Dude, it’s so round in here! That’s because it’s Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge time. Dude!
It’s also refrigerator shout-out time. Today’s frosty props go out to editorial/political/pop-cultural cartoonist extraordinaire Bearman, who is hosting his annual charity challenge. It’s a sweet deal – you head over to Bearman Cartoons for some free, high-quality entertainment, become a fan, and Bearman donates his own dough to some very deserving charities (the Cincinnati FreeStore Foodbank and Red Cross relief efforts in Japan)! And be sure to thank him for sticking with me throughout my format change, too. I really appreciate it!
About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified
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I love the look of old typewriters, I have a comma key from one on my keyring. It has two commas, one for uppercase and one for lower – they look like happy little eyes.
Annabelle is a terrific writer, and this is her vintage machine, which I think is pretty cool, and she loves, of course! 🙂
This is a very nostalgic take on an old typewriter. I used to use one of these when I was still in University. Things have changed so much that the old typewriters are more like antiques than someting realy being used. Although I can tell you that my landlady still insists using one instead of getting into digital. Some people still prefer to be analog. Love the way you toned down the saturation. Does Annabelle still use this typewriter?
It’s incredible how many things have changed over such a short period of time! It still amazes me to think about that!
Annabelle does most of her writing on a computer… she just got this typewriter a little while ago, and (while it seems to work well) we still need to find a ribbon for it).
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It is usually the accessories that hits you. Reminds me when I was so excited to buy a Polaroid Sun 600 which at that time sounded like a great price only to find out that they were no longer selling the film in Bangkok. I mourn the loss of the Polaroid film because in its day, it was the closest thing to instant gratification before the dawn of digital photography!
I hear you, sir!
I love Polaroids, too! I think you can still get a hold of some Polaroid Films from Project Impossible… it’s a bit expensive, of course. Sadly, as analogue becomes more and more scarce the cost of pretty much everything is skyrocketing. 🙂
I remember my pinky always slipping in between the keys 😦
I remember the keys always messing with my pinky! 🙂
I’m sure I’m not using the correct term but I like the ‘typeface’ on the numbers. Or is ‘font’ more appropriate?
I’m not sure what’s more appropriate, either, but I think typeface sounds very elegant…
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Thanks for the shout out. Hold onto that typewriter…you know they don’t make them anymore.
My pleasure, sir!
I think this machine has become a fairly permanent fixture around here.
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They’re not making typewriters anymore? Aww, man! Every time I learn a new technology something comes along immediately and replaces it. At least we’ll always have the fax machine.
Fax machine? I’m not sure I’ve yet heard of this technological break-through that you speak of…
what does this wondrous device do exactly?! 🙂
Old typewriters are just so cool…Nicely photographed and finished!
I think so, too, M.P. – I love old mechanical things.
And thank you very much!
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Nice shot, you just can’t go wrong with an old typewriter.
I agree, Mr. J –
they seem to do all the heavy lifting for you! 🙂
I remember typewriters from my childhood. Thank God for keyboards and backspace buttons! 🙂
You said it, sir!
And Spell-check, too!
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I love everything about this photo! Sweet sweet Mr. Typey!
*thwack thwack*
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Thanks, Annabelle!
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I learned to type on an old fashioned typewriter. I guess that explains why I’m crappy at keyboarding.
I’m not sure I’ve every really learned how to type correctly… I’m afraid I’m a bit of ‘hunt and pecker’! 🙂
Neat angle on the keys. Definitely an oldie. Read on someone else’s blog that the last typewriter factory has just ceased production (I think it was in India).
Thanks Binky!
I usually just fill up my memory card with a bunch of shots. Then one or two seem… yeah.
That’s kind of a bummer! 🙂
very nice…
Thank you for the kind words…
and thank you very much for stopping by as well!
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Dude! Love it! Duuuude!!!!
DUUUUDE!
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dude. LOVE IT! anything with a typewriter or type related is my jam.
maybe it’s the whole writer thing. i dunno. but i keep collecting vintage typewriters that are of no use to me but for decoration purposes.
I wish I had ‘the writing skills’!
Typewriters are still cool, though. I love mechanical looking stuff. 🙂
Me likey, Inky!
Great perspective on the shot as well as the short depth of field….
Thanks much, sir –
I tried a few different things with this shot, this is the one I liked the best…
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beautiful piece of history
I think it’s a pretty cool machine!
Thanks so much for stopping by, P.M. – I really appreciate it! 🙂
Vintage round! Nice.
Yes I heard on TV the other day that the last batch of typewriters has just been made at a factory in India. That’s so sad and frankly it makes me want to seek out a beautiful old manual t/p like this. I too learned to type on a manual and it took quite some powerful bashing of the keys to get a consistent and neat finish on the paper. Providing your fingernails were reasonably healthy to begin with, it turned them into little steel-hard talons!
I kinda like the variation typewriters created – there was something ‘warm’ about it. Technology is wonderful, but sometimes it’s sad there’s not more room for ‘both worlds’. It’s a bit like digital photography vs. analogue, I think.
Hahaha – sounds uber-scratchy! 🙂