Permanent icon record
Animated contact sheet of a surfing-themed AIM buddy icon showing frame-by-frame motion with text "I'D RATHER BE SURFING" over an aerial ocean scene with surfers and star decorations.
Animated contact sheet of a surfing-themed AIM buddy icon showing frame-by-frame motion with text "I'D RATHER BE SURFING" over an aerial ocean scene with surfers and star decorati…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures
- Source title
- 1117978771_320235033
- Category
- images / icons / recreation / surfing
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival
- Source title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / recreation / surfing
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 11:01 UTC
Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard
- Source title
- Character icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
- Category
- aim icons / character / page6 / character icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
- Era
- Mid-2000s AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 22:33 UTC
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs
- Source title
- 25650
- Category
- img / icon
- Era
- Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 11, 2026 at 21:54 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 5.1 KB
- Motion
- Animated (10 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/6a/6ae835de092460c66958ed2f605a09b00a9ffbfe94d9f51cd971121cd51f9b5e.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:09 UTC
- Archive ID
- 6ae835de092460c6
- SHA-256
- 6ae835de092460c66958ed2f605a09b00a9ffbfe94d9f51cd971121cd51f9b5e
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 22, 2026 at 18:25 UTC
- Run
- 93
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.090911
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 12, 2026 at 06:15 UTC
- Run
- 28
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.950000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
Animated contact sheet of a surfing-themed AIM buddy icon showing frame-by-frame motion with text "I'D RATHER BE SURFING" over an aerial ocean scene with surfers and star decorations.
- Reviewed
- July 12, 2026 at 06:15 UTC
- Run
- 28
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 15,578 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 3,153, response 1,328
Review tags
- text (object, 0.95)
- surfing (subject, 0.95)
- gray background (background, 0.90)
- 48x48 pixels (dimension, 0.90)
- blue text (object, 0.90)
- pixel art (style, 0.90)
- ocean (subject, 0.90)
- animation (medium, 0.85)
- stars (object, 0.85)
- surf trails (object, 0.85)
- retro (style, 0.85)
Actions
- surfing
- shifting stars
Animation
- stars shift position between frames
- text alignment varies slightly per frame
- surfer figures maintain consistent positions with minor motion effects
Animation Summary
Frame-by-frame animation shows subtle motion effects with stars shifting positions across frames while maintaining consistent ocean/surf imagery and blue text placement.
Colors
- turquoise
- blue
- white
- light purple
- gray
Composition
- aerial perspective
- left-aligned text
- star decorations on right edge
- consistent frame layout
Dense Caption
The image displays a 4x3 contact sheet containing 10 animated frames from a single AIM buddy icon. Each frame features the phrase "I'D RATHER BE SURFING" in bold blue pixelated text on the left side, set against an aerial view of turquoise ocean water with white surf trails and two small dark figures representing surfers. The background includes scattered light purple and white star decorations along the right edge and top corners. Frame-to-frame animation shows subtle variations: stars shift position (some frames have 4-5 visible stars), text placement shifts slightly, and the surfer figures' positions change minimally across frames. The overall style is retro pixel art with limited color palette typical of early internet graphics. A gray background surrounds the contact sheet grid indicating transparency in the original icon. Each frame maintains consistent composition with blue water, white surf lines, and star decorations while showing minor motion effects through changing star placements and text alignment.
Description
Animated contact sheet of a surfing-themed AIM buddy icon showing frame-by-frame motion with text "I'D RATHER BE SURFING" over an aerial ocean scene with surfers and star decorations.
