MLP: Quit Slashdot.org Today

Quit Slashdot.org Today!, an article including "Top Nine Reasons to Quit Slashdot" and some suggestions for alternative sites.

I think I'm mostly in the "why not read it occasionally" camp (and I typically don't read many of the comments on articles), but still.

Avatar

mendel made me aware of a flash-based avatar creator. (Now I know where the userpics I had seen for some users come from!)

So I went ahead and tried to make an avatar of myself, and here's what came out:

The hair length looks about right, and I wear glasses all the time now as well. Not entirely sure about the hair colour but it's good enough.