Pope Francis (typewriter missing in the picture) |
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Holy Typosphere
Is our typosphere moving closer to the skies? As has been reported, the newly elected Pope Francis bought an electric Olivetti typewriter in Germany in the 1980s, and has used it for his personal correspondence since. Another prominent typewriter user! And a little blessing can't be wrong, can it?
Labels:
Olivetti,
Pope,
typewriter
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Popular Posts
-
Do you type? Do you blog? Do you dabble in that weird offspring known as typecasting ? Then you, too, are part of the Typosphere. There are ...
-
The inventor of the wonderful little Champion Typewriter, Carl Sjoberg, lies in an unmarked grave. Chip in on GoFundMe to help collector Ma...
-
I'm going to go ahead and get started gathering information, as it is never too early to do so. We are definitely going to have to set u...
-
Our own theologian-collector Ton Sison wrote this wonderful column for the New Theology Review . Signs of the Times: Typewriter Rediviv...
-
Latest news: Steve Soboroff collects typewriters of the famous ( L.A. Times story including references to the typewriter renaissance and ...
6 comments:
Indeed. Now I feel a little less of a heathen (as far as the typosphere is concerned, at least) for liking, collecting AND using electric typewriters. XD
Ahhhh... The patron saint of typewriters?
this pope is already way better than the last!
Did he state that his chosen name Francis refers to Assisi or is it just assumed? I would have thought it referred to Francis Xavier, being a Jesuit and all.
We need a pic of him at the typewriter.
Just heard there was a statement that it does refer to Assisi, so that's settled. We should all write to him with some serious doctrinal questions to see if anyone gets a type sample back.
Awesomesauce! All the cool catholics use typewriters. Hem hem.
Post a Comment