Sholes and Glidden typewriter seeking to diversify, Remington further refined the typewriter before finally placing it on the market on July 1, 1874. During its development, the typewriter evolved from a crude curiosity into a practical device, the basic form of which became the industry standard. The machine incorporated elements which became fundamental to typewriter design, including a cylindrical platen and a four-rowed QWERTY keyboard. Several design deficiencies remained, however. The Sholes and Glidden could print only upper-case letters—an issue remedied in its successor, the Remington No. 2—and was a "blind writer", meaning the typist could not see what was being written as it
Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller is the first album by the Norwegian rock band Wig Wam. The album was released on January 10, 2005. The album was original released on March 8, 2004 under the name "667.. The Neighbour of the Beast" which featured the same tracks as on the reissue, with the addition of an instrumental track "The Drop" and a radio version of "Hard to Be a Rock'n Roller", and "In My Dreams". The album increased the band's reputation in Norway and the rest of Scandinavia and was Wig Wam's final