It is time, once again, to celebrate that remarkable invention - the typewriter - that was patented on this day in 1968 by Christoher Latham Sholes and others. Their wonderous mechanical writing machine would go on to enjoy over a century of prominence as the symbol of writers, journalists, and the literary sect. Even after being largely replaced by electronic word processers, elements of Shole's original design remain, most notably the familiar QWERTY keyboard layout. Though interest in typewriters has enjoyed a moderate resurgence among some groups, I am proud to be fairly unique in being a regular typewriter user. A week doesn't go by in which I type a few letters to send to family and friends. So on this day, join me in remembering the historic and transformative machine, the typewriter.
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