Avitars

[shushan]

do we get to have those cool avitars in here?

i really did like my ATTA pic :cool:

[phil]

Yup, I am planning to add some avatars later today.

[shubles]

excellent!!!! :D

[shubles]

HEY!!!

ATTA returns

thanks phil

[phil]

Oh yeah, didn't I say? Avatars are uploaded. If they slow the bb down too much or cause un-necessary usage of our bandwidth, I will remove them. We have 1500Mb per month bandwidth for the site and forum, any more and I will have to pay extra.

[dnar]

Well just make sure our cache settings are set accordingly. I have set Opera to check cached images after 7 days. HTML is at 15 minutes, to suit BB use.

[Nofinger]

I found them also, The're alot more then on the old BB :)
Nice job Phil :cool:

[siggy]

Thanks for the Avatar's they are great.

-Ann

[stall6g]

C is for Cookie!!. heh having a flashback from my youth here.:p

[Hemi]

stall: Knock it off before everyone realizes what I already know....that you are a weirdo! :p

Phil: I don't know if you are taking custom avatar requests (hope I don't start a problem here), but maybe you could put this up there for me?:

http://www.pccritix.com/images/hemi.gif

[stall6g]

Better let him have it or Hemi will cry like this:

[Hemi]

Don't make me whoop you - I know where you live, remember? :p

[stall6g]

Are you talkin' to me?:D

[papeniglio]

Hey phil,
could I have my precious papi's avatar??? I'm so gloomy without it ... :(
Many thanks in advance!

GeeK!

[siggy]

Cool Avatar Hemi.

[geekboy]

I think I'll be a pain too, and request a custom avatar. :) (Hey Phil...)
http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~geekboy/dragav.gif

[phil]

Sorted geekboy....I have optimised it from 16k down to ~2k without much loss in quality.

[geekboy]

Awesome. :) Thanks.
And I thought I optimized that pic already... I guess not :rolleyes:

[Medic193]

OK I guess it's my turn to bug ya. When ya get a minute can I get this avatar. Thanks in advance.

http://home.mmcable.com/babybeard/amb.gif

[phil]

Sorted Medic....dropped from 8k to 1k.

BTW, my Mother is a Paramedic here in the UK. Has been for the last 19 years.

[Stilgar]

Kind of miss my old one. But its still there. (Under 1k)
http://www.excalibur-corp.com/ikonboard//avatars/ForTheUseOfStilgarOnly.gif

[Medic193]

That has got to be the quickest response I've ever seen!!! Thanks. Wow, she's an old timer in the field. 19 years!!!!!!! She has a bit of experience there. I'm a little curious how EMS is over there. I have a feeling it's a bit different than in the states. At least that's what I hear. After about 4 years I just finally was released at my hospital as a Paramedic. I'm a little apprehensive about being in charge of a truck. For the past couple years I've always had a Paramedic with me, so if I had a question I had someone to ask. Now I have an EMT with me, who isn't going to be able to give me an answer. I guess it's normal when you move up. Can't wait for this feeling to go away.

[Stilgar]

Originally posted by Medic193
That has got to be the quickest response I've ever seen!!! Thanks. <Snip>

Looks like Phil is on a roll. Just set mine also. Big thanks also.

[Alfred Das]

Ermmmm, dare I ask?
Dare! Dare!

I'd like a custom avatar too. It's related to my P-f-P website for SETI.

http://home.hccnet.nl/a.alfred/gfx/et-avatar.gif

( <2k in size )


Would it be possible to have the avatar graphs downloaded from other locations by specifying a full url in the user settings? That way you'll save a little on the bandwidth. Not sure if this 'vBB' would allow for such a sollution.

Anyway, good work on the board, apart from the minor cookie trouble, it works like a dream. I like it a lot!

Cheers!
Alfred.

