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Typewriters of the Times: Ozick, Abernethy, hacking
As usual, this Sunday's New York Times is sprinkled with typewriters. An obituary for NBC and PBS journalist Bob Abernethy shows him with his Underwood.A review of 93-year-old writer Cynthia Ozick's...
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Women & typewriters will rule in 1998
As I wandered through Half Price Books today, I ran across a typewriter reference in an unexpected context.In the year 1998, women will rule the world, according to The Girls from Planet 5 by Richard...
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Typewriters at the Wende Museum
Yesterday my family and I visited the Wende Museum of the Cold War in Culver City, California. My son, who's about to graduate from college, had an internship here—virtually. He worked cataloguing...
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Post-pandemic safari
The pandemic is over!Well, no. But for those of us lucky enough to be fully vaccinated, life can return to a semblance of what it once was. That, of course, includes hunting for typewriters.So I can...
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Gratitude
I’m very touched by this hand-drawn thank-you card from one of my favorite students, based on one of my favorite typewriters.
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Typewriter Hawaiian shirts
Would you wear this?How about this?If the answer is yes, search for “typewriter unisex Hawaiian shirt” on eBay right now and you’re in luck. Also available from the manufacturer, Aloha Sunrise.
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Smith-Corona Vantage typewriter
The ribbon is found under a cover that swings up and forward.The top part of the plastic shell is a bit tricky to get off.The way the mechanism works is less than obvious.A couple of months ago I...
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SCFACM
Long live SCFACMs! Visit typewriter.works on Instagram to see more variations and request a hi-res file. (And yes, Instagram/Facebook is a supreme example of surveillance capitalism, but we can work...
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Typewriter buddies
After dropping off seven boxfuls at Half Price Books today, I peeked into a nearby stationery store. It was mostly greeting cards (never knew there was a "sorry for your infertility" card) and wedding...
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The Cincinnati Type & Print Museum
My report on WordPlay in 2012WordPlay websiteCommunity Happens Here websiteCincinnati Type & Print Museum websiteThe TrimOsaw is designed to help printers who need precisely cut wooden blocks....
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Dead Keys now available
Here's the new volume in the series I edit with Fred Durbin and Andrew McFeaters.Cold Hard Type IVDead Keys: Typewritten Tales of TerrorCan a writing machine become a weapon against evil—or a tool for...
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A fake Lego fake typewriter?
Everyone knows about the Lego typewriter by now. Only one typebar moves, but the keys go down and the carriage advances. It's a cute tribute to an increasingly popular device, but in a sense, it is a...
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Dead Keys around the world
Pinamar, Argentina:England:Missouri, USA:Ontario, Canada:Los Angeles:Perhaps you need a copy too?
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Revolution in the mailbox: typewriters and border collies
A gratifying volume of letters, cards, and longer typescripts have been reaching me recently. Among them is a letter from a recent recruit to the insurgency. He includes an extensive meditation on...
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Shirley Jackson and Stanley Hyman's typewriters
This photo is blurry, but Jackson's typewriter may be a Royal portable.Self-portrait by Jackson:The interview: My interview with Barbara DeMarco-Barrett:Congratulations to Barbara on this new...
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Athenian adventure
I was invited to a small typewriter collectors' get-together in Athens, Ohio this weekend. It's a lovely drive on US 50, passing through places such as McArthur.We gathered in a park, where kind...
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The Potto Factor
Not everything in this blog has to be about typewriters, does it? I recently rediscovered this ca. 1979 artifact, preserved by a friend, that shows just how sophisticated my sense of humor was at the...
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Retyping
Of the books I’ve read on creative writing, this one is the most comprehensive. Burroway offers some advice that’s relevant to typewriter users, who may sometimes have wished that they had a more...
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Bumper crop
My car's bumper sports more and more stickers from outposts of the Typewriter Insurgency.Here's a closer look.These are from Bryan Mahoney, The Typin' Pint:These are from Ian McAndrew, Iron Fox...
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