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New Art Monday: Pieces of Flair

You can post super cool buttons to your profile on Facebook using the Pieces of Flair application. It's fun, because the buttons are really glossy looking, and they get posted to this cork-looking bulletin board. Here's what my bulletin board looks like:



I made a couple buttons from my photos, one of the Tribune Tower and another of the Art Institute Lion wearing a Chicago Bears helmet. If you want any of my buttons, just leave a comment on this post, and I'll be more than happy to send you one (in fact, I get a point every time I send someone a button! So please ask!)


Posted by: spudart on Jul 28, 08 | 5:15 pm | Profile
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As of today, here's the current usage of my buttons:

Tribune Tower
Users: 14
Overall Rank: 523,180

Chicago Bears Art Institute Lion
Users: 12
Overall Rank: 601,692

spudart
Users: 3
Overall Rank: 1,218,085


Posted by: spudart on Jul 29, 08 | 10:44 am


I must be doing something wrong over there because I can't get my flair to show on my bulletin board.

Posted by: Tom on Jul 29, 08 | 11:33 am


Tom,
1) Go to the "my flair" tab
2) Click on the buttons in the top row to add them to your board.
3) Move the button your board to where you'd like it to appear
4) Click on "save changes"

And then you'd think you are done, right? NO!

5) click "update profile"

Now, it should work. Sometimes I find when i'm looking at my board on my profile (cuz i'm vain and i like to look at my own profile), I have to click on the board to get the buttons to update. Actually, that happens to other people's boards too. Sometimes you have to click on their board to have the new buttons appear.


Posted by: spudart on Jul 29, 08 | 2:04 pm


You rule

I'll bet I look at my profile more than you look at yours ;)

I need some new profile pics!

Posted by: Tom on Jul 29, 08 | 2:13 pm


Can you send me some flair? Namely your spudart flair?

Posted by: Tom on Jul 29, 08 | 2:14 pm


Certainly Tom! A spudart flair has just been sent. Enjoy. :)

Posted by: spudart on Jul 29, 08 | 2:18 pm


This is reason No. 182 why I don't like Facebook. They simply cannot come up with their own ideas! Take Scrabulous, for example. The Facebook peeps stole poor Scrable's template and now look what happened -- it was taken down!

This "Pieces of Flair application" you speak of is a direct rip-off from the movie "Office Space."

Get your kicks now, kids, it'll probably be taken down in a month.

Sorry to be a downer :-(

Posted by: Lisa S. on Jul 29, 08 | 3:45 pm


Wait, so "pieces of flair" is a office space thing? Huh. I did not know this.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 29, 08 | 4:41 pm


Yes! They're the bane of Jennifer Anniston's character's existence. She says, "I don't really like to talk about my flair." It's funneeeeee...

Posted by: Lisa S. on Jul 29, 08 | 4:43 pm


gimme gimme gimme. i want autobot, cubs, chicago 2016, trib tower, art institute lion, chicago flag, spudart, obama, and croquet, please and thank you.

Posted by: unlikelymoose on Jul 29, 08 | 11:59 pm


I created a handful of flair this morning. Be on the lookout for BFF, Espresso, Squirt, Birthday candles, Sushi and more! More to come too! Flair on!

Posted by: Tom on Jul 30, 08 | 9:54 am


I just realized you only get one point per friend per day. So erik, I sent you autobot, chicago 2016, chicago flag, spudart. And once a day I'll send you cubs, trib tower, art institute lion, obama, and croquet.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 30, 08 | 10:09 am


i was playing with the program last night and it's so easy to create your own buttons. it's so incredibly easy. it's almost easier to just make your own button than searching through the database for something specific.

Posted by: unlikelymoose on Jul 30, 08 | 10:29 am


yes moose, it is so easy to create your own buttons. But you really are supposed to have the rights to the image that is being used.

Posted by: spudart on Jul 30, 08 | 10:40 am


I thought you could get up to 3 points per person per day

Posted by: Tom on Jul 30, 08 | 10:55 am


i just created a collage button flair of the famous michael jordan wings poster. 5 buttons make up the entire image. You can view the collage on my facebook profile (if you're a facebook friend of mine): http://www.facebook.com/people/Erik_Maldre/557743725

or search the Pieces of Flair program for "jordanwings". I just uploaded the images and it may take a couple hours for the buttons to populate in their database.

Posted by: unlikelymoose on Jul 30, 08 | 11:01 am


oopsie. i obviously don't have the rights to the jordan wings poster. though it's pretty neat seeing it in a set of virtual buttons.

Posted by: unlikelymoose on Jul 30, 08 | 11:05 am


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