how is your username purple and what does it mean?

He is the mod of the site

@Spectrum HOLY SHIT!

it tells you that if you hover your mouse over the name

But what if he is browsing the site on a phone :^)

@CheekyKoala
@Snowfag

How do I change my avatar image? If that is possible.

@jellorobot
check the help page, you need to use gravatar to do so.

@CheekyKoala

Thanks for the info. Looks like its a little involved but I can probably swing it - what else is company time for but
to increase my knowledge about creating the hash. (I have no idea, yet)