Why'd you pick your avatar?

[Janak Parekh]

Avatars have been one of the great features added to webboards in the last few years. This site is no exception, and I've noticed a lot of avatars; some of them make obvious sense, and others don't.

So, why'd you pick your avatar?

Let me start with myself: I started playing with computers around 3 with a Timex Sinclair (anyone remember that?). I "graduated" to a Commodore around 4, and we had our first PC clone shortly thereafter (an Eagle PC, does anyone remember that? ;)) The PC was one of the first units I actually did serious work on. In fact I did some simple word processing consulting for friends and relatives on the PC before I was in high school (even then, there were all those people that said "how do I print" :P) So, I set my avatar as a PC to represent the amount of time I spent with them.

What's scary is, we probably have one or two still-working original PC 5150's in the attic somewhere. Admittedly, I don't use one anymore ;)

--bdj

[Kati Compton]

So, why'd you pick your avatar?


I like cats. :)

[Rirath]

Kati, what does that oval have to do with cats? Looks like an egg. (Just in case: Avatar refers to your picture, not your alias.)

My avatar is simple enough... a self pic doodle in a P-chat board that stuck. Captures the disgruntled look well and gives an appropriate scowl to whatever I happen to be ranting about. :lol: :wink:

[Kati Compton]

Kati, what does that oval have to do with cats? Looks like an egg. (Just in case: Avatar refers to your picture, not your alias.)

My avatar is simple enough... a self pic doodle in a P-chat board that stuck. Captures the disgruntled look well and gives an appropriate scowl to whatever I happen to be ranting about. :lol: :wink:

Hmm. I should change the contrast then. It's an abstract of a sleeping cat.

[Rirath]

Hmm... now that you mention it... yeah! I see it. :oops: I thought for sure it was a cracked egg. :cry:

EDIT: (don't really want to flood with posts... hoping more people will post about their pics too) -- Yeah, that looks better. :D The background looks like a rug/blanket or something now too, not just color.

[Kati Compton]

Hmm... now that you mention it... yeah! I see it. :oops: I thought for sure it was a cracked egg. :cry:

Heh. This should be better - I switched the gradients.

[Jeff Rutledge]

Mine is a story told many times:

I saw one I liked, so I stole it. 8)

Actually, I asked the person who had it if they'd mind me using it as well. They didn't so I did.

[Janak Parekh]

Hmm... now that you mention it... yeah! I see it. :oops: I thought for sure it was a cracked egg. :cry:
Don't feel bad... it took me a minute, staring at it and knowing the cat reference, to get it--even with the new background. Kati, nice & subtle...

--bdj

[Janak Parekh]

I saw one I liked, so I stole it. 8)
No, no, you "adopted" it ;)

Seriously, someone on PDABuzz built a "yawn" avatar modeled after the Palm logo. It was quite the popular avatar back then. I think Jonathan (PocketPCPassion Jonathan) had it for a while...

--bdj

[Steven Cedrone]

Mine came from a user a long time ago, I asked if he would mind if I used it, he said - "I don't XXXXXX care"...

The rest is history...

Steve

[Dave Beauvais]

I use my avatar to show my current Pocket PC in case nobody checks out my profile. :) I started with a large photo of the front of the e740, masked out the area bordering it, as well as the screen area, so that it was kinda like an e740 "shell." That way, I can position the e740 over whatever background I like, and with the screen area essentially wide open, I can replace it with just about anything, be it a screenshot of my favorite Pocket PC Web site, or something more personal.

To finish the effect, I distort the image so it looks as though the e740 is tilted back and get the "floating" effect by adding a shadow underneath. For the avatar here at Thoughts, I added a gradiant background that fades from one forum background color to the other so that it looks okay against either one. (I got that idea from PDA Gerbil (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2419)'s avatar.) I create various sizes of each avatar for use on various forums that have different size requirements for their avatars.

Photoshop rules! Sorry for the overly-verbose answer. ;)

--Dave

[Janak Parekh]

Photoshop rules! Sorry for the overly-verbose answer. ;)
You shouldn't be sorry :D It's a nicely-photoshopped avatar. I used Photoshop for mine, but just for some very minor cropping and image resizing. If I had time, I'd mask out the PC, put a nice little shadow, and do the PDA-Gerbil-background-trick(tm), which I agree with you was neat (although he took it one step further -- the blue background switches back and forth on his...)

--bdj

[Dave Beauvais]

... the PDA-Gerbil-background-trick(tm), which I agree with you was neat (although he took it one step further -- the blue background switches back and forth on his...) ...
I was going to do something like that but didn't want to get sued for patent infringement. :lol: Besides, it's a much more subtle effect with his avatar since there is less background showing; I think it would be distracting on mine to have the colors flip around like that.

--Dave

[Sven Johannsen]

It's how I feel, and some say, how I look. Goes with the tag line too (if you haven't watched the animation). Any one remember the cartoon?

P.S. I got the cat all on my own. Course I have two of them and that position is very familiar. :lol:

[JackTheTripper]

Got bored at work one day. And I use this name for all message boards. But most use 150 x 150 so this is actually a 1/4 scale of the origional. :D

[Janak Parekh]

Got bored at work one day. And I use this name for all message boards. But most use 150 x 150 so this is actually a 1/4 scale of the origional. :D
Wow, nice work... I never actually watched all the pieces fall. What did you use to create it? And how much time did it take?

--bdj

[Jason Dunn]

Great thread guys! I picked Wolverine for two reasons:

1) I collected comics for many years, and X-Men was one of my favourite comics. And hey, Wolverine is Canadian. 8)

2) Sometimes I have a temper problem like the little beserker... :wink:

[PhatCohiba]

I like cigars. When I started playing First Person Shooters, tried to come up with a non-obscene alias.

I liked Cohiba. Once I had that, I resized an image of Demi More from Cigar Aficiando smoking. Thought it looked cool.

The Phat is a reference to spending too much time infront of a computer and not enough time outside ;)

[ledpocket]

Led Zeppelin + PocketPC

I "borrowed" the album art from the Led Zeppelin website, resized it, and blammo...

Is that a Toshiba e740 in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

[JackTheTripper]

Got bored at work one day. And I use this name for all message boards. But most use 150 x 150 so this is actually a 1/4 scale of the origional. :D
Wow, nice work... I never actually watched all the pieces fall. What did you use to create it? And how much time did it take?

--bdj

I used ImageReady which is PhotoShops animation program counterpart. All in all the av took about 3 hours to get it fine tuned to the one you're seeing. It's a third generation. The first two has fewer falling pieces. It took so long because I had to create it frame by frame.

I also made a pong avatar but the owner of my other board said it was locking up his PC. LOL Next will be the old atari pit fall. (Been saying that for months and haven't done it yet. THAT will be a project!:()

[sub_tex]

I just ripped mine from the comics i draw of myself.

It's the cheesy quick doodle self portrait i've always used when drawing myself. :D

[JackTheTripper]

I just ripped mine from the comics i draw of myself.

It's the cheesy quick doodle self portrait i've always used when drawing myself. :D

Looks kine of like Jason from "Home Movies".... (http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/ShowMainServlet/showid-3153/) but with a beard.

[ECOslin]

Attitude, I looked thru my collection of clip art and this was most suited to my general devil-may-care mood.

Edward

[enemy2k2]

self explanatory :D

[enemy2k2]

Hmm... now that you mention it... yeah! I see it. :oops: I thought for sure it was a cracked egg. :cry:

Heh. This should be better - I switched the gradients.

OMG, up to this very minute I thought that was a cracked egg...

[Mike Temporale]

BlueRocket comes from my car, VW GTI VR6. It's Blue. And it's sometimes called a PocketRocket (because of it's size and power) Hence, BlueRocket.

Now, the picture is of a newer model, the GTI 25th Aniversery model. However, I've been thinking of updating the image to the new R32. 8)

[entropy1980]

Mine is the tattoo on the middle of my back, touched it up in Photoshop (made it black and white) It symbolizes the Trinity (for non-Christians that's the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)

[Kati Compton]

Hmm... now that you mention it... yeah! I see it. :oops: I thought for sure it was a cracked egg. :cry:

Heh. This should be better - I switched the gradients.

OMG, up to this very minute I thought that was a cracked egg...

I'm not sure what that says about what people think about my mental state... ;)

[jim s]

Mine is my dog Murphy. He's about as smart as he looks, but very lovable.

