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Pixelated image of a piano keyboard with overlaid text and symbols, showing animated transitions between different text arrangements.

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Pixelated image of a piano keyboard with overlaid text and symbols, showing animated transitions between different text arrangements.

Pixelated image of a piano keyboard with overlaid text and symbols, showing animated transitions between different text arrangements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • <3 symbol

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  • Sing Us A Song Piano Man
  • Uncle Mark <3
  • )<3<3<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071017194329199933106
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fe/fef5fa5884990e1a288001ce0c5c51e3da9d8420aba0737214f91f2767d2e583.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fef5fa5884990e1a
SHA-256
fef5fa5884990e1a288001ce0c5c51e3da9d8420aba0737214f91f2767d2e583
Full source records (1)

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
20071017194329199933106
Archive entry
20071017194329199933106.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:50 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#20071017194329199933106.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071017194329199933106.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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