Pimp your Twitter avatar. Make it animated.

Updated 23 Feb 2011: Twitter hack now allows for larger animated avatars (128×128 pixel dimensions)!

Instructions (Easy):

1. Find your imagery (or use 3fram.es to make an animated GIF and save to your computer).
2. Upload your animated GIF to be resized:

3. Download the resized image and upload to your Twitter profile!
   Click ‘Upload to Twitter’ to automatically have your avatar image changed!
   Twitter has disabled this app from using their API due to a violation of their Terms of Service (without mentioning what specifically was in violation). You will need to download and upload to Twitter manually.

 
Instructions (Advanced):

1. Find your imagery (or use 3fram.es to make an animated GIF).
2. Import your animated GIF into Photoshop (details), or create your animation from still frames.
3. Resize your image to a 48×48 (the secret dimensions!).
4. ‘Save for Web’ as a GIF, tweak your colors, and save.
5. Upload to your Twitter profile!

 
Share your results by posting your Twitter URL in the comments! or browse the latest uploads.
 

Note: Animated image URLs are validly returned in the Twitter API, however some apps may not animate your GIFs.


Inspired by all the Blah Blah Blah on Twitter. Hacked by @gleuch.
Props to @aarontweets for 3fram.es.

Due to updates on Twitter, this hack is unlikely to work. Thanks for playing! Pimp your Twitter avatar. Make it animated. Updated 23 Feb 2011: Twitter hack now allows for larger animated avatars (128x128 pixel dimensions)! Instructions (Easy): Find your imagery (or use 3fram.es to make an animated GIF and save to your computer). Upload your animated GIF to be resized: Download the resized image and upload to your Twitter profile! Click 'Upload to Twitter' to automatically have your avatar image changed! Twitter has disabled this app from using their API due to a violation of their Terms of Service (without mentioning what specifically was in violation). You will need to download and upload to Twitter manually.   Instructions (Advanced): Find your imagery (or use 3fram.es to make an animated GIF). Import your animated GIF into Photoshop (details), or create your animation from still frames. Resize your image to a 48x48 (the secret dimensions!). 'Save for Web' as a GIF, tweak your colors, and save. Upload to your Twitter profile!   Share your results by posting your Twitter URL in the comments! or browse the latest uploads.   Note: Animated image URLs are validly returned in the Twitter API, however some apps may not animate your GIFs. if (FATLab_SpeedProject) {FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.Format='normal'; FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.TimeSpent=240; FATLab_SpeedProject.Make();} Inspired by all the Blah Blah Blah on Twitter. Hacked by @gleuch. Props to @aarontweets for 3fram.es.

Last week on my radio show, Awesome New Place, I was joined by author and Nation of Thizzlam blogger Willy Staley, for a special episode called G-Chat.

Our talk circled loosely around rap in the YouTube era, touching on rappers getting famo, memes vs. trends, scraper bikes staying relevant, DIY cereal backpacks and instructional dance videos, Bubb Rubb, turf dancing, format wars, the Lil B – Soulja Boy connection, the culdesac vs. the hood, haul videos and mommy blogging, bros icing bros, 4Loko, white tees, vans, and “How the Looming Specter of Viral Marketing Ruins Rap Songs About Consumer Goods.”

Though we raised more questions than we answered, its definitely a must-listen chapter in FAT’s ongoing discussions of famo, viral marketing, and rap.

Stream the show right here and view the playlist for tons of links to relevant vids and media on all the above topics and so much more.

“If you’re doing the reverse running man in skinny teal jeans in your culdesac and no one is there to film it, what are you really doing?” – Willy Staley, 2010

Last week on my radio show, Awesome New Place, I was joined by author and Nation of Thizzlam blogger Willy Staley, for a special episode called G-Chat. Our talk circled loosely around rap in the YouTube era, touching on rappers getting famo, memes vs. trends, scraper bikes staying relevant, DIY cereal backpacks and instructional dance videos, Bubb Rubb, turf dancing, format wars, the Lil B - Soulja Boy connection, the culdesac vs. the hood, haul videos and mommy blogging, bros icing bros, 4Loko, white tees, vans, and "How the Looming Specter of Viral Marketing Ruins Rap Songs About Consumer Goods." Though we raised more questions than we answered, its definitely a must-listen chapter in FAT's ongoing discussions of famo, viral marketing, and rap. Stream the show right here and view the playlist for tons of links to relevant vids and media on all the above topics and so much more. "If you're doing the reverse running man in skinny teal jeans in your culdesac and no one is there to film it, what are you really doing?" - Willy Staley, 2010

N.B.: Due to changes in Twitter’s API, the use of Restful Auth is no longer supported and renders this program dead.