[Martyn]

Originally posted by Medic193
That has got to be the quickest response I've ever seen!!! Thanks. Wow, she's an old timer in the field. 19 years!!!!!!! She has a bit of experience there. I'm a little curious how EMS is over there. I have a feeling it's a bit different than in the states. At least that's what I hear. After about 4 years I just finally was released at my hospital as a Paramedic. I'm a little apprehensive about being in charge of a truck. For the past couple years I've always had a Paramedic with me, so if I had a question I had someone to ask. Now I have an EMT with me, who isn't going to be able to give me an answer. I guess it's normal when you move up. Can't wait for this feeling to go away.

You can grt direct entrace into the paramedic service, but the usual route is via patient transport. Peeps spend a couple of years ferrying folks around, to and from hospita, or between wards/units internally. If they want to move to the ambulance service, they apply and their prev experience usually gets them in. They then spend an unspecified length of time as a Technician, if they want to move up to full blown Paramedic, they have a series of exams to sit Viva's etc. Process usually takes about 2-3 years from becomming a technician. At least that's how I understand it, I may be off on a few details.

BTW, I earn my pennies in an equal rotation between an Intensive Care Unit and a Multiple Injuries Unit. The latter is my preference though, all the RTA's are just so damned challenging. All our pt's are vented, most on pressors, ICP bolts, Swan Ctheters etc - some deeply challenging stuff - I love it ;)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Nice work making it as a paramedic. That is a heck of a job. If you're ever in New York, come to my CME pre-hospital stroke evaluation and management course. Free food, too. Gotta love it.

Daniel

[labmansid]

Phil, can I use this for my Avatar?? It's related to what some people have told me I am full of. :eek:

[phil]

labmansid, I need a pic with a max size of 75x75 pixels. I tried scaling your pic down, but it looks naf....You can still use it if you want.

[papeniglio]

OK, phil,
I know you're bored with all these requests, but here is a 75x75 gif image I'd like to use as my avatar (the old papi is lost in the ruins of the old message board.... RIP :( )...
Thanks again and I promise it's the last time I bore you! ;)

GeeK!

[Alfred Das]

Originally posted by phil
I need a pic with a max size of 75x75 pixels.
Ooops! Sorry, didn't know that. I resampled it from the original and uploaded it again...
http://home.hccnet.nl/a.alfred/gfx/et-avatar.gif

Would you be so kind to replace the current one with the new one. It now looks as if I have a rash - I sometimes go into one though! :grin:

Much oblidged and forever indebted, I thee salute,
Alfred.

[wylie]

Vote for best avatar - HANS!!!!
What a ripper! (not a self portrait is it?? :D )

[geekboy]

Originally posted by phil
labmansid, I need a pic with a max size of 75x75 pixels. I tried scaling your pic down, but it looks naf....You can still use it if you want.
I had a go a resampling labmansid's BS meter to 75 pixels, and I ended up with this:

(OK, so I used some Photoshop tools as well... :rolleyes: )

[shubles]

this may be pushing it... *sadpuppyeyeswithadroppedlip*

... but do i get a nurse avatar too????

[phil]

LOL....the only nurse pics I have are a little risque for the bb. If you can dig up anything suitable, I will be more than haapy to sort it out for you shubles :)

[shubles]

****?

go the ****!!!!


im sure the guys would love it
:)

[Medic193]

I found a nurse with a huge syringe.


http://home.mmcable.com/babybeard/Mis77.gif

[pelligrini]

Phil, can you add one for me:
http://members.home.net/pelligrini/P_pelligrini.gif

Is the limit 75 wide?

[shubles]

Originally posted by Medic193
I found a nurse with a huge syringe.


http://home.mmcable.com/babybeard/Mis77.gif

thanks medic
:)

very :cool:

[papeniglio]

A ton of thanks to phil for updating my avatar!

Great job and sorry again for the boring...... :)

GeeK!

[shubles]

i think, after all the work he's put into these avatars and giving us the avatars we've been asking so nicely for, that phil deserves a huge TEAM HUG
:D

thanks phil, from all of us
:)

[dnar]

Yeh, nice one Phil. I never did get around to thanking you for my Tux! Very thoughtfull man! :D

[siggy]

I love the Avatars too. And I agree with the team hug too.

