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{{Infobox Website | {{Infobox Website | ||
| | |name = Albino Blacksheep | ||
| | |image = Albino.jpg | ||
| | |imagecaption = That’s not a black sheep, that’s a regular sheep. | ||
| | |maker = Steve Lerner | ||
| | |type = Website | ||
| | |registered in = January 4th, 1999 | ||
| | |written in = Adobe Flash Player (1999-2021), HTML5, Javascript | ||
| | |status = Online | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Albino Blacksheep (albinoblacksheep.com)''' is an animation website created by Steven Lerner in 1999, | '''Albino Blacksheep (albinoblacksheep.com)''' is an animation website created by Steven Lerner in 1999, | ||
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On April 1, 2007, the website later became a prank landing page, was bought by the company: "Google" and turned into "Google Animations". The joke was compounded by a fake blog stating that "''Albino Blacksheep has been acquired by Google Inc. for roughly $32 million in stock options. The deal was discussed over a casual breakfast in Mountain View, California between the Canadian-born founder of Albino Blacksheep and the Google co-founders and CEO. Plans are underway for Google Inc. to tie its services and software into the former Albino Blacksheep website which will go by the new name [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/aprilfools2007 Google Animation].''" | On April 1, 2007, the website later became a prank landing page, was bought by the company: "Google" and turned into "Google Animations". The joke was compounded by a fake blog stating that "''Albino Blacksheep has been acquired by Google Inc. for roughly $32 million in stock options. The deal was discussed over a casual breakfast in Mountain View, California between the Canadian-born founder of Albino Blacksheep and the Google co-founders and CEO. Plans are underway for Google Inc. to tie its services and software into the former Albino Blacksheep website which will go by the new name [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/archive/aprilfools2007 Google Animation].''" | ||
In March 2020, the site changed the logo of the same sheep wearing a face mask, but later changed it back. | In March 2020, the site changed the logo of the same sheep wearing a face mask in wake of the [[wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], but later changed it back. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
