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Penelope's typecast
Meet the queen of the household.Penelope showed up in our yard in summer 2005, barefoot and pregnant with what turned out to be 7 kittens. The meal we fed her that day has never been matched in sheer...
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Going public (Part 3)
Installment no. 3 of my public display at the Xavier University library:Hammond no. 1 (USA, ca. 1889): This typewriter invented by James B. Hammond uses an interchangeable swinging sector and a hammer...
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Going public (Part 4)
The final installment in my display at the Xavier University library is intended to introduce viewers to modern portables, unusual keyboards and typefaces, and last but not least, pretty colors.Corona...
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Meet Frank and Larry
For appropriate musical accompaniment to this post, play this video while reading.
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Typewriter review: Royal Scrittore II
The Generation 3000Robert Messenger identifies the designer as Reiner Kieling. Here is the 1990 patent; the shape on the sides is similar to the Scrittore II, but the patent is for a larger typewriter...
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SG1 at work
(If you want to use a carbon ribbon in your own SG1, you may need to alter the rate of ribbon advance. Here's how.)
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Two packages and a love story from Germany
After reading Robert Messenger's post on his Brillant S, I put the model on my mental Want list. Lo and behold, almost immediately, one turned up on eBay. It wasn't cheap, but it was a Buy It Now ......
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Photo safari
Spring is here, and it's a good season for typewriter hunting. Here are some photo trophies from today's expedition. No guessing game this time: I didn't take home a single one. But I was still...
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Scheidegger at the con
Post-typecasting research yields this image of Doc Scratch. You can learn about Homestuck here.Sadly, it turns out that since 2008, Resident Evil no longer uses typewriters to save the game (stories...
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Honoring Libby Hunter and the opening of the Urban Legend Institute
There's a corner shop in Cincinnati's Northside adorned with a Shepard Fairey mural.Through the drizzle you can make out a mysterious sign: Urban Legend Institute.In the window: typewriters for...
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Gifts from the typosphere
Here's a delightful postcard from Nat of natslaptaps. Thank you!And here are two great pieces of stationery from Peter Weil. Click for large versions and enjoy!
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Word Jam and Write-A-Thon
(Shhh ... next to all the action, things are quiet in the closed-off Urban Legend Institute.How many typewriters can you spot in it?)Four people busy on QWERTY keyboards ...
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