Tag: TYPEWRITER

Allow us to tweak your nostalgia bone for a minute (you can find it right next to your insincerity bone): the last remaining typist (yes, as in typewriter) has gotten the boot from the hallowed halls of the Writers Room here in NYC. Skye Ferrante has been paying the $1,400 annual fee to guarantee himself space at the Greenwich Village haven for writers for the past six years. But he decided to ...

Computers in the classroom are a given at this point. It's hard to walk into a lecture hall without seeing the glow of dozens of laptop screens and hearing the light clicking of keyboards. One student though, at an unnamed school, decided he was tired of dealing with the constant din of students tapping away at their keyboards. So, to make a point, he lugged an aging, noisy typewriter to class to ...

This may sound like a joke, but trust us, it's true. In Sarasota, Florida, streets were closed after a typewriter was reported as a suspicious package. And while many of us may not remember what one of these pre-PC word processors looks like, the senior citizens in Florida should have no excuse. In the spirit of complete disclosure, the typewriter was inside its briefcase-like carrying-case and ...