Comments on: Martin K. Tytell, Typewriter Wizard, Dies at 94 http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 09:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Falcon_Seven http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-282513 Falcon_Seven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282513 <em>"He found that by adding an idle gear he bought for forty-five cents on Canal Street, he could make a typewriter go from right to left."</em><br /> Pure genius. The old school kind. “He found that by adding an idle gear he bought for forty-five cents on Canal Street, he could make a typewriter go from right to left.”
Pure genius. The old school kind.

]]> By: scionofgrace http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-282525 scionofgrace Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282525 Part art, part engineering, all awesome. Part art, part engineering, all awesome.

]]> By: tomic http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-282798 tomic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282798 He perfectly typifies a social relationship that's often ignored and undervalued: the deep cultural value of one lone nut with an obsessive skill. Too many people do not follow their passion(s) because of what other people think or a fear of being a weirdo or whatever -- you only live once and you better goddamn enjoy and be good at what you spend your time at! I wonder if he had 'kids' (whatever age) hanging around his shop? What pleasant wierdities spawned off his shop? Or was he a lone curmudgeon? ANyone know? He perfectly typifies a social relationship that’s often ignored and undervalued: the deep cultural value of one lone nut with an obsessive skill.

Too many people do not follow their passion(s) because of what other people think or a fear of being a weirdo or whatever — you only live once and you better goddamn enjoy and be good at what you spend your time at!

I wonder if he had ‘kids’ (whatever age) hanging around his shop? What pleasant wierdities spawned off his shop? Or was he a lone curmudgeon? ANyone know?

]]> By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-283856 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283856 At first I thought the headline said that "Tyrell" had died. I assumed that meant that Batty had arrived and was in need of his incept date. ;) At first I thought the headline said that “Tyrell” had died. I assumed that meant that Batty had arrived and was in need of his incept date.

;)

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-282588 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282588 <blockquote>There, at the Tytell Typewriter Company, he often worked seven days a week wearing a white lab coat and a bow tie</blockquote>Commerce is our goal here at Tytell. "More typewriter than typewriter" is our motto.

There, at the Tytell Typewriter Company, he often worked seven days a week wearing a white lab coat and a bow tie

Commerce is our goal here at Tytell. “More typewriter than typewriter” is our motto.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/09/12/martin-k-tytell-type.html#comment-282608 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-282608 This is great. And hits me on another level. Because I remember when the Canal Street in Manhattan used to be filled with repair/parts shops. Nowadays it's all bootleg bags, glasses and jewelry. End of an era. This is great. And hits me on another level. Because I remember when the Canal Street in Manhattan used to be filled with repair/parts shops. Nowadays it’s all bootleg bags, glasses and jewelry.

End of an era.

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