Gravatars Seem to be Working Again
Lately we’ve had some issues with some of our Gravatars being sporadically grey or blacked out. That’s not too cool =)
Fortunately, they seem to be working again. (may take a refresh or two on your browser if you have any images cached…)
Gravatar is a great service, but when it doesn’t work, it certainly reminds you why its generally a good idea to minimize external dependencies.
The beauty of Gravatars (globally recognized avatars), though, is that once you’ve got one setup, it works with any website that’s gravatar enabled… and franky, that’s pretty cool. 
They just need an API, then the whole thing would be totally spiffy and all very “Web 2.0″-ish =)