Identity Hypotheses
- Id Rather Be Surfing | basis both | 0.9 | exact text matches visible phrase and source hints
Metadata Not Confirmed By Image
- source hints mention specific character names or brands not visible in image
- category "recreation" supported but no other recreation details visible
Metadata Only Entities
- MyOldIcons API reference
- 1108240425_1422632411.gif filename
- brad822 surf character name
Metadata Supported By Image
- surfing theme is visually confirmed by ocean/surf imagery
- text phrase matches visible text exactly
- retro pixel art style consistent with early 2000s internet graphics
Mood
- relaxed
- recreational
- nostalgic
Named Entities
- Id Rather Be Surfing
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- surfing buddy icon
- id rather be surfing text
- aerial ocean surfing animation
- blue pixelated surfing text
- retro AIM surfing icon
- surfing star decorations
Objects
- ocean water
- surf trails
- text block
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet contains 10 sampled frames from animated icon
- 4x3 grid layout
- gray background indicates transparency in original icon
- review image size 1024x768 pixels
Safety Notes
- non-explicit surfing theme with cartoonish surfers, no nudity or explicit content
Source Metadata Interpretation
non-authoritative source hints suggest surfing recreation theme, AIM buddy icons, and MyOldIcons collection with possible "Id Rather Be Surfing" title reference
Style
- retro pixel art
- low-resolution graphics
- AIM buddy icon style
Subjects
- surfers
- stars
Visible Text
- I'D RATHER BE SURFING
Visually Supported Entities
- surfing culture icon
- AIM buddy icon collection
Wordwall
- aerial ocean view
- turquoise water
- white surf trails
- two surfer figures
- blue pixelated text
- "I'D RATHER BE SURFING"
- light purple stars
- white stars
- star decorations on right edge
- text shifts slightly between frames
- stars move position frame-to-frame
- surfing theme icon
- retro pixel art style
- 48x48 pixel dimensions
- gray background transparency
- contact sheet layout 4x3
- frame-by-frame animation
- small dark surfer figures
- blue text with white outline
- star positions vary per frame
- ocean water texture
- surf trail patterns
- text alignment changes
- pixelated font style
Raw JSON
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}Source semantic tags (17)
Full source records (4)
Wayback CDX OriginalIcons Image Icons GIF Captures (wayback-originalicons-image-icons-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- images / icons / recreation / surfing
- Alt
- 1117978771_320235033
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 04:52 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- OriginalIcons category image folders with celebrity, entertainment, holiday, and user-submitted buddy icons
Original: http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Recreation/Surfing/1117978771_320235033.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20071214131935id_/http://www.originalicons.com/images/icons/Recreation/Surfing/1117978771_320235033.gif
MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons Revival (myoldicons-originalicons)
- Kind
- myoldicons-api
- Era
- Recovered 2000s Icon Portal
- Type
- current recovered OriginalIcons API
- Category
- myoldicons / recreation / surfing
- Title
- MyOldIcons / OriginalIcons API
- Alt
- 1108240425_1422632411.gif | brad822 surf | animated | myoldicons id 206724
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 11:01 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and user-submitted material; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- recovered large-scale AIM icon and away-message archive with category, subcategory, filename, keyword, and animation metadata
Original: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Recreation/Surfing/1117978771_320235033.gif Download: https://myoldicons.com/icons/Recreation/Surfing/1117978771_320235033.gif Page: https://myoldicons.com/api/icons?category=recreation
Wayback Buddy-Icons.info Remaining Category Portal Shard (wayback-buddy-icons-info-remaining-categories-portal)
- Kind
- static-gallery
- Era
- Mid-2000s AIM Portal
- Type
- Internet Archive preserved categorized AIM icon portal
- Category
- aim icons / character / page6 / character icons for aim msn myspace and yahoo
- Title
- Character icons for AIM, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo
- Alt
- Id Rather Be Surfing
- Observed
- July 10, 2026 at 22:33 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- remaining AIM portal categories spanning identity, emotion, school, holidays, sports, symbols, and everyday culture
Original: http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/25650.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/img/icon/25650.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20080106214606id_/http://www.buddy-icons.info/aim-icons/Id_Rather_Be_Surfing.html
Wayback CDX Buddy-Icons.info Native AIM Icon GIFs (wayback-buddy-icons-info-img-icon-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-to-Late-2000s AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback direct native asset enumeration
- Category
- img / icon
- Alt
- 25650
- Observed
- July 11, 2026 at 21:54 UTC
- Rights
- mixed user-submitted and licensed imagery; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- native Buddy-Icons.info AIM icon assets spanning user submissions, fandom, identity, relationships, school, sports, music, movies, and celebrity culture
Original: http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/25650.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20101027204328id_/http://buddy-icons.info/img/icon/25650.gif