"in the twilight of machinery / where's the world going? / won't somebody tell me?"

Testing whether 10,000 hours of focused effort really is enough to become an expert performer of an activity, golf edition. (via)

Firefighter Olympics. (via)

End of an era. (via) ETA: No, wait, not quite dead yet. Swintec still manufactures typewriters -- for prisons. (via) See also. (via)

---L.