Submitted in response to the ds106 Design Assignment 950, “A Memorial For Fairuz’s PC.”
I decided to create a generic tribute to all the great workhorse computers of all ds106 artists — at some point, some day, your trusty computer will say, “I am done,” and it too, will take its place, in the Smithsonianary Institute. In actuality, this image of The Unknown ds106 GIFfer, rubbing shoulders with UNIVAC, will stand in its place.
This remarkable photograph of UNIVAC was taken by Trey Ratcliff (Stuck In Customs) and cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by Stuck in Customs: flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4627052792/
The image of the ds106 GIFfer (minus the stickers, I added those) was found in multiple versions on the internet. Original image source unknown.
This was a fun assignment, no doubt.
A thing of beauty, in more ways than one.
John,
The image by Trey Ratcliff is amazing, isn’t it? I can’t recall ever seeing a picture of his that isn’t fascinating to look at!
One goal was to keep the bits that I added within the same colour palate — I sampled colours from the photo when choosing the background, the text colour, etc. And creating/augmenting the image of the old, beat-up computer (that image itself already appeared in more than one variation/re-edits) to create ‘the GIFfer’ was a lot of fun!
Fascinating indeed, I keep ending up on this page or the flickr one. Your edit has stuck in my head.
I love the way the stickers, especially the radio one are stuck on. Text and background are great. I also love the recycling implicit in ds106.
I’ve gone back to my doctored image of the ds106 GIFfer and will post the image (together with the original) as it was just before I added it to Trey Ratcliff’s photo. As you have noticed, there is detail on the GIFfer that is a bit difficult to see now that it has been reduced, and yes, I did take some time to get the stickers just the way I wanted. The GIFfer itself was a fun part of the project — 🙂