Jim

[Kirk Stephens]

I love watching the Simpsons

I love PocketPCs

What more can I say :D

[Busdriver]

My office :D

[Merlion]

Mine's the very detailed pic of the content of my brain. 8O

[szamot]

I saw this baby, O2, on pre-release news info mail, I suddenly felt something warm drip down my leg, I was happy. I knew that to get one I would have to move out of Canada - to compromise I borrowed the picture of it instead. That and the splash screen on it is sooooo cool I just had to use it.

[Ed Hansberry]

Car nut, and this is what I drive. First car I've ever had that after 3 years I wasn't itching to trade it in. Going on 5 with this and unless something happens to it, I'll have it 5 more.

[smashcasi]

Well I've yet to come up with a visual representation of 'smashcasi', so Vicious from Cowboy Bebop was the next logical choice 8)

[ntractv]

Mine, it's the Godfather. Does anything else have to be said. Gotta a problem, Luca Brazi will be knocking on your door to explain. Hear him out, I'm sure you'll agree with his position. :shocked!:

[paris]

hmmm can you tell what PPC i think is the best???. I hope it does not take more than 3 weeks to get it on my hands.

[enemy2k2]

I love watching the Simpsons

I love PocketPCs

What more can I say :D

Now THIS ONE, I like :D

[jet8810]

I picked mine because, well, my moms side of the family is Jamaican! Actually my grandfather had a very high position in the Jamaican government. Also, I am really into that whole culture (yea, a Jewish, Jamaican, Geek!) :lol:

[Robotbeat]

I made this a long time ago using a photo of the Palm logo. Gotta love MS Paint!

[bitbank]

I chose mine because Galaga was/is my favorite video game. I finally conquered it by writing an emulator and decided to use it as a trophy for my conquest.

L.B.

[Fitch]

I chose mine because Galaga was/is my favorite video game.

I don't see it, but I've always loved your avatar. Didn't you write the Pac-Man emulator that everyone got when the iPaq first came out? And/or wrote the only emulator to use in-game stylus taps to move the galaga/pac-man?


Of course, my avatar's supposed to look like me. I used Imageready to give it a little life of it's own. Kinda like he's just hanging out, and occasionally reading a post or two. All my college buddies have an avatar, too. (http://www.drearyrainbow.com/ninjas.html)

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

It's how I feel, and some say, how I look. Goes with the tag line too (if you haven't watched the animation). Any one remember the cartoon?

P.S. I got the cat all on my own. Course I have two of them and that position is very familiar. :lol:

Sven, I seem to remember myself and another poster on PocketPCPassion calling you to task on an avatar, though the initial one you responded with was not animated!

[Brad Adrian]

Avatar? Jason had told me that I had to use as accurate a portrait as possible.

[fyiguy]

I too,like Jason am a fan of comicbooks/graphic novels and "photochopped" some artwork from 'Sandman'(an old alias I had on the days of bbs boards, but since Metallica came out with the song 'Enter Sandman' some years back it has been far from unique) so FYIGuy became my new alias...

[Steven Cedrone]

Mine, it's the Godfather. Does anything else have to be said. Gotta a problem, Luca Brazi will be knocking on your door to explain. Hear him out, I'm sure you'll agree with his position. :shocked!:

Bad news...

Luca Brazi sleeps with the fishes :wink:

Steve

Sorry, it just had to be said...

[st63z]

I remember someone had a Dexter avatar, who was it. Ditto Samurai Jack... Vegeta's was cool too (or should I say Vegito now.. Fu-sion HA!).

I'm always envious of those with the initiative to choose their own handles (much less avatars).

[MobiliT]

This thread reminds me that I'm getting bored with my current avatar. Oh well. Wonder how much I could get for it on eBay? (So I could afford a better one, of course!)

[yvilla]

I never had an avatar until just after I saw and fell in love with Paragon's. I even pm'd him, telling him how much I loved it, and he was kind enough to send me it, just for my personal use. So now it graces my desktop, and I'm so happy to look at it everyday. :) (Thanks again, Paragon!) Anyway, so I decided to get an avatar to use too, and when I saw this graphic I knew it was the right one for me. I love succulents. Anyone ever spent time in the succulent section of Golden Gate Park? It's gorgeous, and I have to go back someday!

[Anthony Caruana]

So much imagination on the use of avatars.

I feel very boring to have a picture of the most recent addition to our family, Alexander (or 3 of 3 for any fellow Trekkers)

[Unreal32]

Mine is based solely on the usual content of my in-box.

[Canuck]

It's true actually. As a fellow Canadian, I saw Jason's Wolverine and thought that was pretty cool seeing as they both are from Alberta (and perhaps both involved in Military experiments). Anyway, I didn't want to rip it off directly so thought that the Captain Canuck persona was fitting. Its 'the' Canadian comic (though Superman was actually a Canadian creation too!).

Must say I'm pleased to see so many VW/Audi lovers here too, even if baby number 3 meant trading in my Wolfsberg for a mini-van... :(

[Wiggin]

I came across this gif while web-surfing late one night, and it struck me as somewhat perfect for a Forum like PPCT... a place where I can stay up late at night offering my opinions to the PPC world :D
...now, if only I could think of something useful to say!! :silly:

[Fishie]

Lovable monkey AiAi from Nagoshi´s Gamecube masterpiece Super Monkeyball.
Nagoshi is head of one of the Sega satelite teams and is responsible for such classics as Daytona USA (his first great project handed to him before he had his own team and was working for Yu Suzuki´s AM2 satelite) Spikeout digital battle and Super monkeyball.
The guy is so good that Nintendo actually handed him the FZero liscence so you have a Sega company producing a Nintendo game.

[ThomasC22]

Mine is just my passive-aggresive way of complaining about the fact that I'll never, EVER get an Orange Smartphone 2002 in the US :(

[spg]

Well mine isn't quite as creative as all you guys. It just so happens that I like Tablet PCs (Hey, I run a site about them don't I?), so I put one in my avatar. Creative eh? :?

[sweetpete]

It's true actually. As a fellow Canadian, I saw Jason's Wolverine and thought that was pretty cool seeing as they both are from Alberta (and perhaps both involved in Military experiments). Anyway, I didn't want to rip it off directly so thought that the Captain Canuck persona was fitting. Its 'the' Canadian comic (though Superman was actually a Canadian creation too!).

Must say I'm pleased to see so many VW/Audi lovers here too, even if baby number 3 meant trading in my Wolfsberg for a mini-van... :(

Well, I had to get in on this. My avatar isn't very original, but I like the character from Monsters Inc. (Mike Wazowski ... voiced by Billy Crystal) so I just "borrowed" it from Disney's site. I'm getting a bit bored so maybe this thread will get me started on a new search.

With regards to the Audi/VW lovers ... are there any other cars? My first love was a 92 GTI, my second is my 98 A4 and like Ed, it'll be a while before I drive something else. I'm sure you guys are fans of another great community,VW Vortex (http://www.vwvortex.com), where I've recently fallen in love with my next car/truck, the Tourag.

BTW Canuck, you can beat down VW's door and hopefully be able to drive a REAL minivan ... the Touran (http://www.vwvortex.com/news/index_touran2.html) ... not announced for North America, but hey, neither was the 25th anniversary GTI :twisted:

PS. Who is it that keeps complaining about there only being posts about US deals on PPC's. You Europeans get ALL the good cars, and sometimes exclusively :!:

[ThomasC22]

PS. Who is it that keeps complaining about there only being posts about US deals on PPC's. You Europeans get ALL the good cars, and sometimes exclusively :!:

Yeah, but who in their right mind would pick a car over a PocketPC, GEEEZ! :roll: :wink:

[JonnoB]

As an Avatar can say alot about a person, I figured the best way to tell people about me is to show what I actually look like. Well, it is now a few years old - so maybe I've changed a bit and am afraid to admit it.

[Mark (NL)]

Well this thread made me put up an avatar so besides all the explaining it has been good for that <g>

It's actually the first picture I made with Pocket Artist so thought it "earned" the right to function as avatar... Too bad downsizing makes it loose the detail though, well this way my lack of drawing capabilities go unnoticed too <lol>

[bjornkeizers]

My avatar.. now *that* has a fascinating story attached..

I work in Cybertown, a very large community chat site devided into neighbourhoods. I worked in the Star Trek neighbourhood as a Block Deputy then; [today, i'm the NL] and there was this contest.. your face + star trek; go nuts. Best picture wins. I won first prize.

So I fired up the webcam, took a shot of my face, surfed to startrek.com, found a suitable picture, and an hour of PSP7 editing later, a picture was born. It still greets visitors on my 2D house to this date.

One day I got bored, needed an avatar, resize & voilla.

