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Blue and red gradient background with white text reading "I love Alex 4Life!" in four identical quadrants, each containing a small circular red glow.

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Blue and red gradient background with white text reading "I love Alex 4Life!" in four identical quadrants, each containing a small circular red glow.

Blue and red gradient background with white text reading "I love Alex 4Life!" in four identical quadrants, each containing a small circular red glow. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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  • I
  • love
  • Alex 4Life!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080915160818985459282
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a7/a78ff4c7d8101bdb9b859dec91061825cfbf03fffa0c67855937057d95a85a20.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a78ff4c7d8101bdb
SHA-256
a78ff4c7d8101bdb9b859dec91061825cfbf03fffa0c67855937057d95a85a20
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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
20080915160818985459282
Archive entry
20080915160818985459282.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080915160818985459282.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080915160818985459282.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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