I have begun using gravatars.  It is quite nice and makes my posts look more nicer.  Furthermore, it is portable to any site that supports gravatars.  For example, I can post a comment on the WordPress forums, and the picture shown will be what I choose for the gravatar.  The same picture will be shown on any site that supports gravatars.

If a site does not support gravatars, it can easily get a plugin or add code to get gravatars working.  The site is below and will give the details on how to get it working.

http://gravatar.com/

The WordPress plugin can be found here

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-gravatar/

The gravatar picture is not permanent.  Apparently, if you change the gravatar, the picture will be updated on all sites that support it.  I find this very nice.

If you are looking for a picture, you can do a search for avatar picture.  I did a Google search for tux avatar to find mine.

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