Welcome to the Typosphere: July 2015

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Tales From The Typer

good morning america how are ya -
13 minutes ago
Tyler Knott

Do you remember that day? Do you remember the words I spoke into... - Do you remember that day? Do you remember the words I spoke into the falling light and sea sounds? Do you remember the weight of the ring, newly adopted ...
4 hours ago
POEMS WHILE YOU WAIT

“Joshua Tree Park” by Rachel L. Slotnick – Garfield Park... - “Joshua Tree Park” by Rachel L. Slotnick – Garfield Park Conservatory, 2.9.19
5 hours ago
oz.Typewriter

THE PROFESSIONAL SPORT OF TYPEWRITERS: Scouting and Scoring of Speed Typists - Speed typing tests in the personnel office of the Remington Typewriter Company at 327 Broadway, New York City, in 1900. The *Buffalo World’s Fair *of 1901 i...
11 hours ago
anchoredscraps.com/feed/

Crane Engraved Hummingbird Boxed Note Cards - [image: Crane Engraved Hummingbird Boxed Note Cards] The Crane Engraved Hummingbird Boxed Note Cards are beautiful. I’m considering adding them to my stati...
15 hours ago
A Type of Madness

Goat getting - Another great letter from a representative of Oliver. “I work with a hard crowd in which ‘goat getting’ is considered quite the proper thing, and besides, ...
1 day ago
The Typewriter Revolution

Le réel et la représentation - Stills from California Typewriter Translation of the Manifesto by Paul Sath
1 day ago
Valentine J. Brkich

Sofa, So Good - “After nine miserable years, we finally get a new couch!” We were enjoying a late lunch at Athens Family Restaurant in Beaver Falls when The Animal made ...
1 day ago
The Untimely Typewriter: Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

The Day That Never Happened (Short fiction) -
1 day ago
Winterthype

Still around - Advertisements
1 day ago
Typical

The Mechanical Reproducer in the Age of Post-Mechanical Reproduction - Leonard Cohen, lid-loser Woody Allen, another lid-loser Stencilling explained But is it art?
2 days ago
Poor Typist

Flush is Not Justified - So this is interesting! I decided to fiddle with this Sharp PA-1050 one last time before looking to sell it...
2 days ago
Joe Van Cleave's Blog

Spring 2019 ABQ Type Out - [image: Spring 2019 ABQ Type Out] Once again we are blessed to have Pennysmiths Paper host our spring 2019 ABQ Type Out. This is a public typewriter gather...
2 days ago
Mike Types

Warning: This post may contain spiritual elements -
2 days ago
Knotmagick

The Knits of Off the Rails - I’ve mentioned a few times that my health since last fall hasn’t been great, and this prevented me from putting out a new pattern in honor of the OFF THE R...
3 days ago
Chad Comello

Black hole stun from backwater bipeds - In case you haven’t been following the news (and who can blame you?), that’s the first-ever image of a black hole: There’s plenty of writing out there on w...
3 days ago
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

Holsters, holsters everywhere – but where do all the guns go? - Weapon of Choice: 1940 Royal Aristocrat that was a $25 thrifting find back in 2013. In 2015 I had a little professional tuning done to it, so now it runs l...
3 days ago
Madam Mayo

Texas Pecan Pie for Dieters, Plus from the Archives: A Review of James McWilliams’ “The Pecan” - What’s a Texas pecan pie for dieters? It’s the same as the normal pie– loads of pecans, butter, and sugar– but it’s a tiny pie. And I happen to have the pe...
3 days ago
In Mechanica Antiqua

1939 Erika 5 - I regrettably didn’t take as many photos of this machine as I wanted to. This machine was another repair, and it needed some escapement tuning and a bel...
3 days ago
From the Desk of Living Museum

Peaches & Goldleaf: Preserved '36 Underwood 6-11 -
3 days ago
Typewriters and Beer

Smith-Corona Super Sterling and Insel-Brauerei Insel Kreide - This time we’ll look at two really solid products, both the typewriter and the beer, and they both come in interesting packages. Smith-Corona Super Sterli...
4 days ago
Type The Clouds | on paper, with typewriters

April 12th… - A day out yesterday in the chilly April air… The Long man of Wilmington is not made of chalk like the Cerne Abbas Giant ( bagged both these guys now!). Nei...
5 days ago
writelephant

More Typewriter Stamps and Covers - The text roughly (Google) translates to: Mr. A. Kingele-Schweizer, Eisenwaren Rheinfelden We refer to our order from 18.1.27 and are astonished not to have...
5 days ago
Do Haeng

June 1, 2018: FC Indiana (NPSL Regular Season) - June 1, 2018 NPSL Regular Season Match Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI Detroit City FC 8, FC Indiana 0 Attendance: 5,451 Record: 3-0-1 = 9pts DCFC Stephen ...
5 days ago
nathanguitars

Aliens Don’t Use Typewriters - I wrote this story for the Cold Hard Type project, but it didn’t get accepted, so here it is! ALIENS DON’T USE TYPEWRITERS ©D. J. Nathan 2018 I was sitting...
6 days ago
The Penguin Modern Classics: A Typecast