[renz]

Dilbert ... why? ... well sitting in the office all day I can relate to him a lot. Can´t we (office workers) all? :D

[Duncan]

It's a Tardis - dimensionally transcendental (bigger on the inside than the outside!) Time/Space machine permanently disguised as a 1960's London Police Telephone Box - home to a 1000 year old alien with no name, bad dress sense and a habit of travelling with beautiful young women.

I guess it's who I always wanted to be when I growed up (and second best I wanted my own Tardis)...!

[Ed Hansberry]

So much imagination on the use of avatars.

I feel very boring to have a picture of the most recent addition to our family, Alexander (or 3 of 3 for any fellow Trekkers)
ROTFL! :lol: I am sure you wife loves it when you call him that.

"Hey, honey, I think 3 of 3 needs changing."

[mv]

To most of you, mine needs no explanation. But pdaBuzz is quite dead now, so soon i´ll change my avatar for something nicer... like a picture of where i live...

[Ed Hansberry]

With regards to the Audi/VW lovers ... are there any other cars? My first love was a 92 GTI, my second is my 98 A4 and like Ed, it'll be a while before I drive something else. I'm sure you guys are fans of another great community,VW Vortex (http://www.vwvortex.com), where I've recently fallen in love with my next car/truck, the Tourag.
Quattro, V6, 5speed here. I had to wait months to get a V6 without an automatic transmission. I spend my time at http://www.audiworld.com/ but I do love VW's as well. A bit saddened they put the W8 in the Passat. :? What were they thinking?

[numb]

I've been inspired to add mine...my dogs, in (just about) my landrover

[Pony99CA]

I've always liked pigs ever since I saw a couple walking a little pig on leash on a beach in St. Ignace, Michigan (near the southern end of the Upper Peninsula, right past the Mackinac Bridge, if my memory of family vacations from more than 25 years ago is accurate).

I have a pig collection in my house -- stuffed mainly, but also ceramics, glass and so on.

OK, that's TMI already....

Steve

[xbalance]

I read Pocket PC thoughts forums a long time before I actually decided to post. When I decided I had something to contribute I quickly surfed the web looking for something that represented where I live, Seattle. Rain seemed perfect and the Snoopy was what I found first. It works for me.

[Snail]

I've been meaning to add an avatar for ages... this one reflects my relationship with my sister :wink: and the fact that itchy and scratchy are the best thing on TV!

[JMountford]

OK I'll bite.

My avatar is straight forward. It is one I designed myself. I have always been fascinated by angels. At one time in my life I identified a lot with them. (Don't ask.) ANyway I have used angels to depict myself for years. I met my wife online chatting under the name of "The_Angel_". I have also used Dark Angel, before there was a telivision series. I was a little bit gothy.

I finally grew up a little bit after having a wife and some kids. I also no lnger feel the need for anonimity, but the Angel icon that I designed way back in HS has stuck.

The design came to me in HS as a Abstract Angular impressionistic rendition of an angel.

This icon was done in MS Paint and Photoshop. I hate drawing regular line art in Photoshop. Maybe I should update my avatar with a 3D design based on it.

[Ken Mattern]

Free advertising!

I'm a man of few words on this site but a man of many words on my own!

BTW: I got the cat and it is really cool.

[Jason Lee]

Mine was the frirst thing that came to mind when I registered with the site. It is Shiro Amada's HG RX-79(G) Gundam Ez-8 from Mobile Suit Gundam: The 8th MS Team, my favorite Gundam series.

Kinda wanna change mine to my car... That'ed be cool.

http://batcave.smsu.edu/images/vettavitar.JPG

[Willa]

Irises remind me of my mother, who wasn't much of a gardener, but always grew irises. I asked her about it once and she said that irises reminded her of her mother, who used to grow them, too. My maternal grandmother died before I was born, and my mother is now gone as well, but an iris still evokes warm thoughts of both these women. Though my mother was not a tech geek by any means, she set me up with my first email account years ago, correctly assuming that it'd be one way to get me to write more often. She even had a Newton before I even knew what a PDA was!

On a related note, my husband and I purchased a "new" 102 year-old house this summer. The first time we saw the place, irises of various types and colors were in bloom all over the gardens - the place instantly felt like "home."

[van_mierlo]

Mine is just me, myself and I

Sometimes I like this one too ----->http://www.crpa.com/pocketpc/activesync.gif

[cpoole]

After 30 some odd years, I still get a rush from Pink Floyd. Animals is my current much played favorite.

[Janak Parekh]

My office :D
Wait... do you mean you're a pilot? And, if that's so, why's your handle "Busdriver"?

Jason - thanks for putting this thread on the front page - a number of mysteries in my online life have been solved. :D

--bdj

[Perry Reed]

Mine is boring, just my son Owen and I.

[Ed Hansberry]

My office :D
Wait... do you mean you're a pilot? And, if that's so, why's your handle "Busdriver"?
Lots of people call a plane a bus, though I usually use the term "cattle car."

MoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo

[Kirkaiya]

At one time, I had a little picture of Captain Kirk, since my name is Kirk (and so, people are always like, "as in Captain?").

Later, I changed it to a still shot from a "Streaming Freedom" video-cast from the Dark Angel series. I really liked the looks of the show (okay, okay.. Jessica Alba is a total hottie, what other reason would I need to watch!!) :-)

Anyway - due to the tight 75x75 pixel requirements, I had to move the text around, so that both the words "Streaming" and "Freedom" were at least partially visible (just used Jasc PaintShopPro 5, quick and dirty).

And - BigDaddy - I *do* remember ALL of those computers.
I started out in the 7th grade programming the TRS-80 Model II, and by the eigth grade, they had me teaching the 7th graders BASIC programming in lieu of Algebra 1 day per week.

I then saved up money working in my Dad's shop, and bought a Commodore VIC-20 (with it's 3.5K of RAM). Then moved to a Commodore 64, then a second one (when I wore out the first one, and killed it with black-powder... don't ask).

Then, I flirted a bit with an Atari 400 (which sucked.. membrane keyboard), before moving onto the Commodore Amiga, which was revolutionary when it came out.

Finally, I went onto the PC world (sigh), and built a "white-box" from components, then another, then my 1st laptop, and now my new awesome laptop!

I guess, technically, my first programming was done on a Magnavox Odyssey Videogame console; I got the "Programming" cartridge as a gift, probably back in 1978 or so, when I was like, 10, and taught myself to use the limited Assembly-language on it to write some very simple games (hang-man, guess-my-number, etc). The Odyssey had a membrane keyboard, unlike the Atari 2600, which is why my parents got it over my sister's objections.

To this day, I remember hearing my parents in their room debating what to get us for Christmas, my 3 sisters all having voted for the Atari - my Dad said very clearly, "Well, the magnavox one has a keyboard, and that programming thing, and I just think computers might be a big thing someday". (remember that, in 1978, almost nobody had a computer at home really, other than a few Apple I fans)

And... he was right! they sort of did get big!

[Janak Parekh]

Lots of people call a plane a bus, though I usually use the term "cattle car."
Hmm... maybe it's a "non-northeast" thing? I've never heard that up here. I mean, if you've ever taken a bus in NYC, you'd never call a plane a bus. :lol:

MoooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo
Hmm, can you voice-record that on your PPC and send it so I can keep it when you become famous? :D

--bdj

[RickP in AZ]

Well, like 90% of all the known world I am a *huge* fan of "The Simpsons." So when it was finally time for me to add an avatar for all of the various message boards I frequent I immediately knew that I needed a picture of Homer as "Mr. X."

After 4 solid hours of scouring about 30 different Simpsons websites I finally found the perfect picture. A little resizing for each of the assorted board's limitations and... Ta Da!

[Gen-M]

My first Pocket PC after being run over in the road.
(Don't ask :oops: )

[McDeb]

My dancin' M has been around for quite some time now, and it still makes me smile whenever I see it. Guess that's why I have kept it for so long. :D

[Santa Fe]

'cause my other passion is biking (road & mountain).

[szamot]

Say perhaps we ought to have a contest one month. Express yourself as a car, or an animated gif or your first PC or whatever Avatar. This could spice things up a bit and make it fun. After reading these posts I too am inspired to say more with my Avatar.

[Kati Compton]

BTW: I got the cat and it is really cool.

Thanks! :)

[Gremmie]

You can only express the love for stewie if you have seen Family Guy.

[Perry Reed]

You can only express the love for stewie if you have seen Family Guy.

And here I thought I was the only guy who loved that show!

[mv]

With regards to the Audi/VW lovers ... are there any other cars? My first love was a 92 GTI, my second is my 98 A4 and like Ed, it'll be a while before I drive something else. I'm sure you guys are fans of another great community,VW Vortex (http://www.vwvortex.com), where I've recently fallen in love with my next car/truck, the Tourag.
Quattro, V6, 5speed here. I had to wait months to get a V6 without an automatic transmission. I spend my time at http://www.audiworld.com/ but I do love VW's as well. A bit saddened they put the W8 in the Passat. :? What were they thinking?

