Welcome to the Typosphere: July 2015

The Mighty Blogroll

POEMS WHILE YOU WAIT

“Justice” by Carlo Matos – Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel –... - “Justice” by Carlo Matos – Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel – 9.26.18
3 hours ago
The Typewriter Revolution

There will be no typewriter emoji - A few years ago I kvetched about the lack of a typewriter emoji and even started a letter-writing campaign. Well, there is a formal and elaborate process f...
5 hours ago
AnchoredScraps.com - Balancing new technology communication with old-style corresponding

Vintage Norway Ink Blotter - [image: Vintage Norway Ink Blotter] Today finds us looking at a Vintage Norway Ink Blotter for use with letter writing; this post makes my third this year ...
12 hours ago
A New Mexican Trying to Type

Sears 300 electronic printer. -
13 hours ago
Valentine J. Brkich

October Mindfulness Challenge – Day 16 – Analog Love - Oh boy, I’m so excited! My sister sent me a transistor radio in the mail today! (No, this isn’t a blog post from 1987.) Why would anyone want a transisto...
13 hours ago
Tyler Knott

Typewriter Series #2394 by Tyler Knott Gregson - *Typewriter Series #2394 by Tyler Knott Gregson*
14 hours ago
The Untimely Typewriter: Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

Red Sox Non Sequiturs -
15 hours ago
Type The Clouds | on paper, with typewriters

I’ll be there - And this is my sign…I’ll be marching in London UK on 20th October. (The answer to the clue is not “rooster” 🤣) I would have liked to have painted this on ...
21 hours ago
Tales From The Typer

mean mr. mustard sleeps in the park -
1 day ago
Mike Types

Applied Learning -
1 day ago
Joe Van Cleave's Blog

Wards Signature 300 - [image: P1040493a] [image: Typecast054] The machine also came with this padded carrying case, the first I've seen for a Brother machine. [image: P1040490a...
1 day ago
Knotmagick

Woman Killed by Underwear - I’ve talked in the past about how dangerous 19th century fashion was. From the dyes used in clothing to the creams women used on their faces, fashion was a...
1 day ago
Words are Winged

Please Stand By -
1 day ago
TotallyYourType

Poem: Reflection on Art - Written Oct 15, 18 on my 1951 Hermes 2000 outside of Mill Mountain Coffee and Tea in Salem
1 day ago
La Vie Graphite

triage - *"It's gonna take time; A whole lot of precious time. It's gonna take patience and time, To do it right."* ~ George Harrison, *"Got My Mind Set on Yo...
1 day ago
Just Typewriters

Over the mountains and through the hills to Herman’s we will go - Its that time of year again. For the annual gathering of like minded typewriter enthusiasts and collectors known as Herman’s In preparation for this years ...
1 day ago
Chad Comello

Like lightning - “Come on, Doc, it’s not science! When it happens, it just hits you. It’s like lightning.” – Marty McFly, Back to the Future Part III A couple nights befo...
2 days ago
myoldtypewriter | Resurrecting a Remington Rand KMC Typewriter

Adios, Summer - We formally put Summer to bed more than a month ago. Though it remained hotter than Hades for for a good long time after, they closed the pools and everybo...
2 days ago
Die Schreibmaschinisten

Rettet die Linotype - Zugegeben, ich wusste schon, dass eine Linotype etwas mit Zeitungsdruck zu tun hat, aber erst durch den Erfahrungsbericht „Bis die Finger bluten…“ (der Tit...
2 days ago
Rev. Ari Rambles Again

Hauling to Herman’s - Below are machines I am willing to bring to Herman’s for sale. All PICA unless listed otherwise, and condition is as listed. Please EMAIL me at kansastypew...
2 days ago
writelephant

Sharp PA-3100S Instruction Guide - The nearest I could find to an Instruction Guide for the Sharp PA-3100 II … Sharp-PA3100S-Instruction-Guide PDF (3.8 MB). As far as I can tell its the same...
3 days ago
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

Rainy Day Appreciation of my 1981 Montgomery Wards Escort 550 (Brother JP-7) - Weapon of Choice: 1981 Montgomery Ward Escort 550 (Brother JP-7) This typewriter as offered in the 1981 Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog Nearing the last ...
3 days ago
CS4819