Heart of Darkness - *I handled this amazing antiquity with the greatest possible tenderness, lest it should dissolve in my hands.* *(Marlow, upon finding an old book in an...
6 days ago
Amsterdam Assassin Series

QUORA question: “What’s a collectible typewriter I should purchase on sight?” - “What is a collectible typewriter that I should purchase on sight?” Collectible. If you mean, a typewriter that I can easily sell off for more than I paid ...
1 week ago
Typewriter Poetry

National Poetry Month - UPDATED: April 9th 2019 Spring has come, the birds are singing, and April is well underway…which can only mean one thing: National Poetry Month has retur...
1 week ago
myoldtypewriter | Resurrecting a Remington Rand KMC Typewriter

Make Mine Pink: Smith-Corona Super-Sweet - There was so much orange, gummy residue in this S-C Silent-Super that I got from Ebay a couple weeks ago. I think it was old WD-40. The escapement (and car...
1 week ago
Die Schreibmaschinisten

Royal Classic – eine neue Schreibmaschine für 2019 - 2016 war ein besonderes Jahr für Schreibmaschinenfans. Da brachte die Firma American Crafts, spezialisiert auf Scrapbook Art, die mechanische Schreibmaschi...
1 week ago
Forgotten Technology

Do typewriter cause allergies? - Well typewriter in the general shouldn’t cause any allergies. They are made mostly from metal/plastic and rubber. But this doesn’t mean you are safe near t...
1 week ago
The Other Side of the Desk

The Perfect Storm: A Vacation Travelogue (Part 12, the Finale) - Our last full day on board is mostly uneventful (for a change). But overnight it was ridiculously rocky. Not motion-sickness rocky, really. Just Captain-Ah...
2 weeks ago
crazy-type.blog

Meine erste Publikation - Heute ist es soweit – mein erster Beitrag in einer Fachzeitschrift ist erschienen. 🙂 Nicht, wie zu vermuten wäre, in einer Ausgabe einer Technikzeitschrif...
2 weeks ago
Guts of Imagination

That Awkward Time When Your Countrymen Almost Shot Each Other and Nobody Remembers - This April marks a sad anniversary, one that I highly doubt will be remembered by most. I welcome thoughts, but would encourage you to take stock of the im...
2 weeks ago
Type OH! The manual typewriter experience...

Being an April Fool - Looking for the positive in things may seem foolish… but it makes days brighter… nights peaceful… and tomorrow something to look forward to…
2 weeks ago
La Vie Graphite

familiar places - *“In the clefts of the rock I delight to be. In the covert of the precipice You would find me.”* ~ *Song of Solomon, 2:14 * Spring returns in mu...
2 weeks ago
Backspace does not erase

Remington decal applied - The most satisfying part of repainting; applying the decal on the paper table! With another few applications of Micro-Sol, the boundary of the decal sheet...
2 weeks ago
Kirjutusmas.in | Kirjutusmasinad

Halda - Tootja: Halda Mudel: Portable Toodetud: 1950. aastal. Rootsi. Font: Pica, 12 märki tolli kohta. Seisukord: Väga heas korras. Kaal: 5.2kg The post Halda a...
2 weeks ago
American Stationer

Presto 51-S Personal Punch - Over the past century there have been a number of single hole punch designs that have been marketed to the … Continue reading →
3 weeks ago
THE TEERITZ AGENDA

Monday March 25th, 2019 - Negronis & Americanos | Counting Down the Days | Packing Bags | & Recent Wristwatches - I wore the Submariner earlier this month. *Hawkins took off his glasses and placed them next to his wristwatch. He rubbed his eye...
3 weeks ago
SpiderWebz

Spring time! - Januari was about reading and healing and getting to know my new diet. Februari was about being ill again, going on a weekend trip with friends and excitem...
3 weeks ago
The Quirky QWERTY

Happy Birthday, Quirky QWERTY! - This past weekend the Quirky QWERTY turned a year old. Yep, I was able to stick around for at least a year to serve you typewriter entertainment and inform...
4 weeks ago
TotallyYourType

Poem: Bricks - Typed on my painted Olivetti Lettera 32. The first drafts of this poem go back to December, but I finally finished it today. The Olivetti is sort of old n...
4 weeks ago
Brian's Blog-A-Ma-Jig

How To De-Yellow Old Plastic Parts - I’m sure you’ve seen old electronic gear that has gotten yellow over time… old Apple Macintosh computers are famous for this. This is due to a process cal...
4 weeks ago
Words are Winged

Spring is Nigh - Spring has nearly sprung, The grass has almost riz, And North Idaho is certainly where the Fox is. This season, prepare for a series of posts detailing the...
4 weeks ago
The Daily Platen

Wake up and smell the ink ribbons - Underwood 315 (Rebranded Olivetti Lettera 31). Purchased in grimy shape for $20 and cleaned up and serviced at home.
4 weeks ago
diane-maher.com

What is a Blog Blog? Better Late Than Never? - Well, this was something I typed last weekend. Oops. It sat in the scanner waiting to be scanned for a week. Better late than never, I suppose. I guess...
5 weeks ago
typingink.wordpress.com

