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logo for thraxil
by Matthias Dittgen
Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:35:54
After Anders has , beside the sketches, no graphics at thraxil, how about to develop a logo/symbol/icon/banner for thraxil? This idea came suddenly to my mind, and I just wanted to share the idea. Perhaps we should make a kind of contest, but I have no idea what the winner gets. ;-)<br />
Symbols are often something people can identify with. A good symbol and the easy-to-remember name "thraxil" together could bring this website a step further to it's "secret" goal of cooperate world domination...
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anders pearson - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:36:54
i have no ideas myself, but if anyone else does, i'm all ears.trevor - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:37:54
I found a lovely little icon in Mircosoft Word's clipart collections. A little tweaking of the color scheme and kapow here's it: <a href="http://www.umit.maine.edu/~trevor_washington/whistle.jpg">LOVELY LITTLE ICON LOVELY LITTLE ICON LOVELY LITTLE ICON LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT</a> I think it really fits the thraxxxil spirit! It's got kind of a "I've got a whistle and I ain't afraid to post weird messages" feel to it. Eat pie.kurtis - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:38:54
Trevor, mmrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmhhhhhrrrrrrrr<br /> mmmmmmmmvvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrraaaa<br /> aaaaaaallllllllllllllppppppppppp<br /> sa :)sarah - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:39:54
Hmmm... I'm partial to pastels... or 70s color these days. Like the blogger logo. But Thraxil is very 256 shades of grey with a modicum of bleak blue. So praps trev's idea is in the right direction. How about an abstact representation of Anders' ear?anders pearson - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:41:54
alright, so i've actually been secretly working on a rewrite of the thraxil engine lately (it's been almost a year since the last major rewrite). many new tricks on the way. i'm keeping silent about what the new features will be but some of them overlap and/or interfere with things mentioned here. (how's that for being vague?) the idea of an abstract representation of my ear frightens me. i'm not sure why, but it does. the grey/bleak blue colorscheme is just the current one. since thraxil is skinnable, the design and look/feel change every once in a while.Matthias Dittgen - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:42:54
but change the color scheme? why rewrite?<br /> always programs or websites become rewritten.... Why not just improve them without changing so much that already was fine?<br /> Does someone yet use the skin-able_feature?<br /> I like Matti's idea of watermarks for each of us seeders posts background :-)<br />sarah - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:43:54
Manly yes. But I like it too.<br /> Repeat after me... Ander's Ear, Ander's Ear, Ander's Ear.anders pearson - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:44:54
<pedantic> <em>ahem</em> for the record, my name is: anders <br /> the correct possessive is: anders'<br /> the plural is: anders<br /> they are all pronounced the same. deviations will be met with air strikes against any country harboring the offender(s). thank you.<br /> </pedantic><br /> just be glad you didn't accidently call me 'andrews' like so many of the half-wits i run into on a daily basis. americans are stupid.trevor - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:45:54
Most of the talkings-on of thr4x.ll _aren't_ stupid (me notice), but just imagine if I could go on a web-forum and make the conversation smarter by closing a </pedantic> tag that someone accidentally left open at the beginning of the convesation. hahaAAAHa. I found 33 s0bes at IGA, the fancy yummy ones that have cane sugar instead of high-fructose-corn-syrup, and I'm not usually into being trendy, but I like cane sugar. How about a sound-clip column in (THRAXIL) to follow the pattern of the sketch and hyperlink columns? Andrews could post x-INT sounds there, and someone else out there must be able to make a use of it. Found a mathematical formula in a text-book: [non-alcoholic beverage]+[alcoholic liquid]+[finger paint]=exp((<a href="http://home.swbell.net/vaxo/the_TimeWaster_3000__tm_/Killer_Japanese_Seizure_Robots/killer_japanese_seizure_robots.html"></a>-<a href="http://phys.educ.ksu.edu/vqm/html/qtunneling.html"></a>)/(4pi)). It didn't have a derivation, but I suspect it's true. Hey, Anders, do you still have a caligraphy pen-brush fancy thing and make designs with it? I remember something like that, or at least something like something like that and it was at MMSM. I remember it made pretty swaths, or at least something like pretty swaths. WAIT A SEC! WHY ARE THERE FISH IN MY UNDERWEAR! I JUST WIPED THE OTHER DAY!emile - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:46:54
at partys or any other place with the combination of cultural illiteracy, noise, and alcohol, i am eternally "bill"sarah - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:47:54
Ander's and Emilie... god knows the trouble I been.<br />kurtis - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:48:54
Trevor ... ahhhhhhh. Stop it already, you're awesome :)<br />quiet - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:49:54
Lol. Joseph George Bill Daigle doesn't have the same ring to it. I don't know, thraxil went white pretty soon after I saw the first pic of anders with short hair. It kinda stands for the absence of his raven locks in my mind.sarah - Mon 08 Oct 2001 02:50:54
So, the new logo/banner will be up by halloween?