Welcome to the Typosphere: July 2015

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oz.Typewriter

The Homecoming Typewriting Author - Lloyd C. Douglas Goes Back to Columbia City, Indiana - Lloyd C. Douglas at his Remington Rand typewriter Four days before the June 22, 1938, official release in New York City of the movie *White Banners*, Warne...
50 minutes ago
AnchoredScraps.com - Balancing new technology communication with old-style corresponding

MessageStor 16 Self-Inking Holidays Stamps - [image: MessageStor 16 Self-Inking Holidays Stamps] Seeing this set of MessageStor 16 Self-Inking Holidays Stamps, perfect for using with my letter writing...
7 hours ago
The Untimely Typewriter: Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

In the Mirror – a poem -
8 hours ago
Wrong Way, Write Way

Fine Gift From A Friend – Hermes 2000 - Advertisements
11 hours ago
Tyler Knott

Typewriter Series #2301 by Tyler Knott GregsonChasers of the... - *Typewriter Series #2301 by Tyler Knott Gregson* Chasers of the Light Destination Wedding Photographers Chasers of the Light Montana Wedding Photograp...
11 hours ago
Quest for the Hollyvood buzz

My tweets - - *Sat, 18:15*: RT @AlexKingsbury: That’s good. https://t.co/pncEQjnvgn
15 hours ago
Type The Clouds | on paper, with typewriters

Treasure on Pirate Day - It was Pirate Day in Hastings U.K. today. The streets were filled with pirates of every description. The procession was fantastic with lots of drumming I s...
16 hours ago
The Typewriter Revolution

Revolution in the mailbox: electricity and oppression - Armando Warner of Mexico mailed me this insightful reflection on electricity and oppression.
19 hours ago
POEMS WHILE YOU WAIT

“Depression Glass” by Virginia Konchan – Randolph Street... - “Depression Glass” by Virginia Konchan – Randolph Street Market, 5.26.18
20 hours ago
Tales From The Typer

go take the money and run -
21 hours 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...
1 day ago
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

Yes you can swap the long return lever from a Corsair for the vestigal return arm of your early Skyriter! - My 1956 Smith Corona Skyriter with vestigal return lever… First remove the carriage cover of the 6Y machine – you need to do it to access the one screw tha...
2 days ago
writelephant

Adaptation - If you could pick an object that encapsulated the evolution of the typewriter from, say, the electromechanical era to the electronic, it might be something...
2 days ago
Knotmagick

History in Pictures, part II - A couple of weeks ago a posted a list of documentaries I’ve been watching on Youtube. My documentary kick continues, so here are a few more you might enjoy...
2 days ago
Chad Comello

My case featured on Judge John Hodgman! - A few months ago I submitted this case to Judge John Hodgman, one of my favorite podcasts: I seek an injunction against my wife, Jenny. When I am cooking...
3 days ago
Escrituras Mecánicas

Carlos Edmundo de Ory - Foto del escritor Carlos Edmundo de Ory, descansando la cabeza ante un mecanuscrito. Advertisements
4 days ago
Type OH! The manual typewriter experience...

Two wrongs are never right… - I still can not get around the concept of repeating a wrong…. because someone else started it leads to anything good!
4 days ago
TotallyYourType

Poem: Dusk -
5 days ago
Joe Van Cleave's Blog

2018 Phoenix Type-In Gleanings - [image: P1020013] *T*he 2018 Phoenix Type-In was the highlight of my year (so far). Meeting faces both new and familiar, interviewing Typosphere notables, ...
5 days ago
typingink.wordpress.com

Ah the dog days of summer… - I fully admit that I have my biases and I do make it a point to appreciate our climate extremes everyday, it’s just really difficult for me at this time ea...
6 days ago
myoldtypewriter | Resurrecting a Remington Rand KMC Typewriter

Lettera Send Off + Lettera Tune Up - The blue 1960 Craigslist Lettera is a pretty happy typewriter now. It types nicely, very respectably. Cosmetically, though, it’s still in rough shape. ...
1 week ago
Lasting Questions

Happy Father's Day -
1 week ago
A Type of Madness

A unique Remington? - You won’t find one like this in your home state thrift store. Cree typewriter found in a newsroom in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
1 week ago
THE TEERITZ AGENDA

