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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Typing in Tampa

The insurgency lives in Florida! Here's a scene from Tampa ZineFest '14 — from Tampatype.com.

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Monday, March 9, 2015

Public typing station

Public typing station at Oblation Papers & Press in Portland, Oregon.

Photo by rachelcoward on Instagram.

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Friday, March 6, 2015

Unplug LA, tomorrow

Who sees why I posted this on Welcome to the Typosphere?

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Self-portrait with typewriter

Gaza artist Nidaa Badwan

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Recent Type-In at Tibb’s Brewing in Kalamazoo - thank you to everyone who attended our recent Type-In at Tibb’s Brewing in downtown Kalamazoo. The event was well attended, there was a huge variety of mac...
2 years ago
The Other Side of the Desk

We are experiencing… well… gee… - Sorry for the inconvenience. I’m doing behind-the-scenes nerdy stuff with the site. It’ll be back soon…
2 years ago
Monospaced

Olivetti Graphika – Pictures - [image: Olivetti Graphika - Pictures As promised in my last post, here are some pictures of my Olivetti Graphika. As you can see it is in a pretty good con...
2 years ago
SycamoreTypeShop - typewritten lovelies.

C U R V Y -
2 years 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 years 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...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Little Shovel Types

Winter weather advisory -
2 years 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. ...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Manual Entry

typewriters in use -
2 years ago
Platens & Prose

Thinking outside the margins -
3 years 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 years ago
Your Good Enough Life

Power – a poem (missing a few words, oh well) -
3 years 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 years 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...
3 years ago
Swinging Typebars

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

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

incredible + unfair - incredible + unfair
4 years 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...
4 years 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…
4 years ago
The Typewriter Resurgence

Dad’s Typewriter - The quest to find the machine that began it all.
4 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...
4 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!
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 years ago
b4cksp4ce

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

07NOV2016 - Agent Lee talks about Election day -
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
5 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...
5 years ago
Typewriter Athene

Nachlese - Zurück vom Schreibmaschinenmuseum Partschins teile ich sehr gerne den Blogbeitrag von den Schreibmaschinisten: https://dieschreibmaschinisten.wordpress.com...
5 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...
5 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
5 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
5 years ago
Word Rebel

Hello World! (Again) - [image: image.jpg]
5 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...
5 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
5 years ago
typewriters.ch

Schreibmaschinenzoff um 1907 - Beim Einscannen einer alten Schreibmaschinenzeitschrift in der Universität Basel – Dank an dieser Stelle für diesen grossartigen Service – fand
5 years ago
TYPE CLACK

April 26, 2016 -
5 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,...
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Living in the Woods

Smith-Corona Galaxie in cursive -
5 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...
5 years ago
Dottle On The Keys

The First Premiere Gigantic Unforgettable Type-in -
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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!
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
The Typography

Four Hour Work Day. -
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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.
6 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....
6 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...
6 years ago
Oblivion Sphere

Name Change In Effect - Here it comes!
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
Woman Who Types......

USB begone! -
6 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...
6 years ago
McTaggart's Typewriter Workshop

Show and Tell - Adler32 Optima Elite Mercedes Royal Electric
6 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...
6 years ago
Plogger

A Visit to Pippi's Pen Shop -
6 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...
7 years ago
Typewriter Confessions

Community Chest - PayPal claim investigation decides in your favor. You collect $45.
7 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
7 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.
7 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.
7 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 ...
7 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.
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 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 ...
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
The Written Word

Ya know, The Usual... -
8 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.
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
The Broken Machine

Stardust -
8 years ago
an *sshole with a typewriter

moving soon! -
8 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...
8 years ago
maschinengeschrieben

. - Last Post -
8 years ago
Key Strokes

The Right Tool For The Job -
8 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...
8 years ago
The Happy Typewriter

Return to the Typosphere -
8 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
Typewriter Blog « SK To Tremé

Day 71: Brewe, Hoshun & Yogurtland -
9 years ago
IRON & RIBBON

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9 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...
9 years ago
Olympiaman's Typecast

September 8, 2011 - [image: Typecast 9-8-2011]
10 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...
10 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 “...
10 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!”
10 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 ...
10 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...
11 years ago
Typewriter Rescue

-