Author: McFeats
Professor, writer, hiker.
Identifying Flann O’Brien’s Underwood Typewriter for the John J Burn’s Library Blog
I was in the midst of some research on Flann O’Brien (Brian O’Nolan) when I took a closer look at Boston College’s John J. Burns Library’s Blog The site itemizes its collection of Flann O’Brien’s personal possessions. Today I took a closer look at the description of his Underwood, and I noticed some discrepancies. Image…
Douglas Adams: The Man, the Mac, and the Hermes (and small personal update)
I’m in the midst of my research on Douglas Adams and the academic reception of his oeuvre. I found a nice tidbit about his Hermes typewriter in M.J. Simpson’s bio on Adams. Macworld, a tech mag devoted to Apple computers, ran a piece on him in 1985: “The obsession with words and music that is…
Happy Bloomsday, World.
I have nothing particularly Joycean to say. I’ve been packing boxes and prepping furniture for tomorrow’s move across town. My typewriters made the trip yesterday. Safe and sound. There might be some rain tomorrow. It always rains when I move. I’m sure there’s a causal connection. Fin. Again. There, I said it.
Formatting My Story for Cold Hard Type (Margin Releases)
Typing a clean page for the Cold Hard Type series is no easy task to accomplish. It reminds me a bit of performing on stage. Perfectly playing that guitar solo in the privacy of one’s own teenage bedroom is easy to do, but hitting notes perfectly for an audience is very different. The pressure to…
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 