Welcome to the Typosphere: March 2017

The Mighty Blogroll

nathanguitars

Royal Magic - Ah, how sweet to find what one has been seeking. I found a 1923 Royal 10 typewriter, which it must be said is genuine royalty. The saga began after I wrote...
1 hour ago
Tyler Knott

"Some days it is warmth, some days it is tenderness, some days it is ache." - “Some days it is warmth, some days it is tenderness, some days it is ache.” - *Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson*
3 hours ago
The Typewriter Revolution

Poem 18: The typist's user agreement -
5 hours ago
POEMS WHILE YOU WAIT

“Boobs and Birds” by Dave Landsberger – Adler Planetarium,... - “Boobs and Birds” by Dave Landsberger – Adler Planetarium, Adler After Dark, 8.21.14
7 hours ago
oz.Typewriter

The Typewriters of Françoise Sagan - Richard Polt asked in a comment on yesterday's post, "Which machine is Mlle. Sagan using in those photos? Not her Baby or her '50s Smith-Corona, I think. C...
10 hours ago
Type The Clouds | on paper, with typewriters

A thousand petals - Advertisements
11 hours ago
AnchoredScraps.com - Balancing new technology communication with old-style corresponding

United States Air Mail Blue Forever Stamp - [image: United States Air Mail Blue Forever Stamp] We are one week away from the arrival of the United States Air Mail Blue Forever Stamp. In reading about...
11 hours ago
Die Schreibmaschinisten

„Supersense“ sucht Typisten! - Eigentlich bin ich froh, dass das „Supersense“ in der Praterstraße 70, 1020 Wien, für mich nicht am Weg liegt. Ja, ich muss einen bewussten Umweg machen, u...
16 hours ago
Fountain Pens & Typewriters

100 Years Old and Still Going Strong, Underwood No.5 - Workbench was full with H3k machines so I used the table saw to clean the No. 5 I did a quick and dirty edit in GIMP to remove the original text (body of ...
18 hours ago
In Mechanica Antiqua

magnets - The nice thing about all metal typewriters, is the fact that I can put magnets on them. Like this Snoopy picture I drew. I have also found out that magn...
1 day ago
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

I’m bad at incentivizing Patreon Goals, and TWDB Epsilon Ideas :P - John Munroe over in the Facebook ATC group asked how many Patreon pledges would I need to make the mobile version of the TWDB into one where you can log in...
1 day ago
Chad Comello

Free* Wi-Fi - Man, the funny pages can still bring it: (source)
1 day ago
Tales From The Typer

maybe i'll be there to shake your hand -
1 day ago
Knotmagick

ARCs and New Releases! - That’s right! You’ve been waiting for it! Here it is: My next book, ALL FOR ONE, will be out on June 18, 2018. This time around, I am offering a limited nu...
1 day ago
The Untimely Typewriter: Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

Antihero – a poem -
1 day ago
La Vie Graphite

watchful - [image: photo watchful_A_zpsik1rmc1n.jpg] *“The eternal fount its source has never show’d, But well I know wherein is its abode, Although ‘tis night...
2 days ago
Quest for the Hollyvood buzz

My tweets - - *Fri, 13:06*: Amber Ale - Ballast Point California Amber (at @ MasaofEchoPark Bakery & Cafe in Los Angeles, CA)… https://t.co/ML1P5ZXuEp
3 days ago
Vermont Vintage Typewriter

It's Not My Fault - BTW - This Machine is NOT for Sale :-)
3 days ago
Words are Winged

The Mighty Bench of Projects - After a bit of organization and cleaning, I decided to get my mechanical ducks out and in a row, and force myself to really get cracking on them starting t...
4 days ago
Just Typewriters

The Electromatic gets a new paintjob - While happy with the IBM Electromatic after I got it running, there was just something that it missed. Then it dawned on me. The 1930s Streamline design wa...
5 days ago
The Mechanical Typewriter Page

Traducción de Manifiesto - Richard Polt me ha ayudado a traducir al idioma inglés el Manifiesto de ésta Unidad Insurgente y de ResistenciaAquí está para los interesados en conocerlo ...
6 days ago
writelephant

Canon Fodder (Part Six) - I finally found an instruction guide for my compact Canon AP-1500 electronic typewriter, plus three spare ribbon cartridges … In order to purchase the inst...
6 days ago
CS4819

