[2010-01] I thought I saw the script that generated my avatar in a more recent post...

avatar.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import Image
rows = (0x18, 0x24, 0x7E, 0x81, 0x42, 0xE7)
image = Image.new("RGB", (8, 8), (255, 255, 255))
pixels = image.load()
for y in range(len(rows)):
	for x in range(8):
		pixels[x, y + 1] = (0, 0, 0) if (rows[y] >> x) & 1 else (255, 255, 255)

del pixels
image = image.resize((400, 400), Image.NEAREST)

image.save("av.png")