Jdaw's New Avatar
Jdaw's New Avatar
It disturbs me. What is it and why?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
The painting is related to the style of Lydos
New avatar:
The figure is painted on the side of a drinking cup, described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as
The old avatar:
represents a tasting mat, and will resume usual service in not too long.
The figure is painted on the side of a drinking cup, described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as
I just liked it, and, being on the side of a drinking cup, thought it appropriate.Terracotta kylix: lip-cup (drinking cup)
Greek, Attic, black-figure, ca. 550-540 B.C.
Signed by Epitimos as potter. The painting is related to the style of Lydos.
Interior, archer on horseback and warrior dismounting.
Exterior, obverse and reverse, profile heads above, inscription between animals below
Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.78.4)
The old avatar:
represents a tasting mat, and will resume usual service in not too long.
major overhaul of the jdaw1 brand
In a major overhaul of the jdaw1 brand, my avatar has been updated again.
- Before:
- After:
It looks like Kenny
I like it
The right hand circle of the middle row now looks like Kenny from South Park
Derek
The right hand circle of the middle row now looks like Kenny from South Park
Derek
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Thank you for the warning. Fixed.
Thank you for the warning. Fixed.
Re: Thank you for the warning. Fixed.
If you want my port cellar - put it back now!jdaw1 wrote:Thank you for the warning. Fixed.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
And I get the cellar if I do?
And I get the cellar if I do? (Assuming I outlive you.)
Re: major overhaul of the jdaw1 brand
- Before:
Derek T. approved:
Preferred by me, but at risk of being written out of Derek T.’s will:
For those unsure of such modern-‘culture’ references
For those unsure of such modern-‘culture’ references, Kenny looks like:
Should this whole thread be moved to MD?
Should this whole thread be moved to MD?
Who killed Kenny doesn’t matter.
Who killed Kenny doesn’t matter.
What matters is that, in return for your cellar on your demise, I retain the Kenny avatar for the rest of my born days (or for as long as such avatars are used, whichever is shorter).
What matters is that, in return for your cellar on your demise, I retain the Kenny avatar for the rest of my born days (or for as long as such avatars are used, whichever is shorter).
Re: major overhaul of the jdaw1 brand
Latest incarnation, to be used only briefly:jdaw1 wrote:
- Before:
Derek T. approved:
Preferred by me, but at risk of being written out of Derek T’s will:
There are twenty frames, fifteen seconds apart, so it takes 4¾ minutes to see the whole thing.
Jet Set Willy II
The screens were taken from one of the best video games ever written: Jet Set Willy II.DRT wrote:Did you make this yourself?
Magic!DRT wrote:If yes, how did it leap to the top of the priorities list ahead of the declarations database?
Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
By default, posting on the Malvedos blog gave me a pseudo-random computer-generated avatar. Repairing that entailed visiting Gravatar.com, which allows one to have a common avatar across many blogs. But these avatars have to be square. Yikes! So a square SVG avatar was created, intending that the scalability would work well with Gravatar. So far, so good. (That SVG link will lead some browsers to SVG code, some to the picture.)
For consistency of presentation the original objective my previous avatar,
was replaced with the square
Comments? Objections?
For consistency of presentation the original objective my previous avatar,
was replaced with the square
Comments? Objections?
Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
I think the use of colour brings out your feminine side quite well.jdaw1 wrote:Comments? Objections?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
I'm pleased to see a range of colour from youthful purple through to delicate pink. Very inclusive.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?
Previous avatar:
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Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
Yes. We noticed it and we approve.
Daniel J.
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
Husband of a relentless former Soviet Chess Master.
delete.. delete.. *sigh*.. delete...
Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
It is far too big and far too ugly. You can do something about one of those things.jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
...and I much, much, much prefer to old one.
A lot.
A lot.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
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Re: Jdaw's New Avatar
Someone has talent; very well captured, especially around the eyes and cheeks (though something strikes me as not quite right about the mouth).jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?
Erroneous and ambiguous; does this mean "prefer it to the old one" or "prefer the old one"?DRT wrote:...and I much, much, much prefer to old one.