{"id":368,"date":"2007-09-18T10:05:11","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T15:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/?p=368"},"modified":"2007-09-18T10:55:51","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T15:55:51","slug":"smiley-emoticon-turns-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagecomputing.com\/index.php\/archives\/368\/smiley-emoticon-turns-25","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Smiley&#8221; Emoticon Turns 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5itl7xNHcrfXyPQvS9wv0S8x3rlKw\" target=\"_blank\"><img src='\/wp-content\/smiley25_small.jpg' alt='Smiley Emoticon Turns 25'  class=\"alignright\" \/><\/a>According to the <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5itl7xNHcrfXyPQvS9wv0S8x3rlKw\" target=\"_blank\">Associated Press<\/a>, the smiley emoticon, i.e. <code class=\"preserve-code-formatting\">:-)<\/code>, turns twenty-five years old tomorrow.  Scott E. Fahlman created and introduced the symbol on a Carnegie Mellon BBS in a message dated 11:44 AM on September 19, 1982.   The online world has been littered with the smiley and its prolific progeny ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Although I have friends that swear off emoticons, I am definitely guilty of ample smiley usage over the last fourteen years.  I typically use the concatenated, sans-nose version, <code class=\"preserve-code-formatting\">:)<\/code>, which is quicker to type.  The smiley is an important, albeit understated, tool for easing tensions during heated discussions, or for simply conveying a bit of happiness through a text-based digital medium.  Interestingly enough, Fahlman first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/smiley\/\" target=\"_blank\">proposed the smiley<\/a> as a way to denote jokes in a discussion about online humor.  You can read Fahlman&#8217;s original message on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/smiley\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carnegie Mellon&#8217;s Smiley website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>The Smiley Family<\/h3>\n<p>In tribute to the birth of the smiley, I present to you now a thoroughly incomplete list of smileys plucked from the wilds of the Internet.  Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.umd.edu\/~marshall\/smileys.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Canonical Smiley List&#8221;<\/a> if you&#8217;d like to see more.<\/p>\n<p><pre><code class=\"preserve-code-formatting\">The Basic Smileys\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The standard smiley\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-(&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sad smiley\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;;-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winking smiley\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-P&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sticking tongue out\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cool smiley wearing shades\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-o&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shocked smiley\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-D&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Big grin\n\nSome Caricatures\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=):-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Uncle Sam\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-)B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dolly Parton\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:-.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Madonna\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;:\/7)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cyrano de Bergerac\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; )&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheshire Cat\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; o-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cyclops\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=:o]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bill Clinton\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B-|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Batman\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=*0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Felix the Cat\n\nSpecialized Smileys\n\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\/:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a beret\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a baseball hat\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hair parted down the middle \n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With toupee in an updraft \n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Needs a haircut\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`:-)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; One eyebrow raised\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%-\\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hungover\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;%*@:-(&nbsp;&nbsp; So hungover my head hurts...\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;X-(&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Just died<\/code><\/pre><\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share your own favorite smileys with us.  Keep in mind, though, that this blog software intercepts certain smileys and turns them into little yellow graphical faces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Associated Press, the smiley emoticon, i.e. :-), turns twenty-five years old tomorrow. Scott E. Fahlman created and introduced the symbol on a Carnegie Mellon BBS in a message dated 11:44 AM on September 19, 1982. The online world has been littered with the smiley and its prolific progeny ever since. 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