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The end of the road
Last time on Heroic Efforts to Revive Obsolete Office Technology, I had found a crack in my intended replacement carriage, and had patched it with J-B Weld.The glue held.Now I could simply transplant...
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Typewritten twitterature at Cincinnati's Mercantile Library
Last night, Cincinnati's beautiful Mercantile Library opened its doors to curious, fun-loving, and book-loving people who were invited to explore the stacks and participate in literary activities.Here...
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Typospherian miscellanea
The typewriter world is endless. Here are just a few bloggable items from the last few days ...First, it's good to know that several of my readers got "new" Hermes Ambassadors thanks to my post on the...
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The Olivetti Editor 2 electric typewriter
My attention was caught a couple of years ago by this Olivetti-Underwood Editor 2 (#E13-6003749, formerly in the Brumfield collection), as pictured on The Typewriter Database. Its beautiful typeface is...
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“These machines saved me."
Sometimes I get letters that are especially moving. Here's one that speaks for itself.
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Report from a Remington 17
Mark's blogHere's the Tippa in New York's Maritime Hotel during my visit in December 2015.The Remington 17:
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“As I typed those words, I wept."
I'm almost embarrassed to post this excerpt from a letter, but I take it as a tribute to typewriters, not to me.
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Крокодил
This weekend I had the privilege of repairing this 1929 Royal P with Russian keyboard and red faux-crocodile paint. I thought you'd like to see it.The label on the inside of the case says something...
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See you later, Instagram
I joined social media in order to promote The Typewriter Revolution. My reflections on this situation have previously been posted on this blog (here and here).Pinterest, Vine, and Tumblr didn't do...
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Update on the Urban Legend Institute
The Urban Legend Institute, the little shop that supports WordPlay Cincy, has been rechristened Urban Legend Typewriters, since typewriter sales and service constitute nearly all the shop's business....
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Decals and Puerto Rico
A couple of unrelated items:1) Here's a 1927 Underwood no. 5 that came in for service to Urban Legend Typewriters. A common machine, with some flaws, but I rarely see Underwoods of this age with such...
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Secrets of a carbon ribbon
One of the great advantages of a typewriter is that, unlike the device on which you're reading this, it doesn't let people or robots halfway around the world steal your information.But typewriters that...
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Poem 01: Gagarin/Noah
What a great set of suggestions from readers! My first poem combines two of them.Again, the rules for this National Poetry Month project are that I must type my next poem based on a theme (or themes)...
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Poem 02: Haircut
Again, my next poem will be based on suggestions from readers in comments. If there are none, I'll open the dictionary at random.
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