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COLD HARD TYPE update, with deadlines
A Collaborative ProjectInitial deadline for submissions: February 1, 2019Deadline for revised work: April 2, 2019Provisional publication date: June 1, 2019E-mail all submissions to Richard Poltat...
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The typewriter revolution in Sweden
Many thanks to Charles in Gothenburg, Sweden, for sharing his family's enthusiasm for typewriters and for the COLD HARD TYPE project.
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A car driven by a typewriter
Self-driving cars? Nonsense. The car of the future will be controlled by typewriting!(For the real story behind this image, visit Robert Messenger's blog, and take note of the country where he lives.)
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Open house at Urban Legend Typewriters
We had an open house today at Urban Legend Typewriters.Our shop is beautiful and enticing ... but would anyone come by?The "new" typewriters I brought in today include this bright red Correcting...
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Manifiesto Mexicano
Here's the new manifesto from Armando Warner of Californication Typewriter in Mexico. (English translation follows.)Armando
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A shiny label for Urban Legend Typewriters
After seeing so many wonderful old dealer labels and decals recently ...... I decided I really wanted something like this for my own little business, Urban Legend Typewriters. But decals are hard to...
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What kids love
A couple of years ago, I set up an Olympia SG3 in Xavier's faculty lounge.People started using it for random bits of poetry, comments, and such. But recently, it's seen little use.I suggested to a...
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Kids typing letters to Santa
Continuing the theme from my previous post, here's a delightful report from a Georgia typist, reproduced with his permission:Good evening Richard, I became a member of the insurgency a few months ago...
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A thank-you from a typewriter-loving kid
We all know that kids love typewriters, and many of them surely asked Santa for one.With permission from her grandpa, who shared it with me, I'm reproducing a letter from a certain eight-year-old whose...
View ArticleWRDSMTH's typewriter installation in L.A.
"Where You Found Joy," an installation by street artist WRDSMTH, recently brought a set of uplifting, typewriter-themed messages to The Bloc in downtown L.A. These pieces share some appropriate...
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Cold Hard Type: deadline is February 1
COLD HARD TYPE is off to a great start, with lots of interest and some excellent submissions. There's still time for you to get involved ...(or just follow this link)
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Type to Video Conversion Projector
"WARNING: EVERYTHING TYPEDWILL BE CONVERTED INTOVISUAL REPRESENTATION"source
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“Free thought lives on"
Last month I reported on an open house at Urban Legend Typewriters. I included this poem by one of our customers, Shaggy, which he's affixed to the case of his beautiful Remington no. 3 portable.My...
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Meet the Dresbold (Consul 1518)
*The Niente affair begins here.Consul 224's on TWDBI take it back, there is a Consul 1518 on the Database. It was sold in (East?) Germany.Click this picture to see a PDF of the owner's manual:The...
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Smith-Corona Coronamatic 2200
I suppose I should have taken a "before" picture of this machine that came in for service at Urban Legend Typewriters. It was simply covered in grime and hair. Nauseating! Plus, I am not immediately...
View ArticleCOLD HARD TYPE: We're going to 2 volumes!
What I initially imagined as a fun little vanity project among a group of typospherian friends has struck a chord throughout the world of typewriter lovers, including many whom I never knew before this...
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Revolution in the mailbox: Ken sent me (Pssssssst ... DC-area typists!)
For those who need digital ...
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The Impex typewriter, A Bread Factory, and the end of a shop
Monkey at a Typewriter A Bread Factory
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Analog College
high techFlorida Polytechnic University's bookless "library":Typewriters are technology.Smart speakers are evil.Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio)Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination...
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