I’ve been asked a few times recently why my online persona is called bobweasel. My Flickr, Twitter, Last.fm, del.icio.us, google and most other social sites are under registered under the weasel name.

I created my alter-ego as a joke after a friend started using the name ‘alvincacti’ online. We ribbed him mercilessly and made up our own stupid names just to highlight how silly it was… except they stuck! At the time I was teaching myself HTML and Flash animation, so I designed an avatar to use on my website. Since then, it’s become my standard avatar on nearly everything!

Talking of avatars, I’ve been using the excellent Gravatar to provide my image on a variety of websites and blogs. Check it out!