What is the significance of your avatar/profile pic?

[eyoungren]

Before, my avatar was of the commander of the Imperial listener ship in Star Wars Rebels. That character is actually supposed to represent Pablo Hidalgo, who is the keeper of all the Star Wars story lines.

Before that various stuff representing coffee or Macs, things which I like.

But, it was suggested by @Raging Dufus that I make an avatar change: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/another-forum-for-us.2165503/post-27010193

And here we are.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Mine right now is just one of the default pictures from when you setup macOS for the first time. Before that, I had the sarcastic smiley from XenForo 1 mixed in with the beach ball cursor with the El Capitan wallpaper. Eventually that OS got updates to where that didn't happen anymore.

And the only reason I had that one was because I had the then new Finder icon before it and it didn't adapt to the change to circle avatars when MR went from vBulletin to XenForo.

 

[LizKat]

So the story of my avatar is that she was a rather standoffish (for 8 months!) porch cat of indeterminate age named Porch Kitty. She popped in here after a blizzard, and then hung out on my deck as my "breakfast cat" starting in 2004 for a little over 3 years. She was one of those cats that may adopt multiple "owners" for various reasons -- food and water, comfy places to sleep, nice birdfeeders...

She basically did whatever she pleased and had her self-appointed daily rounds elsewhere, of which activities I never learned anything. She showed up with evidence of having won a few brawls over the years (cauliflowered ears, had taken a hook to the nose a few times etc) while establishing her right to hang out wherever she chose, I guess.

I wrote more about her in another thread earlier this year. After 8 months of acting feral and finally learning to trust me, she starting snuggling into my hand when I set her breakfast out every morning, even let me teach her games like chase-the-wheat-stalk, which we played at lunch time once in awhile when she hung out here longer than usual before setting out on her mysterious rounds of the area for the rest of the day and evening. It was always great to see her relax and feel safe enough to be playful.

 

[S.B.G]

I well recall your Star Trek avatar; I hadn't realised that the current one is a salute to Linux.

As for my avatar, I owe you a debt of thanks for it, a stylish representation of a coffee cup which reflects my love of coffee, and the sheer unadulterated pleasure I take from imbibing a cup of (good) coffee.

When I first joined this forum, I didn't even know what an avatar was, and didn't actually see the point of it.

And, at the time, with the system that predated the system that has been changed (updated) this week, one had to accrue 500 posts (if memory serves) before one could claim an avatar.

This didn't bother me in the slightest, for I couldn't see why some who were most amazingly agitated about the acquisition of avatars were so incredibly impatient about accruing and arriving at the designated number of posts in order to qualify for one.

It eventually dawned on me that, obviously, avatars were some sort of short-hand for an online identity, and that this was why they mattered.

Anyway, I wasn't one of those who had an avatar ready to launch whenever I arrived at the designated number of posts which would have automatically qualified me for the right to load an avatar; in fact, for a long time afterwards, I didn't bother with one, as it didn't interest me all that much.

Actually, what prompted my change of mind was my participation in the MacRumors WW (Werewolf) games; in that context, there was an obvious benefit to immediate or instant online identification, and thus, I uploaded the well known image of a coffee cup (one passion of mine) complete with a full cup of frothy coffee on which the image of an apple (well, this forum is all about Apple related matters) had been drawn or piped.

However, @SandboxGeneral's coffee cup was far more elegant than the one depicted in my original avatar, - I really like the strong contrast between light and shade - reminiscent of the Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 16-17th centuries I love so much - and he very kindly passed it on to me when he had no further use for it, for which he has my enduring gratitude.

Yes, indeed I used that coffee cup prior to the Star Trek one as I too also love coffee. The Star Trek one certainly may make a return to my profile in the future. But for now, I quite enjoy the shiny penguin look.

You're most welcome to have the coffee cup one I used for a period of time. It is a very nice looking one for sure.

 

[bunnspecial]

One of my other big hobbies is collecting American pocket watches. That's where my user name came from-the Bunn Special was one of the better known "Railroad Grade" watches from the Illinois Watch Company. To back that up, my avatar is a close up of an 18 size, 24 jewel Bunn Special showing the part that says just that.

I changed it a few years ago from a different 18 size 21j Bunn Special when I got the 24j and was able to photograph that one.

 

[Gutwrench]

It’s my backyard. (Just wishing.)

 

[skottichan]

Holy smokes, that's insanely awesome, have you posted more of your art?

Yeah, I posted a little on a thread over in the iPad forum, and there's my Artstation


I want to post more, but I haven't had time to do personal work (been up to my eyeballs in commissions and pay work).

 

[Fireproof!]

Just one of my pups.

 

[ejb190]

A really old scan of a B&W photo I took in Grad School. I could see the Nittany Lion sculpture from my McKee Hall dorm room at Penn State and was always fascinated by how people interacted with it. We didn't have anything quite like this iconic landmark at Purdue when I was there. I also liked the irony that it was made from Indiana limestone!

This pic was such a pain to create back in the days of PowerBook G3's and limited file sizes that I just never bothered to change it. Image work was never my thing and PhotoShop is my mortal enemy...

 

[Clix Pix]

My avatar is the beautiful rainbow apple logo, which is actually a GIF which is supposed to sparkle, but the forum software now doesn't allow for that, darn it! Anyway, years ago the lovely and thoughtful iBlue gave it to me when after 500 posts I was finally eligible for an avatar and was mulling over what to use for one...... I've loved it ever since and certainly it is most appropriate for this site! On other forums where avatars are used from time to time I usually switch out various photos that I've taken.

 

[zachlegomaniac]

Me love cookie!

 

[chown33]

Me love cookie!

Maybe love Lego, too? Me deduce from name.

 

[mikzn]

Me love cookie!

