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First Typoblogging Experiment

October 17, 2007Generaltypewriter typoblog blogJohn Goerzen

Now that I have my 1944 Smith-Corona typewriter working, it's time
      to find an actual use for it.  Maybe it wil be fun to blog with a
      typewriter.
      
      I'm calling this typoblogging because I own no correction fluid,
      correction tape, or any other of those things that help a typist
      hide mistakes.  So, by calling it 'typoblogging,' I can pretend
      that all the inevitable mistakes are somehow a trendy part of the
      medium.
      
      Earlier, I was wondering whether using a typewriter would change
      how I write.  I think it has.  Before I started writing this post,
      I gave the overall structure much more thought than I normally would.
      I find I'm even planning out each sentence in greater detail.  I have
      a greater sense of accomplishment after each paragraph that comes
      out of this thing intact, too.
      
      As I was writing this, Jacob's bedtime arrived.  I started thinking
      about the things I needed to do before putting him to bed.  But
      there was nothing.  No documents to save, no place to keep.  Nothing to turn off or lock up.  That felt somehow liberating.
      
      The last question is: how do I provide a text version of this post?  I
      will try gocr on it, but I'm not sure how well it will do.  The letters
      on the typewriter need to be cleaned, and some characters like 'e'
      have gunk in them.  Once I have the text, though, perhaps I can put
      it in as the ALT text for the IMG tag.
      
      Anyway, to answer the question I started with: yep, this is fun.






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