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Truman Capote's 'In Cold Blood' Typewriter Sold For How Much?!

| Posted 04.25.2012

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By Gabe Habash for PWxyz: The personal Smith Corona typewriter of Truman Capote, and likely the one he used to write In Cold Blood, has been sold o...

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The Typewriting Artist

The Huffington Post | Amber Genuske | Posted 02.04.2012

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The click clack of a typewriter is one of those seldom-heard but easily recognizable sounds. Keira Rathbone is a fervent user of the machine, but inst...

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The First Laptop: Corona 3

Caroline Preston | Posted 12.21.2011

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It was sleekly engineered, came in cool colors, and folded up into a compact square that you could hold with one hand. You could use it on a train or a plane, or in a café in Paris to tap out a novel. The first Mac laptop? No, it was the Corona 3 Portable Typewriter invented in 1912.

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R.I.P. Typewriters

Posted 06.26.2011

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UPDATE: Contrary to previous accounts, it seems that the typewriters are still rolling off of assembly lines. According to an interview Minyanville co...

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Comic Sans, Papyrus: Ugly Fonts Help Us Read

salon.com | Cary Tennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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On the subject of fonts (or, typefaces, to use the more technically accurate term), feelings often run high. People have their favorites, for reasons ...

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iPad With A Manual Typewriter Keyboard?

frecklednest.blogspot.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Zylkin has invented a Typewriter Convertor process that turns any manual typewriter into a keyboard for your computer! He sells ready to purchase...

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Astoria Characters: The Sister Act

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Everybody says we look alike," says Francine Amendola. "But our mother says we don't," adds her sister, Laraine Amendola.

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Why Our 21st Century Keyboards Retain Vestiges of the Past

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite the fact that "a" is under our weakest finger, and the most-used letter "e" is off the home row, people adapt, and those who are going to become fast typists will do so regardless of layout.

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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