Recently my editor alerted me to the existence of a MetaFilter thread called “Gif that’s what’s for dinner.” (A-plus pun idea, C-minus execution.) In it, users shared and discussed their favorite ...

The emergence of the animated GIF over the last few years has made short visual loops a regular part of our media diet, but the phenomenon is not an entirely new one. As Chris Baraniuk points out in ...

Every outdated format has its cult. In the case of vinyl LPs or Polaroid film, the cults are substantial, but even cassettes, Laserdiscs, and Minidiscs have their own collectors, proponents, and ...