Welcome to the Typosphere: March 2019

The Mighty Blogroll

Valentine J. Brkich

Donut Debacle - So my dad calls me on Thursday evening. “I’m going to get some Oram’s cinnamon rolls tomorrow morning,” he says. “You want me to get you some?” Every onc...
1 hour ago
Tyler Knott

“Candle in window, shutters open to the dark, a glow beyond... - “Candle in window, shutters open to the dark, a glow beyond them.” . — Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson . . . #haiku #quotes #love #poem #poetry ...
4 hours ago
Tales From The Typer

birthday greetings, bottle of wine -
9 hours ago
POEMS WHILE YOU WAIT

“Story for Kids” by Rachel L. Slotnick – Harold... - “Story for Kids” by Rachel L. Slotnick – Harold Washington Library, 4.27.19
10 hours ago
Type The Clouds | on paper, with typewriters

Dirty keys still type - Polishing and cleaning this type of key top means taking it slow and going carefully. I’m using Autosol metal polish, an old hog hair paint brush which is ...
14 hours ago
Type-Writer.org

The “Stanograph” - Some failed typewriters simply never existed, like the Stanograph. According to news reports, unsuspecting farmers in 1895 invested around $10,000 in this ...
19 hours ago
Magic Margin

Happy Typewriter Day 2019! - As the sun sets on your day of celebration, raise up a typewriter to the memory of Christopher Latham Sholes. Be careful not to drop your typewriter. The...
21 hours ago
The Untimely Typewriter: Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction

Inside Debussy’s Dream -
21 hours ago
To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

The 10th Phoenix Type-In – Report from a 440T (mostly) - A napkin that someone gave me :D Tori’s Coloring (:
21 hours ago
Madam Mayo

Q & A: Diana Anhalt on Her Poetry Collection “Walking Backward” - We have never met, but I feel as if we have. I think this is always true when one has read another’s such wonderful writing. But I did “meet” Diana Anhalt,...
23 hours ago
Words - Dato's Haberdashery

Happy International Typewriter Day - [image: fullsizeoutput_4e0.jpeg] I began my typewriter journey using a machine exactly like the one in the photograph around 1976/7. My mother bought our ...
1 day ago
The Penguin Modern Classics: A Typecast

Queen Victoria - John Martin, *The Coronation of Queen Victoria*, 1839, in the Tate Britain *It was her sincerity which gave her at once her impressiveness, her charm, ...
1 day ago
anchoredscraps.com/feed/

On painters and revisiting the expression moving the cannonballs - Our post today finds us revisiting the expression moving the cannonballs! With the painters arriving tomorrow morning, it is finding me getting ready for...
1 day ago
L.T. Hanlon

Typewriters highlight museum exhibit - Oops! Never mind my comment below about the birthyear of Gwendolyn Brooks’ Hermes Rocket. I totally misread that as “1954.” It actually is from 1964 — and ...
2 days ago
nathanguitars

Solstice Poem 2019 - raw sauerkraut
2 days ago
Monospaced

The Olivetti Graphika - [image: The Olivetti Graphika As the summer, which already had a difficult start here in Switzerland this year, decided to take another break, I finally fo...
2 days ago
Chad Comello

Four months old - The Boy just turned 4 months old and is absolutely perfect. He is starting to roll over, has recently discovered his own feet, and is super chubby and smil...
2 days ago
Type OH! The manual typewriter experience...

