In the 1982 movie Fast Times At Ridgemont High, a classroom of students receives a set of paperwork to pass backward. Nearly every student in the room takes a big whiff of their sheet before setting ...

* Illustration: Victor Koen * Newfangled baubles come and go quickly; today's Blu-ray is tomorrow's VHS. Certain technologies long ago left behind by fashion, however, will always occupy a special ...

So who went to school during that era of the ditto machine and actually got the opportunity to smell a freshly printed ditto sheet. I actually got to go to the teacher's lounge and "run" (crank the ...

Recently, on one of those “today in history” moments that are the total of television’s nod to educational content, I discovered that it was the 125th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the ...

to this column. Unfortunately, you’re also dead wrong. Last week’s column explored the origin of the expression “ditto” and included a look back to the days when mimeograph machines were often called ...

Unidentified man in shirt sleeves operating a "Ditto" brand copy machine. In the background are other office equipment in background. The photograph was taken for Ditto Company. This item is being ...