Photo | Chris Aldrich

The Lindy Effect and Typewriters

A typed index card in the platen of a typewriter which reads: "The Lindy Effect | The phenomenon by which the future life expectancy of a non-perishable thing is proportional to its current age. | Thus the longer a period something has survived to exist or be used in the present, the ;onger its remaining life expectancy. | This bodes incredibly well for the life of my typewriter."

Typed index card in the carriage of an Olympia SM7 that reads: TYPEWRITER COLLECTOR'S MANTRA | "I needed a backup."—Frank Navasky portrayed by Greg Kinnear in You've Got Mail (Warner Bros., 1998)

#TIL Smith-Corona Marchant (aka SCM) not only made typewriters, but they also manufactured index cards! They apparently had an office supplies group in Marion, Indiana.

I can’t wait to take some of these for a spin in my Sears Cutlass.

Close up of an index card in a typewriter carriage which reads: "Kathleen, you are a lone reed, standing tall, waving boldly in the corrupt sands of commerce." -Frank Navasky | You've Got Mail (Warner Bros., 1998) | as typed on his Olympia Report De Luxe Electric. In the background is a wooden dresser with a large screen television which has a somewhat blurry image of Greg Kinnear sitting at his typewriter from the movie.

Photo from one home to another across the street at night. Of note is an 8 foot inflatable blue and white unicorn with candles from it's horn to the nape of it's neck making a menorah. The unicorn horn is the shamash candle.

No, you’re not dreaming, that is a blue Menorahcorn decoration on the lawn across the way. 🕎🦄🤩

Close up of a LEGO version of Wednesday Addams dorm room at Nevermore featuring a tiny black LEGO brick typewriter

For fans of the Juwel 3 typewriter that appears in the Netflix series Wednesday, there’s a tiny little simulacra in LEGO set 76781 Wednesday & Enid’s Dorm Room.

With the recent drop of the second season and Halloween around the corner, I was surprised to see the set on clearance at Target for about $30.

A black Corona flat top typewriter in the foreground with an index card reading "Wednesday Core" in it. In the background is a television playing season 2 of Wednesday on Netflix featuring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams. It almost looks as if she's staring over to the Corona typewriter jealously.

True Wednesdaycore: Even Wednesday Addams is checking out my Corona flat top! Hey Thing! Wanna come over and type with me?

Wooden table with a gray and chrome 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe typewriter next to a crystal tumbler of scotch in front of a brown container of Aberlour Scotch. In the serene and cozy background are a well-appointed bookcase including a small plant and a purple orchid.