My \”L\” key on my powerbook has been acting up lately. My poor Eris (the name of my powerbook and brother to Chwong\’s Nemesis) has been slightly been abused lately.

Point is I never realized how important this little letter is. It\’s a single stroke when it\’s lowercase and it\’s two strokes when it\’s uppercase. It can often be mistaken for an I especially in sans serif font. Quite often, it disappears into accents when spoken. And in spanish it becomes a Y, like a vowel.

Yet, this insignificant letter has taken over my typing vocabulary for today. The words blog, letters, well-defined, well-designed, pan left, show clickable areas, more detail, faults, Charlie, Chocolate. And I find myself having to press the L key differently just to get that letter to show.

Eris, it\’s time for a makeover.