Easily amused… - I saw a series of posters… it sets out to evoke the 1950’s by showing images of James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart and Elvis Presley interacting i...
2 days ago
A Type of Madness

Two reliable Smith-Corona portables - The Smith-Corona “Eighty-Eight” Secretarial The Return of the Sterling Robert Messenger’s post at ozTypewriter Ted’s post
3 days ago
The Typewriter Revolution

The fate of the blogless - This post has been scheduled in advance to be published during my digital detox period. Don't worry, I probably won't be wailing ... I think. But as I wa...
3 days ago
From the Desk of Living Museum

Klamath Bob: 1945 Royal KMM -
3 days ago
Joe Van Cleave's Blog

Pushing Up Daisywheels - [image: Sears The Electronic Communicator 1, made by Nakajima.] [image: Pushing Up Daisywheels, Part 1] [image: Silent-Super on Holiday (Case)] [image: Pushi...
4 days ago
oz.Typewriter

RIP Gloria Vanderbilt (1924-2019) - Gloria Vanderbilt had her Hermes Baby portable typewriter. *Green Bay Press-Gazette*, March 16, 1946 Gloria Laura Vanderbilt died yesterday, aged 95, at her...
6 days ago
Mike Types

Fathers Day - Drafted on Typestar 5 in the Costco parking lot. Finalized on Underwood 4 Bank
6 days ago
Knotmagick

Etsy Update - I’m in the process of destashing a whole bunch of stuff through my Etsy store. Phase one (yarn) went up last night, and more stuff will follow later this w...
1 week ago
Kirjutusmas.in | Kirjutusmasinad

ABC - Tootja: Kochs Adlernahmaschinenwerke Mudel: ABC Toodetud: 1962. aastal. Lääne-Saksamaa. Font: Pica, 12 märki tolli kohta. Seisukord: Väga heas korras. T...
1 week ago
Michigan Typochondriacs

June 22nd Type In at Landmark Books - are you planning on being in the Traverse City, MI area on Saturday June 22nd? Stop in and join us at Type-In VI, at Landmark Books! Feel free to br...
1 week ago
Fountain Pens & Typewriters

Monthly Typewriter Gatherings - Our Typewriter group will be meeting monthly courtesy of Kazoo Books.
1 week ago
Typewriters and Beer

Smith-Corona XL 1000 and Rodenbach Flanders Red Ale - I’ve been a bit slow in blogging lately, but there’s been lots of typewriter activity going on here over the last few months – mostly acquisitions and main...
1 week ago
writelephant

Paradigm Shifts Down Under - My copy of Paradigm Shifts: Typewritten Tales of Digital Collapse has landed down under …
1 week ago
myoldtypewriter | Resurrecting a Remington Rand KMC Typewriter

Grist for the Mill from Herman’s - Last weekend, I drove out from DC to West Virginia to attend the Spring Typewriter Jubilee at Herman’s. About 50 typewriter enthusiasts were getting togeth...
1 week ago
Forgotten Technology

Americano - And again... my first american typewriter ;) I did some cleaning - to my suprise typewriter is in nearly mint condition. It still have factory oil on the ...
1 week ago
American Stationer

Twirlit Junior Paper Drill - The Twirlit Paper Drill is a hollow steel drill with a sharp cutting edge operated by a simple thumb screw … Continue reading →
1 week ago
SycamoreTypeShop - typewritten lovelies.

C U R V Y -
1 week ago
Do Haeng

July 31, 2018: Frosinone Calcio - July 31, 2018 International Friendly Keyworth Stadium, Hamtramck, MI Detroit City FC 0, Frosinone Calcio 10 Attendance: 7,887 FC Camilio Ciano (Cristian M...
1 week ago
Rev. Ari Rambles Again

Underwood three-bank bell and margin trip - Posting these photos quickly to help someone else with a repair.
1 week ago
dingasty.org

Facit / Halda Platen Removal - To the right of the platen there is a collet that is held in place by a threaded screw, sometimes two. Loosen the screw/screws so that the collet moves f...
2 weeks ago
SpiderWebz

Lots of catching up to do… with myself! - One of my goals for 2019 was to write more. This could be in a journal, the blog, short stories, letters or something work-related. It isn’t consistent yet...
2 weeks ago
In Mechanica Antiqua

