Archive for the ‘Writing Machines’ Category

Ode to Small Machines

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 | No Comments

A few weeks ago I had a little flood in my basement. The sump pump backed up and left about 3-4 inches of water all around. The overall damage wasn’t so bad, but I’d left my nascent collection of manual typewriters on the floor (in preparation for moving them to my studio) and [...]

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WordPress Plugins for Writers

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 | No Comments

Is a blog a writing machine? I have no idea, but I love the list of Wordpress plug-ins in this post. I think the In Series plugin described below will be making an appearance on How Not to Write very soon!
WordPress Plugins for Writers:
Often times when writing about a topic in-depth it’s advisable [...]

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My Next Tattoo

Monday, January 7th, 2008 | 2 Comments

A tattoo with a definition from the OED? Oh, yeah.

[Via Neatorama: flickr]

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Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007

Friday, January 4th, 2008 | No Comments

Ettore Sottsass, 1917-2007:

Designer Ettore Sottsass died yesterday, at 90. The leader of a group of Italian designers who called themselves Memphis, he helped spark the postmodern design revolution, which mixed pure modernism with color and pattern, historic references and unabashed pastiche.
But before Memphis, with its focus on objects for the home, Sottsass was known as [...]

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