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GeneralAvatar Madness!

28th Jun 2008 18:05 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

For those who don't know, the avatars are the pictures to the left here that are meant in some way to represent the poster. You can choose your own.

Hopefully the novelty will wear off soon and people will be reasonably sane with their choices! For now, I've chosen my avatar because I am the dictator of Mindat and I quite like Chicken.

Jolyon

28th Jun 2008 20:12 UTCCorie Mattar

Personally, I love this idea. I've already uploaded a few tiny pics of different pets, since I love them, and will swap them out periodically.

Thanks for this!

Corie

28th Jun 2008 22:02 UTCJustin Zzyzx Expert

Avatar Madness? Enjoy my crack smoking pirate monkey!!!

Now, two things.

First of all, what is to stop someone like...me...from just making Avatars to advertise my websites, bypassing the banner system?

Second, I thought you were the prime minister of MinDat Jolyon! That changes the whole geo-political landscape now. What happened to the dreams of freedom? There is no emoticon suitable for my feelings in that array of smileys.

28th Jun 2008 22:27 UTCJesse Fisher Expert

Joylon,

Nice idea. Being your basic over educated misanthrope, cutsie stuff like smiley faces have always invoked a gag reflex when encountered. How do I add a suitably "distinctive" image of my own? But have no fear, I'll leave the crack-smoking pirate monkeys to Justin.

28th Jun 2008 22:49 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Justin,

I am sure it goes without saying that anyone caught trying to upload an advertising image of any kind as their avatar will be sent off to the gulags and stripped of all messageboard priviliges!

I assume that crack-smoking pirate monkeys are not directly related to your website, but I can never be sure.

Jolyon

28th Jun 2008 22:50 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Jesse - use the control center option at the top of the messageboard area.

Jolyon

28th Jun 2008 23:04 UTCJustin Zzyzx Expert

Jolyon Ralph Wrote:

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> Justin,

>

> I am sure it goes without saying that anyone

> caught trying to upload an advertising image of

> any kind as their avatar will be sent off to the

> gulags and stripped of all messageboard

> priviliges!

>

> I assume that crack-smoking pirate monkeys are not

> directly related to your website, but I can never

> be sure.

>

> Jolyon

Well sweet then, if it isn't noted somewhere you should make it available, because I'm thinking of many a person who frequents this board who would think nothing of it. I DON'T want to see someone getting kicked off or having some crazy regular of MinDat jump down someone's throat for a policy that is not stated. Good lord, I don't need to witness that.

Second of all, I think the crack smoking pirate monkey is, in a nutshell, an advertisment for RockhoundingVideos.com

B)

Oh, look, there is my emoticon.

29th Jun 2008 00:10 UTCPeter Haas

"... because I am the dictator of Mindat and I quite like Chicken."

So KGB means Kentucky Grilled Breasts ... ?

29th Jun 2008 10:25 UTCJesse Fisher Expert

The old Coronel does look sort of like Joseph Stalin. KGB could mean the real thing.

29th Jun 2008 11:16 UTCMalcolm Southwood 🌟 Expert

So, just out of casual interest, and for technical luddites such as myself, how does one go about adding an avatar?

29th Jun 2008 11:46 UTCLloyd Llewellyn Expert

It's in your Control Centre, Malcolm.

At last, I can reveal my true ID! B)

29th Jun 2008 13:55 UTCMalcolm Southwood 🌟 Expert

Thanks Lloyd - got it! What fun!

29th Jun 2008 14:42 UTCGail Spann Manager

My avatar reveals my alter ego life, bicycling.

I figure I will change avatars often, I have a huge array of them loaded on my computer!

And, can I ask that we keep naked women avatars off of Mindat, please? Every site forum I belong to has some juvenile posting naked women as though that is cool and all it does is make me think the guy posting is a drag queen.

Thanks!

29th Jun 2008 15:15 UTCDave Barthelmy Manager

Avatars are a great way of viewing the person's innermost character (maturity level).

29th Jun 2008 15:53 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Peter's avator reflects that he's a chemist - and the lady is not naked (on a hot summer day you can have views like that on a normal street, at least in most parts of Europe I'd say).

29th Jun 2008 15:53 UTCRock Currier Expert

Dear Gail,

How about Peter's wonderful avatar of the lady chemist. I dreamed about someone like her for all those years I worked in chemical laboratories and production facilities but never found. You wouldn't take her away from me would you?

Rock

29th Jun 2008 16:09 UTCMaurice de Graaf Expert

Jolyon,

Just to be sure. If I upload a 'commercial' avatar would you send my avatar to the GULag or would you send ME to the GULag?

If you would sent me I have some suggestions: Khibiny, Lovozero, Magadan oblast, Norilsk...... all former GULags I'd love to visit some day.