Is that an a4? Nice. I have a 98 golf (1,8l)... still as good as new. Those germans know how to make cars!

[Sparkomatic]

Who doesn't like Kermit!? :lol:

[KyleC]

Who doesn't like Kermit!? :lol:
Good question. I heard somewhere that Kermit has 11 points on his collar...

Anyway, my avatar is of Microsoft Outlook. One day I decided that I needed an avatar, and I really wanted the ActiveSync one, but I didn't want to copy it from someone. Instead, I took a screenshot of the screen and with MS Paint I took out everything else, and saved the file. Not very exciting, eh?

[st63z]

Bah, all this Audi/VW obsession :sleeping:

www.clubgp.com (late-model GTP, a great car to mod)

I envy my bro though, he gets to choose between his BMW 750 and Toyota Supra to drive every morning...

[heliod]

Mine was done by a famous Brazilian caricaturist called Carcamo.

I have always liked these guys works and the way they take things to extremes.

So here is my face taken to the extreme.

[Ed Hansberry]

Bah, all this Audi/VW obsession :sleeping:

www.clubgp.com (late-model GTP, a great car to mod)

I envy my bro though, he gets to choose between his BMW 750 and Toyota Supra to drive every morning...
Sorry. Front drivers need not apply. :wink:

AWD or I'll walk.

[sweetpete]

With regards to the Audi/VW lovers ... are there any other cars? My first love was a 92 GTI, my second is my 98 A4 and like Ed, it'll be a while before I drive something else. I'm sure you guys are fans of another great community,VW Vortex (http://www.vwvortex.com), where I've recently fallen in love with my next car/truck, the Tourag.
Quattro, V6, 5speed here. I had to wait months to get a V6 without an automatic transmission. I spend my time at http://www.audiworld.com/ but I do love VW's as well. A bit saddened they put the W8 in the Passat. :? What were they thinking?

Yeah, I know what you mean about the tranny ... I caved back then because there was such a long wait , but I still have the Triptonic :cry:
Also a 2.8 Quattro (they don't offer 2 wheel in Canada 8O )
I forgot to mention AudiWorld. BTW, the new A8 looks wicked. I want my car to have a fingerprint scanner as a starter too 8)

[Jason Lee]

Audi?? but it's not a Corvette!

This is my house...

http://batcave.smsu.edu/images/vettes.JPG

ok.. so i have a problem..... :roll:

[shockidelica]

Mine is of me in my Halloween costume, an Emporer's Royal Guard from Return of the Jedi, complete with home-made force pike.

[PDAlien]

I think my avatar is pretty self explanatory ;-)

Oh, and Audis, VW's, etc...nothing compared to Porsches! Check out this site I am the webmaster of if you are a Porsche lover: http://www.carcrafter.com

I also use the same forum software, phpBB, on Carcrafter. Great stuff!

[BruceG]

My avatar is Spike Spiegel from the anime series "Cowboy Bebop". I always found Spike to be a very interesting character, and I always liked the way he and his partner, Jet Black, deal fairly (and often generously) with the people they encounter. The music from the series is pretty cool, too.

[Gordo]

Mine is BORING! :oops:

I must say that this is the longest forum that I have read in its entirety, really enjoyed it!

[sweetpete]

My office :D
Wait... do you mean you're a pilot? And, if that's so, why's your handle "Busdriver"?

Jason - thanks for putting this thread on the front page - a number of mysteries in my online life have been solved. :D

--bdj

Busdriver refers to Airbus driver, which is the plane pictures there (A330 if I were to guess).

[moaske]

Mine's a picture of me and my gadgets... :robot:

[PHactotum]

I combined my latest PDA, e740 with the Purdue Griffin since I am an Alumni.

[icatar]

Foooooorrrrrreeeeeeee!

[Mike Temporale]

Must say I'm pleased to see so many VW/Audi lovers here too, even if baby number 3 meant trading in my Wolfsberg for a mini-van... :(

Sorry to here that. I love my 99 GTI VR6. However, I LOVE the R32 even more :turn-l:

[sullivanpt]

This is one of my faithful mutts. Her name is Ava.

(No kidding!).

[Mike Temporale]

With regards to the Audi/VW lovers ... are there any other cars? My first love was a 92 GTI, my second is my 98 A4 and like Ed, it'll be a while before I drive something else. I'm sure you guys are fans of another great community,VW Vortex (http://www.vwvortex.com), where I've recently fallen in love with my next car/truck, the Tourag.

BTW Canuck, you can beat down VW's door and hopefully be able to drive a REAL minivan ... the Touran (http://www.vwvortex.com/news/index_touran2.html) ... not announced for North America, but hey, neither was the 25th anniversary GTI :twisted:


Well, the 25th Anniversary GTI is coming here as the 20th North American Anniversary. (Although, I think you are right. It has not been 'officialy' announced yet.)

Touran is pretty cool, but I think it's a little too $$ and a little too late. The R32 on the other hand...

[Mike Temporale]

Bah, all this Audi/VW obsession :sleeping:

www.clubgp.com (late-model GTP, a great car to mod)

I envy my bro though, he gets to choose between his BMW 750 and Toyota Supra to drive every morning...

The GTP is a nice car. Lots of power at a very reasonable price. Not really my speed... I really like the German engineering. I've driven lots of different cars, and I prefer the handling of the audi/vw (read German) cars.

[AndrewShuttleworth]

Mine is a downsized version of a graphic I used to create some business cards.

Andrew

[max1milion]

Mine is my current PocketPC -- a Toshiba Genio e550G -- running PocketQuake. It's great.

I actually started posting here first just before I bought it, but I didn't make an avatar until I started posting over at PocketMatrix (that's where the PocketQuake forums are...).

First I took a nice high res pic of the PDA with my Olympus, then cut out the background and the screen and oriented the thing just right in PhotoShop. The screenshot came from GetPDAScreen by Newmad Technologies (http://www.newmad.se/software.asp). Just streched the screen shot and resized -- voila. The original avatar (and in fact the one still up at PocketMatrix) was a GIF with some rough edges, though I didn't notice that on PocketMatrix's dark backgrounds. After reading this thread I put that two-color gradient in the background, flattened and resized again -- much better. I wish I'd thought of that one -- it's a much better way to solve the two-color problem than GIF transparency. (Of course, if Internet Explorer supported PNG alpha-transparencies that would be awesome, but that would be progress and I guess the IE coders don't like that much...)

Bottom like I love my PocketPC and I love PocketQuake, so there you go.

Sorry for the long answer,

- Max Radomsky

[Dave Beauvais]

... Of course, if Internet Explorer supported PNG alpha-transparencies that would be awesome ...
You know, I honestly can't count the number of times I've had that very same thought. I guess we're lucky that IE even supports PNGs at all. Of course if some future version eventually does support alpha transparency, you still couldn't really use it that much for some time since most other browsers would still ignore it.

--Dave

[DrtyBlvd]

If anyone recognises the clipping, it's from the strip Bill did where the two protagonists are playing classical records backwards at 4 in the morning. There's just something toooo sweet about the anarchy of that... especially if you're a parent.

[FredMurphy]

Can't remember where I found this pic, and have since lost it. (If I stole it from you, let me know.) It's a large PC in a suitcase with one of those old candelstick type phones. Looks better the original size.

It just seemed to sum up the ultimate in portabile computing. :)

[KyleC]

If anyone recognises the clipping, it's from the strip Bill did where the two protagonists are playing classical records backwards at 4 in the morning. There's just something toooo sweet about the anarchy of that... especially if you're a parent.

Actually, that image itself isn't the dancing in the morning. Your avatar is actually the back of one of the books (I think that it is "It's a magical world")

Here is the REAL dancing in the morning comic:
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ch/1987/ch870201.gif

[DrtyBlvd]

I stand graciously corrected!

[Lotto]

Well...I was on the boards when we had no avatars. When they started, I didn't upload one, and since I was a regular I was ribbed for not having one. I thought I'll get something really different, and began a search on the net. I found the animated gifs, and fell for this little guy. At that point no one had an animated gif on the boards I frequented.

Shortly after his upload, lots of people started uploading obnoxiously busy avatars. Which frankly I didn't care for myself...so I changed mine, I didn't want it to be distracting. Man I got nailed for it. No one wanted me to get rid of him. People said we love him, it's just those others we can't stand. I was kinda forced to bring him back, and he's grown on me and many others. So, he's stuck with me ever since.