Manual Telephoto - zoom or prime? - I thought I’d take a moment to go over two general range telephoto lenses. First defining “general telephoto” as a 300mm, mainly because 400 gets you i...
2 weeks ago
Typical

After Me... - The future? No, the present. Kubrick's Monolith? Yes, i.e. the Truth.
3 weeks ago
Typewriter Review

Restore Your Writing - When it comes to getting your words on paper, nothing gets in the way more than a cranky typewriter. For many of us budget minded writers, springing for a ...
3 weeks ago
Poor Typist

Shhh… It’s Late - The hour was late, but I decided to at least get this Royal Quiet De Luxe in working order. I...
3 weeks ago
Die Schreibmaschinisten

Was macht eine Schreibmaschine in der Bank? - Antwort: Nichts! Doch zuerst zu etwas anderem: Vor einigen Tagen ging die Aktion „Helios“ zu Ende (siehe Bericht der „Kleinen Zeitung“ zum Anfang). Das Pla...
4 weeks ago
The Mechanical Typewriter Page

Una máquina alemana con nombre mexicano - Aztec 700La Erika 10 que llegó a EEUU con nombre mexicano Número de Serie 1934911 Hace poco terminé de restaurar ésta máquina de escribir, portátil, fabri...
4 weeks ago
Dante's Wardrobe

Spring Plantings 2019 | A Photo Essay - [image: Green Man bust] " *Though my sails be torn and tatteredAnd my mast be turned aboutLet the night wind chill me to my very soulThough the ...
5 weeks ago
The Filthy Platen

The storms of Pompeii. - I clutched the camera firmly to my chest, hunkered down and learned against a wall made 2000 years or so years ago. My nylon poncho flailed around in the w...
5 weeks ago
The Quirky QWERTY

4th CSL Type-In! - You guessed it- it’s time for the 4th Chandler Sunset Library type-in. On Saturday, June 1st, from 10:30 am- 12:30 pm, it will be held in the Monsoon Confe...
5 weeks ago
Brian's Blog-A-Ma-Jig

How many typewriters is too many typewriters? - … or “Taking stock of my life”. A few thoughts on the ever growing gravitational mass that is my typewriter collection.
5 weeks ago
typingink.wordpress.com

Trip to Halifax - Here’s a quick summary of our one night stay in Halifax. walking up Citadel Hill. A Visit to Upstreet Brewery grill in Dartmouth is a must. Tucker certainl...
5 weeks ago
Backspace does not erase

From looking again at an old record sleeve - Just noticed that the stylised tuning fork on a record sleeve is actually a very exact picture of the genuine article. Even the tapered handle is correctly...
5 weeks ago
taliesinsmandolin

Perspective/Reflection of the Gods: - Gods & Goddesses, first Autowriting: Intent: To formulate an understanding of the nature of the Gods, not just of their time-specific, time-etched depictio...
5 weeks ago
Seldom Speedy

Launching a Rocket into the Typosphere -
5 weeks ago
Amsterdam Assassin Series

Typecast: 1969 Olivetti Valentine - Edited to add: I wondered about the missing tabulator settings and key, but I found this link about a first edition Valentine, also Made in Italy and also ...
5 weeks ago
Vanessa Berry Мир

Two Months on the Calendar - Most of the year so far I’ve been quietly writing and teaching, but in the coming months I’m emerging for a few public events, spanning the assorted topics...
1 month ago
La Vie Graphite

le sacre du printemps - *“I am reminded of spring by the quality of the air... It is a natural resurrection, an experience of immortality.”* ~ Henry David Thoreau, *Journal*,...
1 month ago
The Other Side of the Desk

If It Weren’t for Bad Luck… - Don’t get me wrong: I’m a Calvinist and don’t believe in luck. But you know you’re in for a bad day of standing in line everywhere once you discover: your ...
1 month ago
TotallyYourType

Poem: Meadow Mead - The sun set JUST before I finally had a clean copy to take a picture of. I would have liked more light but it was still gorgeous out there. Same poem but...
1 month ago
THE TEERITZ AGENDA