(All jokes aside, I did visit a former GULag on Kamchatka and it is pretty impressive)

29th Jun 2008 16:15 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager

If you really don't like to look at the avatars, there is an option in your user control to turn off the display of the avatars (a check box below your avatarsd when in the avatar section).

29th Jun 2008 17:01 UTCJoan Kureczka

How about a tiny naked Rogerley fluorite fairy, borrowed from Sarah's painting (Sarah -- if you prefer I not use this, just let me know!)

29th Jun 2008 17:07 UTCFred E. Davis

Although I'm not a real big beryl kinda guy, the one in my avatar is dear to my heart - it's a miracle mineral. I was checking a big pile of crushed stone from the old Howe quarry in Portland, CT. I'd pick a piece up, turn it over to check it out & toss it back (leaverite). This piece looked like all the rest until I turned it over. Staring back at me was a terminated, undamaged beryl about 2.4 cm across! Gemmy? Heck no, but anything that could survive a crusher and come out unscathed is an inspiration.

29th Jun 2008 18:03 UTCChris Stefano Expert

How do I get one?

29th Jun 2008 18:11 UTCBrooks Britt

Well, this sure adds a little spice to this message board huh?

29th Jun 2008 18:14 UTCBrooks Britt

Chris,

Actually you can take most any photo you have on file and use an online program to shrink it to the size for an avatar. For instance the following link will accomplish this: http://www.shrinkpictures.com/create-avatar/

29th Jun 2008 19:25 UTCChristian Auer 🌟 Expert

Great!

Al Bundy is my heroe, so I`ll take him.

29th Jun 2008 19:59 UTCChris Mavris Manager

Hello there,

we're going to have a lot of fun with our avatars!! Hihi, can't wait to start posting some cool ones!

Well done with the server, as well. This one is definitely waaaaaaaaaaaaay faster...

To Peter Haas: do your lab assistant need any help with the chemicals? :D

Chris

29th Jun 2008 20:06 UTCLloyd Llewellyn Expert

Hello Joan,

I think she should be called a 'Rogerley Nymph' rather than a 'Fairy' due to the copious amounts of running water involved (but naked's OK!).

29th Jun 2008 20:21 UTCJeremy Zolan

I think mine is an interesting choice. Frank Zappa sitting down to a delicious plate of cookies and a tall glass of milk!

29th Jun 2008 20:42 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Brooks, thanks for the shrink pictures link. I thought the system might put avitars on old emails, but that seems not so. This post merely tests my new avitar in the spirit of avitar madness.

29th Jun 2008 20:45 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Hmm... Well in the spirit of madness, back to the drawing board. I guess I should have clicked on centre crop at shrink pictures.

29th Jun 2008 20:51 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager

AVATARS - Upload a new avatar

Please do not upload avatars larger than 25 KB and 100 x 100 pixels.

Only the following file types are allowed for avatars: gif, png, jpg.

You can store at most 5 avatars.

On the control panel's avatar section, you upload photos to the system for your avatar. It should show the pixel size and file size for your avatar selections.

29th Jun 2008 21:00 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Sorry Brooks, the pixil is adjustable at shrink pictures, the default is 200x200. It is really for old dinosaurs to learn new tricks!!! Let's see if it worked.

29th Jun 2008 21:01 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

I give up

29th Jun 2008 21:30 UTCChris Stefano Expert

looks like it worked, sweet

29th Jun 2008 22:02 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

In my blind fury of frustration I failed to notice the submit button beside the browse button and instead clicked on the save changes button when there was nothing to save. Let's see if I've finally maged to pass the idiot test. (if they didn't make so any idiot could use it, they couldn't sell it!!!)

29th Jun 2008 22:06 UTCSebastian Möller Expert

Hello,

I have chosen a Elyite from Badenweiler, Black Forest, Germany as an avatar photo. The specimen is self collected.

Regards,

Sebastian Möller

29th Jun 2008 22:06 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager

Arghh!!! You must select the avitar even if there is only one!!!

29th Jun 2008 22:16 UTCKnut Eldjarn 🌟 Manager

Nice new feature !

Knut

29th Jun 2008 22:19 UTCPeter Andresen Expert

I realy wanted one of those avatars with things moving around, text popping in and out... but the bug was already dead...

29th Jun 2008 23:15 UTCBill Gordon

I have chosen a self collected, Cockscomb Baryte and Goethite after Pyrite cluster, on Dolomite, from Taffs Well Quarry, Cardiff, Wales.

30th Jun 2008 00:06 UTCGail Spann Manager

Ha ha Rock!

She is not naked, so no problem.

And Jeremy? I am a huge Frank Zappa fan, along with Flo and Eddie.

I miss that bizarre imagination of his...

30th Jun 2008 00:46 UTCMichael D. Cline Expert

Joshua Norton-- Emperor of the United States and Defender of Mexico. My hero.

