There was something very comforting about the Internet in People just made a homepage and left it up there. So pointless. So gaudy. So wonderful. Geocities, ho! As a medium, any website is eternally under construction. Under construction GIFs always made heavy use of construction work imagery, which was funny to me… since construction on a website is pretty much the opposite degree of labor as construction on, say, a house. Along that same line, for some reason, e-mail animated GIFs always made heavy use of regular mail imagery, like envelopes, stamps and mailboxes. Ten years ago, many a person took a class where one of the big assignments was to make their own homepage.

Here's the great Carl Hubbell side-arming it against the even greater Babe Ruth back in 1935.
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When your job is to explore space and discover all there is to know about the universe, you have to be. Making GIFs. By NASA. NASA shocked and thrilled social media users when it revealed a new Giphy account. The account features nearly GIFs and counting with content ranging from astronauts doing flips in space to animations of planets orbiting the sun. You can watch GIFs of robotic arms repairing equipment in space and the learn about the new landing technique for the Mars Rover. Since its inception, NASA has invested in public education. You need to speak with visual content — content like GIFs. Engaging and emotional images are a powerful way to connect with your audience — especially if you are targeting a younger, more internet-savvy group.
On the occasion of our unveiling of the all-time single-season Giants team, let us take a moment to celebrate the essence of Carl Hubbell. The "Meal Ticket" was an ace lefty who spent each of his 16 major-league seasons with the Giants and along the way won games and posted an ERA of 2. Thanks in large part to his famous screwball and sidearm delivery, Hubbell earned election to the Hall of Fame in , his fourth year on the ballot. And speaking of that sidearm slot, here's some action-news footage from that shows Hubbell coming inside on Babe Ruth, who was playing his one and only season with the Boston Braves at the end of his matchless career Grainy, yes, but you get the idea. This doesn't appear to be Hubbell's famous screwball, as that pitch thrown by a lefty necessitates a clockwise snap of the wrist, which doesn't seem to be happening here.