X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,7015e82d2aa06562,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: mcconnel@math.washington.edu (B.D.S. "Don" McConnell) Subject: 101 .sigs (1/3) Date: 1996/07/13 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 168206663 organization: University of Washington Department of Mathematics newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Hello ... Here's a collection of my personal .sigs. I'm posting it for a couple of reasons. For one thing, I wanted to celebrate having passed the 100-.sig mark (which I actually reached a while ago). Also, I'm going to be leaving the University of Washington soon, so my "My .Sigs" Web Page (which has .sigs not found in this collection, but misses a few too) will be but a memory in a couple of months. Finally, I think the collection serves as my answer to the question "How do I get started with this ASCII Art stuff?". These .sigs pretty well document my personal development as a dabbler in the ASCII Arts and illustrate my success with the philosophy of starting with something simple and expanding upon it. Unfortunately, this stuff isn't in chronological order, but some sort of stylistic progression should be evident. (In the early days, I held fairly religiously to the 4-lines limit, then broke that rule with increasing insolence, so taller .sigs are more recent, if that helps.) They aren't all winners, of course, but I like to think that they aren't all losers, either. My thanks to Steven Peterson (who designed a few of these things --and lots more that I haven't included here-- and helped me perfect others) and to Charlene Mirabella (who provided a crucial element for my OZ-SOME .sig and the tag-line that inspired my Yoda-Borg .sig). HAVE A .SIG-NIFICANT DAY! Don It all began with this .sig ... ::/ \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Mathematics Department::/ \:: :| O O |:::::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu::::::::::| O O |: :| |::::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/::::| |: ::\ `--' /:::::::::::: * HAVE * A * NICE * DAY * ::::::::::::\ `--' /:: mathematics ,'\ /`. ,' \ / `. ______ ,' O O \ / O O `. ______ | |\ \ * HAVE * A * PYTHAGOREAN * DAY * / /| | | | \ `--' ,:::B.D.S.McConnell:::UW Math Dept:::. `--' / | | | | \ ,::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu.:::::. / | | |______|___\,::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:./___|______| | | | | |___| |___| |y=f(x) |y=f(-x) ,+-. /::B.D.S."Don"McConnell:::UW Math Department::\ ,-+. ,' | `-' ::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu::::::::: `-' | `. `-' | ::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:: | `-' ------+------:::::: * HAVE * A * FUNCTIONAL * DAY * ::::::------+------ | | __/\__ \ / __/\__/ \__/\__ \ / B.D.S.McConnell:::UW Dept of Mathematics:::::::::::::/_ _\:: ::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu:::::::::::::::::::::\ O O /:::: http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/__/\__::::::__/ \__:: ::::: * HAVE * A * FRACTAL * DAY * ::::::\ /::::::\ `--' /:: __/\__/ \__/\__/ \__ __ ____________ /\ \ /_________ /\ :::::/ \ \:B.D.S."Don"McConnell:::UW Math Department:\ _____ / / /:: ::::/ /\ \ \::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu:::::::\ \ \ / / /::: :::/ / /\ \ \:http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:\ \ \/ / /:::: ::/ / /__\_\ \::::: * HAVE * A * PARADOXICAL * DAY * ::::\ \ \/ /::::: / / /________\ \ \ / \/___________/ \_\/ X X :::/ \::::::::/ \::::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Math Department ::| O O |::::::| O O |:::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu:::::: ::| |::::::| |::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/ :::\`--' /::::::::\ `--'/:::::::::: * HAVE * A * 3-D * DAY! * ::::::: holidays and holiday-related 1 9 9 5 1 9 9 6 ::/ \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Mathematics Department::/ 9' \:: :| O O |::::::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu:::::::::| O O |: :|._,()._,|:::::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:::| |: ::)`-'`-'/::::::::::::: * HAVE * A * NEW * YEAR * :::::::::::\ `--' /:: ( / \ ( )) ,--.,--. ,--.,--. :' o o `:B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Mathematics Department:' o o `: ( ):::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu::::::::::( ) ::. `--' ,:::::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:::::. `--' ,:: ::::. ,::::::::::::: * HAPPY (VALEN)x(DAY) ! * :::::::::::::::. ,:::: \/ \/ _____ _____ ,' `. ,' `. :( ) )B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Mathematics Department( ) ): ::;---' )::::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu::::::::::;---' ): :( _____/::::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:::( _____/:: :( )::::::::: * HAPPY * FAT * TWOs * DAY * ::::::::( ): `-'---'-' `-'---'-' / O O \ __-- | | ' _ - \ `--' / -. . `. . `. ` ,' `. ,' `. / O O / \ O O \ / / \ \ \ `--' .' `. `--' / , ,' ' ,' . . `. . `. ` ::/ \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::UW Mathematics Department::/ \:: :| O O |:::::::::::mcconnel@math.washington.edu::::::::::| O O |: :| |:::::http://www.math.washington.edu/~mcconnel/:::| |: ::\ `--' /::::::::::::: * HAPPY * LEAP * DAY * ::::::::::::::\ `--' /:: ,-----. / \ ,-----. 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