[Chris Wolfe]

Maybe, pretty please, could I have this?
http://members.home.com/chriswellison/avatarcw.gif

[phil]

Sure, no probs :)

[Chris Wolfe]

Originally posted by phil
Sure, no probs :)
Thanks Phil! :D

[Rick_Deadly]

Thanks alot Phil... I wonder how long it'll take somebody to figure out who my avitar really is :D

[stall6g]

Originally posted by Rick_Deadly
Thanks alot Phil... I wonder how long it'll take somebody to figure out who my avitar really is :D

Looks like a cross between Bill Gates, Gene Wilder and the Wolfman.:D

[Rick_Deadly]

Originally posted by stall6g


Looks like a cross between Bill Gates, Gene Wilder and the Wolfman.:D

Good try but ... buzzzz

And the next contestant on "Guess that avatar" is?

[wylie]

An Amish Rastafarian????

[Hemi]

You dorks....it's Weird Al Yankovic in his "Amish Paradise" video.

Man, I knew it as soon as I saw it, that vid is a classic! :D

[wylie]

So I gets me a prize for being half right???

[geekboy]

Damn! I knew it looked familiar! Argh... and I have an MP3 of that song in my playlist, too. :D

[labmansid]

Originally posted by geekboy

I had a go a resampling labmansid's BS meter to 75 pixels, and I ended up with this:

(OK, so I used some Photoshop tools as well... :rolleyes: )

Thanks, geekboy, I had played around with resampling and editing it too ( the original had some cool text, but really got lost in the wash when scaled down) , so I was hoping someone else could do a better job than I with the original size text-less version. I think your version looks fine, and with Phil's permission, I would like to use it when he can fit it in his busy schedule. :)

[kirek]

Phil, could I please have this avatar. I don't know if you got my email and I know you are really busy but I finally found the one I want.

http://www.geocities.com/kirek2112/kirek_opus.gif

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[Rick_Deadly]

Originally posted by Hemi
You dorks....it's Weird Al Yankovic in his "Amish Paradise" video.

Man, I knew it as soon as I saw it, that vid is a classic! :D

Correctamundo :)

Got a few Wierd Al CD's and a wack of mp3's :D

[phil]

As some of you are aware, I have been very busy lately. What with the server changes, installing and maintaing the BB, work (I have been on nights this week) and family commitments. I will get round to sorting you all out, but I may be a little slow....sorry :)

I think I have everyone sorted who has asked so far....if not, shout out now or forever hold your peace :D

[Medic193]

Kirek where in Ohio are you at? I was born in Toledo and raised in Columbus. I live in Oklahoma now but still call Ohio home. Once my wife gets out of the Air Force we will be moving back as that's where both of our families still live. Her side lives in Cleveland. Man I miss Ohio. I'll be back there at the end of August for a couple weeks. Had to make a trip back for the State Fair. (The best state fair in the country!!!)

[kirek]

Hey Medic193 I live in Toledo. I've been here for about 4 years, but I grew up in Wisconson, and North Dakota. Toledo's allright, I hear Cleaveland Rocks though. :D

[Medic193]

Originally posted by kirek
Hey Medic193 I live in Toledo. I've been here for about 4 years, but I grew up in Wisconson, and North Dakota. Toledo's allright, I hear Cleaveland Rocks though. :D


Cool! I lived in Swanton. I have a friend form the Air Force that lives in Wisconsin. I need to get up there to visit him. Never been to Wisconsin and would love to see what it's like. We have some heated debates about Big 10 NCAA football. Cleveland is pretty cool. It gets a bad rap sometimes, but it has really changed. It has a of different places to visit. Jacob's field is a VERY nice stadium. Were supposed to go to Cedar Point while were home next month. Haven't been there for a couple years so I'm looking forward to it. It's funny being down here in Okie. Everyone goes crazy about their six flags parks, and I tell them you haven't seen anything until you visit Cedar Point. I hear their new coaster is pretty cool. I think it's called Mellinnium Force. Well it's good to know I have another Ohioan in here with me!:D

[X-Calibur]

Since the avatar festivus is on, can I get this one, pretty please with cream on top and apple sauce?

