information has to change with the timesthis very useful. all the writer needs to do is clarify context. i dig it.
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so i cleared my throat today and
and then someone poked me in the side so I laughed
and THEN I FUCKING SNEEZED
and that’s what it’s like being on the second day of your period
i hope this has been educational
The accuracy of this post is staggering.
True facts.
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