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Creating hackergotchis using the GIMP

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 4, 2007 5:46 PM EDT · 5 comments
Linux.com; By Shashank Sharma

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A hackergotchi is a picture of a person's head that's used as an avatar for identification on a blog. Any region below the neck is cut out, as are any portions of the picture that don't include the head. You can create a hackergotchi easily with a digital camera and the GIMP.

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Comments (5)

geekybodhi · Apr 4, 2007 9:45 PM EDT

Err. Scott I haven't authored that piece. It's --Shashank Sharma--.

Scott_Ruecker · Apr 4, 2007 10:51 PM EDT

Not sure how that happened, except for the fact that I some how messed it up. :-)

All fixed..

My Apologies.

jimf · Apr 4, 2007 11:14 PM EDT

Stupid author names :D

linuxlala · Apr 5, 2007 8:00 AM EDT

This was fun!

Scott_Ruecker · Apr 5, 2007 8:28 AM EDT

Quoting:Stupid author names :D

Your catching on..I like it. :-)

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