Monday, December 29, 2008

Retrotechnology.

For his next trick, he will write a blog post in cuneiform on clay tablets.

10 comments:

Mattexian said...

Or maybe he needs a Steampunk theme for his blog now. I liked it tho, could hear the "clack-clack" of the keys as I read it.

Jay G said...

I was gonna have one of my kids do a cave drawing which I would then make a daguerrotype from...

Strings said...

Honestly Tam: I wouldn't put it past Marko to do just that...

Funny: my captcha was "colds". Like I DIDN'T know?

Mark said...

Nah.

Yellow snow.

Bob said...

Maybe he'll utilize the Sherlock Holmes Dancing Men cipher.

Anonymous said...

hey, I found that page using this search engine:

http://fury.com/google-circa-1960.php

Anonymous said...

I remember when daisy wheels were the nads. I also remember re-inking typewriter ribbons to get another usage out of them. Oh God, I'm older than mud.

Come to think of it, I still have the old Remington down in the gun room. The portable typewriter, not the rifle.

Hey, comes the EMP burst, I may be the height of technology again. Gotta get me some more vacuum tubes.

Anonymous said...

I dumped the manual typewriter in the last move as it was getting to hard to find ribbons for it. I do agree with Marco that manual has a certain commitment to the words.

Anonymous said...

Heh, when tech-supporting over the phone I still catch myself telling the person, "now, hit the return key"
and its 50/50 that I get a "huh??" out of the person

Jay G said...

Bob, I'm still looking for that damned "Any" key...