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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: ggould on January 21, 2005, 10:15:53 AM

Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: ggould on January 21, 2005, 10:15:53 AM: I poked around backstage, and enabled avatars. It says there are some common ones to choose, and you can point to one elsewhere, and it says you can upload one. I haven't tested all these possibilities yet.

Also clicked a button that says 'enable html'
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Gazoo on January 21, 2005, 10:20:24 AM: Caution if you want to upload an image as your avatar: they have to be under 6KB in size (which eliminates all the pics I have here at work).
Title: how big do you want it?
Post by: ggould on January 21, 2005, 10:24:23 AM: Quote from: "Gazoo"
Caution if you want to upload an image as your avatar: they have to be under 6KB in size (which eliminates all the pics I have here at work).

That's the preset size limit; I can change it. If you have photoshop handy, it's easy to keep an 80x80 pixel image under this size, but I don't really care; I can change the size.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 21, 2005, 10:29:03 AM: Testing... testing...
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 21, 2005, 10:29:26 AM: hmm... that looks crappy....
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: mshray on January 21, 2005, 10:32:30 AM: Quote
hmm... that looks crappy....

crappy and sinsiter
Title: I also just increased the allowed file size fourfold
Post by: ggould on January 21, 2005, 10:32:59 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
hmm... that looks crappy....
Title: RGMike
Post by: RGMike on January 21, 2005, 10:34:28 AM: "crappy and sinister"

looks like a thinner Dr Demento...
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 21, 2005, 10:35:23 AM: This one looks a little better. I think I just have to recrop & resample the fedora pic to make it look a little better.
Title: RGMike
Post by: RGMike on January 21, 2005, 10:37:58 AM: actually Geoff misunderstood... Beej asked for an abbatoir.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 21, 2005, 10:47:23 AM: LOL! Yeah, that's what this forum needs- it's own slaughterhouse (and yes, I had to look it up).

(shakes tamborine) Yeah!
Title: dictionary.com
Post by: ggould on January 21, 2005, 10:48:19 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
(and yes, I had to look it up).

me too!
Title: RGMike
Post by: RGMike on January 21, 2005, 11:04:54 AM: I learned the word in an old Python skit -- where Cleese thinks he's designing an abbatoir when in fact he's been asked to design an apartment complex.

"The people enter here and the moving sidewalk takes them into this room where they are disembowled... Oh. I hadn't correctly discerned your attitude towards the tenants."
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 21, 2005, 11:14:51 AM: LOL! I remember that sketch! That must be why the word seemed kinda familiar....
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 21, 2005, 11:44:25 AM: Avatar test.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Lightnin' Rod on January 21, 2005, 11:50:47 AM: Quote from: "Rod"
Avatar test.

Looks just like me. :wink:

BTW, I also mark my golf balls with the cult sign. Identification is easy, and NOBODY else uses it.
Title: janitorial avatars
Post by: ggould on January 25, 2005, 09:54:53 AM: I was just fooling around and resized the CZJ pic for POC's avatar. I think I'll remove it, since I'm uncomfortable making people's choices for them. If anyone needs something tweaked, let me know.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 25, 2005, 09:59:43 AM: I thought I'd change mine to my current favorite Annoying TV Commercial Character.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: RGMike on January 25, 2005, 10:02:42 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
I thought I'd change mine to my current favorite Annoying TV Commercial Character.

"Natural Avatar Enhancement"!
Title: my avatar
Post by: mshray on January 25, 2005, 10:03:30 AM: I had to ditch the 21st Century Schizoid Man after he showed up in my dream the other night.

But I'm mildly surprised no one has tagged me on my current avatar. Did I go too obcure? It's really a fine line with y'all as to what is not obscure enough & what is too much.
Title: Avatar
Post by: Alicat on January 25, 2005, 10:03:41 AM: Do you recognize Dave in mine? The pic is from last month at the calendar signing.
Title: Re: my avatar
Post by: Gazoo on January 25, 2005, 10:08:54 AM: Quote from: "mshray"
I had to ditch the 21st Century Schizoid Man after he showed up in my dream the other night.

But I'm mildly surprised no one has tagged me on my current avatar. Did I go too obcure? It's really a fine line with y'all as to what is not obscure enough & what is too much.

I was going to post. I think yours looks like the magic flute that Witchie-Poo wanted to steal (paging Dr. Freud!) in "H. R. Pufnstuf."
Title: Re: janitorial avatars
Post by: princessofcairo on January 25, 2005, 10:09:35 AM: Quote from: "ggould"
I was just fooling around and resized the CZJ pic for POC's avatar. I think I'll remove it, since I'm uncomfortable making people's choices for them. If anyone needs something tweaked, let me know.

hey - where is it? tweak for me! give me cz!!! please.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: mshray on January 25, 2005, 10:17:52 AM: yup, Freddie the Flute. While I was actually looking for Charles Nelson Reilly at first but Freddie was the right size.

When asked a few years ago, "were you guys doing drugs back in the 60's to make this show?" the Kroft bros replied, "The better question is 'Are we doing drugs in the 90's?'"
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Gazoo on January 25, 2005, 10:21:44 AM: Mark, if you find a small .jpg of CN Reilly from "Lidsville," let me know and I'll use it!
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 25, 2005, 10:52:26 AM: I'm sending you a "Hoodoo the magician" (aka CHR from Lidsville & HR Puffnstuff fame) jpg now, Gaz.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: RGMike on January 25, 2005, 11:30:13 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
I'm sending you a "Hoodoo the magician" (aka CHR from Lidsville & HR Puffnstuff fame) jpg now, Gaz.

That makes you Gaz's Hoodoo Guru!

"doo doo that hoo doo that yoo doo so well..."
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: Beej on January 25, 2005, 11:39:56 AM: Yeah, CNR's green-faced villian got his start on HR Puffnstuf and then got spun off into Lidsville, one of the weirdest kid's shows EVAH!

If I'm not mistaken, the woman who played Witchie Poo in HR Puffnstuf (the one who was after Freddie the Flute)- Billie Something (I'd have to look it up) also played the helpful genie, Weenie, in Lidsville (Whodoo the Magician wanted the Weenie to serve HIS nefarious schemes in Lidsville.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: RGMike on January 25, 2005, 11:50:58 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
Whodoo the Magician wanted the Weenie to serve HIS nefarious schemes in Lidsville.

Most of MY nefarious schemes involve a weenie, too.
Title: Beej asked for avatars
Post by: mshray on January 25, 2005, 11:58:52 AM: Quote from: "Beej"
Yeah, CNR's green-faced villian got his start on HR Puffnstuf and then got spun off into Lidsville, one of the weirdest kid's shows EVAH!

If I'm not mistaken, the woman who played Witchie Poo in HR Puffnstuf (the one who was after Freddie the Flute)- Billie Something (I'd have to look it up) also played the helpful genie, Weenie, in Lidsville (Whodoo the Magician wanted the Weenie to serve HIS nefarious schemes in Lidsville.

Billie Hayes, she was previously Mamy Yokum on Li'l Abner, too.
Title: Re: my avatar
Post by: Gazoo on January 25, 2005, 08:47:47 PM: Quote from: "mshray"
It's really a fine line with y'all as to what is not obscure enough & what is too much.

If this group ever needed a slogan, we've now got it.