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WordPlay Cincy mural features writers and a typewriter
WordPlay Cincy, the nonprofit for which I've volunteered as Typewriter Guy since 2012, is moving into a much bigger building in the same Cincinnati neighborhood (Northside). This will allow the...
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Mecanographic music in Cincinnati
This Lettera 22 is on its way ...... to Cincinnati's grand Music Hall ...... where it will serve as a musical instrument.No, not in Leroy Anderson's "The Typewriter" (which, honestly, I wouldn't mind...
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An East German in southern Indiana
This Kolibri makes grading papers enjoyable during a secluded weekend in Brown County, Indiana.
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'Tis the Terror Season
As Halloween approaches, it's time to post a few teasers for those who don't yet have a copy of Dead Keys. Here's the first.Buy Dead Keys here for a pittance.And yes, we are about to announce the...
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Teaser #2: Handy Dandy
Here's a second teaser from Dead Keys.Buy Dead Keys here for a pittance.And yes, we are about to announce the theme for the 2022 volume in the Cold Hard Type series!
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Call for submissions! Margin Releases: Typewritten Tales of Transgression
Call for submissions COLD HARD TYPE V Margin Releases:Typewritten Tales of Transgression edited byRichard Polt, Frederic S. Durbin, and Andrew V. McFeaters published byLoose Dog PressHuman beings have...
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This machine brings tiny flowers of courage in the middle of the night
I'm not generally a fan of Charles Bukowski, but today I reread this poem and was moved. Source
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Red Door Magazine's TYPEWRITTEN issue
The new issue of Red Door Magazine features gifted typewriter artists (the cover is by Hal Wildson), Elizabeth Torres' summary of her interview with me on her Red Door Transmissions podcast, and even...
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O manifesto da máquina de escrever
I appreciate this translation of the Typewriter Manifesto into Portuguese by a new insurgent.There's one improvement on the original: where I wrote "we strike a blow," the translation has "we strike...
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Dreamstorming
Interview with Robert Olen Butler (for Butler on dreamstorming, go to 35:45).
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When computers dream of typewriters
Today, on a tip from Kirk Jackson of Nashville Typewriter, I've been experimenting with various sites that use artificial intelligence to generate new images based on text and/or images that you...
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Catalogue giveaway
As I have before, I’d like to give away an Auction Team Breker catalogue. This one is from September and includes lots of interesting typewriters as well as other technical antiques. To get this...
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Mark Zuckerberg's typewriter
Video: "The Metaverse and How We'll Build It Together" (starting at 1:03, with a good view of the Smith-Corona)From Zuckerberg's "Founder's Letter" introducing Meta:"The next platform will be even more...
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Revolution in the mailbox: Typewriting letters in India
I received an inspiring message from Mayank A. in India, which I am reproducing in part with his permission:I finished reading your book 'The Typewriter Revolution' last week. An excellent well-rounded...
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A few days ago, I published some AI-generated images of bizarre typewriters.Now NightCafe has just rolled out a new service that allows you to create AI videos. All you need to do is enter some text,...
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A quieter typewriter dream
Here's an AI-generated video that's less wild and crazy than yesterday's. This time I began with Greg Fudacz's photo of a Chicago no. 3 that's now in my collection, and added the prompt "antique...
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