[Janak Parekh]

You know, I honestly can't count the number of times I've had that very same thought. I guess we're lucky that IE even supports PNGs at all. Of course if some future version eventually does support alpha transparency, you still couldn't really use it that much for some time since most other browsers would still ignore it.
No, actually, Netscape 6/7, which are based on the Mozilla codebase, handle PNG alpha transparency perfectly and have done so for some time. CSS support is near-perfect too. Why do you think I use Mozilla? :D (That, and the bizarre set of vulnerabilities that came out for IE this week :()

--bdj

[JornadaJ]

Mine is pretty straightforward. I was in the Army, in a unit that specialized in cold-weather, light-infantry operations. On a website about the history of my division, (goes back to WWII), there was this picture of an American ski soldier and a dog. I liked it, since about the only thing that has changed was the rifle. The snowshoes, skis, overwhites and everything else was essentially the same.

A bit of trivia for those of you who ski. Many of the ski resorts in the U.S. were started by former members of the division after the war. Bob Dole was also a member of the division when he was wounded.

So, that's my story...

[Kati Compton]

Why do you think I use Mozilla? :D (That, and the bizarre set of vulnerabilities that came out for IE this week :()

They have a special add-on pack of additional vulnerabilities? ;)

[puithove]

Love pocket pc
Love lord of the rings

I'ts small enough that unless you really knew what you were looking at you wouldn't know...

[Busdriver]

It's a picture of the business end of a A300-600 Airbus, and yes I do fly it for a living, hence "Busdriver". BTW, I don't work for a passenger carrier, and if I did I wouldn't admit it. :mrgreen:

This has been a great thread.

[st63z]

Just wanted to put up notice that I have patented the "invisible" avatar. No one else may use it...

[Merlion]

Just so you won't be mistaken, look at page 4 (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4872&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30) of this thread to see my description of my very detailed avatar. Yours & mine looked awfully close, so .. thought you'd like to know. 8)

[Lotto]

I see a resemblance, but I think they both have their unique qualities. :wink:

[dcharles18]

Mine too is pretty straightforward. I am an avid freemason.

[alan williams]

It's the only one Uncle Red would let me have...

[Equilibrium]

I can't get any avatar to work. :really mad:

[Janak Parekh]

What's the problem? Sounds like you need a Red Sox avatar to me... ;)

(Coming from a Yankees fan... we'd better stay far, far away in person...)

--bdj

[Equilibrium]

yes, i am trying to get a red sox avatar to work

(i have a redsox avatar everywhere)

[ThomasC22]

yes, i am trying to get a red sox avatar to work

(i have a redsox avatar everywhere)

Try this (http://www.tomchamberlain.com/Axim/sox.gif)

[JackTheTripper]

Just wanted to put up notice that I have patented the "invisible" avatar. No one else may use it...
Just so you won't be mistaken, look at page 4 (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4872&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30) of this thread to see my description of my very detailed avatar. Yours & mine looked awfully close, so .. thought you'd like to know. 8)

I think both of you need this...
http://www.giantcreative.com/nothing.gif
It's one of my old avatars from another board. I had to resize it. Hope it didn't lose too much quality.

[Equilibrium]

General Error

Could not write avatar file to local storage. Please contact the board administrator with this message

I get that when I try an avatar from a URL, and i get a whole bunch of funky script errors when i try to upload one.

[ThomasC22]

You need to contact Steve ([email protected]) about that then, I used the file above as my own avatar to test and it worked fine!

[Sunnyone]

I've always tried to approach life with a good attitude and not dwell on the crap! So Sunny kind of describes me, I guess. Found the pic on the web and it is actually animated. But when I resized it I lost the animation. Some day, maybe I'll fix it or come up with something more creative.

Renee

[Wiggin]

But when I resized it I lost the animation. Some day, maybe I'll fix it or come up with something more creative. Renee
Renee, try going to this site Gifworks.com (http://www.gifworks.com/), and using it to modify your GIF/TIF file. You can resize it, change it, etc. and keep the animation. It's a free utility that does not require you to downloand any software. You use it remotely. Just use File Open on the HTML page that the links opens and point it to the file you want to modify.
Cheers[/url]

[Sunnyone]

Thanks, Wiggin! Fun site. As you can see I resized the animated gif. :way to go:

[Equilibrium]

i finally got one working

[Seraph1024]

That's the car I drive. I have to shrink it down for this forum though. And I have to change it's colours too. I used to have a red one, then a white one. Now I have a Bordeaux coloured one...

L

[Seraph1024]

My office :D

That's a nice office. -- Always wanted an office like that since I was a kid. I still want it today.

[Sslixtis]

Mine is kinda straight forward, it's the way I see the Web. Also could be interpereted as I have my eye on you :wink:

[TheBacklash]

It's my bike.... Yamaha FZ1 125 RW HP! http://www.thebacklash.com/emote/burnout.gif

[marlof]

The red dot comes from my favorite brand of camera's: Leica. I have the PanaLeica Digilux 1, and keep eyeing the M series that I can not justify.... yet.

The figure is an abstract Pocket PC with ears, so it looks like a head. I've become so depending on my Pocket PC, that people say it has replaced my head. Well, here you go.

[lul1971]

Now that I have it I might aswell use it. There is definately never going to be a possibilty for a pic like that again :?

[Fugates]

:D

I picked my Avatar because it is symbolizes continual motion, with the rings. The colors are depective of my personality. :D

To sum it up: An "Out of the Box" thinker, with a colorful personality. :wink: :way to go:

[GoldKey]

Because I am the co-webmaster for www.wearetheborg.com and www.enterprisecrew.com .

[gwizard]

Well I tend to change my avatars around a lot, but generally they have something to do with Studebakers (either a logo or a pic of a car). Studebakers are my favorite car that's why I usually use them for my avatars. :D

[Pony99CA]

Because I am the co-webmaster for www.wearetheborg.com and www.enterprisecrew.com .
Well, that "Borg" Web site was quite misleading. I was expecting something dedicated to the Borg, but it's about Jeri Ryan. I mean, she's fine, and did play a Borg in Star Trek: Voyager, but why not have a URL with JeriRyan (or 7of9, if you don't have Jeri's permission to use her name)?

Just curious....

Steve

[orangehat]

As an active Mason this one made the most sense for me. Many thanks to dcharles18 helping me out with it!

[dcharles18]

As an active Mason this one made the most sense for me. Many thanks to dcharles18 helping me out with it!

Hey, no problem!! Now there are two of us that I'm aware of. Maybe more will pop up.

[Job]

Wow, I read through 15 pages to add these meaningless thoughts to the list of meaningless thoughts . . .

Kati: That isn't a cracked egg? You had me fooled . . .

My avatar is currently from a website of a man who collects road signs . . . or something like that. It's a picture of a man falling into a ravine.

Soon, I hope to replace this one with a picture of my former Sony Clie (RIP) that I crushed the glass screen on and proceeded to dismantle. Well, whenever I get around to digitally photographing it, you'll all get to see my new and improved avatar.

[Kati Compton]

Kati: That isn't a cracked egg? You had me fooled . . .


Well, I thought a kitty-cat fit my personality, but apparently most of the people around here do associate me more with a cracked egg.... <sigh> ;)

[Janak Parekh]

Well, I thought a kitty-cat fit my personality, but apparently most of the people around here do associate me more with a cracked egg.... <sigh> ;)
You're our favorite cracked egg. ;)

Job: look really, really carefully at the avatar. Once you "get it" you will never see the egg again. :D (If you need a hint, go to page 1 of this thread...)

--janak

[Job]

Actually, I did read through the whole post, and after reading the first page the first time I did get it. Kati, I prefer thinking of it as a cracked egg . . .

[Kati Compton]

Thanks Janak. ;)

Shall I change my username to "Kati-Kat"? Would that help? :D

[Janak Parekh]

No, but it has me :rofl:. Well, that is if it wasn't my office, in which I don't have space to roll on the floor in the first place.

Have people called you that?

--janak

[Kati Compton]

No, but it has me :rofl:. Well, that is if it wasn't my office, in which I don't have space to roll on the floor in the first place.

Have people called you that?


:oops: My husband. ;) Pet name. So to speak.

Occasionally friends as well, but it's pretty rare. Basically it's because I really like cats (duh). I wanted pet cats for a long time but couldn't get them until I bought my condo (against renter rules), and I was mildly obsessive about it. Also when I made my own mix CDs (at least before I got lazy and just started using a Sharpie) I put the cat graphic (line art version) on the printed CD labels and put "Sleeping Cat Records" above it.