Sunday July 8th, 2018 - The Daily Grind is Too Weak, Overspending, Bigger Dates + Recent Wristwatches. - I made too many errors in the next paragraph, hence the sharp crop in the photo above. Anyway... I bought some Teriyaki chicken Ca...
1 week ago
The Other Side of the Desk

All hail, King Arthur! - Okay, so, right up front, I have to repent of my “Granny to a Weasel” bit in the previous post. Turns out that, a week ago, I became granny to a li’l strin...
1 week ago
The Quirky QWERTY

8th Phoenix Type-in Videos: Bill Wahl - Joe recently released his interview with the Mesa typewriter repairman, Bill Wahl, at the 8th Phoenix type-in. I would highly recommend giving him a visit ...
1 week ago
American Stationer

S&P Check Protector - On March 1, 1886 the U.S. Supreme Court decided on the case of Leather Manufacturers’ Bank v. Morgan, 117 U.S. … Continue reading →
2 weeks ago
Backspace does not erase

Talkie art deco (use each needle only once) - When playing records on a 78 rpm wind-up gramophone, every side needs to be played with a new needle - so these needles were widely sold. Mostly in small t...
2 weeks ago
Bodemer Typewriter Collection

Olivetti Lettera - The fifties were a period of rapid change in the typewriter market. Manufacturers began taking compact portables seriously, especially after seeing the suc...
2 weeks ago
Your Good Enough Life

Power – a poem (missing a few words, oh well) -
2 weeks ago
Just Typewriters

Safari! - I went on yet another typewriter safari yesterday. This time I did not buy anything. I saw a few typewriters but none that I just had to have. I did want t...
2 weeks ago
nathanguitars

Typewriter Day 2018 - Typewriter day came and went here without fanfare, or so much as a peep. However, I did sell 2 typewriters to a budding typerata. She arrived minutes after...
3 weeks ago
Magic Margin

I'm Going to the Type-In! - Changing Hands is having a Type-In on June 24th. It's being organized by a Changing Hand's employee who loves typewriters. I plan on going, so I'll see you...
3 weeks 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...
3 weeks ago
Fountain Pens & Typewriters

All Set For The Traverse City Type-In and Typewriter Day - Just noticed the typo after posting.
3 weeks ago
Words are Winged

Green Alligator - It's been awhile since I decided to check out the local antique stores, so I decided I would take a look around today. Lo and behold, the very first destin...
3 weeks ago
crazy-type.blog

Wenn einer eine Reise tut … mit Schreibmaschinen im Gepäck - Nach langer Pause werde ich versuchen, meinem Blog wieder Leben einzuhauchen. Wer bereits einmal umgezogen ist, weiß, wieviel Zeit das in Anspruch nimmt, b...
3 weeks ago
loadedremington

Yes! - He seems to be interested… I bought a blue Facit for Ingrid. Which machine should I get for Ivar? Annonser
3 weeks ago
Die Schreibmaschinisten

Matthias schreibt auf einer Twen T180 Plus - Ich muss zugeben, seit ich mich wieder für Schreibmaschinen interessiere, ist mir noch nie der Gedanke gekommen, eine elektronische Schreibmaschine mit Dis...
4 weeks ago
La Vie Graphite

diversion - [image: photo diversA_zpskanft8sl.jpg] *“The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.”* ~ Phaedrus (5th c., B.C.) A n...
4 weeks ago
Vermont Vintage Typewriter

Fixing Dad's Typewriter...or...who broke this machine? - Who bent these linkages? My father takes his typewriter off to college in 1956
4 weeks ago
Typewriter Poetry

Paperback Poetry Festival - [image: Paperback Poetry Festival: June 15th] Typewriter Poetry at the Paperback Poetry Festival Today, I’ll be setting up with my typewriter, gifting stra...
4 weeks 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 ...
4 weeks ago
The Filthy Platen

New Podcast Episode - In this jet-lagged episode I visit an exhibition in a gallery in Rome, Italy, where the art of Olivetti’s design, as well as the company’s past and future ...
4 weeks ago
In Mechanica Antiqua

