Remember and  :-( sideways smiley symbols? I bet you do!

The use of and   was first proposed by Scott Fahlman, a Research Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

This was back in 1982… and then online bulletin boards or “bboards” are widely used across the Computer Science community. It was like the phenomenon of blogs nowadays.

The Use of and  :-( Proposed

Here is the original message posted by Scott Fahlman on 19 September, 1982:

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“Apple is helping Microsoft to promote its Blue Screen of Death!”

It sounds funny and well probably a little awkward isn’t it? One of my blog readers, Miguel send this tip to me few days ago.

He bumped on this out of no where… He was trying to setup his network his MacBook to connect to a Windows-PC on his Local Area Network. Here is a screenshot he took:

I discovered that the icon that my Mac OS X Leopard shows for all Windows based PCs is a computer monitor with the famous BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH… I simply laughed my arse off.

This might be an Ester Egg surprise from Apple but definitely a ‘no-good’ sign for Microsoft.

Well, I’m not sure Bill Gates knows about this.

Credit goes to Miguel!

Will you ever pay $112,271.45 for a cab/taxi?

The picture below is a receipt belongs to one of the cab services in Singapore. The total amount is $158,583.43 Singapore Dollars with equivalent to USD $112,271.45!

I’m in total shock when one of my friends email me this picture! It was just a 43 minutes ride for 30.5km, but uh… what a price to pay!

Now, at least you have the opportunity for a one to many phone call Talk to the World – YES, not impossible but you need to drop Telemegaphone a call first.

So, what is this Telemegaphone anyway?

Telemegaphones are tall loudspeaker sculptures that automatically answers incoming phone calls and projects the sound of the caller’s voice into its immediate surroundings.

Telemegaphone? Where?

Well, there is one called Telemegaphone Dale according to Unsworn Industries and of course it’s located in Dale, Norway. This thingy stands at seven meters tall on top of the Bergskletten mountain in Dale.

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Today indeed special and very unique – it is 20082008!

Today mark the 20th day of August in the year 2008, and so written in numerical format will be 20.08.2008 and this assembles 20082008 (Double 2008).

I received couple of SMSes from a number of my friends wishing me 20082008. To be frank, I didn’t realize that today is 20th of August!

20082008 is very unique… you will get to have this day only once in your lifetime, so we all are very fortunate!

Oh ya, in the SMS, there is a mention that 20082008 is also a ‘I love you’ day… well seriously I have no idea what so ever.

Anyway, happy 20082008 again!

Most of us don’t like to talk about this thing – sh*t while having our meals. But, hungry eaters at this restaurant have the other idea.

The Modern Toilet Restaurant, located in Taipei, Taiwan is a toilet themed three-storey restaurant that serves mainly feces-a-like food.

It has 100 seats, all made from toilet bowls and not chairs and you get to eat from mini plastic toilet bowl instead of the normal bowl and wipe your hand using toilet papers. Guess what, their basins are made from toilet bowls as well!

I’ve compiled some nice pictures and a few video clips from Youtube. So, enjoy!

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How can you write a painting? See below!

These paintings are simply fabulous, they are not ASCII art what so ever… those are real paintings created by writing word by word.

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Caffeine gives you energy and power but too much is not good either. Well, you can test your level of caffeine intake by taking this online caffeine test, it will only take you 30 seconds.

This highly scientific (serious?) test will tell you how caffeinated you are! So are you ready?

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Gawker.com reported on their blog that a dead monster was washed ashore in Montauk, New York (above).

Look at it, owh this beast looks like err…a pig (lower body) and a bit like gnawer.

But, WTF is that?