Sorry dude, but it looks like a hairdryer! Imagine it at 16x16 pixels or smaller, and it'll look like little more than a circle with two sticks. The current image scales well.
I think that the current logo is fine. Much more professional than the old image. The + formation is positive enough, and it has a yin-yang feel to it which to me conjures up the image of balance, not divisiveness. JM2PW -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list