This blog now features gravatar support. A gravatar is a small icon that appears next to your comments to identify you. (The word avatar comes from Hinduism, but it has no Hindu connotations in this case.) You can see my gravatar to the right. Fun, isn’t it? Don’t you want one too?

If you want one because you comment on this blog or others, here’s what to do. First, pick an image (a photo, an icon, a nice design, whatever your little heart desires) and make an 80 pixel by 80 pixel image (GIF, JPEG, or PNG). If you need help doing that, just email me the image that you want and I’ll make it for you. Second, go to www.gravatar.com and create an account. It’s free, and I haven’t received any spam from them. Upload your image, wait for them to approve it, and you’re done. The gravatar website and this blog will work together to recognize the email address that you submit with your comment, and your gravatar will start showing up next to your comments. It will even work for all your past comments. Otherwise, you’re going to end up having the little silhouette man associated with your comments, just like everyone else.

Now wasn’t that fun? Aren’t you glad you participated? I look forward to seeing your gravatars.