I don't see myself becoming a "cat lady" (2 cats is plenty, 3 is possible but stretching it), but I do enjoy using cats as a personal "theme".

[Steven Cedrone]

No, but it has me :rofl:. Well, that is if it wasn't my office, in which I don't have space to roll on the floor in the first place.

Have people called you that?


:oops: My husband. ;) Pet name. So to speak.

Occasionally friends as well, but it's pretty rare. Basically it's because I really like cats (duh). I wanted pet cats for a long time but couldn't get them until I bought my condo (against renter rules), and I was mildly obsessive about it. Also when I made my own mix CDs (at least before I got lazy and just started using a Sharpie) I put the cat graphic (line art version) on the printed CD labels and put "Sleeping Cat Records" above it.

I don't see myself becoming a "cat lady" (2 cats is plenty, 3 is possible but stretching it), but I do enjoy using cats as a personal "theme".

I have decided to start using it instead of Kati42, it's "Kat-chy"... :wink:

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

I have decided to start using it instead of Kati42, it's "Kat-chy"... :wink:
Evil! Evil I say! :lol:

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Heh. The only one that gets to call me that in person is my husband. ;)

Hopefully it won't make him jealous.

[dean_shan]

I wanted somthing that told somthing about me but was not too revealing such as a picture of my self. I took a picture of my pocketpc and put it over the outline of my state Alaska. It's pretty simple but I like it.

Update
Ok I made it a lot cooler now. If you still want to see what my old one was like go here (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16978)

[Ed Hansberry]

I wanted somthing that told somthing about me but was not too revealing such as a picture of my self. I took a picture of my pocketpc and put it over the outline of my state Alaska. It's pretty simple but I like it.
Ahhh.... now I see it. I thought that was some sort of headset cable coming out of the top. :lol:

[Pony99CA]

I wanted somthing that told somthing about me but was not too revealing such as a picture of my self. I took a picture of my pocketpc and put it over the outline of my state Alaska. It's pretty simple but I like it.
Ahhh.... now I see it. I thought that was some sort of headset cable coming out of the top. :lol:
I thought it was a bad copy of the "Alfred Hitchcock Show" logo until I saw his location was Alaska. :-)

Steve

[Job]

Heh, apparently we have some geography buffs in here . . .
Now, I can understand not getting Kati's on the first try but the outline of Alaska, that's pretty distinctive. :wink:

[Kati Compton]

Heh, apparently we have some geography buffs in here . . .
Now, I can understand not getting Kati's on the first try but the outline of Alaska, that's pretty distinctive. :wink:

Heh. All cat owners should have gotten mine at least...

[Pony99CA]

Heh. All cat owners should have gotten mine at least...
Maybe, but I'm not a cat "owner". I saw the egg that most people seem to have seen. Even after you said it was a cat, I didn't get it at first. Finally, I saw the cat curled up, but I still have to look twice to get it.

Maybe if it wasn't a perfect oval, it would be easier to see (and harder to mistake for an egg). It's like one of those optical illusions almost. :-)

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

I saw the egg that most people seem to have seen.
Sorry to belabor the point, but the humorous thing is I can't see the egg anymore. Have I been brainwashed? :silly:

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Maybe if it wasn't a perfect oval, it would be easier to see (and harder to mistake for an egg). It's like one of those optical illusions almost. :-)


But the cats do make a perfect oval. Plus I can't draw, so I was using the arc tool. :P

Sorry to belabor the point, but the humorous thing is I can't see the egg anymore. Have I been brainwashed?

You are now under my power. I will now force you to make me a winner in every PPCT contest that takes place from now on. You must also give my academic papers a good review if you ever encounter them. Finally, you must fly out here and wash my car.

[Pony99CA]

You are now under my power. I will now force you to make me a winner in every PPCT contest that takes place from now on. You must also give my academic papers a good review if you ever encounter them. Finally, you must fly out here and wash my car.
Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on us!

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

You are now under my power. I will now force you to make me a winner in every PPCT contest that takes place from now on. You must also give my academic papers a good review if you ever encounter them. Finally, you must fly out here and wash my car.
What if I'm not a good car washer? :oops: ;)

Your Jedi mind tricks don't work on us!
That's why she has the cat as the avatar, not wookies or Yoda. :D Or are cats supposed to be wise in the ways of a Jedi?

--janak

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

This thread's still running? I think I was in elementary school when I first saw BigDaddy ask this question...

My avatar signifies what's often inside my head... :cry:

[redifrogger]

My avatar refers to my hobby of red-eyed tree frogs. In fact I have this avatar as a tatoo! Sorry to respond so late - somehow missed this thread, but thought I'd give my 2 cents.

[jayman]

I'll join this late as well!

Mine was sent to me by a friend because he thought it summed up me, my ppc use and my general ability to ruin technology.

For those of you who don't know who it is:

Derek "Delboy" Trotter is a character from one of the UK's favourite TV shows of all time - 'Only fools and Horses'.

His catchphrases are ledgendary - "You Plonker" "Mange Tout" "Cushdy"

Anyhow apparently not only do I look like him, speak french as fluently, I also have any number of scams and quality deals going on at any time, and have some phrases of my own: "Moulin Rouge" being very popular!!

One interesting fact - I have met him as well - in a private casino in Birmingham UK - I sat at a roulette table with the actor "David Jason" and whilst I lost my money and got royally pissedup. He made pleasant conversation to everyone!!

So as we would say:

"The french have a word for people like me!"

[ironguy]

1) I do like to iron. I have a top of the line Rowenta - 1400 watts of steaming power!

2) I play golf but I can't hit a driver to save my life.

3) See my signature

[stitics]

I am just a little bit later than all of you. :lol:

As my profile tells you, I am in the US Army, and I just endured two weeks of hell earning my Air Assault wings. I graduated yesterday (07 MAR 03).

Anyway, I decided that now was as good a time as any to adopt an avatar, and the wings should be it.

[felixdd]

Shows of my J's beautiful curves ;)

Hmm...maybe because I've been "friends" with a cat for a long time in my childhood...but when I first saw Kati's avatar I immediately knew it was a cat. In fact it was quite difficult for me to see the cracked egg (which I lerned of when I went through this thread) -- even now I'm having trouble with it unless I stand away from my screen.

Oh and btw -- congrats on the graduation Stitics! Tell us more!

[Pony99CA]

As my profile tells you, I am in the US Army, and I just endured two weeks of hell earning my Air Assault wings. I graduated yesterday (07 MAR 03).
Congrats! Have a virtual beer. :beer:

So what exactly does "Air Assault" mean in the Army? Parachuting, piloting, what?

Steve

[Sheynk]

the RS4... best sleeper car.... a wagon that outruns a ferrari...stock 8)

[Ed Hansberry]

the RS4... best sleeper car.... a wagon that outruns a ferrari...stock 8)
Yup. Although it has been replaced with the 450hp V8 Audi RS6, at least in the US. I'm not sure what is still availabe in Europe. They had an RS4 Avant at one time. The car that could haul a** while hauling. :lol:

And every one of 'em a Quattro.

[stitics]

Oh and btw -- congrats on the graduation Stitics! Tell us more!
So what exactly does "Air Assault" mean in the Army? Parachuting, piloting, what?

Air Assault involves the determination and marking of helicopter landing zones, ground crew operations at the landing zone (hand signals, ground markings, personnel required and their positioning, etc), sling load preparation and inspection for flight, and rappelling from the aforementioned helicopters.

This web site below describes it almost as it was for me. There are some discrepancies, but I assume the page was written a while ago. For example, I had only 18 minutes to complete the 2 mile run on Zero Day and it wasn't a formation run; we did PT (Physical Training) 6 of the 10 days, not every day; a water trailer was added to the list of things we had to know how to sling load and we didn't have to know the fuel blivets; the ruck sack for the 12-mile road march was 35 pounds rather than 30.

http://web.mit.edu/armyrotc/airassault.htm

Also, what they fail to mention is that you are wearing your BDU pants (Battle Dress Uniform - the camouflage stuff you're used to seeing soldiers in) AND your boots and you are soaking wet (cause they made you crawl through a huge puddle) for your 2-mile run.

[Weyoun6]

Well, I guess I will join this thread late too...

I have a monorail (Seattle Alweg - 1960s) because I am wat cha call a "futurist", plus I am a big supporter of the monorail in seattle, and in the technology in general. It also helps that I am a member of theMONORAILsociety. I picked a grayscale pic because I think it looks classy, and hopefully is smaller than a colour av.

[Tom W.M.]

