Jdaw's New Avatar

Post by **DRT** » 02:29 Thu 30 Aug 2007

It disturbs me. What is it and why?

Post by **jdaw1** » 03:16 Thu 30 Aug 2007

New avatar:

The figure is painted on the side of a drinking cup, described by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as

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)

I just liked it, and, being on the side of a drinking cup, thought it appropriate.

The old avatar:

represents a tasting mat, and will resume usual service in not too long.

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 15:28 Thu 30 Aug 2007

Begs a question ? ( pauciloquent )

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:26 Sat 05 Jan 2008

In a major overhaul of the jdaw1 brand, my avatar has been updated again.

Before:
After:

Whilst keeping the old colour scheme, I’ve pruned the margin by a pixel all round and changed the scheme within the circles to something less reliant on texture, larger, and more kinetic. Comments welcomed. Sensible comment not expected.

Post by **DRT** » 17:59 Sat 05 Jan 2008

I like it

The right hand circle of the middle row now looks like Kenny from South Park

Derek

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:18 Sat 05 Jan 2008

Thank you for the warning. Fixed.

Post by **DRT** » 22:32 Sat 05 Jan 2008

jdaw1 wrote:Thank you for the warning. Fixed.

If you want my port cellar - put it back now!

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:38 Sat 05 Jan 2008

And I get the cellar if I do? (Assuming I outlive you.)

Luc · Post by **Luc** » 00:11 Sun 06 Jan 2008

I like after . . . I only have 5 letters to contend with .

Post by **DRT** » 00:13 Sun 06 Jan 2008

If you want a cat in hells chance, put it back, please, please, please?

It's the most creative thing you have ever published here. I want it back.

Derek

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:15 Sun 06 Jan 2008

Before:

Derek T. approved:

Preferred by me, but at risk of being written out of Derek T.’s will:

Derek and I will sign a contract, awarding me the remnants of his cellar (on his demise) in return for my toasting him with all bottles of VP; labelling them in correctly-punctuated words written in white-on-black stencil font; and using this avatar.

Post by **jdaw1** » 00:33 Sun 06 Jan 2008

For those unsure of such modern-‘culture’ references, Kenny looks like:

Should this whole thread be moved to MD?

Post by **DRT** » 02:00 Sun 06 Jan 2008

...but if I die, how will we know who killed Kenny?

Post by **jdaw1** » 02:10 Sun 06 Jan 2008

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).

Post by **jdaw1** » 02:28 Tue 22 Jul 2008

jdaw1 wrote:
Before:

Derek T. approved:

Preferred by me, but at risk of being written out of Derek T’s will:

Latest incarnation, to be used only briefly:

There are twenty frames, fifteen seconds apart, so it takes 4¾ minutes to see the whole thing.

Post by **DRT** » 06:17 Tue 22 Jul 2008

Did you make this yourself?

If yes, how did it leap to the top of the priorities list ahead of the declarations database?

Post by **jdaw1** » 13:02 Tue 22 Jul 2008

DRT wrote:Did you make this yourself?

The screens were taken from one of the best video games ever written: Jet Set Willy II.

DRT wrote:If yes, how did it leap to the top of the priorities list ahead of the declarations database?

Magic!

Post by **jdaw1** » 23:31 Tue 15 Mar 2011

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?

Post by **DRT** » 22:17 Wed 16 Mar 2011

jdaw1 wrote:Comments? Objections?

I think the use of colour brings out your feminine side quite well.

Post by **Alex Bridgeman** » 08:34 Thu 24 Mar 2011

I'm pleased to see a range of colour from youthful purple through to delicate pink. Very inclusive.

Post by **jdaw1** » 22:45 Sun 11 May 2014

Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?

Previous avatar:

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 23:09 Sun 11 May 2014

Yes. We noticed it and we approve.

Post by **DRT** » 23:12 Sun 11 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?

It is far too big and far too ugly. You can do something about one of those things.

Post by **DRT** » 23:13 Sun 11 May 2014

...and I much, much, much prefer to old one.

A lot.

Post by **PhilW** » 08:05 Mon 12 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my 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).

DRT wrote:...and I much, much, much prefer to old one.

Erroneous and ambiguous; does this mean "prefer it to the old one" or "prefer the old one"?

Post by **DRT** » 08:17 Mon 12 May 2014

PhilW wrote:
DRT wrote:...and I much, much, much prefer to old one.
Erroneous and ambiguous; does this mean "prefer it to the old one" or "prefer the old one"?

A typo. Should be "prefer the old one"

Post by **jdaw1** » 08:42 Mon 12 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?

Previous avatar:

By request, shrunk.

DRT wrote:Should be "prefer the old one"

My handsome visage not working for you? You’d really climb over me to get to an Imperial of 1966 Vintage Port?

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 10:19 Mon 12 May 2014

Too me this is a powerful expression of the beauty of democracy. You asked us a question, JDAW, and we the people spoke. Phil and I expressed our admiration for the manly demeanour in your new avatar. DRT just about managed to communicate his unfathomable dislike for it. He was in the minority, and his view has been cast aside. However, in your beneficence, you have given way to one of his points and reduced the size of your avatar. Everybody is surely happy now, even Derek.

Post by **PhilW** » 11:02 Mon 12 May 2014

djewesbury wrote:Phil and I expressed our admiration for the manly demeanour in your new avatar.

What?!! Where?!

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 15:43 Mon 12 May 2014

PhilW wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my 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).

I agree. Very well drawn.

I think that what's not quite right about the mouth may have something to do with an apostrophe crime. The expression is perhaps registering disapproval?