LOL - who doesn't

 

[Mefisto]

My avatar is a picture of Captain Spaulding (portrayed by Sid Haig), a patriarch of the Firefly family that features in the filmic universe created by Rob Zombie for the films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects and 3 From Hell.

Why is it my avatar? Because the character is great, and I have great respect for Mr. Haig as an actor. Another reason is that I like clowns, even maniacal ones. Also, I didn't give much thought to the process of choosing the avatar when I joined.

 

[mikzn]

Originally my avatar was a screen grab / test on a movie my 4 year old son loved and from a favorite scene that he loved in "Chicken Run" 2000

originally it looked like this



used on several forums back then like (Macworld Forums etc) but it was not great resolution and later changed it - can't remember when I changed it - been a while - but I liked the thought (back then) that no matter what your plans or how well thought out those plans may be - good chance a wrench will be thrown into the machine - lol

 

[chown33]

I see I'm as ill-timed as ever. Just as I add my first avatar ever (10 years in Aug), in a nice shade of vernal green, the local trees and other plants are exhibiting a riot of colors not green.

Clearly, the optimal solution is to steer my seaborne craft to coruscant antipodal seas.

 

[mikzn]

I’m quite fond of Scrat, and like that Oh **** look on his face when he is in over his head.

LOL - Or when he / she likes / loves something - lol

 

[0388631]

I went with avant-garde minimalism low-fi looks.

 

[D.T.]

My avatar is a picture of Captain Spaulding (portrayed by Sid Haig), a patriarch of the Firefly family that features in the filmic universe created by Rob Zombie for the films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects and 3 From Hell.

Why is it my avatar? Because the character is great, and I have great respect for Mr. Haig as an actor. Another reason is that I like clowns, even maniacal ones. Also, I didn't give much thought to the process of choosing the avatar when I joined.

I thought I posted it in some thread here, but we went to the 3 From Hell (via Fathom Events) 1 (of three nights only) last week. Really fun experience, we didn't get the poster we were supposed to, __but__ they're supposed to be sending us two Did you know Sid was very recently in the hospital? Not doing too good, in fact, even a year or so ag he'd been having lots of medical issues (the reason Richard Brake sort of "replaced" his role in the movie).

 

[velocityg4]

I love computer history and old computers. Especially the giant mainframes and supercomputers. They just look so impressive. Even though a $30 Android could blow them away in raw power. It's just amazing the massive calculations, scientific tasks, commercial and military duties these computers performed. When a budget $200 laptop of today is thousands of times faster with vast storage and memory. They probably have the RAW power to run the Pentagon and Norad, all US stock exchanges, all US university scientific research or most of US Banking of the 1960's yet struggle to open a few browser tabs or open MS Word today.

I went with the console for the CDC 6600 (or is it 6500) because it has so much personality.

Comparing computing power. It would take 1000 CDC 6600 computers to equal one 1st generation Apple Watch.

Infographic: The Growth of Computer Processing Power

This infographic compares the most powerful computers of the last 60 years, and shows the astronomical increase in computer processing power.

www.offgridweb.com

 

[Apple fanboy]

Mine is a combination of a photo of mine and a drawing my daughter did for me. Because she isn’t around anymore I don’t have the heart to change it.

 

[kazmac]

Mine is whatever film or comic character floats my boat. I change it frequently.

Currently featuring my favorite Shaw Brothers performer (who still acts) John "David" Da Wei Chiang. In fact, after naming all of my previous Macs with a Mac-based name, my current 2013 iMac broke that cycle. I named it Da Wei after Mr. Chiang.

May have to continue this tradition with the next machine too.

 

[a2jack]

I love computer history and old computers. Especially the giant mainframes and supercomputers. They just look so impressive. Even though a $30 Android could blow them away in raw power. It's just amazing the massive calculations, scientific tasks, commercial and military duties these computers performed. When a budget $200 laptop of today is thousands of times faster with vast storage and memory. They probably have the RAW power to run the Pentagon and Norad, all US stock exchanges, all US university scientific research or most of US Banking of the 1960's yet struggle to open a few browser tabs or open MS Word today.

I went with the console for the CDC 6600 (or is it 6500) because it has so much personality.

Comparing computing power. It would take 1000 CDC 6600 computers to equal one 1st generation Apple Watch.

Infographic: The Growth of Computer Processing Power

This infographic compares the most powerful computers of the last 60 years, and shows the astronomical increase in computer processing power.

www.offgridweb.com

I love computer history and old computers. Especially the giant mainframes and supercomputers. They just look so impressive. Even though a $30 Android could blow them away in raw power. It's just amazing the massive calculations, scientific tasks, commercial and military duties these computers performed. When a budget $200 laptop of today is thousands of times faster with vast storage and memory. They probably have the RAW power to run the Pentagon and Norad, all US stock exchanges, all US university scientific research or most of US Banking of the 1960's yet struggle to open a few browser tabs or open MS Word today.

I went with the console for the CDC 6600 (or is it 6500) because it has so much personality.

Comparing computing power. It would take 1000 CDC 6600 computers to equal one 1st generation Apple Watch.

Infographic: The Growth of Computer Processing Power

This infographic compares the most powerful computers of the last 60 years, and shows the astronomical increase in computer processing power.

www.offgridweb.com

Control Data. Haven't heard of CDC in eons. Started out as an eng tech for them, way back in the discrete component days of 2N914s and early IC's.

Dr Lilly set out to talk to the dolphins using a CDC machine. a2

 

[LizKat]

I went with avant-garde minimalism low-fi looks.

Sucking up to those who labored on the latest forum software release are we?

 

[0388631]

Sucking up to those who labored on the latest forum software release are we?

No, if I wanted to do that I'd use an excruciatingly large amount of belladonna and force my eyes and mind to like the current state the visuals are in.