I'm even later! :D
I picked my avatar because it looks both weird and cool. It's cropped from an image on the IRTC web site, here (http://www.irtc.org/stills/2002-06-30.html). I cropped it using the GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/). It's a 14kb PNG image.

[Pat Logsdon]

My avatar is a piece of a Shag print, which can be seen here:

http://www.shag.com/Hedonist/bluewahine.html

VERY cool stuff - I'm saving my nickels to buy a print. 8)

[ctmagnus]

why'd you pick your avatar?

'Cuz it's kewl!


It's an abstract of a sleeping cat.

Looking at it normally, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the right, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the left, a cat. :)

[Kati Compton]

Looking at it normally, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the right, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the left, a cat. :)

Maybe I should tip my cat to the right to see if it looks like a cracked egg....

Nope. ;)

[Dave Beauvais]

Looking at it normally, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the right, a cracked egg. Tip my head to the left, a cat. :)
You know, tilting my head to the right is the first time I've been able to see the "cracked egg" that so many people have seen. The instant I saw Kati's avatar, I knew it was a sleeping cat. My 19-year-old 8O (yes, really) cat spends about 97% of the day in that exact position. :D

--Dave

[ux4484]

.......cause sometimes you just feel like someone dropped a boulder on ye :D

[Crystal Eitle]

People have been asking about my new avatar....

It's The Cheat, a character from Homestarrunner.com. He's chillin' in the crisper drawer, enjoying his new TV remote privileges (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail74.html).

[Pony99CA]

People have been asking about my new avatar....

Was your old avatar your photo?

Just curious,
Steve

[Crystal Eitle]

Was your old avatar your photo?
Yep, it was a photo of my smiling face.

[Kati Compton]

enjoying his new TV remote privileges (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail74.html).
"The Truck is alive!"
"That Truck is trying to kill me!"

[Jacob]

Mine's from www.homestarrunner.com as well as Crystal's.... Strongbad :D

[lurch]

"The Truck is alive!"
"That Truck is trying to kill me!"
What's really funny is to see perhaps the inspiration behind that -- about 2 weeks before that email there was a movie on TV sunday afternoon that I watched for about 15 minutes -- it was about these vehicles (large trucks) that "came alive" and drove around trying to kill some people at a remote truckstop :lol: then when the SB email had that on there, I just about bust it laughing! Homestarrunner is my favorite website!
A site note - I asked them about formatting their flash movies to fit on a PPC (anybody else ever go there on your PDA?) and they said they'd look into it, then I was bored one saturday so I wrote them the PHP page to automatically format any flash movies on a given page for the PPC.. they said they might use it soon!!!! 0X (me keeping my fingers crossed)


ANYWAY, my avatar is the logo from my website (http://www.missionaryexchange.org), a free service benefiting missionaries. More importantly it also is the cross of Jesus Christ, my Lord, savior, friend, counsellor, you name it! Without Him my life would be so different. And that's a huge understatement! He totally changes my heart.

[Kati Compton]

A site note - I asked them about formatting their flash movies to fit on a PPC (anybody else ever go there on your PDA?) and they said they'd look into it, then I was bored one saturday so I wrote them the PHP page to automatically format any flash movies on a given page for the PPC.. they said they might use it soon!!!! 0X (me keeping my fingers crossed)
Yeah - I already figured out how to manually change the .html to display it properly on my ppc - I have a selection on my Axim. :)

[lurch]

Yeah - I already figured out how to manually change the .html to display it properly on my ppc - I have a selection on my Axim. :)
Back at around strongbad email 40/50-something I got copies of all of them and put them on a storage card.. :) That was pretty cool, but they took up more room than it was worth (and it wasn't my storage card anyway :( )

[Jacob]

Back at around strongbad email 40/50-something I got copies of all of them and put them on a storage card.. :) That was pretty cool, but they took up more room than it was worth (and it wasn't my storage card anyway :( )

I only put a selection of my favorites on the storagecard - I just use FlashAssist to view them.

[Mitch D]

I chose my avatar... well borrowed my avatar becuase it summed up me feelings when it comes to dealing with some of my customers plus it just happened to go well with the nickname...

:snipersmile:

[davidspalding]

I chose my avatar... well borrowed my avatar becuase it summed up me feelings when it comes to dealing with some of my customers plus it just happened to go well with the nickname...

:snipersmile:

A grumpety attitude and disaffection with some of the lamers at other sites spurred me to change my icon on 1-2 other sites to versions of this charming fellow.

http://www.chromejob.com/images/hr/omicron%2099%20avatar%203.gif

[Pony99CA]

"The Truck is alive!"
"That Truck is trying to kill me!"
What's really funny is to see perhaps the inspiration behind that -- about 2 weeks before that email there was a movie on TV sunday afternoon that I watched for about 15 minutes -- it was about these vehicles (large trucks) that "came alive" and drove around trying to kill some people at a remote truckstop
That movie is likely "Maximum Overdrive" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091499), based on a Stephen King story. King also directed it.

Steve

[Kati Compton]

That movie is likely "Maximum Overdrive" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091499), based on a Stephen King story. King also directed it.

I think it's actually a different movie - there's a comment here (http://starbase.globalpc.net/~bhz/cgi-bin/strongbad/strongbadsecrets.cgi). Scroll down to #74.

[ctmagnus]

I think it's actually a different movie - there's a comment here (http://starbase.globalpc.net/~bhz/cgi-bin/strongbad/strongbadsecrets.cgi). Scroll down to #74.

Or you can just click on the hyperlink near the top and save your dear scrolling finger. ;)

[Kati Compton]

Or you can just click on the hyperlink near the top and save your dear scrolling finger. ;)
Yeah, well, I don't visit the site (though it's run by a friend). My husband just gives me all the narrative and shows me the secret stuff. ;)

[Pony99CA]

That movie is likely "Maximum Overdrive" (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091499), based on a Stephen King story. King also directed it.

I think it's actually a different movie - there's a comment here (http://starbase.globalpc.net/~bhz/cgi-bin/strongbad/strongbadsecrets.cgi). Scroll down to #74.
Hmmm, I've never heard of the movie "Trucks". However, they're both based on Stephen King short stories (presumably "Trucks" in both cases).

Steve

[jmarkevich]

I didn't notice this post... good thing it's been open so long!

My avatar is from a very unusual and hilarious animated short (with SPARKLING dialogue) from Canada's National Film Board called "The Apprentice". Same guy that did "The Big Snit" and "Getting Started" (two other must-sees).

See some details about it here.

http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/detailed.cgi?film=41885

Or the official page:
http://cmm.onf.ca/E/titleinfo/index.epl?id=18434

Once you see it, you'll know a sound is supposed to go along with the picture :)

[Fzara]

Yes, I can't believe I forgot to post within this discussion.

My avatar is my Axim. My beautiful, CHEAP, colorful Axim. :mrgreen:

[dh]

No great story behind mine. I'm a US and UK Citizen.
My previous one was my Palm Vx (not used since my Axim arrived) and a can of Abbott Ale, one of the best beers of all time.

[trachy]

Must........revive.......thread!!!

I saw today that Aroma changed his (her?) avatar, which got me curious if someone had started a thread like this. [Why, oh why did you change your avatar, Aroma? That thing always made me feel at peace whenever I looked at it.]

Mine is a pic of my favorite Kid in the Hall, Mark McKinney. If you can't quite tell, he's submerged in a bathtub. Note the little rubber ducky in the corner.

[TopDog]

I changed my avatar to show me at my new job (over at Compuware, you can see the logo in the background), to get a spesial look I chose only to use 6 colors... not really satisfyed, so I'll probably change it soon...

[ctmagnus]

[Why, oh why did you change your avatar, Aroma? That thing always made me feel at peace whenever I looked at it.]

Really? I thought Aroma's former avatar was a dog-walker that had stepped in something. :confused totally:

[maximus]

[Why, oh why did you change your avatar, Aroma? That thing always made me feel at peace whenever I looked at it.]

Really? I thought Aroma's former avatar was a dog-walker that had stepped in something. :confused totally:

ha ha ha. I cant help laughing when I read that.

so, ct, what is your avatar ? what creature is that ?

I changed my avatar to show me at my new job (over at Compuware, you can see the logo in the background), to get a spesial look I chose only to use 6 colors... not really satisfyed, so I'll probably change it soon...

Topdog : your latest avatar looks like it is directly taken from a 60's movie. he heh. oh by the way, you use the RVGSM 3.0 right ? did you delete all the unnecessary *.dlls on the \running voice\ directory ? It will save you 1 megs of memory space ...

[ctmagnus]

so, ct, what is your avatar ? what creature is that ?

