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Black background with white pixelated text 'colin austin ruby' in four quadrants, each with distinct animated symbols above the text.

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Black background with white pixelated text 'colin austin ruby' in four quadrants, each with distinct animated symbols above the text.

Black background with white pixelated text 'colin austin ruby' in four quadrants, each with distinct animated symbols above the text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • heart
  • starburst

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  • colin
  • austin
  • ruby

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812031500281968037265
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
307 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/31/31f0983bc83e6d9fbd84ef0be1d7c7e6d2325a3af54d8da7c4c7e9759374573c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
31f0983bc83e6d9f
SHA-256
31f0983bc83e6d9fbd84ef0be1d7c7e6d2325a3af54d8da7c4c7e9759374573c
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200812031500281968037265
Archive entry
200812031500281968037265.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:45 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812031500281968037265.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812031500281968037265.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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