My avatar.

[Robb]

I'm pretty sure I've stuck with the same one as long as anyone. I was thinking about this the other day.

Old-timers will remember DU 1.0, which didn't have such things. When avatars came about, there were a handful to choose from, all quite good, selected by Skinner, Elad and EarlG.

After a few weeks, people wanted to make their own. It didn't quite work that way yet, you had to make one and send it to the admins, and if they liked it it wound up in the choices.

I made Bongo. Scanned him from an old "Life in Hell" I had sitting on the bookshelf, and tidied him up pixel by pixel, adding the lovely cyan he still bears. If I remember correctly, it was the first non-admin-made one available. I felt rather smug about it the first time someone else used it.

Weeks later, the admins added the clever "make your own, upload it, use it and quit bothering us" feature. A stroke of management genius. I went in, lowered Bongo and added the "look happy," again, pixel by pixel. Boy did I have spare time back then. And I've never felt motivated enough to change it.

It was a simpler time. Just reminiscing, thanks for listening. :hi:

[Madrone]

1. You CAN'T change it. Ever,

If you do, no one will know who you are!!

[Moondog]

17. While we're on the subject of avatars

I have a question. I made my own avatar, and uploaded it. And fairly quickly concluded I would prefer something else. But I don't seem to be able to upload a different one, and have had to go back to one of the "standard" offerings.

Is there a way to upload another? Do I have to download the previous upload first, and if so how do I do that? What am I missing?

On edit - this was supposed to go to the OP, and I managed to muck that up too.

[Forkboy]

2. I've always loved it, as Life in Hell was my Bible.

I actually submitted a Godzilla avatar that they accepted (not the uber cool one I have now), and I get the same smug feeling when I see people using it. It's the little things in life that make it worth living. :)

[elshiva]

3. It's great. Please don't change it.

It is a work of art. :hug: :hi:

[Joe the Liberal]

4. Speaking of avatars.....

how do you make and upload your own? I've tried but it always tells me it's too big or something along those lines. How do you resize it and then upload it? Lets say I want a pic off some other website but it's too big, how do I resize it and then upload it to make it my avatar?

[flvegan]

5. You need some sort of resizing software.

I like Irfanview, cuz it's free.

[Joe the Liberal]

6. Ah cool thanks. n/t

[merh]

8. photobucket allows resizing - they have the avatar size

as a choice in the edit feature.

[GOPisEvil]

7. My avatar is me.

I used to have my little golf cart scrolling across the bottom of my posts, but that got annoying. So, I made it my avatar.

[Robb]

12. Sad thing to say

...I remember that. I thought you and underpants were freakin' computer geniuses because of the scrolling stuff. :D

[merh]

9. don't go changing ...

[blogslut]

10. I love your avatar

Don't ever change.

Me, I change mine quite often.

[AllenVanAllen]

11. Cool story.

Cool as Hell avatar! :hi:

[NJmaverick]

13. You did that pixel by pixel? What did you use?

[NJmaverick]

14. You did that pixel by pixel? What did you use?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. this thread is too geeky for princess of all things.

:)

[miss_american_pie]

16. Mine was a gift

from way back when.