Octet Pack

Animated Picture Microblog

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Batman (Adam West) enjoys his Bat-Cowling Attachment.

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The Story of the Animated GIF told as a fairy tale through animated gifs of Snow White.

This is the talk I gave (excitedly) at The Conference in Malmö, Sweden last Thursday, explaining the evolution of GIF from file format to cultural phenomenon.

And I told it as if it were a fairy tale.

And I told it through animated gifs.

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If you’d like to watch the 16 minute presentation that this story was prepared for, you can watch it here.

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Red cube or blue cube?—The scene from The Matrix where Neo chooses the Weighted Companion Cube.

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The scene from The Matrix where the Weighted Companion Cube wears a red dress.

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“WHAP!!”—The scene from The Matrix Revolutions where Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) is punched by the crime-fighting Neo.

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Reginald from Beartato Comics (nedroid.com) modelled in Blender 3D.

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The scene from Braveheart (1995) where William Wallace (Mel Gibson) gives us a smile.

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Wii U, PS4, Xbox One? Wrong answer, man.

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"An experiment was carried out to ascertain whether the Weighted Companion Cube feels pain."—The scene from Look Around You (Module #5: Sulphur) where the scientist fires a gun at a WCC.

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The scene from Super Mario Bros. (1993) where the Old Lady (Sylvia Harman) attacks Mario (Bob Hoskins) with a banana. (Banana photo credit: Darkone, Wikimedia Commons)

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“I LOVE INTERNET. THIS MUCH.”—The scene from Mosquito (1995) where Junior (Mike Hard) loves internet. This much.

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The scene from Lord of The Flies (1990) where Piggy (Danuel Pipoly) is crushed by the Moon from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.

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The scene from The Dark Knight where Adam West does the Batusi behind Christian Bale.

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The dream from Inception where Robert Fischer (Cillian Murphy) microwaves and eats a slice of pizza.

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“HERE’S RAPTY!”—The scene from The Shining where Wendy (Shelley Duvall) is terrified of an escaped Velociraptor from Jurassic Park.

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The scene from Portal 2 where GLaDOS incubates a Weighted Companion Cube.

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Keanu Reeves is terrified of flying.