Now This is cool.

I found this site tonight while cruising the web for wookiee weapons, art by Clayton Henry, prehistoric mammals and generally just free-associating. The site outlines a conversion of an old Smith-Corona typewriter into a keyboard for a computer.

I have wanted one of these since the Animatrix story that was a hardboiled detective story where the private eye was hired to find Trinity.

Here's a picture of what I'm talking about.









Pretty neat huh?

I love my laptop. It's well designed, and the keys are responsive and light and the only drawback to the touchpad is that my index finger gets tired if I work too much on graphics stuff. But, I take that as a hint to take a break more than anything else. It's light, holds a charge for several hours and fits nicely into my bag.

I would love to make several retro-styled desktop machines. Like a brass and woodgrain styled "computing engine" from a steampunk era, or an Art Deco machine, all zinc and clean lines. An Art Deco tower and screen with organic schapes and curves.

I just might have to start sketching these things out.