Music - [image: Illinois-album] I listen to a lot of music, I have no favorite song or artist, or even a favorite genre. However, I do have a favorite album. I’m...
4 weeks 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...
4 weeks ago
Type-Writer.org

9th Dayton noted - Before the internet, there was your local newspaper, a spigot of knowledge compared to today’s avalanche of web data. The “Ask Millie B.” column above offe...
4 weeks ago
Mathilda-Anne Florence

10 June, 2018 - 1963 Underwood-Olivetti Lettera 22 Limited Made in Canada Advertisements
5 weeks ago
Sotto Voce.

Without Fear or Favor - Late last week, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer announced that he will soon succumb to cancer. The Post respected his ...
5 weeks ago
Michigan Typochondriacs

The Hermes 3000: Love It or Hate It? - This seemingly eternal question popped up during our recent type-in in Grand Rapids. Some members of the Typosphere can’t get enough of the H3K’s smooth, “...
5 weeks ago
diane-maher.com

Typing in Public Part 2 (Better Late Than Never?) - It seems like I have forgotten to add some of my blog posts that I’d typed. So, in the spirit of getting things done, I am going to post them. What the h...
5 weeks ago
typewriters.ch

Farbbanddosen Schweiz - Eine kleine Sammlung von Dosen für Schreibmaschinenfarbbänder aus der Schweiz. Aus den Sammlungen typewriters.ch und Alfred R. Wepf. Mit vielem Dank an Alf...
1 month ago
Deser(e)t Loon

My first published story - I am now a published fiction author! It's a small start, but it's a start: *Warp + Weave*, the science fiction and fantasy magazine for Utah Valley Univers...
1 month ago
Building Custom Desks

Last Plate of the Day - Joe Van Cleave's Typing Assignment No. 17
1 month ago
Vanessa Berry Мир

Other Worlds and a Marrickville Map - For Other Worlds this year, I decided to keep things local, and make a map of Marrickville, where the fair is to be held, in the Town Hall. I’ve never live...
1 month ago
Do Haeng

May 24, 2018: Typing Assignment #17 - Typing Assignment #17 from Joe Van Cleave’s YouTube channel “is to write a story inspired by a found photographic print.” Instead of using any of my photos...
1 month ago
Guts of Imagination

Moving Soon—On Hiatus - Title says it all. See you when I see you!
1 month ago
From the Desk of Living Museum

Recording in Minature, a Lloyd's. -
2 months ago
Manual Entry

WHERE IS YOUR BLOG NOW?! - I haven't posted here for a long time, and about eighty percent of the reason for that is the lack of a scanner that works with Windows from 7 to 10. But ...
2 months ago
Typewriter Review

Guest Post – Why I Write With a Typewriter - When it comes to nailing down the vibe to writing with a typewriter, avid TR follower, James D’Ambrosio, sent me a note that got it right. He originally at...
2 months ago
CS4819

Ghost Signs - KC Crossroads KC Crossroads KC Crossroads KC Crossroads Tower East District Tower East District
2 months ago
The Mechanical Typewriter Page

5 Poemas de Richard Polt - Durante el mes abril, *Richard Polt* escribió 20 poemas basados en palabras elegidas en diccionarios y traídos a esta dimensión con la ayuda de algunas de ...
2 months ago
Valentine J. Brkich

Vintage Gaming with The Animal - Lately The Animal’s been playing his Xbox a little too much, and I figured a little father-and-son time might be in order. So the other day after school ...
2 months ago
IBM Selectric Typewriters

Another Selectric III Dvorak Keyboard Layout - FOR SALE: I refurbished this Selectric III and converted the keyboard to a Dvorak Simplified layout. You can read about the procedure I use to convert the ...
2 months ago
The long slow {typecast} blog

Attention hygiene - [image: Attention hygiene] Also available in handy digital format on Medium.
2 months ago
A Machine for the End of the World.

