Telegram

[moon_custafer]

Made this to be an LJ icon, but if I shrink it to 100 pixels square, the text is too small to read:


I don't want to change the text because that's an actual newspaper story; a slightly letter setting than the picture, but I imagine telegraph operators had been chatting between official messages for a few decades before the rest of the world noticed.

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[fragrantwoods.livejournal.com]

Great story, btw.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

There's apparently a whole book on the telegraph called The Victorian Internet.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Just found some period telegraph magazines on google books - am downloading.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com?ref=p5el3)

[fragrantwoods.livejournal.com]

I want a fanfic on this. Please. With sugar on top.

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

I kind of ship Blazanov and Merrick - maybe Blazanov can try to teach his friend code so they can send supr sekrit messages, which then get misspelled in a way that leads to hilarious romantic misunderstandings....

[fragrantwoods.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, please!! They're half-way there, if you squint.

Which, I wish Merrick wasn't so Jeffry Jones-ish. He needs to quit getting arrested--every time he is, another, MORE unflattering mug shot gets posted online.

I still <3 Merrick, the character, though. Not as much as Blazanov, but...yeah.

[theengineer.livejournal.com]

It is an excellent book, highly recommended.