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Offline hashbaz

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Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 14:47:28 »
Apparently Tom Hanks is a typewriter collector.  I wonder if he knows about the Qwerkywriter?

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Personal letters, thank-you notes, office memos, to-do lists, and rough drafts of story pages come alive with the individualism only a typewriter can create. The typewriter experience not only provides tactile pleasure, but you can feel the rhythm of your work with each “SHOOK SHOOK” or “FITT-FITT!” A note drafted by a Hanx Writer has its own unique statement-making personality and with each thoughtful nuance, the Hanx Writer app recreates the typewriter experience in a way that’s never been done before.

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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:40:28 »
We could embed that into the GH122...

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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:54:20 »
Quote from: samwisekoi on Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:40:28
We could embed that into the GH122...

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Just needs support for a solenoid.
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:00:38 »
Someone needs to send an invitation to Tom for the next Keycon lol
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:14:48 »
Quote from: JPG on Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:00:38
Someone needs to send an invitation to Tom for the next Keycon lol

^ Second this, though I don't know how we can reach him lol.

Quote from: samwisekoi on Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:40:28
We could embed that into the GH122...

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Sorry for sounding like a noob but what's this GH122?
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:48:11 »
Quote from: Hyde on Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:14:48
Quote from: JPG on Wed, 03 September 2014, 16:00:38
Someone needs to send an invitation to Tom for the next Keycon lol

^ Second this, though I don't know how we can reach him lol.

Quote from: samwisekoi on Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:40:28
We could embed that into the GH122...

 - Ron | samwisekoi

Sorry for sounding like a noob but what's this GH122?

there's a link in his sig. Here it is again:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=62003.0
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 18:13:40 »
Maybe he is on these forums.
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 18:15:12 »
BUCKWHEAT GROATS - Tom Hanks:

http://youtu.be/JFRohrsZZO0
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 20:00:55 »
Pretty sure this was running on the iPad hooked up to the Qwerkywriter at the recent bay area keyboard meetup. It was cute.
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 03 September 2014, 20:02:22 »
I bet he doesn’t have as many typewriters as HaaTa has keyboards. But anyway..

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"And I've ended up collecting [typewriters] from every ridiculous source possible."

Hanks admits he started his collection when he had a "little excess cash" but, he points out, it's "better to spend it on $50 typewriters than some of the other things you can blow show-business money on."

Sounds like he’d fit right in around here. (Except for the part where buying as many typewriters as he wants doesn’t even start to dent his wallet.)
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #10 on: Thu, 04 September 2014, 14:53:17 »
Quote from: dorkvader on Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:54:20
Quote from: samwisekoi on Wed, 03 September 2014, 15:40:28
We could embed that into the GH122...

 - Ron | samwisekoi

Just needs support for a solenoid.

Hmmmmm................. (screws are turning)
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Re: Tom Hanks' typewriter simulator
« Reply #11 on: Thu, 04 September 2014, 15:03:21 »
I want to see Tom Hanks go toe to toe with this kid:
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