Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Today in 1874, the debut of the Sholes and Glidden desk typewriter. This was not the first typewriter, but it was the first one to become a hit with customers. It’s also the reason that so many English language keyboards don’t read ABCDEFG but QWERTY. Plus: today in Illinois, it’s the Elizabeth Freedom Festival. A brief history of the QWERTY keyboard (CNET)Elizabeth Freedom Festival Type the address of our Patreon page into your browser, and then back our show