How do I get a picture icon of myself when I comment?

Someone asked me:

I notice that when some people comment on your blog (and other blogs) there is a picture icon of them, instead of some generic little icon. How do I get a picture icon of myself when I comment?

Easy!

That picture icon is called a "gravatar": a Globally Recognized Avatar. If you go to gravatar.com, you can register yourself, upload a picture, and associate it with your email address(es) that you use.

Then when you comment on a site that supports gravatars (which seems to be most these days), it will automatically load that picture of you when you comment.

This is my current gravatar:

Until next time...

6 comments

posted 766 days ago at 12:05 pm in Ponderings

tags: Electronic Toys... er... Tools

6 comments on “How do I get a picture icon of myself when I comment?”

Archerr commented on December 30, 2009 at 12:24 pm:

ah...thank you. I just signed up and hopefully soon my gravatar will show up.

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me commented on December 30, 2009 at 12:28 pm:

hey cool! it totally worked. see you can learn useful things on the intertubes.

keep up the good work.

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bstewart23 commented on December 30, 2009 at 12:51 pm:

And a lovely Gravatar it is, Erik. All the best to you and those you love in 2010!

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chuck commented on December 30, 2009 at 2:06 pm:

ya learn somethin' new everyday!
big mahalos!

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kyle commented on December 31, 2009 at 10:18 am:

and how sexy your gravatar is.

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Ron commented on December 31, 2009 at 5:33 pm:

Erik, I want you to know that you are super cute, and I hope to be that cute someday!

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