A couple of people have asked… so I shall post. You may have notices that each time I comment on this blog, I get a little avatar photo tagged to the upper left of my entry. Everyone else seems to just be a “G”.
If you blog much you may notice that a lot of blogs use these little photo tags called avatars. The ones used on this site are more specifically Gravatars = Globally + Recognized + Avatar. The best thing about gravatars is that it’s independent from the specific blog/site and can be used with any gravatar enabled site. Your photo is actually tied to your email address.
If you have multiple emails addresses, I suggest you use the same email address each time you comment. First off, your email address is tied to the spam filter. Using a valid email address over time will ensure that you pass the first gate of the spam filter. Secondly, Gravatar enabled blogs like this one will check your email address to the gravatar server and pull in your avatar to display with your comment.
If you’d like, you can sign up with Gravatar by going to gravatar.com.
