Because sometimes boredom takes the shape of vintage keyboards.
If you thought the internet couldn’t get more niche, meet the Typewriter Database — a massive online archive dedicated to cataloguing typewriters. Old models, obscure brands, serial numbers… it’s all here.
At first it sounds ridiculous. Who cares about typewriters in 2024? But dive in and you’ll find yourself weirdly fascinated by the history, the design quirks, and the sheer variety of machines. Some look elegant, others look like they were built to survive a war.
It’s half history lesson, half collector’s dream, and all wonderfully unnecessary. Even if you never plan to own a typewriter, there’s something oddly satisfying about browsing the entries and imagining who used them back in the day.
It’s retro, nerdy, and peak ZapBored material.