Back to vinyl. - Advertisements
5 weeks ago
Little Shovel Types

Winter weather advisory -
5 weeks ago
An Analog Diary

Disagreement - Advertisements
1 month ago
Life in a Typewriter Shop

Some Stories From 2018 - Here's a type sample from the Remington Standard. Had to resolder and align the T & M keys. ...
1 month ago
dingasty.org

Plastic, re-useable “eyelets” for Olivetti Typewriter Ribbons - I have used the “Prym” brand and found that they are quite strong and secure. Simply make a hole in the ribbon with a tooth-pick about 10-15cm (4-6″) fro...
1 month ago
brokestuff

Waiting On Line - [image: TW21_Waiting_DC] Thoughts On Line [image: Rheinmetall_KsT_1949] 1949 Rheinmetall KsT
1 month ago
loadedremington

All that shines… good? - I love typewriters and I love to type, but I would NOT want to be the one punching these keys… This movie is just bad news from frame one. Pure art. Annonser
1 month ago
Wrong Way, Write Way

“What Can I Say” – Mary Oliver - Originally posted on Nooks & Crannies - ’cus they’re perfect for a book lover: What can I say that I have not said before? So I’ll say it again. The leaf ...
1 month ago
CS4819

Video Review: the Parker Duofold mechanical pencil! - Hi everyone, Here's another vintage mechanical pencil review: the Parker Duofold, patented in 1916!
1 month ago
Building Custom Desks

An Englishman in a Queue at the Bank - Inner Monologue - Joe Van Cleave's Typing Assignment No.21
2 months ago
A New Mexican Trying to Type

Vanity -
2 months ago
Magic Margin

Typecasting after an interval -
2 months ago
Rev. Ari Rambles Again

Acquisition trip - It’s been… quite the week for technology. Not typewriter woes — they are fine. Well… read they typecast. Some of them aren’t. My phone died this week and w...
2 months ago
Typewriter Review

Olivetti Lettera 35L - I’ve often considered the 1960s the pinnacle of manual typewriter technology. While some of the top American brands suffered declines in usability, Olympia...
2 months ago
Dante's Wardrobe

The Art of a Paleontological Pie - Image source There is National Pi Day (March 14 . . . 3/14 . . . clever) and there is National Pi Approximation Day (July 22 ... 2/27 . . . *see here *fo...
2 months ago
Seldom Speedy

Olivetti Lettera 22 Repaint - Here are the "before" pictures: Here is the work in progress: Here us the final result: A classy typewriter like this deserves a nice carrying ca...
2 months ago
Typewriter Heaven

Pre-Brexit Iberian preserve with Caledonian spirit -
2 months ago
taliesinsmandolin

Southern Maryland Type-In, Lexington Park, Maryland - Update on Southern Maryland Type-in Info: Met with the wonderful and enthusiastic owner, Jenny, of the Mad Moon Cafe & Lounge: Type-in date range: April-Ma...
2 months ago
Bodemer Typewriter Collection

Typewriter Research Service - Do you have a portable typewriter you'd like to learn more about? As a fundraiser for the Bodemer Typewriter Collection, I would love to research your port...
2 months ago
Vanessa Berry Мир

Walking at Bundanon - For the first two weeks of January I was an artist in residence at Bundanon, a property on the Shoalhaven River on the NSW south coast, which was the forme...
2 months ago
Mathilda-Anne Florence

Five Months in and… - I’m going back to work. Part-time. And I’m not doing this on a typewriter because I have a very plugged up six month old nephew finally taking his nap on m...
3 months ago
IBM Selectric Typewriters

Garnet Rose IBM Selectric II - Refurbished - Here's a terrific IBM Selectric II with correction that I just finished. I gave it a complete overhaul including a chemical wash, synthetic lubrication, hi...
3 months ago
The Mechanical Typewriter Page

Máquinas de Escribir GRATIS - En el libro JUST OUR TYPE de NEWSEUMA finales del 2018, el museo, vía su página web, regaló este libro a sus visitantes.En apoyo a tal generosidad, quiero ...
3 months ago
monkey at a typewriter

TOLIK -
3 months ago
Fountain Pens & Typewriters

Royal KMG - Typed on the KMG This is the KMG when I started to clean it. Looks like and accumulation of decades of dirt under the platen. After the repairs and a few ho...
3 months ago
Vermont Vintage Typewriter

Patiently Waiting for an Electric Typewriter -
4 months ago
typewriters.ch

Anton Waltisbühl – Remington Schreibmaschinen – Zürich - Anton Waltisbühl (1855–1940) war als Generalvertreter von Remington Schreibmaschinen ein Pionier der Schweizer Büromaschinenbranche. In der Folge beleuchte...
4 months ago
Escrituras Mecánicas

La Underwood de Hugh Hefner - La casa de subastas Julien’s colocó la máquina de escribir de Hugh Hefner en 162 mil 500 dólares. La máquina de marca Underwood con la que el editor de la ...
4 months ago
True Life and Fiction

Is Amazon Unfair to Independent Authors? - Is Amazon unfair to independent authors? Of course, I'm discussing here Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing platform or KDP. I hope you don't stop reading at...
4 months ago
Typewriter Fox Studios

NSFW- The Naked Lettera 22 - After perusing one of the local antique malls recently (on my birthday, actually), tucked way in a quiet corner of the very last vendor booth I happened ...
4 months ago
Sotto Voce.