Kodak DC25 Digital Camera from 1996! - Hi everyone! Just picked up a bunch of retro tech stuff, so it's back to the '90s for a little while here on coolstuff4819. First up, a camera that I've see...
4 days ago
THE TEERITZ AGENDA

Oris Diver SixtyFive 40mm Automatic with Blue & Black Dial - REVIEW - My regular readers (all four of you) may know that I worked at a wristwatch boutique from 2001 till 2012. This store sold twenty-one different Swiss brand...
4 days ago
Vermont Vintage Typewriter

Type-In at the Maglianero Cafe - I am pleased to announce my annual fall Type-In to be held at the lovely Maglianero Cafe on Maple Street in Burlington, Vermont. I will be bringing abou...
1 week ago
Typewriters and Beer

Olivetti Lettera DL & Heady Topper by the Alchemist - This is a special blog entry for me… the Olivetti Lettera DL was my first 21st Century typewriter. I guess you could say it started all of this for me. And...
1 week ago
typewriters.ch

Faun Farbbänder der F. Heidenheimer G.m.b.H. - Teil von: Farbbänder und Farbbanddosen Wir kommen über das auffällige Design der „Faun“ Farbbanddose auf die Firma F. Heidenheimer GmbH in
1 week 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...
1 week 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...
1 week ago
Do Haeng

Finding Michigan Independent Book Stores With a Tote as a Map. - (The statement above adorns the outside of Literati Bookstore in Ann Arbor, MI. It’s one of hundreds of messages left on the community typewriter in the l...
1 week ago
Backspace does not erase

Decorative cover art - Decorative - perhaps not quite classic art-deco, yet definitely decorative art. This is the cover of a small booklet about succulants. I.e. a practical g...
2 weeks ago
The Quirky QWERTY

The Typewriter Kingdom - Earlier today I was documenting some of my thoughts on my Triumph on how much we typewriter collectors really use our machines, and if it’s okay to type ma...
2 weeks ago
Release the margins!

The beginnings (?) of an office supply junkie? - Stapler; stapler and paper organizer Wait? I don’t have a desk yet. to be continued…. Advertisements
2 weeks ago
Fountain Pens & Typewriters

Back from Sacramento - Hope this is not too distorted. I used the Stylus-1 and since posting noticed a few of the last letters are missing. At least the Letter 22 keeps on wo...
2 weeks ago
A Type of Madness

Typewriter Bug - This stunning hand-drawn envelope came in the mail on Friday. Thanks, Ryan!
2 weeks ago
Type OH! The manual typewriter experience...

Over thinking is what I do… - I saw this old joke: “If you are attacked by a gang of clowns… go for the juggler” and I laughed. Then I thought we are all caught up in a media circus… c...
2 weeks ago
Typewriter Poetry

Literary Creatures: Philly Fringe Festival 2018 - Some performances were long. We raged past the show and burrowed furiously into the night. Other performances were lonely and quiet, intimate, with soft ...
2 weeks ago
nathanguitars

Preparing for the TMB - Back in May when my son asked me to go with him to hike the TMB I immediately agreed. I had no idea how difficult it would be, but I had a pretty good idea...
3 weeks ago
In Mechanica Antiqua

1937 Underwood 6: the Heirloom Project - [image: Underwood-6-repair-typewriter] In 1937, this machine was purchased brand new by a man who needed to write. The Underwood 6 was a follow up model t...
3 weeks ago
American Stationer

Monarch Stapler - Starting around the mid-1950’s, Vail Manufacturing started rebranding all of their wares under the Monarch brand name. As they were … Continue reading →
3 weeks ago
Typewriter Fox Studios

80s Hair Band(ing) - Early last week I had a bit of rare free time before having to make a school pickup, so I stopped into one of the local thrift shops that tends to be on t...
3 weeks ago
The Other Side of the Desk

Weighing In - I’m on a diet. Well, no, let’s say I’ve changed my way of eating. Doesn’t matter what I’m doing differently (it’s the keto diet) or why (I’m diabetic and f...
3 weeks ago
Wrong Way, Write Way

Groceries On The Ground - Found this in my drafts section from four years ago. I have no idea why I never posted it. But now I have. ~T~ After two weeks of emotional tailspins, I ...
4 weeks ago
SycamoreTypeShop - typewritten lovelies.

