I sometimes forget that you know a lot more about me than I know about you. I mean, you know that I'm a hooker, that I had a possible nervous breakdown while sitting in my closet ... you even know what kind of toilet paper I use.
I meet people all the time who know me from my blog and during our conversation it's entirely possible they might bethinking "Hey. I wonder how Karen's yeast infection is doing."
Well, did you ever think that it might be nice for me to look at YOU for once and think, "Hey. I wonder how her itchy lady parts are doing.".
Let's make that happen today. Not the yeast infection, (that's a special spell I have reserved for people who park sideways and take up more than one parking spot at Ikea on a Saturday), but the recognizing you bit.
This is what 70% of you look like to me and everyone else who reads this blog.
Faceless blobs of air. Who are you people? I don't know. In my head and the heads of everyone else reading the comments on blogs you possibly looking something like this ...
So what are those little pictures and why doesn't your photo show up?
Those are called Avatars and they're put there by something called Gravatar. Which stands for Globally Recognized Avatar. Almost all blogs and websites are Gravatar enabled which means they are all ready, willing and able for your picture.
All you have to do is go to the Gravatar website and upload your photo. Then Gravatar basically attaches itself to you and whenever you comment on a blog, Gravatar follows you there and includes your photo.
How to get your photo to show up in blog comments.
- Go to the Gravatar website.
- Sign up.
- Create your profile which includes uploading your photo.
- Done! Now when you comment on any blog or website that is Gravatar enabled your photo will show up. Pretty much every website has Gravatar enabled on it by the way.
- You can change your profile picture whenever you want by going back to the Gravatar website and uploading a new photo.
In the profile section of the Gravatar website you can fill out your name, where you're from and a little bit about yourself.
Why would you do that? Well there's a little surprise to Gravatar that not everyone knows about. If you hover over someone's photo on any blog comment if they've filled out their profile, that information pops up! So you can tell the world a little bit about you and you can learn a little bit about your fellow commenters.
And don't worry if you're a little bit shy you can upload a photo of anything. Your dog, your cat, your kid. I prefer to see recent photos of the actual person but the choice is yours.
I've only used 3 different Avatars on this blog since starting it but I might switch it up soon.
O.K. now it's time for you to try to do it yourself!
I'll be here. Waiting. And itching.
To see your pictures. ;)
Hattie
testies testies 1,2,3???
Grammy
Did someone say "testes"? What kind of blog IS this?
Shirley
Only you, Karen, would think to recycle a live chipmunk into a Mohawk haircut. Honestly, your ingenuity knows no bounds!
P.S. You're right --- it was ridiculously easy to create my own avatar, even for a Luddite like me! I'm going to have a lot of fun with Google Images until the day somebody, somehow finally takes a good picture of me. I wish they'd hurry up though ... at 65 I'm afraid I may already have peaked.
Sherri
Shirley...you are just approaching ripeness!
Shirley
Thank you, Sherri! You may be right --- when someone squeezes me, I do give a little. :)
Debbie Neal
Karen, I went to the site and there was nothing there. It said that domain was available.
Karen
Try again Debbie. You must have accidentally entered the wrong address. http://www.gravatar.com ~ karen
Shannon V.
Thanks for the tute. I have always wondered how to do that.
Langela
I love the chipmunk photos you have! I have now added an avatar thanks to your instructions. It is a photo of me after the kids get done with me each day.
Kristin
I think mine is uploaded; here's a test!
Susan
It's early morning...are you sure?
Laura Ingalls Gunn
I'm thinking I might make my profile pic a mean and nasty candid of Nellie Olsen just to shake things up and confuse people. :)
Karen
Hah! ~ k
IrishJenn
Okay, here goes...
Beckie
tada! (I hope! =) )
marilyn
omG half pint!well you are about the right size just not sure about the overbite and all that calico..
Ann
Let's see if it worked. If it did you will see a pic of me holding a 60lb squash out of our garden a few years ago. I have always thought this pic to be a bit "odd" and thus totally appropriate for your blog!
Karen
LOL! It worked! Seriously?? A 60 lb squash??? ~ karen
Deborah
BWAHAHAHAHA! Laura Ingalls Indeed! :D Love, Love, LOVE the one of the chippy on the Fella's head!! Heading over to Gravatar now (AGAIN), I did sign up, then promptly got busy and the 2 week period of the email activiation ended... let's get 'er done! (Then I will come back and post again) :)
Deborah
Ta-DAH! Done.... Thanks for kicking my procrastinating butt into gear :)
Moe
Ok, gross, not much liking that one. I'll have to fiddle with it when I have more time... thanks again.
Moe
Wow Karen, how cool is that? I've always wanted to know how to do that but just never got around to finding out. Now I know. :o)
I'm going to have fun with that. ;o)
Thanks for the help.
Anne from Weird Hacks
Hello Moe
LeeAnne Bloye
Oh boy I've wanted to be one of the cool people for so long. Thanks Karen!
Lady Weird Hacks
Amazing
Pati Gulat
My picture didn't show up... :o((((
LeeAnne Bloye
Did you fill out and save your profile?
Pati Gulat
Yes Ma'm,I sure did...and I like to consider myself puter-savvy too !
LeeAnne Bloye
LOL, I'm not puter-savvy but I figured it out after wondering what I did wrong for ages. Hope you get it figured out :-)
Pati Gulat
Sooooooo...lemme see if this works...
shawn
I'm back! That was fun....and super easy! Thanks Karen! (p.s. I'm in love with your blog.)
shawn
FUN! (Oh, maybe I should've waited until I got my avatar...but I wanted to be the first to comment!)
Tina
I was the first to reply one time. I found it very anticlimactic. I hope you enjoyed your first more than I.
Jenny W
LoL! Best Comment Ever :)