http://www.geeksugar.com Geek is chic en http://www.geeksugar.com/1087183 <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1087183"><img width=160 height=66 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl0/1/15111/09_2008/typewriter_0.large.jpg'></div></a><p>Ever since I spotlighted <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1055905" >Atonement's real star</a>, I've been thinking about how amazing a vintage typewriter would look among my decor. I've always been in love with old typewriters and now as a gadget writer, I feel like it's a symbolic and romantic amalgamation of where I am now. So when I spied these gorgeous vintage and <a href="http://threepotatofourshop.com/index.php?cPath=1_17" target="_blank">fully restored Royal typewriters</a> on Three Potato Four's website, I almost drooled onto my very modern MacBook Pro.<br /> <span class="inline left"><a href="http://teamsugar.com/gallery/view/1087186?page=0,0,0" ></a></span><br /> Romance comes at a price, though - about $500. Yikes! Of course, they're beautiful (those colors!), fully functional, and come with their original hard carrying cases, so you wouldn't just have something to look at, you'd have an original vehicle on which to write some very special letters. I'm not sure what the cost would be to restore an eBay find and have it cleaned by a professional, but I can't imagine that'd be cheap either. For now, I'll settle for gazing at these beauties online.</p> <p><div class='gallery_thumbs ' ><div class=title><!-- gallery teaser --><a class=photo-count href='http://www.geeksugar.com/1087186'>View 3 Photos ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --></div><ul></ul></div></p> http://www.geeksugar.com/1087183#comment Vintage Geek typewriter Vintage Royal Typewriter Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:00:07 -0800 GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/1087183 http://www.geeksugar.com/1589694 <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1589694"><img width=160 height=87 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl1/1/15111/18_2008/manual typewriter_2.large.jpg'></div></a><p>Exactly two hundred years ago today (can you believe it?), the first manual typewriter was invented by Italian entrepreneur Pellegrini Turri. It's fascinating how far the typewriter has evolved over the years - from the manual typewriter to electrical typewriter, and eventually word processors to now personal computers! Who were the ones delivering the goods? Popular typewriter manufactures included E. Remington and Sons, IBM, Imperial typewriters, Oliver Typewriter Company. </p> <p><span class="inline left"></span></p> <p>I swear it feels like this past year has been dedicated to the old school typewriter. Who can forget the important role the vintage typewriter had in the Oscar nominated movie <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1055905" >Atonement</a>? Or what about the <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1087183" >geeky-fabulous and fully restored Royal typewriters</a> I couldn't help but get excited about?! And last but not least, if you just <i>can't</i> part with your typewriter, but need to send e-mails like the rest of us, there's always the <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/454509" >22 Pop</a>! Wishing everyone a happy manual typewriter day!</p> <p><a href="http://www.egreetings.com/ecards/display.pd?bfrom=1&amp;prodnum=3075824&amp;path=94907&amp;va=1" target="_blank">Source</a></p> http://www.geeksugar.com/1589694#comment typewriter manual typewriter day Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:30:36 -0700 GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/1589694 http://www.geeksugar.com/1087186 <a href="http://www.geeksugar.com/1087186"><img width=160 height=66 src='http://media.onsugar.com/files/upl0/1/15111/09_2008/typewriter_0.large.jpg'></div></a> <div class='gallery_thumbnail'> <a href='/1087186'></a> </div> Vintage Typewriters by Royal <div class='call_to_action'> <!-- gallery teaser --><a href="/1087186?page=0,0,0">View Slideshow ›</a><!-- /gallery teaser --> </div> <hr class=space> http://www.geeksugar.com/1087186#comment Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:13:16 -0800 GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/1087186