First Poem in Years - Hi everyone, Figured I'd write another poem - this one took three tries but I think I got it to a point where I could post it. This is my first poem here i...
6 days ago
The long slow {typecast} blog

Attention hygiene - [image: Attention hygiene] Also available in handy digital format on Medium.
1 week ago
Valentine J. Brkich

Sunday Not-My-Kind-Of-Funday - When I awoke on Sunday, if you’d have told me that by mid-afternoon I’d be holding a gun to my wife while watching someone perform First Aid on a snake, ...
1 week ago
Wrong Way, Write Way

Crawling - I’m either crawling toward something or away from something. Rarely both. Advertisements
1 week ago
Building Custom Desks

A Personal Artifact - My Dad's Stanley Hand Drill - Joe Van Cleave's Typing Assignment No. 16
1 week ago
Type OH! The manual typewriter experience...

I like my old Underwoods… - Today I picked my 112 year old Underwood #5 to type with. Looks better at a distance than close up. Got lots of use in its day… and still performs. Part...
1 week ago
Do Haeng

April 15, 2018: Typing Assignment #16 - Joe Van Cleave’s Sixteenth Typing Assignment was a fun one. “Write about a personal artifact in your possession. Fiction, nonfiction – use the object in y...
1 week ago
The Other Side of the Desk

Unpacking and Repacking - In late March, I stayed overnight in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, so I could meet-and-greet “Weird Al” Yankovic at his concert appearance there. I packed a qu...
1 week ago
A Machine for the End of the World.

Ch-Ch-Changes -
1 week ago
Sotto Voce.

Study: Black & White - Playing with color saturation and black settings in post-processing. taken with a Canon EOS 400D with 18-55mm EF-S at 31mm f/7.1, 1/80s exposure
1 week ago
American Stationer

Presto Model 40 Stapler - This month’s post is courtesy of my trusty Underwood No 5 s/n 2392412-5. If you go to the Antique Typewriter’s … Continue reading →
1 week ago
Deser(e)t Loon

Typecast: Pipe organs in Utah Valley -
1 week ago
Type-Writer.org

Very senatorial… - Some interesting links: Machines of Loving Grace offers this PDF of various Olympia typeface, including Senatorial Ted Munk offers the 1964 NOMAD Blue Book...
1 week ago
Joe Van Cleave's Blog

Philly Typewriter - If you follow photography and YouTube, you might know of a fella by the name of Jared Polin, who has a popular channel about photography, and is known fo...
1 week ago
Mathilda-Anne Florence

10 April 2018 - I have found I would rather type on the typewriter than a computer. I also won’t retype a page onto a computer. So this is my first attempt at typecasting....
2 weeks ago
A Place of Truth

Want more poetry on film? Portland’s iconic Hollywood... - Want more poetry on film? Portland’s iconic Hollywood Theatre is showing ENDLESS POETRY for #NationalPoetryMonth! Tonight at 7:30, see Alejandro Jodorows...
2 weeks 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 ...
2 weeks ago
The Filthy Platen

One Week In Bangkok – Pt 2 . You can find it all in Thailand. - It exceeded 30 something degrees when we arrived there and it only got hotter. I had been warned that the market can be a little confronting with some of t...
3 weeks ago
THE TEERITZ AGENDA

Thursday March 29th, 2018 - A Clean Desk, BaselWorld Standouts (for me, anyway) + This Week's Wristwatches - Okay, it's now 7:23pm Sunday night. Let's see how far I get with this post. I spent most of this weekend clearing my desk. Hopefully once and for all. Bus...
3 weeks 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 weeks ago
monkey at a typewriter

IDA B. & YEVGENY -
4 weeks ago
Lasting Questions

A Dog's Mind -
5 weeks ago
Backspace does not erase

Get ahead faster, improve your homework - To convince you it is a wise decision to purchase a typewriter, several manufacturers advertised not so much the machine itself, but rather the benefits yo...
5 weeks 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 month 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...
1 month 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 month ago
Your Good Enough Life

Fear and the Risk of Creativity part 1 - Just gonna leave this here without reading it over and without commentary. Good Enough. I need to start this conversation with myself. You are welcome to j...
1 month ago
taliesinsmandolin

Poetry Time - Advertisements
1 month 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.
1 month ago
diane-maher.com

