Tag: typewriter
I Want Something eBay Doesn’t Have
August 16th, 2008, 19 Comments
I always have time to think while mowing the lawn. And today while mowing the lawn, I got the notion that it would be great fun to play Colossal Cave and other early text adventure games on a teletype. And, of course, since Linux has teletype support in its genes, if I played my cards [...]
Unexpected Interest
October 17th, 2007, 6 Comments
A few days ago, I wrote about my recent purchase of an old Smith-Corona manual typewriter built in 1944. Terah and I were at an antique store, and it was $25 and sorta an impulse buy. Since then, something unexpected has happened: I’m getting interested in using manual typewriters. I’ve been busily tracking down ribbons [...]
My New Printer
October 14th, 2007, 11 Comments
Yesterday, Terah and I were in a store selling used items. I spotted a good deal: a used printer for $25. Here are some of its features: Support for paper as wide as 13.3 inches Printing clear to the left and right edges Continuous imaging, not based around dots or pixels (therefore, no DPI measurement) [...]