Ever wanted to get people to follow you while you are presenting at some stuffy art expo and they don’t have their phone or computer nearby, but you do? Get them to follow you quickly with our new Kiosk Twitter Follow app.

Try it out: http://fffff.at/twitter-follow-fatlab

Download this simple PHP script, change a quick setting, and let the followers count increase! http://github.com/gleuch/kiosk-twitter-follow

Code by Greg Leuch, idea by Randy Sarafan

N.B.: Due to changes in Twitter's API, the use of Restful Auth is no longer supported and renders this program dead. Ever wanted to get people to follow you while you are presenting at some stuffy art expo and they don't have their phone or computer nearby, but you do? Get them to follow you quickly with our new Kiosk Twitter Follow app. Works on mobile devices too! Try it out: http://fffff.at/twitter-follow-fatlab Download this simple PHP script, change a quick setting, and let the followers count increase! http://github.com/gleuch/kiosk-twitter-follow Code by Greg Leuch, idea by Randy Sarafan if (FATLab_SpeedProject) {FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.Format='strip'; FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.TimeSpent=60; FATLab_SpeedProject.Make();}

If you having Twitter problems
I feel bad for you son

I got 99 accounts but
your tweet ain’t one

Hit Me!

If you don’t like our code, you can press ‘reject’
but sync your account tweet the rest!

You can also follow on @99Accounts on Twitter.

a speed project by Greg Leuch / get the code!

If you having Twitter problems I feel bad for you son I got 99 accounts but your tweet ain't one Hit Me! If you don't like our code, you can press 'reject' but sync your account tweet the rest! You can also follow on @99Accounts on Twitter. a speed project by Greg Leuch / get the code! if (FATLab_SpeedProject) {FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.Format='strip'; FATLab_SpeedProject.Values.TimeSpent=60; FATLab_SpeedProject.Make();}

Updated 12/12/2010: Support added for tweeting files in Base64 encoded and plain text methods!

The F.A.T. Lab crew have begun the Twitter seeding – with movies, images, code, and other items of copyright or intellectual property. We’ve started with code, music, and movies… but we need your help to seed more files to Twitter!

So why is filesharing on Twitter important to FAT Lab? Governments and private organizations continue to lock down legitimate file sharing through raids, law suits, and “consumer protection” laws & treaties. And while larger file sharing arenas are targeted, many forget file sharing has existed across many different mediums for decades. Early filesharing beginning with Usenet groups, where the binary data was converted to text characters and reprocessed for download. Facsimile machines follow a similar method of dissemination of binary data. And even ham radio used teletype to transmit photos across long distances by converting photos to ASCII before transmission.

If Twitter is today’s Usenet and Usenet was used for file sharing years ago, why shouldn’t Twitter be utilized today for file sharing?

Download the code and start seeding your files to Twitter!
A project by Greg Leuch and Theo Watson.

Updated 12/12/2010: Support added for tweeting files in Base64 encoded and plain text methods! The F.A.T. Lab crew have begun the Twitter seeding – with movies, images, code, and other items of copyright or intellectual property. We've started with code, music, and movies... but we need your help to seed more files to Twitter! So why is filesharing on Twitter important to FAT Lab? Governments and private organizations continue to lock down legitimate file sharing through raids, law suits, and "consumer protection" laws & treaties. And while larger file sharing arenas are targeted, many forget file sharing has existed across many different mediums for decades. Early filesharing beginning with Usenet groups, where the binary data was converted to text characters and reprocessed for download. Facsimile machines follow a similar method of dissemination of binary data. And even ham radio used teletype to transmit photos across long distances by converting photos to ASCII before transmission. If Twitter is today's Usenet and Usenet was used for file sharing years ago, why shouldn't Twitter be utilized today for file sharing? Download the code and start seeding your files to Twitter! A project by Greg Leuch and Theo Watson.

The popularity of Twitter’s real-time publication platform has very rapidly transformed a data-rich communication medium (Teh Internetz) into a rapid-firing, text-based, publication tool akin to a high-tech telegraph. While on one hand it is useful to have a massive database of real-time, localized, data-sets, consisting primarily of useless social drivel, on the other hand it has yet to be effectively demonstrated as to why. The worst of it is that Twitter’s posting restrictions have limited the communications of countless seemingly intelligent and talented individuals to a level of mental impairment and has also obscenely limited their ability to meaningfully express themselves and/or engage in sustained critical dialogue.