Sunday, April 28th, 2019 - Goodnight Bond Girls | Bondian Rhapsody & Recent Wristwatches - Hey all, I've been back from my recent trip to Ho Chi Minh City and I'm slowly working on a post about that. In the meantime, I've been busy back at work. ...
1 month ago
Typewriter Poetry

National Poetry Month - UPDATED: April 9th 2019 Spring has come, the birds are singing, and April is well underway…which can only mean one thing: National Poetry Month has retur...
2 months ago
crazy-type.blog

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

That Awkward Time When Your Countrymen Almost Shot Each Other and Nobody Remembers - This April marks a sad anniversary, one that I highly doubt will be remembered by most. I welcome thoughts, but would encourage you to take stock of the im...
2 months ago
Words are Winged

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

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

What is a Blog Blog? Better Late Than Never? - Well, this was something I typed last weekend. Oops. It sat in the scanner waiting to be scanned for a week. Better late than never, I suppose. I guess...
3 months ago
Little Shovel Types

Winter weather advisory -
3 months ago
An Analog Diary

Disagreement - Advertisements
3 months ago
Life in a Typewriter Shop

Some Stories From 2018 - Here's a type sample from the Remington Standard. Had to resolder and align the T & M keys. ...
3 months ago
brokestuff

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

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

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

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

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

Vanity -
4 months ago
Typewriter Heaven

Pre-Brexit Iberian preserve with Caledonian spirit -
4 months ago
Bodemer Typewriter Collection

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

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

Garnet Rose IBM Selectric II - Refurbished - Here's a terrific IBM Selectric II with correction that I just finished. I gave it a complete overhaul including a chemical wash, synthetic lubrication, hi...
5 months ago
monkey at a typewriter

TOLIK -
5 months ago
Vermont Vintage Typewriter

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

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

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

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

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

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

typewriters in use -
7 months ago
Gypsy Bohemian Life

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thinking outside the margins -
10 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...
11 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...
11 months ago
Your Good Enough Life

Power – a poem (missing a few words, oh well) -
11 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
A Machine for the End of the World.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Publicado! - Amigos, miren! En la portada del número 75 de la revista Garage Clásico salen dos de los dibujos CAD hechos por su servidor! Me siento muy honrado, y mu...
1 year ago
Kenny Powers meets the Glass family.

incredible + unfair - incredible + unfair
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.
2 years 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...
2 years 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!
2 years ago
The Daily Clipper

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tool of their trade… - Filed under: NRA, Uncategorized Tagged: Every Town for Gun Safety, Gun Huggers, National Rifle Association, NRA, public typewriting, Sick AR-15 Owners
3 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
3 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...
3 years ago
Word Rebel

Hello World! (Again) - [image: image.jpg]
3 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...
3 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
3 years ago
TYPE CLACK

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Help Wanted - Hello everyone! Just a quick post today. I recently stumbled across this image on Wikipedia, and I have never seen anything like it before. Here is a link....
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
Tlogger T(ype Writer)log

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

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

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

USB begone! -
4 years ago
aitype from singapore

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

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

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

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

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

Hello again :-) -
4 years ago
Typewriter Confessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. - Last Post -
6 years ago
Key Strokes

The Right Tool For The Job -
6 years ago
Typebarhead

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

Return to the Typosphere -
6 years ago
Fresh Ribbon

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

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

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

- Hey, Really quick post as i'm about to go to bed but I just wanted to let everyone know that I will resume posting soon. My internet was down so I was unab...
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
IRON & RIBBON

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7 years ago
Back Space Typewriters

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

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

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

Linotype’s 125th - The Atlantic has a nice piece up today about Linotype machines, the backbone of the 20th century newspaper industry, with their distinctive keyboards and “...
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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Typewriter event at Broward College in Florida, March 26

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