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I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media. View all posts by Chris Aldrich
@chrisaldrich I’ve been thinking about getting one of those human-powered composing machines, but I don’t have anywhere to store that type of machine and I fear my wife would not welcome the prospect of “another useless but possibly expensive hobby.”
@timh Having one is very inexpensive and wonderful. If it’s a portable with a case, even better because you can hide it away easily in a closet, on a shelf, or under a bed.
It’s when you have 28 machines and you’re buying bulk typewriter ribbon in reels of a 1/3 mile at a time that your wife questions whether you ought to be a collector or a repair person who is actively operating a typewriter shop. In the interim there is the so-called Difficult 4th Moped Solution…