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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Still no typewriter emoji

How long must we wait? How long until we act?

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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Type-ins in Washington state and New Mexico



Facebook page for this event



Contact organizer Joe Van Cleave
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Virginia type-in

Virginia type-in! Drop by any time 9-5 on March 25 at Bristol Public Library, 701 Goode St, Bristol, Virginia 24201. Hosted by Langley Shazor, The Casual Word (https://www.facebook.com/Thecasualword).
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Type-ins in Ohio and Manitoba

Bexley, Ohio (Columbus area):



Winnipeg, Manitoba:

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Monday, March 6, 2017

Typewriter required for graduate course



More info here.
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  • b4cksp4ce
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    2 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    3 years ago
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    April 26, 2016 -
    3 years ago
  • The Wayward Wanderer – JUST A FEW WORDS AS I WEND MY WAY
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    3 years ago
  • Analog Communications
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    3 years ago
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    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
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    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...
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  • 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
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    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
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    3 years ago
  • Mysteries of M.T.Coalhopper
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    3 years ago
  • The Typography
    Four Hour Work Day. -
    3 years ago
  • Of Type and Ink | An Eclectic Typewritten Blog
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    3 years ago
  • A Typeface Called Obsession
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    3 years ago
  • typecast
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    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....
    4 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...
    4 years ago
  • Oblivion Sphere
    Name Change In Effect - Here it comes!
    4 years ago
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    4 years ago
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    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
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    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
    5 years ago
  • Absolute Analog
    Happy Easter - Poor margin management.
    5 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
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    5 years ago
  • Analog Dog
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    5 years ago
  • Key Snap
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    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.
    6 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...
    6 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...
    6 years ago
  • The Broken Machine
    Stardust -
    6 years ago
  • an *sshole with a typewriter
    moving soon! -
    6 years ago
  • Typewriters 101
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    6 years ago
  • maschinengeschrieben
    . - Last Post -
    6 years ago
  • Key Strokes
    The Right Tool For The Job -
    6 years ago
  • Typebarhead
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    6 years ago
  • The Happy Typewriter
    Return to the Typosphere -
    6 years ago
  • Fresh Ribbon
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    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
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    7 years ago
  • Máquinas de Outrora
    The Typewriter Insurgency - Typewriter Insurgency manifesto's translated to Portuguese http://typewriterinsurgency.webstarts.com/
    7 years ago
  • Typewriter Blog « SK To Tremé
    Day 71: Brewe, Hoshun & Yogurtland -
    7 years ago
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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 “...
    8 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!”
    8 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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