For some, it’s just a big sandbox in the sky.
[Found here.]
Category: LOL Things
Professional Shadow Puppetry
I can make a pretty good rabbit, donkey, swan and an elephant, but those three are professionals.
Yeah, I know, so don’t bother. XD
[Found here.]
Update: Greetings to all you folks who came here from Gentlemint. Have a look around, just leave some breadcrumbs so you can find your way back out again. Tip o’ the tarboosh to Pets Lady for the links, and both sites have been added to our blogroll.
“Now Take A Deep Breast.”
Now Freeze
[Found here.]
Chock Full O’ Vitamin Z
The .Gif Friday Post No.235 – 3 Polaroid LOLS & The First .GIF
16 June was the 25th Birthday of GIFs, according to Fast Company. We missed it, but we’re going to make up for the oversight.
“Choosy programmers choose GIF,” quipped Steve Wilhite of CompuServe, after he created the GIF image compression file format in 1987. It allowed for sequenced upload delays necessary for embedded animations. There’s a nice history of the now ubiquitous .gif on Daily Dot.
Animations above via Cari Vander Yacht. Tip o’ the tarboosh to OddMan for the GIF Birthday link, and here’s the Tacky Raccoons GIF Archive that includes Bunk’s Originals.
____________________________________________________________
UPDATE: In the interview with Daily Dot (linked above) Steve Wilhite said that he thought the first .GIF animation was of an airplane. This is one of the first that I ever captured, several computers ago:
Here it is, all blowed up, in 5 frames of pixellated glory:
Is this the first .gif animation Wilhite was referring to? I don’t know, but it’s a contender.
[Update 2: Fixed broken link to Daily Dot.]
How Hot Was It?
[Found here.]
Look. There.
FAMOUS CRYSTAL CAVE
Pennsylvania
Ice Cream Cone FormationThis great Natural Underground wonder, discovered 1871, is located a short distance off U.S. 222 bertween Allentown and Reading or via U.S. 22. Visited by thousands of persons annually. Trained Guides, Beautiful illuminations. Picnic Park.
Visited by thousands. [Found here.]
LaserCat Charging Station
[Found in here.]
Tacky Raccoons 
