NYC's Mr Typewriter Passes OnSource: Chicago Tribune
Martin Tytell, whose unmatched knowledge of typewriters was a boon to American spies during World War II, has died in New York. He was 94.

Johnno tried to peer out onto Lygon Street through the dusty windows of Joe's Bazaar, but the failing Melbourne sun wasn't having anything to do with it. Shapes devoid of definition slid past, like a living expressionist painting.
One of America's last typewriter repairmenSource: Christian Science Monitor
Whitlock probably has been repairing typewriters longer than almost anyone in the US. When he started in 1930, Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic flight was a fresh memory, Herbert Hoover was president, and the Empire State Building was under construction.
Blockwriter: productivity from the pastSource: santalamamma.com
The surfeit of distractions available on a personal computer can make it easy to get nothing done.
There
's the constant haranguing of emails, the intrusions of instant messaging, and the endless nagging of attention-hungry applications and utilities.
Blockwriter turns your …