Can anybody guest where this was taken from?

Cheers

[Medic193]

Not a clue!

[phil]

Sure X...the aladin avatar looked a little girlie anyway :)

[labmansid]

Originally posted by X-Calibur
Since the avatar festivus is on, can I get this one, pretty please with cream on top and apple sauce?

Can anybody guest where this was taken from?

Cheers

Looks like one of the "Star Wars" episodes, don't remember which one off-hand.

[Martyn]

yeah, I'd go with Star wars too, maybe the first?

[X-Calibur]

Originally posted by tril0Byte
yeah, I'd go with Star wars too, maybe the first?
you guys are strong... kudos to both of you...
It was from the original Star Wars poster circa 1977....

So where do I get to send that other Maple Sirup can now?

Cheers

[Chas]

Please Phil

Could i possibly have this one for my avatar

[Chas]

Well Cool

Thanks Phil your a star mate........... :D :D

[Virus]

Can you please add this one for me.

[Martyn]

eeeeWWW! Ebola? Ya picked a nasty one there. I have some cool false-colour, scanning elecron micrographs of virii if you're interested? How about an influenza or maybe yersinia pestis?

[shubles]

hey phil?
with all the work yor doing on the board and finding and installing all these avatars, do u ever sleep?

(that was important, but i only wanted to have the 69th post)

:)

[phil]

Originally posted by shubles
hey phil?
with all the work yor doing on the board and finding and installing all these avatars, do u ever sleep?

(that was important, but i only wanted to have the 69th post)

:)


Sleep? What's that? Seriously, I have been on a week of night shifts (I work rotating shifts), have a beautiful wife to look after and a 4 year old daughter to keep amused as well as sort out the forums and servers etc, etc, etc. Life is good :cool:

[Virus]

I would love to see the pics, but don't email them to my hotmail account. I'll give you another email account in the mod forumn. My wife isn't as fascinated in immunology as I am. She only took 1 class in Med school.

P.S. Is there anyway you could add color to the Ebola pic?

[phil]

Originally posted by Virus
P.S. Is there anyway you could add color to the Ebola pic?


Sure, how's this?

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/phil.harling/images/ebola1.gifhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/phil.harling/images/ebola2.gifhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/phil.harling/images/ebola3.gifhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/phil.harling/images/ebola4.gif

[10:13]

Being a visitor this has little to no priority.

Avatar request:

[edit, -- never mind, I'm proving myself to be Windows incompetant. Was just trying to get the same avatar as I have at Picard]

[geekboy]

Originally posted by Virus
Is there anyway you could add color to the Ebola pic?

The mighty geekboy also bears the powers of colourization. I figured I would add to the ones Phil posted earlier. :D
http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~geekboy/ebola1_geekboy.gifhttp://www.hurontel.on.ca/~geekboy/ebola2_geekboy.gifhttp://www.hurontel.on.ca/~geekboy/ebola3_geekboy.gifhttp://www.hurontel.on.ca/~geekboy/ebola4_geekboy.gif

[dnar]

As if you haven't got enough on your plate without all these Avitar requests!



Transparent (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/cooltux-trans.jpg)



Solid background (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/cooltux.jpg)


I am a Graphical klutz, so please check these are ok first Phil.... I would prefer the first one, leave it to U to decide.

Thanx m8! :D

[siggy]

I like the 2nd one. But I don't know what it will look like on a post. Because, the background there is light gray and lighter gray.

[shubles]

uknow dnar?
that penguin actually kinda looks like u

[shubles]

OOOHHH WICKED!!!!

thanks phil, you rock

nurse shubles - manga chick

:D

[Rick_Deadly]

Wow!

[dnar]

What happened to the legs????? This is more like it Shu! (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/legs.jpg)

[shubles]

yor grotty dnar

[siggy]

I think if phil made the picture any smaller (to get the legs in) you would not be able to make out what the picture is supose to be.

[phil]

Originally posted by dnar
As if you haven't got enough on your plate without all these Avitar requests!



Transparent (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/cooltux-trans.jpg)



Solid background (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/cooltux.jpg)


I am a Graphical klutz, so please check these are ok first Phil.... I would prefer the first one, leave it to U to decide.

Thanx m8! :D



I hope you don't mind dnar, but I have redone the first one from scratch to make it a bit more vibrant (made up artists term)...also, as you saved it as a .jpeg, you lost all transparency....only .gifs and .png support transparency :coolphil:

[dnar]

Thanx phil! I told you I'm no good on the graphical front....:D

[shubles]

HA HA HA
dnars even got fatty man boobs now
:D

[dnar]

Originally posted by shubles

yor grotty dnar

:D

[Hans Arne Iversen]

Phil. Could you add this one for me?

[shubles]

I LOVE your avatar Wyles.
About time you chose something.

Just wondering...:confused:
...What does it say????

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I am more hopeless than Shubles on this image thing. I don't have a webpage and the one with my dream avatar is down for the count. I do have a jpeg of the image I'd like, though. Can someone bail me out? I'll be your best friend....

D

[X-Calibur]

Send it over to pierre-luc.c@sympatico.ca. I'll take care of it, then Phil will be more then happy to uplaod it, right Phil?

Cheers

X

[phil]

Originally posted by X-Calibur
Send it over to pierre-luc.c@sympatico.ca. I'll take care of it, then Phil will be more then happy to uplaod it, right Phil?

Cheers

X


Sure....if anybody needs any help modding an image just shout out as there are is quite a few people here capable of doing what you want :cool:

[X-Calibur]

Al;right Daniel done:

I've enhanced the image a tiddy bit, made it smaller in size, but most of all made a transparent background for the .gif image so it looks good on all types of background: You be the judge.

cooldudebrain.gif (3k)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/pierre-luc.c/images/tgc/cooldudebrain.gif

Now Phil, do your magic (and don,t shrink it to 100 bytes and make me look like a fool... LOL... you are the PS6 master... but I have a reputation to defend still.... :D)

Regards

X

PS: jsut for the record. the occipital cortex is marked "ASS", the occipital cortex is also the area responsible for visual perceptions... now I all let you draw your conclusions... LOL

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

Looks better than the original, X. Thanks!

Remember those Star Trek creatures with the big heads and the foreheads that were cleaved down the middle so they looked like butts? Well, my head's on bass-ackward.

D

[phil]

Originally posted by X-Calibur
Al;right Daniel done:

I've enhanced the image a tiddy bit, made it smaller in size, but most of all made a transparent background for the .gif image so it looks good on all types of background: You be the judge.

cooldudebrain.gif (3k)
http://www3.sympatico.ca/pierre-luc.c/images/tgc/cooldudebrain.gif

Now Phil, do your magic (and don,t shrink it to 100 bytes and make me look like a fool... LOL... you are the PS6 master... but I have a reputation to defend still.... :D)




Naughty naughty, 75x75 pixels max. I can easy hit 100 bytes by dropping the size, but the text is unreadable. Do you want to try and get the text readable at 75x75 X? It would be easier to do on the original image.

[X-Calibur]

Originally posted by phil



Naughty naughty, 75x75 pixels max. I can easy hit 100 bytes by dropping the size, but the text is unreadable. Do you want to try and get the text readable at 75x75 X? It would be easier to do on the original image.

Images updated... 2K in size now.... but no way you can have that text readable at that size... it was hard to read on the original.... at least the brain looks very cool thought...

If Daniel says it's OK... could ya add it to his profile?

Thanks..

X

[phil]

Done :)

[Daniel, Laura, and Nora]

I could never read the text anyway. I did like that the occipital lobe was labelled a colloquialism more properly used to identify a donkey. X must have used a magnifying glass. If I could have eliminated the text I would have.

Thanks many bunches.