Redefining Political Journalism’s Front Line: a Response to Masha Gessen - In a recent New Yorker essay, staff writer Masha Gessen argued that the press should not boycott the White House in the wake of the Jim Acosta debacle (“Af...
4 months ago
Manual Entry

typewriters in use -
5 months ago
The Filthy Platen

Cold Hard Type. - In a group email recently Richard Polt discussed the idea of producing a book made up of contributed stories about typewriters and typing in a post apocaly...
5 months ago
Gypsy Bohemian Life

On Refugee Road - On February 9, 2017, I attended an event called Refugee Road. The significance of this event was to shed light on the hardships of the Syrian refugees—what...
5 months ago
Release the margins!

Herman’s or bust - Got half way from Boston to Herman’s yesterday and stayed overnight in the poconos. Time to finish the drive this morning Advertisements
5 months ago
Just Typewriters

Take me home, West Virginia. - See you all at Herman’s on Friday! Until then good luck & Happy typing! Advertisements
5 months ago
The long slow {typecast} blog

What's wrong with Australia (brief but corrective list) - [image: Australia is... the many wrongs of Australia] This is a corrective list to contrast the lifestyle positives, and not exhaustive. I'm focusing on the...
6 months ago
Lazy Dog Bites Irritating Fox!

33. International Poetry Day – In Memoriam, James Joyce - Today, 4th October, is International Poetry Day, and I wrote the following poem for the occasion. I’d been re-reading “Giacomo Joyce” – written by Joyce in...
6 months ago
SycamoreTypeShop - typewritten lovelies.

Fall Flavor -
7 months ago
Vintage Technology Obsessions

Vintage Cars Through a Vintage Lens - "I'm not dead yet!" this blog, probably. I have been AWOL for longer than I had recalled. Dang, the last post was from late 2016. Much has happened since t...
7 months ago
Kenny Powers meets the Glass family.

Young lungs at work. via Instagram https://ift.tt/2MEbKp9 - Young lungs at work. via Instagram https://ift.tt/2MEbKp9
7 months ago
Platens & Prose

Thinking outside the margins -
8 months ago
Deser(e)t Loon

First corn - This is the second year in a row that we have planted a garden in the yard of our new house - for which we are and will ever be grateful. Last year we had...
8 months ago
Michigan Typochondriacs

Ann Arbor Type-In Preview - Charly’s Typewriter Collection and Repair will host a Type-In at Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on August 4, 2918. Literati is home to the new ...
8 months ago
Future Tense Memories

It Is Time to Shout into the Void - Time to dust off the ol' blog... Annnd it is a time for writing. But it has been for a while. While the pen-and-paper method is satisfying texturally and t...
9 months ago
Your Good Enough Life

Power – a poem (missing a few words, oh well) -
9 months ago
clickthing

The Challenge of Being - [image: 20180623 typecast pt1] Oh Baby Celebrating #TypewriterDay 2018 with a Swiss friend #hermes #typewriter #vintage #typography A post shared by Michae...
9 months ago
A Place of Truth

7 years after first being inspired by @abimott’s poetry we... - 7 years after first being inspired by @abimott’s poetry we are proud to see her invited to @tedxmilehigh. Her spontaneously rapturous approach to poetry ...
10 months ago
Type O +VE

Episode 6 - From Rome With Love / 3D Printing - [image: itunes pic] In todays episode I explore the Olivetti exhibition in the Galleria Nazionale D'arte Moderna in Rome. In the filthy labs segment, I revi...
10 months ago
A Machine for the End of the World.

Ch-Ch-Changes -
1 year ago
E.A. Feliu

Photo essay: Poetry in the parking lot - I’ll let you decide on my definition of poetry. The premise is that beauty, or at least traces of it, surrounds us in urbanscapes. Among concrete, asphalt ...
1 year ago
Reflections In Type

CBD Oil Days 3 through 9 - An honest look at the effects of CBD Oil on an injured, hormonal woman and her Autistic adult son. The Journal Continues… CBD Oil Days 3 through 9 Advertis...
1 year ago
Davis Typewriter Works

Sometimes You Forget - Commodore 2000 - While looking around in the vault for Consul machines to show in the previous post I happened into the ABC - Cole Steel area and spotted two similar cases....
1 year ago
Swinging Typebars

Nor'Easter Part II: Electric Boogaloo - Here are some before and after shots: Here's Dog helping me edit this post.
1 year ago
scriptophile

Underwood portable 3 banks - Advertisements
1 year ago
Free Poetry Traverse City

The Smith-Corona Silent - When I was first getting into the world of typewriters, my parents took me to see a movie called California Typewriter. It was mostly about a small office ...
1 year ago
On the Margin

AWMCo Rebuilt – Union Enters the Fray - An interesting ink blotter recalls the days of the giant Union Typewriter Company – really, a trust company that would eventually be made illegal – and its...
1 year ago
The Reports Of Agent T.W. Lee, Interzone Intelligence

