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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emoticons A simple smiley This is a list of notable and commonly used emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's mood or facial expression in the form of icons . The Western use of emoticons is quite different from Eastern usage, and Internet forums , such as 2channel , typically, show expressions in their own ways.

List of emoticons

http://www.fsmitha.com/maps.html home page Down to: 6th to 15th Centuries | 16th and 19th Centuries | 1901 to World War Two | 1946 to 21st Century The Ancient World ... index of places Aegean Region, to 300 BCE

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There is Hollywood, the city. And then there is Hollywood, the film industry in the abstract--the “place” where Sunset Boulevard evokes the shattered dreams of Norma Desmond and not the street on which to shatter dreams with $5 well drinks and an ill-fated ride on the mechanical bull at Saddle Ranch. Click to enlarge. That Hollywood of the mind is the subject of this exhaustive cartographic experiment by British designers We Are Dorothy , who yanked assorted avenues and parks and rivers off the silver screen and plotted them out on paper to create a fictional map of the movies--a fantasy world of the ultimate fantasy world. The map, a followup to the designers’ comprehensive atlas of song names , is loosely based on a vintage street map of Los Angeles and features more than 900 places in films, including Sunset Boulevard, Mean Streets, Nightmare on Elm Street, Valley of the Dolls, and Chinatown.

Infographic: A Street Map Of Famous Places In The Movies

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670348/infographic-a-street-map-of-famous-places-in-the-movies
http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php How binary works: The binary number system (aka base 2) represents values using two symbols, typically 0 and 1. Computers call these bits. A bit is either off (0) or on (1). When arranged in sets of 8 bits (1 byte) 256 values can be represented (0-255). Using an ASCII chart, these values can be mapped to characters and text can be stored.

Binary - it's digitalicious!

http://www.spike-jamie.com/alt-codes.html

Alt Codes - How to make those Smiley Faces

Stuck in someone else's frames? break free! For those who would like to know how to do the copyright symbol © or the Registered Trademark symbol ® or other things like funny faces etc. For all of these you press the ALT key and while the ALT key is pressed down you put in the numbers from your NUMBER PAD on your keyboard - (it won't work using the numbers at the top of the keyboard) make sure your NUM LOCK is ON. ¤ - Alt 15 ¶ - Alt 20 § - Alt 21 | - Alt 124 Ç - Alt 128
Wireless is everywhere and routers are the force that makes it happen, so why not supercharge yours to take proper advantage of it? DD-WRT will let you boost your router’s range, add features, and more. DD-WRT has a ton of features—more than we can cover in this guide, which is focused on helping you get your router upgraded. Stay tuned, as we’ll go into more depth in a couple more days on all the great things you can do with it, but even if you don’t use the additional features, DD-WRT is worth installing to make your router work better. http://www.howtogeek.com/56612/turn-your-home-router-into-a-super-powered-router-with-dd-wrt/

Turn Your Home Router Into a Super-Powered Router with DD-WRT

http://lostandtaken.com/blog/2012/1/4/30-free-seamless-background-textures.html

30 Free Seamless Background Textures

I get a lot of requests to release more seamless textures here on L&T, so this set is for you guys. It includes a giant selection of thirty repeatable textures ranging from paper to fabric to subtle grunge and noise. Each one of them is fully tile-able and will work perfect for website background or pattern overlays in photoshop. The zip file includes each texture in both 1200px and 500px sizes as well as a Photoshop .PAT file for easy integration. Enjoy!