The birth of SuperRob

The origin of the moniker

A great Dallas friend of mine, Mini, started calling me “SuperRob” years ago when I worked at her office. I’m not sure how or why it stuck, but it did. I’m pretty sure I didn’t deserve the nickname, but nonetheless.So with my whole Colorado odyssey, I thought I’d start owning the handle. Someone once told me that “ElectroLund” even sounded a bit like a strange superhero name.

So now you know how SuperRob came to be 1I made this image with the excellent GIMP.

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21 responses to “The birth of SuperRob”

  1. James Avatar
    James

    All I can say is…. 🙄

    (and I used spell check!)

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  2. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Jimmy, I will strike you down with the mighty sword of teamwork and the hammer of not bickering!

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  3. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    I like your avatar! It’s my favorite ❗

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  4. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Thanks, Jules! 😀

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  5. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    yeah.. why is my gravatar cut almost in half? weird.

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  6. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    I like yours too, Angela!! :mrgreen:

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  7. Carl V. Avatar
    Carl V.

    I think you need to turn it around and be Bizarro Rob!

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  8. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Hey, Ang, the gravatars have to be square, so if your image is more rectangular, it will be sorta squished.

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  9. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    yeah… i think it’s just my browser & your site that cut it off smaller than a square..
    it looks fine on Jules’ site. never mind. 😛

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  10. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Oh ok, well I could have a bug then. Surprise, surprise, huh Jimmy?! Do all the other gravatars look fine too or cut off? What browser are you using?

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  11. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    They all look cut off to me. I use explorer.

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  12. Angela Avatar
    Angela

    ditto.. i’ll have to see on safari when i get home.

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  13. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    oops, sure enough! can you tell I’m not a web developer? 😳 I’ll fix it later.

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  14. Jesse Avatar
    Jesse

    Rob…did you create that with GIMP? That’s pretty nice graphics work.

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  15. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Sure did, Flying J! I started with a flat 2D Superman image, which I found with Google image search. Then the rest is all layering, vector-based fonts, and filters. Not too hard to do, just time-consuming.

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  16. Jules Avatar
    Jules

    I think you need to start using your spell check too!

    Sorry, I couldn’t resist!!! 😆

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  17. ciera Avatar
    ciera

    Cool ❗

    Somehow, one of my friends gave me the nickname Bob [short for Bobbin] and somehow it’s now Superhero Bob. 8)

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  18. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Haha, too funny.

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  19. Joshua Dudley Avatar
    Joshua Dudley

    yes rob. clearly your superob image is very cool and distinctive but im still not sure what your blog is about.

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  20. Rob Avatar
    Rob

    Josh, check out the About page. Link is below the banner image at the top.

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