diff -up gwibber-2.30.0.1/gwibber/microblog/util/__init__.py.BAD gwibber-2.30.0.1/gwibber/microblog/util/__init__.py
--- gwibber-2.30.0.1/gwibber/microblog/util/__init__.py.BAD	2010-04-28 08:25:10.618806266 -0400
+++ gwibber-2.30.0.1/gwibber/microblog/util/__init__.py	2010-04-28 08:28:58.891720518 -0400
@@ -73,13 +73,16 @@ def isRTL(s):
 
 try:
   import pynotify
+  import gtk, gtk.gdk
   pynotify.init("Gwibber")
 
-  def notify(title, text, icon = None, timeout = None):
+  def notify(title, text, icon = None, timeout = None, iconsize = 48):
     if icon is None:
       icon = resources.get_ui_asset("gwibber.svg")
     caps = pynotify.get_server_caps()
-    notification = pynotify.Notification(title, text, icon)
+    pixbuf = gtk.gdk.pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(icon, iconsize, iconsize)
+    notification = pynotify.Notification(title, text)
+    notification.set_icon_from_pixbuf(pixbuf)
     if timeout:
       notification.set_timeout(timeout)
     if "x-canonical-append" in caps: