and remote work led to online overload, and for some it sparked a longing for a little old-school tech. today's "weekend journal" comes from our boston station. here's wbz's david wade. >> reporter: at first glance, it is a graveyard-- keys and ribbons, space bars and knobs, a mound of machines. >> probably 400, 500. >> reporter: ...with stories written and forgotten years ago. >> this is all i need. >> reporter: but tom furrier has fought to keep the typewriter alive for decades. >> at the end of the very first day, a voice in my head said, this is it. >> reporter: that first day at cambridge typewriter was 41 years ago. he's gone from young apprentice to owner as the world went from typewriter to tablet. >> the business was decimated. >> reporter: was there a time where you thought the business was just done? >> i was weeks away from telling my landlord that that's it. i'm cashing out and closing down. >> reporter: but over the past