It is a face, aka picon. It reminds me of the GameSpy logo. It appears to be the default face for unknown. Info about faces in Plan 9: http://plan9.bell-labs.c

It is a face, aka picon. It reminds me of the GameSpy logo. It appears to be the default face for unknown. Info about faces in Plan 9: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Adding_your_face/index.html http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Adding_your_face/index... doesn't seem to load but is cached is http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CkBURrovRf0J:plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Adding_your_face/index.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CkBURro... Database of faces/picons: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/picons/ http://www.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/picons/