I made a 90s-era website for my friend on her birthday. The coding was straightforward enough, other than having to recreate the blink tag with CSS (RIP, <blink>). What I was worried about was whether I'd be able to easily find old school #gifs of specific things. What I had forgotten, though, was that…
THE INTERNET ARCHIVE HAS A SEARCH ENGINE SPECIFICALLY FOR GIFS FROM GEOCITIES PAGES!
Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot… But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I’ve witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I’ve seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them… but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it… ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love… And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man… A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
We haven't shared most of our #animatedgifs here on Mastodon so we decided to change that.
So, brace yourselfs for a steady stream of #GIFs since 2014 and forward. Yay!