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Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right.

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Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right.

Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Aaro…

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Composition

  • two figures side-by-side
  • text on right
  • blurred background

Dense Caption

Two pixelated figures with long blonde hair stand side-by-side; the left figure wears a dark sleeveless top with a red heart-shaped design and dark pants, while the right figure wears a light-colored sleeveless top and dark pants. The background shows a blurred outdoor scene with muted colors. On the right side of the image, text reads "the simple life" in gray with a pink underline, followed by "on" in white, and "FOX" in large orange letters with a blue base. The image has a low-resolution, pixelated style typical of early 2000s digital art.

Description

  • Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance era: 2005
  • provenance collection-attribute: 2005
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: animated-gif
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance collection-attribute: homemade
  • provenance topic-coverage: homemade animation
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance source-type: live GeoCities mirror of a creator-authored AIM gallery
  • provenance era: Mid-2000s Homemade AIM Animation

Metadata Only Entities

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  • provenance collection-attribute: 2005
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: animated-gif
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance collection-attribute: homemade
  • provenance topic-coverage: homemade animation
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance source-type: live GeoCities mirror of a creator-authored AIM gallery
  • provenance era: Mid-2000s Homemade AIM Animation

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • two figures simple life fox
  • simple life on fox pixelated
  • the simple life fox text
  • pixelated figures simple life

Visible Text

  • the simple life
  • on
  • FOX

Wordwall

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  • long blonde hair
  • red heart design
  • dark pants
  • light sleeveless top
  • blurred outdoor background
  • gray text
  • pink underline
  • white text
  • orange text
  • blue base
  • low-resolution pixelated style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Aaron's Authored Animated AIM Buddy Icons

Source title
Aaron's Authored Animated AIM Buddy Icons
Category
first-person collection of homemade animated AIM icons created in Paint and assembled with period freeware
Era
Mid-2000s Homemade AIM Animation
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 08:18 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 08:18 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Assessed
August 25, 2026 at 00:16 UTC
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Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right.

Reviewed
August 25, 2026 at 00:08 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,861 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,114, response 902

Review tags

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Colors

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  • white
  • orange
  • blue
  • red
  • dark
  • light

Composition

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  • text on right
  • blurred background

Dense Caption

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Description

  • Two pixelated figures stand side-by-side against a blurred outdoor background, with text reading "the simple life on FOX" on the right.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance collection-attribute: 2005
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  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
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  • provenance collection-attribute: homemade
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  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance source-type: live GeoCities mirror of a creator-authored AIM gallery
  • provenance era: Mid-2000s Homemade AIM Animation

Metadata Only Entities

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  • dark pants
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Run
52
Version
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Aaron's Authored Animated AIM Buddy Icons (geocities-ws-norcarba-authored-aim-icons)
Kind
image-list
Era
Mid-2000s Homemade AIM Animation
Type
live GeoCities mirror of a creator-authored AIM gallery
Category
first-person collection of homemade animated AIM icons created in Paint and assembled with period freeware
Title
Aaron's Authored Animated AIM Buddy Icons
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sl
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 08:18 UTC
Rights
creator-authored personal-web animation; research/reference only by default
Slice
first-person collection of homemade animated AIM icons created in Paint and assembled with period freeware
Original: https://www.geocities.ws/norcarba/sl.gif Download: https://www.geocities.ws/norcarba/sl.gif