One of the most widely used emoticon is the cute smiley face which consists of the ubiquitous ‘colon-hyphen-parenthesis’. I believe everyone love to use this especially in emails and blog posts.

Do you know how its use started?

Twenty-five years ago, a Carnegie Mellon University professor by the name Scott E. Fahlman sent a message proposing the use of a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a joke marker. It was the earliest recorded use of the smiley face, which has since become ubiquitous with online communication. It has become a serious contribution to the electronic lexicon.

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This post is somewhat overdue as my colleague got this All-in-one HP box which functions as a printer, fax machine, scanner and copier at the same time a couple of months ago. Anyway, he was obviously happy with this purchase as he bought this at a bargained price. It was bought from Tesco at a very affordable price of RM349.

Actually he was going to get a normal but cheaper Sharp fax machine at RM249 but saw this one when he walked out to pay. A quick calculation made him opt for HP Officejet. Only RM100 more and has so many features. Furthermore, it also uses ink cartridge No 27 which is the same for the other printer in our office. Very smart choice eh?

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Not many of us has seen an RF scanner before… not to mention touching and playing with it. Well, I had the opportunity to do just that today and needless to say I had lots of fun with it. Took a couple of pictures too.

The picture above is not very clear because it was taken under indoor lights. But you should be able to see that this gadget is powered by Microsoft Windows… Not sure what specific name is this Windows though… Could it be Windows Mobile. But thought it’s for PDA.

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If you received an email from Paypal recently saying that it has a new logo, don’t panic this time because it’s from Paypal. An easy to verify if it’s an legitimate email sent from Paypal is to look at the link in the email. Hover your mouse over the link and look at the domain name, if it ends in paypal.com, then it’s legitimate.

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It’s time to get away from the usual gadget posts. Today is a big day for Bandar Bukit Puchong 2 residents especially families with kids because this community was having this family day thingy which they called “Sukaneka Kemerdekaan 50″ in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th independence. I just got back from the park where they were having this.

I went off before they ended because the noon heat was unbearable. But worry not because I brought back a lot of pictures to share with you.

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