30th Jun 2008 07:23 UTCJesse Fisher Expert

Personally, I rather like Peter's chemistry babe. What I find rather perverse is that an image of a woman with partially exposed breasts will provoke controversy while crack-smoking pirate monkeys and maching-gun firing kittens do not. I don't think female breasts have ever caused nearly the amount of harm to society that highly adictive drugs and firearms have.

30th Jun 2008 13:46 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Matteo

You need to select the avatar by ticking the radio button (*) next to the image to activate it.

Also, I have deleted your message as I think you are using website URLs in your footer. This is not allowed. Any messages I see with URLs in the footer will be deleted.

Jolyon

30th Jun 2008 13:53 UTCGail Spann Manager

Jesse, I hope you are not infering I had a problem with the science babe... I did not. I never said I did. Hope you are talking about someone else? I was talking naked, which means no clothing.

I am just trying to head off at the pass, so to speak, anything that might tend to drive women off the site.

No one has crossed the line in what I have seen, so no problem.

And Justin? Well...he is Justin after all.....

30th Jun 2008 13:59 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Gail -

We already have a rule (number 1) in the forum banning any offensive content on the site. This applies equally for choice of avatars. We have very few problems on the message board considering how many people use it, so I don't expect there to be any real problems to worry about.

Jolyon

30th Jun 2008 14:07 UTCGail Spann Manager

I am going to respond to your post, Jolyon, simply to equal the number of postings that Jesse Fisher has....we now both have 616 posts!

Wow, and David Von Bargen just blows me away with how many HE has!

And you with 2,495 !!!!

David is well over 3,000.

I think this is pretty neat, to have this feature.

30th Jun 2008 15:13 UTCPhilip Mostmans Expert

Does my avatar count as a commercial ad?:D

30th Jun 2008 15:54 UTCChristian Auer 🌟 Expert

Jesse Fisher Wrote:

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> I don't think

> female breasts have ever caused nearly the amount

> of harm to society that highly adictive drugs and

> firearms have.

Are you sure?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_War

30th Jun 2008 16:17 UTCEverett Harrington Expert

Adds a little spice I like it!!

Keep up the good work J!!

KOR

E

30th Jun 2008 17:09 UTCJeff Weissman Expert

I had a hard time getting this to the requisite 25 kB and 100x100 pixels. Any chance to change this, to say, 30 kB?

30th Jun 2008 18:34 UTCKarl Volkman Expert

Hmm Im going to have to come up with some more avatars soon! :P

30th Jun 2008 20:30 UTCMark Heintzelman 🌟 Expert

Jeffrey,

If you use the "save for web" option in photoshop, it'll give you a gif image that at 72dpi and 100x100 is a mere 8kb.

A pic of my two little plums

MRH

30th Jun 2008 20:59 UTCJeff Weissman Expert

Mark, thanks - here is the whole gang!

30th Jun 2008 22:36 UTCCorie Mattar

Phillip, I'll be right over!! :)-D

Corie

1st Jul 2008 07:38 UTCJesse Fisher Expert

Jeffery,

Most photo editors have a function that lets you set the jpeg compression factor. For my photo I sied it to 100x100 pixels and saved as a jpeg image with 75% compression factor. This gave me a 5.5KB file size.

1st Jul 2008 10:23 UTCPaul De Bondt Manager

I hope it works, I am a kind of nerd with computers but I am a good chemist, Peter

Paul

2nd Jul 2008 06:53 UTCJenna Mast

Peter, where did you get that picture of me?

j/k ;-)

3rd Jul 2008 11:32 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert

I hope no-one has arack..., arachny..., araknafobia..., is afraid of spiders!

3rd Jul 2008 14:11 UTCGail Spann Manager

Steve, I would be too busy admiring the beauty of the spider to be afraid of it!

3rd Jul 2008 14:57 UTCBrooks Britt

Gail,

Check out this avatar. It is a picture of me with one of my sons. Notice the family resemblance :)

3rd Jul 2008 16:01 UTCMark Heintzelman 🌟 Expert

Hey Brooks,

Very cool. We had Ferrets for about seven years, two jills and a hob. Most charming creatures around (I miss them awfully).

Here's a pic of Nico, defending the homestead!

MRH

3rd Jul 2008 16:34 UTCJason B. Smith Expert

Minerals are booty and I am a hunter......

3rd Jul 2008 18:36 UTCMarco Barsanti Manager

Here is my avatar, a fire salamander which i met into Levigliani mine in 2002...Somewhere i should have also another, red and black...

3rd Jul 2008 19:26 UTCIan Jones Expert

bloobirds, bloobirds!

3rd Jul 2008 19:57 UTCMatteo Chinellato Expert

I continue to upload my avatar but I not seen, where is the problem?

3rd Jul 2008 20:23 UTCDavid Von Bargen Manager

Doesn't look like you are uploading the avatar file (or they might be too big).

