I just walked by the pile of typecasts sitting on my scanner waiting to be converted to electrons for posting, and it dawned on me that November might be a handy excuse to get these things online. I have no firm story idea for Nano yet, and if I took the time to actually edit […]
Month: October 2013
UJTU: Wedding Guest or Halloween Party plus Back in the Itek Saddle
Going through the pics I’ve been taking with the F707, I’m struck by the people I take pictures of. Sometimes friends, sometimes strangers – always interesting. I recently went to a wedding in Tucson and a Halloween party. guess which photo was taken where: I’m going to be spending more time in the press garage […]
One Stormy Night – This Quiet Village Mix
Earlier this month I did another “One Stormy Night” mix while pondering the breakup of some friends of mine who have been mentioned at various times in this blog. She is the one who found me an Underwood Golden Touch right when I was jonesing for one a couple of years ago, and he is […]
Using WD-40 to bring an old typewriter ribbon back to life!
So you have a typewriter with a dry ribbon and don’t know what to do? Well, you can buy a new one on Ebay or at most office supply stores, but are you impatient or penny-pinching and want immediate satisfaction? Well, if you have a can of WD-40, a cardboard box and an old rag, […]
A Ribbon Breaks Bad
Some new balls to play with…
The Blue Bomber Gandalf The Grey Ryan Adney’s CTP Poster contest The gathering in Chestnut Ridge
On-The-Go Blog Entry Production Pack
No Rest For The Wicked: 1966 Olympia SM-9 ($7.99)
No more Neo, how about the Alphasmart Dana?
The major attractions to the hobby of admiring and using retrotech is the low cost of entry and the ease of seeing what technologies of the past have stood the test of time to survive and prove their worth and durability for particular tasks. Recent blog posts in the ‘sphere have lamented the obsolescence (or […]
A Failure of Willpower: 1971 IBM Selectric 721
NanoWriMaybe…
One more try for compatible embedded video format for Timelapses