Snail-Mail Correspondence - In the process of switching to a PO Box in a branch closer to home. Will let everyone know as soon as I get it.
1 year ago
Strikethru.net

Coin purse - Like a lot of sewing techniques, I can’t seem to commit blanket stitch to long term memory, and have to look it up every time I do it. Someday, it will stick.
1 year ago
FRANK´S TYPEMACHINE PAGINA

Lost: Gorham Silver Smith Corona Portable Typewriter - On September 12, 2017, I bought on Ebay.com a (what to me seems to be) Gorham Sterling Silver Smith Corona Portable typewriter. After paying for it, howeve...
1 year ago
Tony's Vision . . . The Blog

Knickerbocker Flats - One of my favorite local trails follows the edge of oak woods on one side and open rolling meadow on the other, leads past the ruins of a gold rush era ran...
1 year ago
x over it

Chicago on film - After so many years of wanting to, I finally had a chance to spend a few days in Chicago! W and I had the best tour guide, my good friend Don, who used ...
1 year ago
Frederic S Durbin

Gathering - One weekend last month, I attended an amazing gathering so ultra-nerdy that, according to someone living with me who will remain anonymous, “it makes the W...
1 year ago
I dream lo-tech

About some typewriter guy - A colleague sent me this clipping from Boston Sunday Globe– "Thought you might enjoy this... about some typewriter guy." Why hello, Tom Furrier.
1 year ago
typewriter stories

about Piano Rats... - “At times mundane, awkward, offensive, and, ultimately heartbreaking.” *- The Paris Review* “Sometimes I run across a poem that makes me second guess my ...
1 year ago
thesterlingmeasure

Restoring a Remington Standard 2 Typewriter…from 1886 - Found seized with rust, and covered in bird droppings in an abandoned barn in southeastern Ontario, Canada, this 1885 Remington 2 Standard took almost a ye...
1 year ago
Typing and Tinkering

White Noise - On Saturday, August 12, violence erupted on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia as counter-protesters clashed with the Unite the Right rally, supposed...
1 year ago
Modernidad y Obsolescencia

Publicado! - Amigos, miren! En la portada del número 75 de la revista Garage Clásico salen dos de los dibujos CAD hechos por su servidor! Me siento muy honrado, y mu...
1 year ago
The Cynthia Project

Your problem is that you’re neurotypical - I’m just like you, only a little bit quirky. I sit somewhere on the higher end of the autism spectrum. I did not choose to have my strange personality trai...
1 year ago
No, I don't want your credit card

It’s a quote, from a movie or something… - It’s a quote, from a movie or something…
1 year ago
The Typewriter Resurgence

Dad’s Typewriter - The quest to find the machine that began it all.
1 year ago
The Carriage of No Return

- Forgive me, O Great Typosphere... ... for I might have sinned. My love story with the Smith Corona PWP is detailed in the letter (typed on funky teddy bea...
1 year ago
Traveling Typer

Kentucky Derby, Las Vegas & Philadelphia - The last several weeks have been very busy with some really fun weekends! Plus a pink ribbon in a pink typewriter!
1 year ago
The Daily Clipper

The Gala Premiere for ‘California Typewriter’ - Typospherians- On Wednesday I went and saw the new documentary California Typewriter. In short, the film was wonderful. It began on an interesting note –...
2 years ago
Typecasting in China

My very first Video-Blog -
2 years ago
Click, Clack, DING!

Art Skill, Typewriter Mechanic in Vancouver BC - I just spent a much-needed weekend at Harrison Hot Springs, just east of Chilliwack, BC and not far over the border from Washington State. We visited with ...
2 years ago
ElWeavo's World

Smith-Corona Sterling 1949 - I stated using these cork squares for a non-slip pad under my typewriters. it works pretty good and I got 3 of them at the thrift store for 1.00. I‘m sure...
2 years ago
Click Clackety Clink

- So, I crushed my hand and wrist. Had surgery, but right hand still useless for the next few weeks. No prognosis yet on recovery. No typing for several more...
2 years ago
Twenty-First Century Blues

Where I will be at Boskone - Boskone is a fantastic, book-minded science-fiction convention that I have been attending for the past several years. This year, I have graduated to "panel...
2 years ago
sommeregger's sammelsurium

Typo 360 - I made a short video using a new gimmick for filming - essentially a revolving platform allowing to showcase some of the machines in motion, 360°. I poste...
2 years ago
Retro Tech Geneva

Artificial Intelligence - An innovation I can get behind - cable cars in Funchal Thanks to technology, a constellation of lights passes for a Christmas tree these days - this one wa...
2 years ago
Mustard Yellow Silverette

Replacing the silencer spring on an Olympia SM4 - Hi Ladies and Gents, Richard Bill Wood here, AKA Platenboy/Coronaboy I am not a typewriter engineer, just a collector who hated the rasping zip of his SM4 ...
2 years ago
Nothing is Unfixable

Gratuitous Shiny Pictures - Finally going to post this guy on TWDB, so I took a few glamour shots. It still needs a bit of work, and I may take a few more pictures when the lighting ...
2 years ago
b4cksp4ce

