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Pixelated text with brown letters on olive background, yellow highlight boxes shifting across to emphasize different words

Pixelated text with brown letters on olive background, yellow highlight boxes shifting across to emphasize different words. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • I
  • EAT
  • BOOKS
  • FOR
  • BREAKFAST

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090319175225538346493
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
711 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f4/f45b8a9bfacee79850ac7377e87db15d11a5e05b6d30fc955518590670443725.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f45b8a9bfacee798
SHA-256
f45b8a9bfacee79850ac7377e87db15d11a5e05b6d30fc955518590670443725
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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
20090319175225538346493
Archive entry
20090319175225538346493.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:54 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#20090319175225538346493.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090319175225538346493.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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