And let us take a moment as not to forget that pervasive digital publishing services don’t just operate on electronic devices, but also drive the future development of said devices. The proliferation of Twitter will have a serious impact upon the future development of devices intended for real-time networked communications by undermining the value of a rich multimedia experience. This will limit the ability for mobile devices to share and publish images, audio and video. Most obvious, this will prevent the dissemination of the art form that prior to now unequivocally set technological standards – pornography.

Until recently, Twitter’s unique platform has made it nearly impossible to engage in real-time transmission of pornographic images, setting technological advancement back decades. Yet, thanks to my own personal research and the development time of myself and known-pornovator Evan Harper, I present to you a methodology for using Twitter’s stunted interface for sharing data-rich pornography, one pixel at a time. It is my hope that this will further the development of integrated data-rich content within Twitter’s unique platform. Perhaps some day, the medium will advance to the point where we will be able to use Twitter to transmit girl-on-girl video in semaphore.

Go here for detailed instructions on sharing pornography in real-time, pixel by pixel, with your friends and family.

Follow Porn on Twitter!

The popularity of Twitter's real-time publication platform has very rapidly transformed a data-rich communication medium (Teh Internetz) into a rapid-firing, text-based, publication tool akin to a high-tech telegraph. While on one hand it is useful to have a massive database of real-time, localized, data-sets, consisting primarily of useless social drivel, on the other hand it has yet to be effectively demonstrated as to why. The worst of it is that Twitter's posting restrictions have limited the communications of countless seemingly intelligent and talented individuals to a level of mental impairment and has also obscenely limited their ability to meaningfully express themselves and/or engage in sustained critical dialogue. And let us take a moment as not to forget that pervasive digital publishing services don't just operate on electronic devices, but also drive the future development of said devices. The proliferation of Twitter will have a serious impact upon the future development of devices intended for real-time networked communications by undermining the value of a rich multimedia experience. This will limit the ability for mobile devices to share and publish images, audio and video. Most obvious, this will prevent the dissemination of the art form that prior to now unequivocally set technological standards - pornography. Until recently, Twitter's unique platform has made it nearly impossible to engage in real-time transmission of pornographic images, setting technological advancement back decades. Yet, thanks to my own personal research and the development time of myself and known-pornovator Evan Harper, I present to you a methodology for using Twitter's stunted interface for sharing data-rich pornography, one pixel at a time. It is my hope that this will further the development of integrated data-rich content within Twitter's unique platform. Perhaps some day, the medium will advance to the point where we will be able to use Twitter to transmit girl-on-girl video in semaphore. Go here for detailed instructions on sharing pornography in real-time, pixel by pixel, with your friends and family. Follow Porn on Twitter!

As Twitter releases its official support for retweets, we’ve decided to hack help them test out their new system by increasing the volume of retweets. Retweet Game applies retweeting into a game, with the winners receiving hundreds of new retweets and followers.

Retweet Game exploits the user’s desires for Twitter popularity and reach with a unassuming and forgettable interface while thrusting users’ common conversations into the upper bounds of Twitter famousness. Users to gamble their time and tweets for a chance to win a retweet round. Perfect loosing your *real* Twitter friends.

Of course, you can always increase your odds with a donation to F.A.T. :D

Retweet Game was made by Greg Leuch using Sinatra.
Grab the source code and run your own instance of Retweet Game.

As Twitter releases its official support for retweets, we’ve decided to hack help them test out their new system by increasing the volume of retweets. Retweet Game applies retweeting into a game, with the winners receiving hundreds of new retweets and followers. Play the Retweet Game now! Retweet Game exploits the user's desires for Twitter popularity and reach with a unassuming and forgettable interface while thrusting users’ common conversations into the upper bounds of Twitter famousness. Users to gamble their time and tweets for a chance to win a retweet round. Perfect loosing your *real* Twitter friends. Of course, you can always increase your odds with a donation to F.A.T. :D Retweet Game was made by Greg Leuch using Sinatra. Grab the source code and run your own instance of Retweet Game.

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KANYE RANTS FOR THE OFFLINE WORLD!!! THE  CAPS LEDS RANTS - TWITTER BADGE IS A GSM-ARDUINO ENABLED HACKED LED BADGE WHICH CONNECTS TO THE KANYE RANT DETECTOR TWITTER FEED. TRUE FANS WEAR AND SHOW OFF THE LATEST KANYE RANT IN PUBLIC !!!!!!!!!!! BTW, THE TYPICAL LED-BAR DISPLAY OFFERS CAPS ONLY! KANYE PROVEN TECHNOLOGY !!!!!!!!!!