After you select file to upload with the browse button, you must also click the submit button, just to it's right.

You should then have a section below the upload with the following headings (preview is the photo)

Delete Select Avatar File Name Preview

You then need to click on one of the rows for "select avatar" to pick one to use. Then click the "save changes button"

3rd Jul 2008 21:01 UTCBrooks Britt

Hey Mark,

I have two ferrets and I really have enjoyed them. They are so much fun to watch. Another one of my many hobbies.

3rd Jul 2008 22:00 UTCGail Spann Manager

Hey Brooks, I noticed the avatar right off. So, I see there is a good looking ferret on the right, but who is that pet human on the left???

ha ha!!!

So, why no photo of BOTH your boys?

Playing favourites? Tsk tsk.

Here is a photo of my two boys as an attachment, taken this morning. Enjoy!

4th Jul 2008 00:13 UTCJamison K. Brizendine 🌟 Expert

Me, Myself and I...I spent thousands of dollar and all i got was this piece of paper and cloth over my head!

4th Jul 2008 02:04 UTCBrooks Britt

Hey Gail,

I have attached a photo of both of my sons doing what they do best, sleep!!! By the way, nice photo of your boys.

4th Jul 2008 04:44 UTCKyle Swain

I had to come and stick my tongue out, and show off my little pug doing what he does best...snore.

4th Jul 2008 04:47 UTCGail Spann Manager

Brooks, I see they are sleeping with their Ginsu knives close at hand, are they Ninja ferrets?

( Okay, so they are soooooooo cute! )

4th Jul 2008 04:52 UTCGail Spann Manager

Kyle Swain Wrote:

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> I had to come and stick my tongue out, and show

> off my little pug doing what he does best...snore.

Kyle, how adorable! And Pugs CAN snore loud too!

I see you are new to Mindat posting, welcome.

4th Jul 2008 10:32 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Updated mine today - this is a nice dragonfly I saw today at the Peak here in Hong Kong. Back in the UK soon!

Jolyon

4th Jul 2008 13:21 UTCEddy Vervloet Manager

Great dragonfly shot!!

4th Jul 2008 14:08 UTCBrooks Britt

Gail,

Hey I couldn't find any Ninja turtles, so I settled for Ninja ferrets ;)

4th Jul 2008 14:53 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Here's the full photo of the little critter

http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?file,6,file=7557,filename=dfly1.jpg

4th Jul 2008 15:03 UTCEddy Vervloet Manager

Beauty! From what distance you took the shot?

I never seem to come close enough...

4th Jul 2008 15:11 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Well, it was with a 135mm lens on a 8mpixel sensor (Canon eos 20D) and the image above is cropped from the image unscaled, 600x600 pixels.

I could let you work the maths out yourself!

But I guess it was about a meter to a meter and a half from the lens.

Jolyon

4th Jul 2008 15:32 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder

Here's one of its friends!

http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?file,6,file=7558,filename=dfly2.jpg

4th Jul 2008 16:49 UTCGail Spann Manager

I was inspired by your dragonfly, Jolyon, and took this photo this morning. Texas Grasshopper. I was inside whilst it was outside the window.

4th Jul 2008 17:19 UTCIan Jones Expert

i somehow expected texas grasshoppers to be bigger than that gail!:)

4th Jul 2008 17:46 UTCMichael Shaw Expert

In keeping with the insect theme, here's a skipper butterfly on a daisy in our Oklahoma garden.

Mike Shaw

4th Jul 2008 18:57 UTCGail Spann Manager

Michael, I always wondered the name of that butterfly, I enjoy them in our garden also.

And Ian? That grasshopper was about 3 inches long, big enough to hurt when they fly at me while mowing!

Oh, and I had just pulled the saddle off of it prior to taking the photo....

5th Jul 2008 14:01 UTCSteve Sorrell Expert

Hi Gail

Like your latest avatar. Always difficult to line up a shot like that.

Regards

Steve

5th Jul 2008 14:51 UTCGail Spann Manager

Thank you Steve, it was a shot not taken by us..but was included in an email of beautiful photos and I kept this one, it struck a chord with me.

17th Nov 2016 18:40 UTCTravis Hetsler

I had an avatar at one time but it has since disappeared and I cannot find a way to set another avatar pic. Please advise on how to add an avatar to my account. Thank you!

17th Nov 2016 19:29 UTCRonnie Van Dommelen 🌟 Manager

Travis,

Logged in at the main page....

Click on Messageboard.

Click on Control Center (just to left of Private Messages).

Click on Avatar (near bottom of list at left).

Upload something groovy.

17th Nov 2016 21:19 UTCTravis Hetsler

yay found it! thank you Ronnie!

21st Nov 2016 21:55 UTCAnonymous User

Good choice, Travis.

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