EchoDitto Blog

political and emotional expression in the virtual and real worlds

September 17, 2004 - 12:45pm

Always one to use my person as a billboard, I rarely go without a political T-shirt. My latest favorite is my November 2 T-shirt, of which I own three.

I love watching the looks on people's faces as they rack their brains. Sometimes they ask me if I'm a scorpio. Typically though, they ask what happened on Nov 2, and I tell them that's the day we're going to take our country back. It's a great conversation starter -- much more so than a partisan shirt, I've found.

I'll soon be in very good company because apparently, Yahoo! made a NOVEMBER 2 t-shirt for their avatars to wear. (An avatar is an image that you can use to represent your online self in blog comments, IM formats, etc.)

Once just flat images, avatars are now becoming more customizable and even dynamic. I just learned a little more about the expressive capacity of avatars here.

Of course, you can get a T-shirt for your real-world self, or a set of iron-on transfers, at www.november2.org or click here.

I highly recommend it. You know what they say about scorpios, right?

( categories: Grass Roots | Politics | Technology | The Web )

With Yahoo's introduction of these avatars, the line is already blurring between these 3D online chats/games and instant messaging. How long until Yahoo! goes from 2D avatars to 3D avatars? How long after that will it integrate its marketplace into this virtual world? Or its online multiplayer gaming service?

We're witnesses to the revolution.

Scorpios forever.

Submitted by Justin Pinder on September 17, 2004 - 2:42pm.

are you a scorpio? that explain everything...

Submitted by Michael Silberman on September 18, 2004 - 12:13am.

Hi! I'm looking for the November 2 avatar but can't find it...can you point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Submitted by me on September 27, 2004 - 7:29pm.