You may note that a new little picture is showing up next to blog posts and comments (the internet term is "avatar," FYI). Right now almost all of you have the default "no picture" picture, the Clothesline Lady:

Except for me. You can see that my picture is different. It's me as an anime character.

Your picture can be different, too! If you click on a Clothesline Lady next to an entry of yours, it'll take you to your profile page [0]. Click on the "edit" tab and you'll see where you can upload your own leetle peecture. You can make your leetle peecture anything you want: A picture of you, a picture of your kid(s)--any image you want. Just make sure it's no more than 85 pixels wide by 85 pixels tall, and is no more than 30k in size.

Like my me-as-an-anime? There are a lot of avatar generators out there if you want to make yourself into a cartoon character. Here are a sampling of them:

• Flash Avatar Maker [1], which produces avatars like:
  
• Dream Avatar Maker [2], which produces avatars like:
  
  (This one is really fun, look out.)
• Doppel Me [3], which produces avatars like:
  

...and tons more [4]. But remember: You can use any image, really. You don't have to use a generated one, just keep it to 85x85, no more than 30k.

Have fun with this!

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