My grail of 2016 -
2 years ago
The Reports Of Agent T.W. Lee, Interzone Intelligence

07NOV2016 - Agent Lee talks about Election day -
2 years ago
natslaptaps

Three things I want to remember as a freelancer - One: Not perfect is alright. It’s hard being the slightly OCD person that I am. I’ve found myself coining in too many hours trying “fix a thing” just becau...
2 years ago
The Impatient Typewriter Mechanic

Typewriters on Travels - As mentioned in my last post, as fun as living in a tiny flat above a shop in Southampton has been, it has all but closed the door on my typewriter colle...
2 years ago
schmasch

Umbau einer Smith-Corona Electric 12 - Einige Stunden (und Euro) sind in den Umbau einer Smith-Corona Electric 12 geflossen. Als ich sie erhielt, war die gesamte Antriebseinheit leider sehr laut...
2 years ago
The Official Mike Speegle Web Site

Mary Poppins, Klingons, and Elephants - How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. -Ancient Klingon Proverb My son stands in the middle of his room, which is – in the parlance of … Continue ...
2 years ago
Little Flower Petals

Moving On! - [image: Deii] OK, I swear, last time I'm gonna do this! For awhile there, I had a blog in my own name on a Big Scary Real Domain Name. I also thought I co...
2 years ago
Nothing to say

Everest 92 - Among the characters you can see some pretty unusual ones: mt for meters mq for square meters (metri quadrati in italian) ige: an italian tax introduced in ...
2 years ago
Typewriter Athene

Nachlese - Zurück vom Schreibmaschinenmuseum Partschins teile ich sehr gerne den Blogbeitrag von den Schreibmaschinisten: https://dieschreibmaschinisten.wordpress.com...
2 years ago
Streamlines DeLuxe

New Typewriters? - I’ve been out of the loop for quite a while… Life gets busy. So busy that I don’t even have time to typecast this post. However, my wife shared something s...
2 years ago
phillytyper

Tool of their trade… - Filed under: NRA, Uncategorized Tagged: Every Town for Gun Safety, Gun Huggers, National Rifle Association, NRA, public typewriting, Sick AR-15 Owners
2 years ago
A Softer World

A Softer World: 1248 - buy this comic as a print! Or share on: facebookreddit If you enjoy the comic, please consider supporting A Softer World on Patreon
2 years ago
tam-lee.com

Pregnancy blues - In exactly a week I will be entering my third trimester. I wish I could say, like some lucky moms out there, that I am loving this pregnancy. The truth i...
2 years ago
Word Rebel

Hello World! (Again) - [image: image.jpg]
2 years ago
Claire La Secretaire

Pastel Green Imperial Typewriter - I am very pleased to announce our latest typewriter is available! An Imperial Good companion model T, a 1950s model reconditioned and painted in a beautifu...
2 years ago
9.ai Typewriting in Zürich

Montblanc Peggy Guggenheim 888 Limited Edition - Montblanc Peggy Guggenheim 888 Limited Edition Part of the Patron of the Arts series
2 years ago
TYPE CLACK

April 26, 2016 -
2 years ago
The Wayward Wanderer – JUST A FEW WORDS AS I WEND MY WAY

More poetry - Hey everybody, here’s some more! #4 is a pretty lighthearted ditty about the joys of coffee. #5 is an imagist poem about a bridge. #6 is called a cinquain,...
3 years ago
Analog Communications

DIY Film Holder for Developing 3x4 Sheet Film - This is the first true post I have made since converting this blog to focus on vintage cameras and photography. I thought I would jump right in with a blo...
3 years ago
BrumTypia

Lulled into a Digital Lullaby... - The date of my last blog post probably corresponds eerily closely with the date the I put together my storefront page on Facebook. In contradiction to my a...
3 years ago
Living in the Woods

Smith-Corona Galaxie in cursive -
3 years ago
write away.

Such Kids Fail To Understand That Reality And The Situations Presented In Video Games Do Not Go Along. - It starts out as a minor tingling sensation, then sets in and movements of characters, objects, animations, backgrounds, texts and interface designs. G...
3 years ago
Dottle On The Keys

The First Premiere Gigantic Unforgettable Type-in -
3 years ago
. Serendipity This .

How I Feel About the New YNAB - This was originally posted on the YNAB forum A while back, I wrote about my move to a finance app called YNAB and how much I loved it. I’ve been using it f...
3 years ago
DHIATENSOR

Vintage [Typewritten] Style - *Please read it right through at least once. … Perhaps we would then avoid the need for executives to issue memos reminding reporters and sub-editors of ...
3 years ago
A Typewriter A Day Keeps the Doctor Away

You couldn't have typewritten it any better: Polt brings the typewriter to Los Angeles - Los Angeles. The Monday after Christmas. Los Angeles. At rush hour no less. Despite this, the question remains: How do you end the year with the proverbial b...
3 years ago
Claudia's Tappy Typewriters

Murakami (and his 'muse') ... - Oops, this most definitely isn't Murakami's Olivetti, but upon coming across the quote, I knew I had to get down to typing it out right away :) Happy we...
3 years ago
Manual Typewriters

