Let me start by saying that I know there was a time and place for unions. In fact, there may still be a time and place for unions. However, after watching the Grocery workers union strike in California a couple of years ago and, now, the United Auto Workers strike on GM, I don’t think [...]
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The Original Text Smiley Turns 25!
:-) Digital Smiley Face Turns 25 The orignal text smiley was created on September 19, 1982. You’ll recognize it as :-). It has since morphed into all kinds of emoticons that can hardly be understood without a cheat sheet. Here is the message board posting from Scott Fahlman that started it all: 19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott [...]
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