An interview set up with Susan Orlean in a chair on the left and David Perell facing her on the right. The background is a dark academia-esque set of bookshelves with old, vintage books and a handful of decorative book supports. Principle among these is a vintage Underwood standard typewriter which instead of standing by itself is being used to prop up a section of books which butts right up against it.
You know a typewriter is being used as flimsy filler decoration when it’s sitting on a shelf and simultaneously serving as a book support.

A real writer’s typewriter is free and clear so that the carriage can move its full length.

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Chris Aldrich

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.

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  1. @chrisaldrich Can a working typewriter be rigged to be stowable like a sewing machine in a pivot topped cabinet? Or is that too eccentric and one should just get a roll-top desk?

    And you're right, that typewriter in the conversation background bookcase looks decorative rather than deployable.

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