I second your view. I too appreciate the effort here. The logo
doesn't quite work for me, though.
In an attempt to be constructive, I've put an idea
at http://www.nersc.gov/research/FTG/wcs/tshirt.html.
This is a bit hokey, but maybe conveys a bit about what
MPI is and also has an easily-recognized symbol.
I'm beginning to think we should have *two* MPI t-shirts.
One should be essentially a joke t-shirt - perhaps the shoes
in front and the 10-best in the back. But we also need a
more serious t-shirt, for those occasions when we want
to promote MPI. The idea above would be for this "serious"
version (and possibly the web site). I approve in principal
of Eric's top-ten (possibly modified according to subsequent
suggestions) for the non-serious shirt. For the shoes picture,
I particularly like the MPI-2 shoe. I would suggest moving the
second pair of shoes to the first slot (possibly losing the heel)
and put pair of normal dress shoes in the second slot.
Bill