My girlfriend, who is working on a masters in creative writing, had expressed some interest in the singular focus that working on a typewriter practically enforces, having heard from a friend that it actually improved his creative process. I didn’t even know that they still made these things brand new, but here it is — and an Olivetti, no less. I was worried at first that I was unwittingly introducing a persistent aural annoyance into our home life, but I have to say that the clumsy tap-tapping of the typewriter keys is actually a soothing sound.