Author Topic: Your username and avatar (Read 3955 times)

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #5 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:06:32 PM »

Wow! Thanks, Matthew. :smile:

Dulcamara · « **Reply #6 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:06:47 PM »

Solanum Dulcamara is bittersweet nightshade, which I understand was supposed to be symbolic of truth.

My current avatar is a mochi... a Japanese food made with rice flour and sweet bean paste. lol This particular (fictitious/virtual) mochi has been decorated to resemble a rabbit. (Never underestimate the Japanese ability to play with one's food... or at least to make it look cute.) It's actually one of a set of computer icons I made with an oriental food theme. lol Yes, I do strange things when bored.

Matthew · « **Reply #7 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:13:39 PM »

By the way, there seems to be a problem with the "upload an avatar from my hard drive" area -- you'll have to upload it somewhere, then type in the URL.

That's how I got my avatar to work. And you probably have to type in the size manually, too.

Matthew

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #8 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:22:23 PM »

Quote from: Dulcamara

Solanum Dulcamara is bittersweet nightshade, which I understand was supposed to be symbolic of truth.

My current avatar is a mochi... a Japanese food made with rice flour and sweet bean paste. lol This particular (fictitious/virtual) mochi has been decorated to resemble a rabbit. (Never underestimate the Japanese ability to play with one's food... or at least to make it look cute.) It's actually one of a set of computer icons I made with an oriental food theme. lol Yes, I do strange things when bored.

I had tried to look in a few Latin dictionaries for your username, Dulca, but I couldn't find anything. I had the idea that "dulca" meant something like "sweet" and mara something like "sea." So "sweet sea" then?

What kind of beans are used for the mochi? Soy beans?

Kephapaulos · « **Reply #9 on:** February 29, 2008, 09:31:43 PM »

Quote from: ChantCd

By the way, there seems to be a problem with the "upload an avatar from my hard drive" area -- you'll have to upload it somewhere, then type in the URL.

That's how I got my avatar to work. And you probably have to type in the size manually, too.

Matthew

So it's possible we can't just directly upload from our computers it seems then. I'd have to try that and see what happens.