I already told (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=145911#145911) you, It's a cross between Yoda (http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/yoda/) and Eric Cartman (http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/char.html?PHPSESSID=e3b4e6a7f321eaf9ca56b489d588a9fc).. :wink:

[maximus]

canuck :rotfl: ha ha ha.

[Christian]

BlueRocket comes from my car, VW GTI VR6. It's Blue. And it's sometimes called a PocketRocket (because of it's size and power) Hence, BlueRocket.

Now, the picture is of a newer model, the GTI 25th Aniversery model. However, I've been thinking of updating the image to the new R32. 8)

Now that this thread has been revived (again!) I actually got around to reading all of it. I drive a Golf GLS myself and am anxiously awaiting the R32 :D Add another VW/Audi fan to the list!

[Christian]

Love pocket pc
Love lord of the rings


Well put. Although I decided to go for a purely LotR avatar since that obsession goes back much farther than my first PocketPC :lol:

[JohnJohn]

Mine combines both of my favorite hobbies. Wheeling and PocketPCs. Made it, didn't steal it. :)

[dh]

BlueRocket comes from my car, VW GTI VR6. It's Blue. And it's sometimes called a PocketRocket (because of it's size and power) Hence, BlueRocket.

Now, the picture is of a newer model, the GTI 25th Aniversery model. However, I've been thinking of updating the image to the new R32. 8)

Now that this thread has been revived (again!) I actually got around to reading all of it. I drive a Golf GLS myself and am anxiously awaiting the R32 :D Add another VW/Audi fan to the list!

'03 A4 Avant here.
Can't wait to get the 1.8T chipped.

[Jonathon Watkins]

... the PDA-Gerbil-background-trick(tm), which I agree with you was neat (although he took it one step further -- the blue background switches back and forth on his...) ...
I was going to do something like that but didn't want to get sued for patent infringement. :lol: Besides, it's a much more subtle effect with his avatar since there is less background showing; I think it would be distracting on mine to have the colors flip around like that.

--Dave

Cheers guys! :wink:

I offer very reasonable terms Dave! :deal: :lol:

This thread is really weird to read as many folks have changed their avatars since they fist posted. :lol:

[Jonathon Watkins]

This thread's still running? I think I was in elementary school when I first saw BigDaddy ask this question...

:lol: Yup and I've always put off reading this thread until I had a spare hour or so. Fascinating seeing who's still around and what changes there have been since this started.

My avatar was created for a variety of reasons. At University I had a friend who's brother almost got elected to the student's union with the slogan "Vote Cute, vote cuddly, vote Gerbil!" It just stuck in the mind. (No it doesn't *have* to make sense). Also, I read Tech Report (http://techreport.com/) used to tag all anonymous posts as 'Anonymous Gerbil'. It just liked the sound of 'Gerbil' and no, I don't own one as a pet. (I'm more of a cat person).

Having devised on a name, I needed an avatar. I poked around Google until I found a suitable candidate and then photoshopped it to my liking. The the big overhaul of the PPCT site image to two colours made me work on getting the background looking OK whichever colour of blue was behind the avatar, which lead to the gradient and then to the flipping. I tried to make it subtle and unobtrusive, but I do like the effect. So, that's me. :mrgreen:

[dh]

I've also messed about with a gradient of the two blue colours in various avatars (and still have one in my sig logo), but have settled on a transparent one for now.

My avatar now is my current PDA (if that's the right expression for what's really a tiny laptop), the wonderful, Linux powered, Zaurus C860.

I think I've gone through three or four avatars since I first posted in this thread.

[Kacey Green]

Cheers guys! :wink:

I offer very reasonable terms Dave! :deal: :lol:

This thread is really weird to read as many folks have changed their avatars since they fist posted. :lol:

Or handles (ckacey -> Kacey Green) Then avatars

I wanted to change them both at the same time, but that might have been confusing

[Kati Compton]

Mine's still the cracked e... Um. The sleeping cat.

;)

[Janak Parekh]

Mine's still the cracked e... Um. The sleeping cat.
How many posts later? :P And both our names changed, and our roles. It's been... awhile.

Talk about a weird symmetry to this thread -- we're now the first two and the last two to post. ;)

--janak

[Darius Wey]

Wow...u all certainly dug this thread out from the archives!!! :wink:

Amazing the kind of response you'll get when you find posts from eons ago.

And I don't think I've even posted in this thread yet, so why did I choose my avatar? I have no idea! 8)

Talk about a weird symmetry to this thread -- we're now the first two and the last two to post. Wink

Heheh...sorry Janak to ruin your symmetry. Maybe you can re-establish it again one year from now. This can so become a nice record post! :lol:

[Pony99CA]

I tried to make it subtle and unobtrusive[....]
You succeeded -- I didn't notice it until you brought it up here. :-D

Steve

[Jonathon Watkins]

I tried to make it subtle and unobtrusive[....]
You succeeded -- I didn't notice it until you brought it up here. :-D


I was just observing that Dave and Janak noticed it at the start of this thread in 2002. :wink:

I doubt this thread will ever die. :lol: There's always new avatars and member who should be posting. Heck, I only just got round to it. :wink:

[milkman dan]

well, my name is dan, and I have been addicted to red meat comics forever, with milkman dan and karen being my favorite characters, so thats where mine came from

[Janak Parekh]

And I don't think I've even posted in this thread yet, so why did I choose my avatar? I have no idea! 8)
You know what it is, right? It's Duke, Sun's Java mascot. :)

Heheh...sorry Janak to ruin your symmetry. Maybe you can re-establish it again one year from now. This can so become a nice record post! :lol:
No problem. Kati and I will probably be here forever... 8O

--janak

[Kati Compton]

No problem. Kati and I will probably be here forever... 8O
Uh-oh... Is that a threat? Or are you feeling the "I will never finish my PhD" blues and letting that spill over into "We will never leave this site"? :mrgreen:

[Jonathon Watkins]

......."We will never leave this site"? :mrgreen:

Why would you want to, with all these other colourful characters here ? :wink:

[Janak Parekh]

Uh-oh... Is that a threat?
No, but do you foresee any escape from academia? Or PocketPCia, for that matter? :razzing:

--janak

[Kati Compton]

Uh-oh... Is that a threat?
No, but do you foresee any escape from academia? Or PocketPCia, for that matter? :razzing:
Yeah - next week I'm going to Seattle and Vancouver. :P

But I'll be back after that.

[smittyofdhs]

Mine? simple...I have big holes in my ears too....

[WolfUK]

Well having arrived here from another post I'll kick things off again by saying that my avatar was designed and made my a member of the forums of a site I used to run (Access All Areas) and since it does look like a silhouette of me I asked if I could use it.

I seem to remember that I originally asked about just using it for athree.com but I suppose that it just travels around with me now. :mrgreen:

[macs4god]

My avatar is a picture of my new car (bought 2 months ago) covered in the snow that is so rare here in Socorro, NM. In case you can't tell, it's a dark blue PT Cruiser with wood paneling. And those heated seats sure came in handy when that snow was falling :D

[Kowalski]

there are very few people use their own pictures as their avatars. no matter what you choose an avatar, i think you shouldnt change it, because i remember the members from their avatars.

to name afew ad has a car, katis cat, and steves hat

[Stephen Beesley]

Great to see old threads revived!

My Avatar is a spinning Newton logo - no matter where my PDA/mobile computing journey takes me the Newton will always be my first love!

[CTSLICK]

Lacking in creativity I figured I'd plunk in a picture of my car, an '02 Subaru WRX. I truly appreciate that all wheel drive especially tonight as we got hammered with about 6 inches of snow.

[OSUKid7]

Well, Daffy just rocks. :rock on dude!:

But yeah...I'd like to create my own, custom avatar sometime, but haven't gotten that creative yet. ;) Some day, perhaps.

[maximus]

My avatar is still the same. A hut on top of a hill, overviewing the sea.
One of the most serene place I have ever been during my travels.

[Wiggster]

I'm uncreative, so my avatar is my device. But the screenshot on the device changes! Ooh, I'm so tricky. :wink:

[Darius Wey]

What can I say? I love my Lego. ;)

[juni]

I was just doodling and it turned into an avatar :)

[KimVette]

I'm a Futurama fanatic. :D

(Fox, bring back Futurama, d@mn it!)

[marcm]

I'm a Futurama fanatic. :D

(Fox, bring back Futurama, d@mn it!)
Agreed. I love Futurama, and have all of the DVD box sets. :P
As for my avatar, it isn't Christmas anymore, so I had to get rid of the Christmas avatar... :(
I couldn't just have it blank, so I used an emoticon that represents one of my interests, sleeping. :wink:

[Jerry Raia]

I've been told I look like that.