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Revolution in the mailbox: Report from Agent Fox
A properly formatted report from an agent of the Insurgency:
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The Typewriter Revolution in The New York Times
I was quoted, with mention of my forthcoming book, in Friday's New York Times. Thanks to Steve Soboroff, who's also featured in this story, for sending me these shots of the printed edition. The online...
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A mystery commission
I just picked up two Royals for service at The Urban Legend Institute.My curiosity was really provoked by these instructions (the same for each typewriter):Four letters were listed.I called the...
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Podcast interview on the allure of typewriters
Eson Kim recently interviewed Tom Furrier, The Boston Typewriter Orchestra, and me for her podcast Sound Skeins. She is a pleasure to listen to in this nicely crafted five-minute story. You can hear it...
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Typewriters in Madrid
I'm back for a few days in Madrid, the city of my birth and one of my favorite places in the world. Aside from a short stop in the airport 3 years ago, I haven't been here since 1984. Since it's a...
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Typewriters in Madrid (2)
I'm back from an eventful and interesting trip to Spain. In addition to the typewriter sightings I shared in my previous post, I had a few more adventures pertinent to this blog.In the central Retiro...
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One more typewriter in Madrid
In Madrid I got to visit my friend Javier, who showed me his small but beautiful collection of typewriters. His before and after photos were amazing—he's able to take a rusty, dusty machine,...
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Revolution in the mailbox: Typewriters, Continental & continental
Sent from my Continental (shown with some much more obsolete equipment in the background)
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Front & back book cover design
Here's the final design for the front and back of my book. Thanks to Alan Seaver for the shot of the little Brother! And I'm glad that in the end, the press decided to go with a closeup of my clean and...
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Quiz
Here's a quick little quiz to test your typewriter knowledge. What is this piece? If you know the answer, just say "I know" in a comment, and don't tell what it is, so that others can keep wondering....
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Quiz answer
So: what is this piece I showed you yesterday?It comes from an Underwood no. 5 and is called the line space disengaging cam. Found next to the left platen knob, it allows you to type temporarily...
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Revolution in the mailbox: Exotic characters
I mean Olympia SG3, of course. PS: Check out Ted Munk's Smith-Corona, which he mentioned in a comment on Type the Clouds.
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Exotic characters: IL & Ag
From one of our agents in the Middle East, in reply to Agent Bikethru's initiative:
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ETCetera no. 109
The latest ETCetera has been published.I'm returning as editor after a couple of years off. Nick Tauriainen (x over it) is doing the layout, and this issue's authors include Robert Messenger...
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Safari time!
It's time for another safari to the antique mall, in search of Big Mechanographical Game. Let's see what there is to see!For fun, you can try to identify these typewriters, guess the price on them, and...
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Glimpses of a Gourland
My Gourland is leaving my collection; I'm trading it for another rare portable, a Victor. Before it hit the road I took some photos to share with my readers.One distinctive feature of the Gourland is...
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