From the room in which Remedial Chaos Theory was broken by Chris McKenna and writers. I’m sorry, that’s not accurate. The room in which Chris McKenna and writers were broken by Remedial Chaos Theory. Thank you so much for your patience and sacrifices, guys.
The Defualt Avatar
Or, as I have been calling it, Annonyman.
They have always been of interest to me. Every web company with a community has had to solve the same problem of designing one, and here at GroupMe, I’ve been working on our version of the ever ubiquitous graphic.
While researching, I put together this image of as many as I could find.
The Vimeo avatar is a favorite of mine, as well as CollegeHumor and Flickr.
*Bonus points for being able to spot them above.Here is a great post by Dan Meth, talking about how the Tumblr Avatar may be the most veiwed drawing he has ever done.
Love these. I think I have to go with the Vimeo one being a favorite as well. Though the Unabomber one is pretty great.
The name Washington was assigned by Congress in 1853, when the area was still a territory. Settlers seeking territorial status had requested that their new home be called Columbia, after the great river on its southern boundary. But some members of Congress were concerned that this would confuse the new territory with where they worked, the District of Columbia. Somehow, calling it Washington was seen as a better solution.
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