GIF

GIF ... you know, the "bitmap image format [...] introduced by CompuServe in 1987 [that] has [...] come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability."

Remember The Hampster Dance? This Internet meme has, according to Wikipedia, "four simple animated GIFs". And an awesome soundtrack. I remember this from back in the day.

I thought of this when I was reading some of the items Jill shared on Reader, in particular, a post that linked to gifbin.com. [Note: Be forewarned if you choose to visit the site -- the few clicks I did from that post had some NSFW advertisements. For that reason, I'm linking to the image URL and not the page with it and all the comments...]

Something Educational:

And the link to one of the original Hubble/NASA photos.

And, a funny soccer moment:


And, for good measure, a sweet chair trick:


Anyway...

What are some of your favorite GIFs? Share away in the comments!

Jeopardy, Part 1

What does Jeopardy have to do with Technology and Innovation, you ask? Well, probably nothing. I just couldn't think of which blog I wanted to post this on. But I guess the nexus is that, in the process, I learned more about HTML and adding multimedia to my blog.

First, the HTML:
<embed autoplay="false" controller="true" height="286" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="http://flash.sonypictures.com/video/tv/shows/jeopardy/howdies/092109/Diane_A.mp4" width="496" /></embed>

Now, the video:

Diane is a colleague of mine whose dream was to go on Jeopardy. And she did! This is her "howdie" to folks back home. She enjoyed the experience and made some new friends out of the trip.

Part 2, if I ever find it, will be a link to the actual show (if anyone knows where to get them, she played on the 21-Sep-09 air date). SPOILER ALERT: Di didn't do as well as she hoped.

You won't believe this

[Have I used this post title before?]

Ok, maybe you will.

The buttons at a crosswalk don't work.* Seriously, check out this New York Times article titled, "For Exercise in New York Futility, Push Button".

*In some areas.