Author: gee

Thoughts when using a Generation 3000 typewriter.

We have come a long way from communication by smoke signal, drums, flashing mirrors, telegraph… and when I pick up my 2005 Generation 3000 Typewriter I want to laugh at how modern technology makes a lesser typewriter than it did 50 years ago.  Still… by calling it the Generation 3000 I look to the future and what can… could… will be.

In 50 years will I still be using this 2005 Typewriter?
In 50 years will I still be using this 2005 Typewriter?

Corona thoughts…

Odd to consider the range of emotions and perceptions a mere typewriter can cause.  One day I buy a typewriter someone had painted yellow… I just want to try out a Corona 3.  I type a little and think… okay… then do a little touch up the paint comes off.  Then it transforms into a mystery.  I start to use it  more.  I consider what other 3-bank typewriters might be like.  The Corona 3 becomes more special to me… why?  It’s only a typewriter!  It was made to type on…  so I type.

Gee…

When using a 100 year old typewriter... type...
When using a 100 year old typewriter… type…

The world of IF!

My Remington Travel-Riter from 1952 is a machine that I keep wanting to fault.  It is small, but types like a giant.  It is rusty, dull, and rattles… but the key’s and all the critical parts are smooth and flawless in execution and motion.  The only thing lower in price for this machine would be free. Every thing works so well… that it would be the only machine I would ever need if I weren’t vain and shallow and wanting more features and polished paint.  This Travel-Riter looks well traveled and it has traveled well.  A great tool… some times plain is just what you need.

Change starts with a question... what if?
Change starts with a question… what if?