So, apparently you're supposed to have a picture of just your head now, for planet debian, which apparently is called a "hackergotchi" head (explanations on why that name was chosen are welcome :-)

Since I didn't have one, I looked into making one myself. It isn't very hard, actually; so, for those interested in playing with the gimp, this is what I did:

• Of course, you start from a picture of yourself. This is what I started from:

• Cut out anything that isn't called a "head". I used the "Select contiguous regions" and the "Select hand-drawn regions" tools to cut out the blue (of the background), the black (of my T-shirt) and my neck. Be sure to select the "Feather" option in the "Tool Options" dialog of both tools; if you don't do that, you'll get ugly sharp edges.
• Once you selected a region you want to lose, use Control+K to get rid of it. If you selected the "Feather" option, you'll get a nice anti-aliased edge.
• When you're happy with everything, use the Script-Fu->Shadow->Drop-Shadow option in the right mouse popup menu to add a shadow.
• Finally, use the "crop" tool to get rid of any unneeded stuff

The result:

It'd be nice if "certain people" could add this to the configuration at planet.debian.net :-)

Since I'm talking about buildd anyway: I finished setting up kiivi, a box by Meelis Roos, earlier this week, and James Troup enabled the wanna-build access for this machine just today. Meaning, backlogs should definately be history for m68k now. Life's great.

Regarding the vote and its controversy: I do think the title was deceiving, but don't think this was done on purpose. The problem was that an adjective had been used, and when you do that, you'll always lose objectivity and risk deceiving people. "There's a tree over there" is objective; "There's a nice tree over there", "There's a large tree over there", or "There's an old tree over there" all aren't, because they include the result of someone's judgement. Saying "Editorial changes to the Social Contract" rather than "Changes to the Social Contract" is more or less telling people what to think, albeit not explicitely; therefore, I think the outcome of the vote should be declared invalid, even if I agree with most of the changes being made. It is also the reason why I seconded Craig Sanders' amendment.

OBTW, Keybuk: they're all equally nice, except for the "boxless" one which you made the default.