{Remington Streamline Portable Typewriter}
Maybe I'm sliding backwards? Isn't there supposed to be a whole "smart" era going on right now?
But I feel myself inexplicably drawn to objects that just do one thing.
No search, no apps, no music, no camera.
No software to install and then update over and over.Remember your first computer? (Mine had a 500 mb hard drive and I thought the storage was endless?)
But right away I added a program that made every keystroke sound like you were striking a typewriter key
and hitting the return rang a bell because I simply couldn't get into the rhythm of typing in quiet. I missed the noise.
So yea, maybe it's the the "steam punk" in me but objects that just do one thing are so cool.
They're simple, no box of attachments to store or boring manuals to read.
Simple is getting harder and harder to find.
My stand mixer can whip up icing, knead bread and make pasta. My mower bags, mulches or does side-discharge. My phone, well my phone is only a semi-smart but it can still call, text, game and play music.
All this can make decision time pretty difficult. What to own, which to buy, how to use.
The Remington chooses for me. On those days when I am overwhelmed it lets me just write.
It puts down words and ideas that come from me... just words at the speed of thought.
No spell check so by golly I CAN make use of that "A" in my 5th grade spelling.
Now if I can just find that new ribbon...
