[2010-01] oh ha, this is the script I used to generate the old avatar/logo, the one of my contact card

logo.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# encoding: utf-8
import Image

generations = [
	0x18,
	0x24,
	0x7E,
	0x81,
	0x42,
	0xE7
]

alive = (0, 0, 0, 255)
dead = (255, 255, 255, 0)

scale = 250

def main():
	dimensions = width, height = 8, len(generations)
	
	image = Image.new("RGBA", dimensions, dead)
	
	pixels = image.load()
	
	for y in xrange(len(generations)):
		for x in xrange(8):
			pixels[x, y] = alive if ((generations[y] >> x) & 1) else dead
		
	
	image = image.resize(tuple(scale * u for u in dimensions), Image.NEAREST)
	
	image.save("/Users/jeremybanks/Desktop/logo.png")

if __name__ == "__main__": main()