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Day: May 17, 2019

Stormy weather is portable

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 L.T. Hanlon4 Comments
Screen capture of MyRadar Pro app shows a map of the Midwestern United States on which icons representing live stormchaser feeds are superimposed.
MyRadar Pro shows video feeds from stormchasers.

This photo is of a typewritten page with the following text. Friday, May 17, 2019. Chicago, USA. Hermes 3000. All the weather — right in your hand. Last night a hundred lightning flashes or more shined through my living room window. And I knew how many of those bolts struck near me, and I knew how long the storm would last. I can also see another storm on its way to— night — and when it will arrive. And out in tornado country I can the stormchasers closing in on deadly weather. And if I really want to, I can watch the live video feeds of mobile meteorologists. I’m able to do all of this on my iPhone, which also lets me compose email, instant messages and even the next bad novel using its QWERTY display. I can switch it to a Dvorak or a QWERTZ display if want. But how am I telling you this? I’m using a manual typewriter manufactured the year before we landed on the Moon. Note: This typecast is unedited. Typos are Easter eggs.

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Yes, you can type in hieroglyphs

May 17, 2019May 16, 2019 L.T. HanlonLeave a comment

Photo of typewritten page with the following text. Friday, May 17, 2019. Chicago, USA. Hermes 3000 (1968). King Tut had a typewriter ... well, sort of. Last week, I speculated about whether anybody ever created a hieroglyphic typewriter. Well, it turns out that at least one was made. Such a magnificent machine was crafted by Martin Tytell, a man of many, many talents — one of which included typewriters. According to Typewriter Man, an article by Ian Frazier in the November 1997 issue of The Atlantic magazine, Mr. Tytell did indeed retrofit hieroglyphic typeslugs to a typewriter owned by a Brooklyn Museum curator. That's not the only cool stuff we learn about Mr. Tytell. The man's typewriter expertise leads him to play a vital role in World War Two and beyond. Please read about Mr. Tytell. He led an amazing life and it would make a great movie. Note: This typecast has not been edited. Also: Off to the right side of this photo is an old, public domain sketch of Pharaoh Akhenaten in profile. He has a slender head, aquiline nose and a regal bearing.

Read “Typewriter Man,” Ian Frazier’s story about Martin Tytell.
Read Mr. Tytell’s New York Times obituary.
Learn about Akhenaten, a pharaoh who might have embraced monotheism.

 

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