http://www.metafilter.com/tags/smilies Posts tagged with 'smilies' at MetaFilter. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:14:58 -0800 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:14:58 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76169/A%2Dthree%2Dminute%2Dfairy%2Dtail Boy meets girl, you know how it goes. The catch? They're made from Myriad Pro. <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2008/10/a_3minute_fairy.php">This short TED talk</a> by someone called Rives was cute, and whimsical enough to make me smile. I hope it makes you smile as well. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76169 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 06:14:58 -0800 emoticons fairy love myriad pro rives semibold smilies story tale ted text oxford blue http://www.metafilter.com/48698/o <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/cingular_emoticon_patent/">Cingular applies for patents for emoticons.</a> The cell phone company this week filed a 35-claim application with the U.S. Patent Office for the use of "smilies" in their devices, apparently for some form of key that automatically enters the emoticon. Some experts say this <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/27/cingular_smiley_mail/">isn't as serious/sincere as it sounds</a>, but you can <a href="http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060015812%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20060015812&RS=DN/20060015812">read the patent application</a> yourself. <small><a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007561.php">(via TPM)</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.48698 Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:00:56 -0800 Cingular Emoticons Patent Smilies XQUZYPHYR