101 .sigs (1/3)
From B.D.S. "Don" McConnell <mcc...@math.washington.edu>
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· 13 Jul 1996 00:00 · View full thread
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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 ...
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