me and my "new" computer.

[daveT]

So I bought a "new" computer. For those of you a little slow, "new" translates to "new to me," or "used."

But hey, if we are all 10-tabling, no one is slow, I assume.

As the old saying goes, "life is expectation, everything in between is fluctuation...." I can't go into that because it would then become a bbv/psych post. So I bought a "new" computer, and I have to admit that I have never been very computer literate. Don't get me wrong, I have personally crashed four computers, and I know how to search the hard-drive for viruses, install a new operating system, run BIOS, and, check all the physical problems, diagnose, updates, etc. I can even build a desktop.

But ask me to turn a computer on and I will look at the thing for at least five minutes. I still can't figure out how to turn on my friends Apple G5.

So, I just bought this "new" computer last week. I took my not-as-rich-as-I-used-to-be self and scored a big win at the casino a few weeks back. But not so large that I was able to buy a new computer. Well, I could have pressed my luck, but risk-aversion got the better of me. So I dumped my money on-line and bought this computer that I am typing on now.

In case you are interested it took me close to twenty minutes to turn on this one.

So, I need a bit of help. I have this cool avatar that I would like to post on this site:

Anyone care to give me some directions.

I cropped it down to 75x75, and for a preview:::

Okay, forget it, I don't know how to move it over here.

[MrWookie]

www.imageshack.us

Host it there.

Update your profile from My Home

[TheDudeAbides]

You might have better luck from the experts here

[daveT]

Okay, so I am at image shack, and I have used all of the links. I get a message that says inapropriate picture type. So one of the four links doesn't give the message, but there is not avatar registering.

[MrWookie]

What's the file type?

[daveT]

jpg

[katyseagull]

davet, did you figure out your avatar problem yet? You can send me your picture and I can see if I can get it to host on imageshack.

[daveT]

oh right, my pcmi went nuts for a few hours, back up and running.....

(to be continued)

[daveT]

Okay, so I figured out the problem. I didn't notice at first that image shack automatically resizes the pics to something larger.

The avatar is an aerialist performing on tissue, her name is Claire Ashmore. I took the liberty of blue-tinting it, and having fun with flair. I am not a photoshop genius, btw.

EDIT: Thanks for the help, lest I forget [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[katyseagull]

I like your avatar. I would never have guessed that it was an aerialist performing on tissue paper. Could you post a larger pic of her maybe so we can see what you are talking about?