Justine Larbalestier

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Yes, there are CAPS

Some of you have expressed surprise and dismay that I abandoned my archy and mehitabel policy. They wants to know why and if it’s merely a bout of temporary insanity.

The why is easy: I was bored. It was get rid of the no-caps or find a new template. The one takes seconds, the other days. Not a difficult choice.

The no-caps rule lasted quite a long time. To be precise: from 25 May 2005 up till 8 Jan 2008. More than two and a half years. That’s AGES.

I don’t think the no-caps will return. Been there, done that. By all means continue to eschew them in your comments as homage to the way Things Used to Be. I’m all for stubborn nostalgia. I like it almost as much as I like change.

Posted by Justine at 11:13, 14 January 2008 under Admin, Bloggery | 20 Comments »

Comments

  1. _opal_ Says:

    haha! first to leave a comment…
    Maybe this is just me, but I kinda like caps. I always get annoyed when my friends e-mail me and leave their ‘i’s lowercase.
    By the way, this is my first time leaving a comment here!

    January 14th, 2008 at 11:38 AM

  2. hillary! Says:

    Oh, Justine, Justine, Justine! I shall certainly miss the NO CAPS rule. But I truly love EXPRESSING! myself. So I THINK I just MIGHT ABUSE this priviledge for a couple of WEEKS before I get BORED with it. SOOOOOOOOOOO…when do we get to find out mor about the UFB?

    January 14th, 2008 at 1:04 PM

  3. Kadie-Wa Says:

    I agree with Hillary! too!!! I love to express!!!!

    But I also miss the no caps rule. It was fun!! I loved it!!! Like SOOOOOO much! (I wanted to play with the no caps thing)

    Is there going to be another rule or anything like that again??

    January 14th, 2008 at 1:15 PM

  4. molly Says:

    I absolutely love that you called it your archy and mehitabel policy.

    January 14th, 2008 at 2:56 PM

  5. _opal_ Says:

    I found a zombie food pyramid online. I would’ve posted it on the zombie page, but the comments seemed to be closed.

    (zombie food pyramid)
    http://perfidy.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/zombiefoodpyramid.jpg

    January 14th, 2008 at 3:21 PM

  6. Kenina-chan Says:

    OHMIGOD I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!!! I can finally capitalize the letter ‘I’ ! Thankies!

    January 14th, 2008 at 3:35 PM

  7. Patrick Says:

    new template! new template! new template!

    January 14th, 2008 at 6:07 PM

  8. Michelle Says:

    to tell you the truth, i hadn’t even noticed… but i’m going to keep commenting in lowercase. it’s how i roll!

    January 14th, 2008 at 6:15 PM

  9. Dawn Says:

    My caps!! They’re back!!! hehe :)

    January 14th, 2008 at 7:22 PM

  10. rebecca Says:

    let’s all have a moment of silence for the no caps rule. ;)

    i got so used to the no caps thing that i automatically do it when i’m on a wordpress blog. which isn’t all that often. on livejournal and blogger, i’m all about proper caps.

    January 14th, 2008 at 8:19 PM

  11. 11. Justine Says:

    Patrick: I LIKE this template. I hug it to my chest!

    January 14th, 2008 at 9:58 PM

  12. Mahek Says:

    Finally. No Uppercase kind of irks me. :)

    January 15th, 2008 at 10:48 AM

  13. David Gill Says:

    Thanks be to the Brain Monkeys, I can now read your blog. Yay caps!

    January 15th, 2008 at 3:58 PM

  14. Patrick Says:

    me too. I just like shiny new things.

    January 16th, 2008 at 12:58 PM

  15. _iris_ Says:

    hee hee! CAPS! it doesn’t quite feel right though. like we’re breaking some unspoken rule…
    Still, CAPS are my friends!

    January 16th, 2008 at 1:00 PM

  16. Patrick Says:

    _iris_ she’s tracking who is using caps, now. that’ll get you on the list and you don’t want to be on the list.

    January 16th, 2008 at 3:43 PM

  17. _iris_ Says:

    hmmm…what sort of list?

    January 16th, 2008 at 5:41 PM

  18. 18. Justine Says:

    A Blog Overlord sort of a list. Just to keep you on your toes . . .

    January 16th, 2008 at 5:44 PM

  19. Peter D. Tillman Says:

    Justine, this has next to nothing to do with the topic, except I always found the forced lowercase faintly annoying. It is, rather, a plug for the finest Vietnamese-Thai fusion cuisine in central Arizona, owned by another Justine: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/94987

    OK, possibly her name is Justina, but she is (I imagine) your Asian-American alter ego, the food is very, very good, and Phoenix is a very pleasant place in wintertime. You’ll thank me when you go. BYOB. Chandler is about a half-hour SE of the PHX airport.

    Cheers — Pete Tillman
    –
    “Fitness Means Less Belly Fat”–headline, Sydney Morning Herald, 7-25-07

    January 16th, 2008 at 7:28 PM

  20. _iris_ Says:

    i think i shall be very wary of the list. justine, lists can be quite scary…the way they tend to become longer of their own volition! *tremble*
    it is the brain monkeys, soldering together lists!

    January 16th, 2008 at 10:18 PM

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