1963 Smith-Corona SterlingThis recent $15 find was too nice to... - 1963 Smith-Corona Sterling This recent $15 find was too nice to pass up. It’s in virtually mint condition and in a great color. The Ste...
3 years ago
Art of the Letter

Secret - I didn't share something with Twitter tonight. I had a lovely revelation about what my life on Twitter is, but I don't think that Twitter needs to know jus...
3 years ago
Types of America

Awesome book. Get it if you love typewriters – I mean it! - Awesome book. Get it if you love typewriters – I mean it!
3 years ago
The Typewriter Foundation

...From Mount Olympus - This is my newest typewriter. It's a beautiful pre-war Olympia Model 8. I'll explain how and where I got it, as well as all details, in a different post, b...
3 years ago
Mysteries of M.T.Coalhopper

- An Unexpected Departure “Did you hear?” “Of course. Terrible news for everyone involved.” “Yeah, especially for... what was his name, again?” “It doesn’t...
3 years ago
The Typography

Four Hour Work Day. -
3 years ago
Of Type and Ink | An Eclectic Typewritten Blog

Busy, Busy - So… I’ve filed to register a company. I’m starting a photography company. Notice, I didn’t say “studio”. I have my reasons for that, but… I won’t get into ...
3 years ago
A Typeface Called Obsession

Book Recommendation: The Fall of Poppies - I am all about stories written in and around the times when letter writing and typewriters would have been the main form of instrument used to create com...
3 years ago
typecast

Nicholas Ray Quiz - Over on twitter dot com @mimbale asked me about what my summed frames process would look like in the case of director Nicholas Ray. But first, a quiz: can ...
3 years ago
Touch Taipu

The Other Side of Grand - I recently published my first novel The Other Side of Grand. See the book trailer here. "Theme" by Justin Gerblick and Frankie Ward.
3 years ago
People for the Ethical Treatment of Typewriters

Help Wanted - Hello everyone! Just a quick post today. I recently stumbled across this image on Wikipedia, and I have never seen anything like it before. Here is a link....
3 years ago
A Kid, A Mouse, and a Typewriter

It's time for a rant! - Early in the morning a few months ago, I typed up this page while I was on a caffeine high from a rather large cup of coffee. I posted it quickly, taking a...
3 years ago
Oblivion Sphere

Name Change In Effect - Here it comes!
4 years ago
Tlogger T(ype Writer)log

Children of the Type Writer - Part II - *In our second installment of "Children of the Type Writer," Alyssa becomes a little upset with me because I didn't tell her abo...
4 years ago
Words from Outer Space

Bill C51 - "In its present guise, bill C-51 violates a cardinal principle we believe should be embedded in national security law: any law that grants powers (especi...
4 years ago
talkbabble.rambly.net

Moving to a new domain~ - For my friends on the typosphere (and whoever else is interested!) I’m moving to a new blog/domain: http://tam-lee.com. I will be blogging mostly about li...
4 years ago
Woman Who Types......

USB begone! -
4 years ago
aitype from singapore

hello 2015 - helllooo! it’s been a long, long …pause. hmm…where do i start? out of sight but still am an avid typewriter fan/collector /hoarder. the last time i checke...
4 years ago
McTaggart's Typewriter Workshop

Show and Tell - Adler32 Optima Elite Mercedes Royal Electric
4 years ago
The Naked Typewriter: Revealing What's There

Try, Try, Try Again! Back to the Future with this blog! - Well, Hello! After many false starts, real-world excuses (I promise, no more of that!)... I'm attempting to stick with this blog for good. Simply put, Hoo...
4 years ago
Plogger

A Visit to Pippi's Pen Shop -
4 years ago
The Daily Clipper

Update No.2 - -Typospherians: This is the second update in the interim between official series posts, intended as both an update on the progress of the series as well as...
4 years ago
papel y maquina

Hello again :-) -
4 years ago
Typewriter Confessions

Community Chest - PayPal claim investigation decides in your favor. You collect $45.
4 years ago
Typewriter Alley

12 May 2014 - "This is the profound power of a landmark, that its present cannot be abstracted from its past." -Paul Dorpat
4 years ago
Absolute Analog

Happy Easter - Poor margin management.
4 years ago
Urgent typewriter correspondence

Hon. Gov. Jerry Brown - Leave your suggestions for how we can conserve water in the comments and we can include them in the next letter.
5 years ago
The Occasional Blogger

I Thought About You Today - I wrote this a while ago. Had it posted on another site I write for, but didn't like it there, so I decided to move it here. Thanks for reading.
5 years ago
getippse | Schreibmaschinen, Fotografie und mehr.

New blog in English - I’ve created a new blog where I will post typecasts and photos about typewriters in English. In this blog here I will continue to post typecasts and other ...
5 years ago
Knot Magick

Moved - Okay guys, update your bookmarks. Knotmagick is now located here. Starting Wednesday that's where you'll find all future posts.
5 years ago
montana writer

MontanaWriter is now ClimbingSky - Three and a half years ago when I began blogging, I chose the name MontanaWriter. At the time, I had a vague notion that I wanted to blog and that it shoul...
5 years ago
Anything Goes.