Post by **DRT** » 16:32 Mon 12 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:You’d really climb over me to get to an Imperial of 1966 Vintage Port?

Yes, I really would.

The smaller version is better, but not yet small enough to be preferred over the JDAW trademark image.

This might pass that test:

: JDAW.png (7.72 KiB) Viewed 32432 times

Post by **jdaw1** » 16:53 Mon 12 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?

Previous avatar:

By request, shrunk.

By request, shrunk.

That is the size limit: no smaller.

Larger can be found at www.jdawiseman.com/author.html. (Yes, the JPS who joined us at The Dow Magnumonicon.)

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:07 Mon 12 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:
jdaw1 wrote:Do people have an opinion about my new avatar?

Previous avatar:

By request, shrunk.

By request, shrunk.

That is the size limit: no smaller.

Larger can be found at www.jdawiseman.com/author.html. (Yes, the JPS who joined us at The Dow Magnumonicon.)

Would you prefer an alternation?

Post by **jdaw1** » 17:40 Mon 12 May 2014

It seems that phpBB has purged some images. I will edit posts to fix.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 14:13 Tue 13 May 2014

jdaw1 wrote:It seems that phpBB has purged some images. I will edit posts to fix.

I don't think it likes the new image. It keeps alternating between your old one and your new one on my computer. Kinda scary.

Post by **DRT** » 15:08 Tue 13 May 2014

Andy Velebil wrote:Kinda scary.

Not as scary as this…

Post by **DRT** » 15:09 Tue 13 May 2014

A request: could the first frame of the animated GIF be the placemat so that the handsomeness of its owner is subsequently revealed as a delightful surprise to the viewer?

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 15:35 Tue 13 May 2014

Not as scary as this…

Post by **DRT** » 15:43 Tue 13 May 2014

DRT wrote:A request: could the first frame of the animated GIF be the placemat so that the handsomeness of its owner is subsequently revealed as a delightful surprise to the viewer?

Fixed silently. Thank you.

One more request: could both frames be exactly the same size? The current solution is somewhat inelegant.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 20:55 Tue 13 May 2014

I have many thoughts on the psychology that underlies this avatar. I am sure Margaret Mead would have something to say about it. On balance I am with Derek.

djewesbury · Post by **djewesbury** » 22:54 Tue 13 May 2014

LGTrotter wrote:I have many thoughts on the psychology that underlies this avatar. I am sure Margaret Mead would have something to say about it. On balance I am with Derek.

Do you think of Julian as a rare and exotic anthropological case study?

Post by **DRT** » 22:58 Tue 13 May 2014

djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I have many thoughts on the psychology that underlies this avatar. I am sure Margaret Mead would have something to say about it. On balance I am with Derek.
Do you think of Julian as a rare and exotic anthropological case study?

I'm not sure I could agree with "exotic" but the rest of that sentence is hard to argue with.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 14:12 Wed 14 May 2014

DRT wrote:
djewesbury wrote:
LGTrotter wrote:I have many thoughts on the psychology that underlies this avatar. I am sure Margaret Mead would have something to say about it. On balance I am with Derek.
Do you think of Julian as a rare and exotic anthropological case study?
I'm not sure I could agree with "exotic" but the rest of that sentence is hard to argue with.

Merriam Webster Dictionary:
ex·ot·ic
adjective \ig-ˈzä-tik\

: very different, strange, or unusual

AW77 · Post by **AW77** » 21:32 Wed 14 May 2014

My first thought when I saw the new avatar: Wow, John Travolta is on TPF now (the Travolta of 2014, not the one from SNF).
But that may be due to the fact that I had not yet the pleasure of meeting JDAW in person.

Post by **DRT** » 21:33 Wed 14 May 2014

Andy Velebil wrote:Merriam Webster Dictionary:
ex·ot·ic
adjective \ig-ˈzä-tik\

: very different, strange, or unusual

The word exotic is derived from the Greek word for "foreign" and retains that connotation when used in UK English (meaning English). The Webster definition describes only part of what the word means in general usage on this side of the Atlantic.

Post by **DRT** » 21:35 Wed 14 May 2014

AW77 wrote:My first thought when I saw the new avatar: Wow, John Travolta is on TPF

By strange co-incidence I am led to believe that JDAW can dance like John Travolta so you're not that far from the mark.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 21:55 Wed 14 May 2014

DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:My first thought when I saw the new avatar: Wow, John Travolta is on TPF
By strange co-incidence I am led to believe that JDAW can dance like John Travolta so you're not that far from the mark.

Should I be thinking Grease or heroin gangster?

Glenn E. · Post by **Glenn E.** » 04:37 Thu 15 May 2014

LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:My first thought when I saw the new avatar: Wow, John Travolta is on TPF
By strange co-incidence I am led to believe that JDAW can dance like John Travolta so you're not that far from the mark.
Should I be thinking Grease or heroin gangster?

JDAW strikes me as more of a Michael than either of the above.

Andy Velebil · Post by **Andy Velebil** » 13:53 Thu 15 May 2014

LGTrotter wrote:
DRT wrote:
AW77 wrote:My first thought when I saw the new avatar: Wow, John Travolta is on TPF
By strange co-incidence I am led to believe that JDAW can dance like John Travolta so you're not that far from the mark.
Should I be thinking Grease or heroin gangster?

Was thinking an older Kevin Bacon dancing in a barn.

LGTrotter · Post by **LGTrotter** » 14:58 Thu 15 May 2014

Andy Velebil wrote:Was thinking an older Kevin Bacon dancing in a barn.

*sniggers*