D

[X-Calibur]

Originally posted by Daniel, Laura, and Nora
If I could have eliminated the text I would have.

Thanks many bunches.

D

Is that request...? I'll do it tomorrow then.
And post the magnified version.... too LOL

Regards

X

[Azzuron]

Rick, i knew your ava was of a music relation. I couldnt tell what, i was thinkin more along hte lines of a robzombie style group, or perhapse static X style. BUT hey, Weird Al is all good. I liked that song, never got to see the video tho. =(.





WHo knows what my Avatar is from? HMM!?

[siggy]

Makatiel, why dont you use the same avatar you have on the other board, here too?

[Makatiel]

Well, I actually cant find one that I want to use perminantly yet.. I spent like 2 hours looking around the web for one the other night and had no luck.. Gonna spend more time on it maybe tommorow..

[verT]

What are you looking for maybe we can help????? Propably not really but I thought it polite to ask:D

[dnar]

Something like a jet powered keyboard or a keyboard with a scoop (ala formula one car).

This guy can post like you wouldnt beleive! He puts siggy, dna and Ridicully to shame....

http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~dnar/images/icons/hacker.gif

[Makatiel]

Haha.. It's a skill I attained back in the fidonet days.. Though not real time like this is, you could get into some pretty hot and heavy Post Wars on the old school BBS's..

Well, for those of you who dont know, Makatiel has been my Quake III name for a long time, and it just carried over from there. Makatiel is actually one of the biblical angels of death from the book of revelation (Angel of Plague) and I thought it would make a great Quake III name (Obscure enough that nobody would have it, yet still sounded cool with an apropriate meaning).

Anyways, I was looking for somthing along the lines of a dark angel or somthing like that, but I haven't had any luck finding one as of yet. Actually, I haven't found one that would look good shrunk down to a 64 x 64 image..

BTW, the keyboard on fire thing may be a good idea.. Last time I was clocked (In high school) I typed over 100 words a minute.. That damn post timer really kills my response time though <G>

EDIT: I'll slow down posting when I have to go back to work on the second *Laugh*

[dnar]

I found this for you: http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~dnar/images/makatiel.gif

And this: http://soiuser.hyperchat.com/makatiel/ but it is not really scalable down to the size you need.

[Makatiel]

Oh what a shame, that is a damn good picture too.. That's the same problem I have been having, just cant find anything that would look good scaled down like that... :(

[Billy_Bat]

I guess I ought to work on mine, I have one that I was playing with, and you can even read the text at 75x55 pixels. Should I send it to Phil? or where?
Geeze I am sooo far behind! The holidays are best remembered, not experienced!
Good Luck!
BB

[phil]

Originally posted by Billy_Bat
I guess I ought to work on mine, I have one that I was playing with, and you can even read the text at 75x55 pixels. Should I send it to Phil? or where?
Geeze I am sooo far behind! The holidays are best remembered, not experienced!
Good Luck!
BB


Send it to phil@thegenomecollective and I'll upload it for ya :)

[Billy_Bat]

Hey thanks, Phil! That was fast! It looks better shrunk down. A little playing with a pic I found... Gives me inspiration for some quality work. Hey, is that a beer?...
Thanks!
BB

[Makatiel]

Heya Phil.. I just sent you a graphic for an avatar.. It is the same one I have been using over on EO.. I like that one sooooo I figured I would like to use it over here too :)..

[phil]

Done :) - Hmmm, I'll have to change the christmassy smilies back now :(

[Makatiel]

Thank ya, thank ya.. Very much..

[Benjamino]

Hey Phil, I gave the MM pics to Tril... If Tril says any are good enough, and people want'm, you can have them for Avatars. However, I feel that MM isn't as popular as he once was. ;)

[Makatiel]

I personally think they look outstanding.. You did a really great job with em...

[Martyn]

Ben, (I mentioned in another thread somewhere) thanks, they are outstanding, superb quality, very nice work. If you're happy, I'll forward em all to Phil for inclusion in our avatar database - really top work, especially as you've managed to get rid of the ghosting so well.