Many (very late) Thanks from the Chestnut Ridge Typewriter Gathering - Sorry for the delay in this getting put up... I have been meaning to do it and have started three different times (which you'll see in the particularly ...
5 years ago
My Hermie

Hermie, Goya and Gala - Excuse the I's. Thursdays thru Sundays, I continue to pound away on my Hermes' keys, making a nightly ritual out of ten minute writing exercises. When ...
5 years ago
Analog Dog

walnuts are not just for eating... - ...they're for inking, too! some goodies came in today from a good friend who shopped online with me. (yay!) there's a couple of inks, and a few nibs to t...
5 years ago
Key Snap

1940s US Navy Typewriter Maintenance Manual - I'm probably late to the party with this, but I figure it never hurts to share. I was looking for an online version of the Royal HH user's manual when I s...
5 years ago
Typed On Paper

L. C. Smith & Corona: Foundation Brailler - The history of Braille and modern Braillers are well know, but before the Perkins, there were a variety of Braillers. One of the last designs which never...
5 years ago
The Pipe and Grumble

This is what August is supposed to feel like. - Enough of that *pre-autumn,* that *cool breeze,* that *chill.* If I'd wanted to be reminded of impending Winter I'd have spent the Springtime in Australi...
5 years ago
The Written Word

Ya know, The Usual... -
5 years ago
SEMI-Automatic

Typewriter porn - OK – I don’t know anything about this movie, but I might see it just because it has a Hermes Ambassador on the poster.
5 years ago
The Brown Book

An End And A New Beginning - Dearest Typosphere, After much consideration, I have decided to drop my Henri Bergotte pseudonym. Unfortunately, with an end to this name comes an end to t...
5 years ago
No Telling

Decoration Day - Out in the counties, Decoration Day is a pre-Memorial Day sacrament. Families drive in from all over to tidy-up plots, to place flowers both real and oth...
5 years ago
The Broken Machine

Stardust -
5 years ago
an *sshole with a typewriter

moving soon! -
5 years ago
Typewriters 101

Info. Needed! New Blick Universal typewriter in the collection. - Here is a rare Blick Universal typewriter, which is like an Adler clone. It has a thrust mechanism, and a 3 bank keyboard. The ribbon is very tall, but w...
6 years ago
maschinengeschrieben

. - Last Post -
6 years ago
Key Strokes

The Right Tool For The Job -
6 years ago
Typebarhead

Hello Chief! - Tower Chieftain III (Sears Skyriter) I finally got to photograph this typer. It was the last addition of 2012. It was a remnant of my California restoratio...
6 years ago
The Happy Typewriter

Return to the Typosphere -
6 years ago
Fresh Ribbon

NaNoWriMo Calendar: Because the Novel Wants Out - [image: NaNoWriMo Calendar 2012 Fresh Ribbon A] Tomorrow is October, and you know what that means. Just to get everyone in the mood, I whipped up a few cou...
6 years ago
typewriter

negozi dell’usato - A volte capita di passare davanti alla vetrina di qualche negozio dell’usato e vedere cose interessanti, magari anche qualche macchina per scrivere, in ven...
6 years ago
Six Mile Press

Harvey Girls - *In 1875, businessman Fred Harvey (1835-1901) opened two restaurants in Kansas and Oklahoma along the Kansas Pacific Railway. At that time, the railway...
6 years ago
Life in Sunny Seattle

- Hey, Really quick post as i'm about to go to bed but I just wanted to let everyone know that I will resume posting soon. My internet was down so I was unab...
6 years ago
Máquinas de Outrora

The Typewriter Insurgency - Typewriter Insurgency manifesto's translated to Portuguese http://typewriterinsurgency.webstarts.com/
6 years ago
Typewriter Blog « SK To Tremé

Day 71: Brewe, Hoshun & Yogurtland -
6 years ago
IRON & RIBBON

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7 years ago
Back Space Typewriters

The End - This is mostly likely the last post I'll put up on this site. You can still follow my various musings on The Red Electric or, if you live around here in Po...
7 years ago
Olympiaman's Typecast

September 8, 2011 - [image: Typecast 9-8-2011]
7 years ago
Re-Typing

New Acquisition - I mistyped when I said I paid 12 times the cost of the typewriter. In reality it was more like 7 times. My math failed me! Also, Olympia looks really s...
7 years ago
Stroke & Bore

Linotype’s 125th - The Atlantic has a nice piece up today about Linotype machines, the backbone of the 20th century newspaper industry, with their distinctive keyboards and “...
7 years ago
Collapsing World

Sunday Supplement: Le Chercheurs - “All I know is that when we do find this geocache, it had better not be a stinkin’ keychain!”
7 years ago
Emerson Harris

Kinda Missing the Point - So, apparently some company has developed a way for an author to sign an ebook. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like that's missing the whole idea of ...
8 years ago
from the keys of my 1949 Remington Portable

- We are a gentle angry people We are a land of many colors We are gay and straight together We are a peaceful loving people And we are singing, singing for ou...
8 years ago

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