Avatars! April 29, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Website , 2comments
The big news is that Iconator now has avatars. Avatars are like giant icons that are used in web forums, Xanga, MySpace, LiveJournal, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and Skype. Phew. That’s a long list. The coolest thing about avatars is that they’re larger (96×96 pixels) so people create more expressive artwork. I’ve been really impressed by the quality of avatars submitted to the site. My goal is to have the largest avatar website on the Internet by the end of next month. We have had over 2000 avatars submitted in the first 3 days, so I think it’s an attainable goal. As far as I can tell the largest display picture / avatar site has around 5000 icons, so we might achieve it after just 1 week! So check it out and let me know what you think.
To sum it up, here’s an email I got from a user:
Thanks so much for putting avatars, I have msn and there are no good sites with cool images. Thank you so, so, so much, keep ‘em coming! Iconator rocks!
Maker Fair Photos April 29, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Fun, Life , add a commentLast weekend I went to the Maker fair (which was way cool). Here are my photos. This is their story.
iMac as a Laptop April 11, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Weird , 3commentsI just saw a woman today in the Internet cafe that was using a full size flat-screen iMac as her laptop. She even had a *huge* bag for it. Considering that an iMac weights 16 lbs, I don’t think it’s the most portable option. 
Edit: I wasn’t the only person who thought it was strange.