Well, since we’re pretty sure of which series started at 10k or 100k rather than 1 for the Smith-Corona portables past the Corona 4, it seemed silly to live with the “up to December” numbers that came from the sources, and which confused people anyway, so I have normalized most of them into Jan-Dec ranges […]
Month: March 2025
UJTU: Some New Stamper Designs & The Right Reverend Munk’s Mixtape Correspondence Series
No mail in awhile so I designed and ordered some new stampers, including larger chop stamps for Type Pals lucky enough to mail me while I have them in stock. I’ll have to see if they’re better than the 1/4″ square ones.I redesigned the Mail Call stampers for single-color stamping, as I’m using 3 stampers […]
Type-In Report: Chandler Public Library Local Author Fair & Type-In
Well, I took all these photos on the toy “Loopy Peace” camera and gave out the resulting thermal photos, which was fun. These are the color digital copies that the camera saves on the card. They’re pretty awful, but here they are, mixed in randomly with typings gathered up after the event in a sort […]
Mail Call: Two More Letters!
Currently in the Eyeholes:
Mail Call: Two Letters in Two Weeks?
From the Cutting Room floor…
Field Mission: Updatin’ & Upgradin’
And tonight, the old computers in the house get Linux Mint XFCE on ’em, and “easyfied” setup with a browser with her account-wide saved settings and little else. the existing laptop is too old for Win 11, and I wouldn’t curse my worst enemy with that nonsense, so we make the old machine safe to […]
Field Mission: Is “snow” actually a real thing??
Reports from the Field Mission, scanned on phone. Not ideal, but it works in a pinch.. Rain. This is a thing I’ve seen where I come from. It’s infrequent, but I know it exists So, this “Snow” thing actually exists – confirmed! It’s like rain, but doesn’t get you wet as fast as rain does, […]
Last Mail Call for Two Weeks!
I’ve scanned all my material from the Chandler Type-In yesterday, and will work on the Report while I’m traveling, worry not! Just imagine the mail call post in two weeks, when I come home to all the mail stacked on my desk! :D