Ch-Ch-Changes -
3 months 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 ...
3 months 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...
3 months ago
monkey at a typewriter

IDA B. & YEVGENY -
3 months 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....
4 months ago
True Life and Fiction

Is Grammarly Worth it For Writers - How many of you writers out there use the spelling and grammar checker in Word? Oh, come on. Don't be shy. I use it for the first pass on many of my writin...
4 months ago
Swinging Typebars

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

Poetry Time - Advertisements
4 months ago
Kirjutusmas.in | Kirjutusmasinad

Olivetti Studio 44 - Tootja: Olivetti Mudel: Studio 44 Toodetud: 1966. aastal. Itaalia. Font: Pica, 10 märki tolli kohta Seisukord: Väga heas korras.
4 months ago
Typewriter Heaven

Magus -
4 months ago
scriptophile

Underwood portable 3 banks - Advertisements
4 months 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 ...
4 months 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...
4 months ago
Kenny Powers meets the Glass family.

Nine times out of ten - Nine times out of ten
5 months ago
Rev. Ari Rambles Again

Austin is Awesome! - I am traveling for work this week and a few fantastic Typospherians from Austin were able to meet up tonight at a coffee house near where I am staying. Luc...
5 months 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.
5 months ago
Life in a Typewriter Shop

SAVE THE DATE - This 1929 Remington No.3 went to a very happy lady! Unbelievably, I had two of these for sale last month. I had four of these Clippers to sell, ...
6 months 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.
6 months ago
Dante's Wardrobe

Yuletide Wishes 2017 - *'Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know i...
7 months 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...
7 months 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...
7 months 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 ...
7 months 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.
8 months 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 ...
10 months 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...
10 months 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...
10 months 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...
11 months 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
Gypsy Bohemian Life

A Growing Sphere of Interest: The Typosphere Gains Momentum with Neighbourhood Type-Ins - After having officially collected and regularly used manual typewriters for over a year, it was inexcusable that I had yet to attend a type-in. For those ...
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 –...
1 year ago
Typecasting in China

My very first Video-Blog -
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
b4cksp4ce

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

07NOV2016 - Agent Lee talks about Election day -
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Key Snap

2016 Phoenix Type-In - Hello Typosphere! It's been too long. I won't apologize, as life is good and I'm happy and busy. It feels like cheating; not typing this on one of my mac...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Typical

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1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Typewriter Athene

Nachlese - Zurück vom Schreibmaschinenmuseum Partschins teile ich sehr gerne den Blogbeitrag von den Schreibmaschinisten: https://dieschreibmaschinisten.wordpress.com...
1 year 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...
1 year 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,...
2 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
Living in the Woods

Smith-Corona Galaxie in cursive -
2 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...
2 years ago
Dottle On The Keys

The First Premiere Gigantic Unforgettable Type-in -
2 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...
2 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 ...
2 years ago
Vintage Technology Obsessions

Journey of the IKEA Shark - Around Christmas time, my Younger Spawn became enamored and obsessed with stuffed sharks from IKEA. For the record, they are cuddly and adorable! As time ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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!
2 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
The Typography

Four Hour Work Day. -
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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 ...
2 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!
3 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...
3 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...
3 years ago
SpiderWebz

Setting up the garden - [image: T-20150206-01] [image: T-20150222-01] [image: T-20150301] [image: T20150309] [image: P20150304]
3 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...
3 years ago
Woman Who Types......

USB begone! -
3 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...
3 years ago
McTaggart's Typewriter Workshop

Show and Tell - Adler32 Optima Elite Mercedes Royal Electric
3 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...
3 years ago
Plogger

A Visit to Pippi's Pen Shop -
3 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...
3 years ago
Winterthype

IBM Selectric III - The same typecast again but in pure text format: IBM Selectric III After some very busy months, I finally found some time for an update on my blog. Even if...
3 years ago
papel y maquina

Hello again :-) -
3 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.
4 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.
4 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 ...
4 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.
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
5 years ago
maschinengeschrieben

. - Last Post -
5 years ago
Key Strokes

The Right Tool For The Job -
5 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...
5 years ago
The Happy Typewriter

Return to the Typosphere -
5 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...
5 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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6 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...
6 years ago
Olympiaman's Typecast

September 8, 2011 - [image: Typecast 9-8-2011]
6 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...
6 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 ...
7 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

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

1st Vienna Type-In

Friday, July 10, 2015

Berkeley type-in July 17