Fall Flavor -
4 weeks ago
Bodemer Typewriter Collection

My new book is ready! - My new book, *Portable Typewriters*, is out! I will be releasing a lower-priced black-and-white copy soon. It is available in paperback and Kindle. This wa...
5 weeks ago
diane-maher.com

Inspiration - I’m amazed that it is September already! Time flies regardless if you are having fun or not. See above for my entry for Typing Assignment #19, Inspiration...
5 weeks ago
brokestuff

Postplatz - Advertisements
5 weeks ago
loadedremington

- Annonser
5 weeks ago
Manual Entry

Getting ready for November - Taken with the phone
5 weeks ago
The Mechanical Typewriter Page

JACKALOPE: almohadillas para Máquina de Escribir - Tu máquina no se deslizaráProtegerás tu escritorioySólo escucharás la música del teclado __________ MÁS AÚN, EL DINERO TOTAL DE TU COMPRA SERÁ DONADO A LA ...
1 month 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...
1 month 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
1 month ago
Building Custom Desks

Out and About - Joe Van Cleave Typing Assignment No.19
1 month ago
Kirjutusmas.in | Kirjutusmasinad

Erika model 5 - Tootja: Erika Mudel: Model 5 Toodetud: 1940. aastal. Saksamaa. Font: Pica, 10 märki tolli kohta Seisukord: Väga heas korras (kohver rahuldavas seisukorras).
1 month ago
Life in a Typewriter Shop

Cambridge Typewriter Annual Type-Out - Hope everyone one can make it. Always a fun time! Don't know what typewriter I'm giving away but it will be a really nice travel machine. Bring a friend...
1 month ago
IBM Selectric Typewriters

Emerald Green Selectric II with Correction - SOLD - This is another machine that I've refurbished from my collection. Summer is my busy time around our place, so it took a little longer than normal. It takes...
2 months ago
Mathilda-Anne Florence

13 August, 2018 - Monday Advertisements
2 months ago
Platens & Prose

Thinking outside the margins -
2 months ago
oz.Typewriter

Gerda Taro and her Remington Model 1 Portable Typewriter - Gerda Taro photographed by Fred Stein using her Remington Model 1 portable typewriter. Groundbreaking German photojournalist *Gerda Taro*, crushed to death ...
2 months ago
crazy-type.blog

Schreibmaschine und Bürotechnik – ein Rätsel der Archäologie - Es wird so manchen geben, der sich die Frage stellt, was haben Schreibmaschinen bzw. Bürotechnik mit Archäologie zu tun? Denken die meisten bei Archäologie...
2 months ago
Guts of Imagination

Off Hiatus - Hey all! I know it's been a *long* time since you heard any crickets chirp around here. I found a layer of dust on the dashboard when I came to do this pos...
2 months ago
Sotto Voce.

Study: Forest Glen Seminary -
2 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...
2 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 ...
2 months ago
Vanessa Berry Мир

From Here to There: Australian Artists and Walking - In mid-July I visited Lismore, on Wiyabal land, to speak at an event for the exhibition From Here to There: Australian Artists and Walking, curated by Shar...
2 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...
3 months ago
Escrituras Mecánicas

Carlos Edmundo de Ory - Foto del escritor Carlos Edmundo de Ory, descansando la cabeza ante un mecanuscrito. Advertisements
3 months 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...
3 months ago
Lasting Questions

Happy Father's Day -
3 months ago
Your Good Enough Life

Power – a poem (missing a few words, oh well) -
3 months 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 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...
3 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 ...
4 months 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 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...
4 months 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 months ago
From the Desk of Living Museum

Recording in Minature, a Lloyd's. -
5 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...
5 months ago
A Machine for the End of the World.

Ch-Ch-Changes -
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 months ago
monkey at a typewriter

IDA B. & YEVGENY -
6 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....
7 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...
7 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.
7 months ago
taliesinsmandolin

Poetry Time - Advertisements
7 months ago
Typewriter Heaven

Magus -
7 months ago
scriptophile

Underwood portable 3 banks - Advertisements
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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.
8 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.
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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.
11 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 ...
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
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...
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
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...
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
Typical

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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,...
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
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...
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!
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 -
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
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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 ...
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