09-12-2007 02:14 PM
09-12-2007 02:17 PM
@Ben:
Everyone together now... aaawwww!
That is exactly why I ask, seems like everyone has a reason or story...
09-12-2007 02:23 PM
09-12-2007 05:04 PM
BTW
Excellent question Matt!
I have enjoyed reading the stories that go behind the icons.
Anyone else willing to share their reason?
Ben
09-13-2007 09:39 AM
09-13-2007 09:47 AM
This thread was created to hold icons.
"...and that sometimes we just need to get a little perspective."
That same thing hit me again last week after watching some big bang stuff. I was watching the sunset and attempted to see the sun in terms of the big picture. It is definately humbling.
Ben
09-13-2007 01:36 PM - edited 09-13-2007 01:36 PM
Message Edited by Phillip Brooks on 09-13-2007 02:36 PM
09-14-2007 07:25 AM
Hi Phillp,
Yes I remeber Gentle Ben as well as Ben from Grizzly Adams.
Your icon appears to be from the cast of South Park but I cna't recall the name. I want to associate that character with a machine gun for some reason (?). or is that an NI Eagle?
So why did you choose that icon for use on LAVA?
Ben
09-14-2007 08:01 AM - edited 09-14-2007 08:01 AM
It's a custom character from one of the South Park Avatar sites. I placed the favico from the NI site on the shirt and coffee cup to personalize it a bit more. I used the "Mickey Mouse" glove from the NI forums library when I registered on the NI site, but updated it to the current one when I thought about people recognizing me on different forums. I haven't decided if I should change my LAVA name to my real name to keep it all consistant.
I use the "LV Punk" name on LAVA as a play on my name. There is a wrestler named Phil Brooks that goes by the name CM Punk, and I liked the sound of LV Punk. CM Punk is supposed to be a "straight edge" guy and his tag line is (was?) "I'm drug-free, alchohol-free and BETTER THAN YOU." I changed it to "global-free, sequence structure-free and BETTER THAN YOU" but got tired of it and now just use my "data & algorithms = programming" artwork (see below).
Message Edited by Phillip Brooks on 09-14-2007 09:03 AM
09-14-2007 09:10 AM