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We will lowercase internet effective June 1, when the 2016 Stylebook launches. #ACES2016 pic.twitter.com/vv53323GL6 — AP Stylebook (@APStylebook) April 2, 2016 Like many changes the AP has made to its stylebook this decade, this is capricious and unnecessary and arguably … Continue reading →

The “TI News Daily” website appears to be a place to collect and republish state transportation press releases, and with a tagline of “News and opinion on an American Fundamental – our infrastructure”, I’m not 100% sure English is the designer’s first … Continue reading →

Less than 24 hours after the filing deadline for county offices, Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston, who had already said she wasn’t running for re-election, gave her two weeks’ notice of resignation. (How conveeeenient.) Whatever the implications of the timing, … Continue reading →

Oh, no reason. No reason at all.

No wonder today’s students can’t understand capitalization rules. Informal typing is one thing, but then there is this ridiculousness. First, this is how election results (in this case, Iowa’s) look on CNN’s website. There isn’t a single capitalized letter to … Continue reading →

“Area Dad Concerned He’s Running Out Of Family Photos To Digitize” I assure you, this is not physically possible.

Apple said, We upped our photo-management system…now up yours! [This is a rant that needed to be written seven months ago, when the event actually happened, but nothing would have changed if it had. I know that, you know that, … Continue reading →

BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT GETS CONVEYED WHEN YOU DO IT IN ALL-CAPS. (Something happened at the start of the year, not sure what, but now everything on the news page has an all-caps headline.)

I don’t go to the movies as often as I used to, partially because I no longer have a theater in walking distance, partially because so much out there is uninteresting dreck*. So it was a surprise when I went … Continue reading →

“Farming simulator is way bigger, more fun than you think” from Vice: I’ve done many challenging things in games recently, from slaying hordes of humanoid rats in Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide, to beating the magic-casting game Magicka 2. But the most … Continue reading →