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Functional Lego typewriter

Marvel at Koenkun Bricks' Lego typewriter. Unlike Lego's own typewriter from 2021, it actually types! Without using custom pieces! "Before I started, I had a massive issue to resolve," he says. "A ...
The Lawrence Times

KU student repairs typewriters to preserve history and inspire new art

Jonathan Swanberg, 21, spends his weekdays in Lawrence as a KU math major before heading home for the weekends to Leawood, ...

In a Typewriter Repair Shop, a Reporter Finds a Familiar Hum

I found Paul Lundy in the fall of 2023. He ran a small typewriter repair business he had purchased from his mentor, Bob ...
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Watch Taylor Swift Teach Post Malone How Typewriters Work

On her song "The Tortured Poets Department," Taylor Swift sang about someone leaving a typewriter at her apartment. You were supposed to understand who she was singing about, but if you didn't quite ...
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Tom Hanks, world's most famous typewriter fan, gives vintage machine to Lacey man

LACEY - The package arrived via FedEx in mid-April, and 40-year-old Ian McAndrew opened it with the enthusiasm and anticipation of a kid on Christmas morning. Out came a 1934 Underwood portable ...
WWNO

Boston's last typewriter store is closing, even as typewriters see a resurgence

In the age of laptop computers, thumbing, text messages and AI chat bots, manual typewriters may seem antique. But for some of us, typewriters are as classic as B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme ...