http://www.metafilter.com/tags/harveyball Posts tagged with 'harveyball' at MetaFilter. Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:13:40 -0800 Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:13:40 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/6978/ <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/smiley.htm">:(</a> Harvey Ball, creator of the <a href="http://www.mcphee.com/bigindex/current/09099.html">smiley face</a> died yesterday. He was paid $45 for designing it for an <a href="http://www.allmerica.com/12-4-00/home.htm">insurance company</a>. Neither he nor the insurance company bothered to copyright it, and the rest is history. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.6978 Fri, 13 Apr 2001 05:13:40 -0800 advertising emoticon harveyball icon obit obituary smiley smileyface dchase