may all their pain be champagne

Gif, also known as Jif | Media | The Guardian

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:32:09 -0400

Gif, also known as Jif | Media | The Guardian:

Gif passnotes:

Name: Gif.

Age: 26.

Appearance: A cat falling into a toilet, for ever.

Why are we talking about Gifs? Is one trending on Twitter? Is it a girl bouncing on a trampoline without a bra again? Nope, it’s the inventor of the Gif, Steven Wilhite.

Steven Wilhite has been bouncing on a trampoline without a bra? Get your mind out of the gutter. He has been voicing his concern that we have all been mispronouncing the word “Gif” for the past two decades.

Have we? You mean people exist in this world who say the word “Gif” out loud? Yes. And they’ve been using a hard G when they’ve done it, like “gosh” or “gorilla” or “git”.

And presumably it’s supposed to have a soft G? That’s right, like “Germany” or “gin” or “Gee, does any of this even matter?”

Does it even matter? Apparently it does. Wilhite picked up a lifetime achievement Webby for his invention this week and took the opportunity to conclusively state that “It is a soft ‘G’, pronounced ‘jif’. End of story.”

Well, that’s us told. What does Gif stand for, anyway? Graphics Interchange Format.

But “graphics” starts with a hard G. Shouldn’t Gif start with a hard G too? Stop it, you’re only complicating things.

I always knew it was pronounced “jif”

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:49:10 -0400

wetheurban: #DESIGN: The Instagram Socialmatic Camera Is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:48:00 -0400

wetheurban:

#DESIGN: The Instagram Socialmatic Camera Is REAL

The idea of the Socialmatic Camera created by the folks of Instagram has been in construction ever since the social site reached popularity around May of 2012. I mean, what could be better than the ability to print Polaroid’s of your favorite, filtered pictures?

After originally being presented back in February, the creators of the Socialmatic camera will be teaming up with the Polaroid brand to bring this vision to real life and you can see the idea in their announcement video after the jump:

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asciencelive: Lil Wayne - How to Love

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:09 -0400

asciencelive:

Lil Wayne - How to Love

vanityfair: Vanity Fair in the age of dizzying, glittering...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:15 -0400

vanityfair:

Vanity Fair in the age of dizzying, glittering hedonism | September 1924

dcmetropeople: Little did he know… Submitted by Pablo...

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:02:04 -0400

dcmetropeople:

Little did he know…

Submitted by Pablo Benavente

Ahahaha

runreadrepeat: Sometimes I really believe I’m over this relationship and then I find photos, or his...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:59:11 -0400

runreadrepeat:

Sometimes I really believe I’m over this relationship and then I find photos, or his old band stuff, or a card and it starts to hurt again.

Gpoy

Hello, delicious #proteinshake #noms

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:14 -0400

Hello, delicious #proteinshake #noms

iwdrm: “Go and love some more.” Harold and Maude (1971)

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:47:07 -0400

iwdrm:

“Go and love some more.”

Harold and Maude (1971)

motherjones: bostonreview: The deadline for the BR Poetry...

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:20:16 -0400

motherjones:

bostonreview:

The deadline for the BR Poetry Contest is two weeks from today! Enter online for a chance to win $1,500 and be published in the pages of Boston Review: http://ow.ly/lcqnQ

Siren!

robot-heart: I love bikes (by magic fly paula)

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:45 -0400

robot-heart:

I love bikes (by magic fly paula)

flavorpill: Nostalgic Drawings of Strangers’ Mixtapes Feelings...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:18:29 -0400

flavorpill:

Nostalgic Drawings of Strangers’ Mixtapes

Feelings tapes

"Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:10:20 -0400

“Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive.”

- Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (via libranta)

timeshaiku: A haiku from the article: ‘Woke Up Lonely,’ by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:09:52 -0400

timeshaiku:

A haiku from the article: ‘Woke Up Lonely,’ by Fiona Maazel

Found on my run: …I should run slower by children at play?...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:42 -0400

Found on my run: …I should run slower by children at play? In Verona? #roadsigns #running #suburbia

If only I could get there

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:02:51 -0400

If only I could get there

"Who gives a fuck about your first love. Give a big round of applause for your second love, because..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:55:41 -0400

“Who gives a fuck about your first love. Give a big round of applause for your second love, because they taught you love still exists after you thought it never could again.”

- (via kristinamarie)

"So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:48:55 -0400

“So you plant your own garden and
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting
for someone to bring you flowers.”

- Jorge Luis Borges (via Swanfeather Songs)

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Thu, 16 May 2013 13:34:09 -0400

Or whatever gets you by

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:10:49 -0400

Or whatever gets you by