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Advanced Animated GIFs
11 Jan 2019

Advanced Animated GIFs

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Art, Fun, The Tools | 0

Let’s not get into a discussion of how to pronounce “GIF”. All I’ll say is that the creators of the format pronounced it like the peanut butter brand. Either way, my purpose this week is to share two things from … Continued

animated GIF, art, CompuServe, Etienne Jacob, food and drink, food paste, GIF, peanut butter, technology, tutorial
Trippy GIFs
11 Aug 2017

Trippy GIFs

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Art, Fun | 2

And, yes, that’s pronounced like the peanut butter by all right-minded geeks. Because that’s how the creator said it! Okay, that’s all a joke, because he didn’t actually care that much about how anyone said it, according to an interview … Continued

animation, CompuServe, computing, flash, flash forward, Friday, GIF, internet history lesson, world wide web
Woodblock GIFs
25 Sep 2015

Woodblock GIFs

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Red Herrings | 1

Those are pronounced like the spreadable peanut product, by the way, with a soft “J” sound. So, you know, don’t be a heathen and pronounce it like “gift” with the “t” left off. The creators intended it the other way. … Continued

animation, GIF, GIFMagazine.net, Mount Fuji, on-line animation, spreadable peanut product
GIF Christmas Tree
5 Dec 2014

GIF Christmas Tree

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Red Herrings | 1

That’s pronounced like the peanut butter brand, by the way. Here’s a fun, free way to get into the holiday spirit; make an animated Christmas tree graphic! Giphy is a site that collects animated GIFs.  It’s an interesting site, but … Continued

Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas music, CompuServe, GIF
Wings of Saint Nazaire
3 Oct 2014

Wings of Saint Nazaire

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Red Herrings | 1

I feel like I’ve been slacking lately, so this week, I’ve got a free game for you. Well, at least it’s a free alpha version of the game, which is still in development. But, they do say that they plan on making … Continued

Airbus, alpha, free, gamer, GIF, Saint-Nazaire, Wing Commander, X-Wing
Psychadelic GIFs
28 Mar 2014

Psychadelic GIFs

by J. K. Hoffman | posted in: Red Herrings | 1

That’s pronounced like the peanut butter brand, by the way. At least, that’s how the original creators pronounced it, back when Compuserve was a thing.  They created the GIF as a compressed graphic format to minimize data usage back in … Continued

animation, CompuServe, computing, David Szakaly, GIF, graphics file formats, Graphics Interchange Format
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