Welcome Back, 1899 Smith Premier No. 4 - The serial number of the 1899 Smith Premier No. 4 is 11002. I was at the bottom of the page and couldn’t quite get it to the point where I was able to get...
1 month ago
Typewriter Heaven

Magus -
1 month ago
scriptophile

Underwood portable 3 banks - Advertisements
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 months ago
Guts of Imagination

The Halda Hobbles But the Lexikon 90 Keeps Going - Most of you know I bought this Halda after losing out on the chance to get one for dirt cheap. Little did I realize that this was a very particular port...
2 months ago
Vanessa Berry Мир

Disposable Camera - Has it really been 5 years since I’ve published a Disposable Camera? It seems so. I had recently been wondering if disposable cameras still existed, but th...
2 months ago
Kenny Powers meets the Glass family.

Nine times out of ten - Nine times out of ten
2 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...
2 months ago
loadedremington

My latest companion - I won an auction last weekend and here it is: my 1938 Champion. It seems to be in great shape (the case is in mint condition) but a few drops of oil and so...
2 months ago
Escrituras Mecánicas

Noticias de Alice Denham - Por Enrique Alfaro Llarena Una mujer joven, guapa, de pie ante la máquina de escribir, tiene un cigarrillo en la mano izquierda mientras lee atenta las pal...
3 months ago
Magic Margin

Pinhole Mania - Earlier today I was stationed over the Trotec laser cutter in our technology lab supervising the cutting of a project for my photography students. In fact,...
3 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.
3 months ago
typingink.wordpress.com

JVC Typing Assignment #13 – The Future - For my contribution to JVC’s typing assignment #13 on the topic of the future I am submitting the first couple of pages of a still untitled project that I ...
3 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, ...
3 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.
3 months ago
crazy-type.blog

FROHE WEIHNACHTEN -
4 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...
4 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...
4 months ago
Typewriter Review

Papa Rules - I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at...
4 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...
4 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 ...
5 months ago
TotallyYourType

Someone is Typing at My Business! What Should I Do? -
5 months ago
IBM Selectric Typewriters

Another Selectric III Dvorak Keyboard Layout - 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 keyboard h...
5 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.
5 months ago
Manual Entry

Day 1 Page 1 - Finally got the space bar screwed down and now I can enjoy using one of my favorite machines.
5 months ago
typewriters.ch

Die Schreibmaschine in der Landyacht - Das Grazer Tagblatt erfreut uns mit einem am Dienstag, den 24. Mai 1892 erschienenen Beitrag zu der Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in England aufgekommenen Mode...
6 months ago
clickthing

Change, and change, and change again - Well, it's been too long. That's about all there is to say about it: it's been far too long since I've updated here. To recap the past year or so: I lost m...
6 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 months 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…
9 months ago
The Typewriter Resurgence

Dad’s Typewriter - The quest to find the machine that began it all.
10 months 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...
10 months 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!
11 months 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
myoldtypewriter | Resurrecting a Remington Rand KMC Typewriter

The Leprechaun: a Wee O’Lympia SM4 - I looked at the calendar today and good gravy, it’s almost St. Patrick’s Day! The wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’ – I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow....
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
Type O +VE

Live from Singapore - Travelling typewriters - [image: itunes pic] Welcome back everybody! Episode three includes a live guerrilla interview with Jason Chong, of the 'Vintage Empire' store in Singapore. ...
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
1 year 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
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Word Rebel

Hello World! (Again) - [image: image.jpg]
1 year 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...
1 year 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
1 year ago
TYPE CLACK

April 26, 2016 -
1 year 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.
2 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....
2 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...
2 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.
3 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
3 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
Future Tense Memories

CALLING ALL WRITERS!!! - I've recently started interning at a local (recently relocated to my town) publishing endeavor, A Word with You Press, and we just so happen to be running ...
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... -
4 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.
4 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...
4 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...
4 years ago
The Broken Machine

Stardust -
4 years ago
an *sshole with a typewriter

moving soon! -
4 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Máquinas de Outrora

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

Day 71: Brewe, Hoshun & Yogurtland -
5 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 “...
6 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!”
6 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...
7 years ago

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Still no typewriter emoji

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Type-ins in Washington state and New Mexico

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Virginia type-in

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Type-ins in Ohio and Manitoba

Monday, March 6, 2017

Typewriter required for graduate course