Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
Sewing Machines and Pencils. Too many things to geek out on…
Hit a couple thrifts today – no typewriters, but it always pays to check the baggies of stuff hanging in the “Office” section of the “randomly bagged crap” part of Goodwill. You never know what will turn up, and I check the section out religiously for Selectric Elements, various useful unopened ribbons for all sorts […]
Typewriter Database blasts past 500 individual collector’s galleries!
Whew! It’s been an exciting day for the Typewriter Database. A group of Typewriter Hunters including yours truly has been jockeying for the top spots in the Hunters list on the front page. I tried my best, resorting to uploading parts machines and updating some of my old listings with new links and pictures, but […]
Added Marques of Talleres Alonso S.A. of Valencia, Spain to Typewriter Database…
…and Richard Polt added gallery examples to almost every one of these rare Spanish marques from his amazing collection. Just six of the 50 or so new typewriter galleries that have been added by Typewriter Hunters this week. Check’m out! As you can see, I’m now 7th in most recent activity, and I’m almost out […]
Adopt A Typosaurian Today!
Note: The discussion between the two camps is just getting started, I’ll keep you up to date on what shakes out of the talks. (:
Populaire, showing tonight at Chez Munk!
I don’t know a lick of French, but Tori has a little so she might be able to make sense of the dialogue. Direct from Amazon France via a long, tortured journey through the international mail system, “Populaire” in French with French subtitles and region encoding that will put my firmware hacked DVD player to […]
Oooooh, lookit all them pretty typewriters!
Done did a few changes over at the typewriterdatabase.com site, fixed some bugs and redone the front page to highlight the latest typewriter hunting activity. The hunters are getting used to the tools, and this week was quite frenzied with activity. Why don’t you mosey on over and take a look?
This post will Make Adwoa squee!
I was helping a friend clean old stuff out of her house today, and guess what I got to haul away for free?
IBM-Palooza!
Status of Web Projects
As far as the blog is concerned, things are good. Steadily increasing pageviews, with a slump when I took medical leave and didn’t post much, but this past month was the best one ever, and this month is looking to top even that!
The Resurrection of Lazarus, Part Deux…
Montgomery Ward Signature 511D Typewriter Owner’s Manual – 1971
The Resurrection of Lazarus, Part One…
Yet another Ebay tale of heartbreak…
I should have known better. I have a “No Ebay” rule for a reason – because Ebay sellers rarely pay any attention at all to my packing instructions and the shipping companies seem to have a personal grudge against typewriters. I was so excited to find this Signature 511D on Ebay that I just went […]
An evening of beer reviews with “The Unsophisticated Palate”
Typewriter Heaven’s Beer Reviews
GodzillaJesus Checks Out The New Hottie On Floor 23
And before I leave the topic, here’s one other bit of Jesusy household decoration that I really do wish I could find in a thrift store…
Spring Typewriter Hunting Season – bagged #3! Plus more scans & photos from 4th Phoenix Type-In
The chances of anything coming from Mars were a million to one, they said…
My Signature 511D, currently in transit… Boozerbear-War_Of_The_Worlds.2007-07-21.mp3 (many parts NSFW!) Links mentioned in this post: Robert Messenger’s Omnibus post on Brother Davis Brothers’ Page on Brother @ MoLG Davis Brothers’ Best Portables to use page @ MoLG Clickthing’s posts on his Signature 513 Jeff Wayne’s Musical Verison of “The War of the Worlds”
1968 Signature 440T confirmed via Monkey Ward’s catalog, plus, what the heck is Dial-A-Type?
Spring Typewriter Season Begins, and 4th Phoenix Type-In Report the Third…
I’ve been a bit tardy in keeping up with the posts reporting the 4th Phoenix Type-in, but you’ll have to excuse me because it’s officially Spring Typewriter Hunting Season! Thousands of people across the country are spring cleaning, and donating unwanted stuff to thrift stores every day this month – and that means fresh, new […]
Jesus Loves Me, This I Know, For The T-Bone Tells Me So…
Return Of The Typewriter Bone: 1968 Monkey Wards Signature 440T (Brother)
And, just for Adwoa, some more sewing machine sightings. She remarked about the table the last one was mounted in, and it’s worth noting that around these parts, probably 70% of the sewing machines I see are mounted in nice tables, usually very swank Danish-style tables…
Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up Type-In 4: Second Report
Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up Type-In 4: First Report
Typewriter haters at Gizmodo hate on Typewriter Insurgent at Starbucks
Philistines, hating on someone who’s enjoying a nice pleasant afternoon typing at Starbucks. Hope they get lots of computer viruses delivered to them by the People’s Revolutionary Army. :P I suppose they’d be happier if he succumbed to the omnipresent propaganda telling him to buy a $200 Chromebook that will last him a couple years […]
UJTU: New feature @ typewriterdatabase.com
IBM Model C Standard Typewriter Users Guide (1972)
From the archives of Bill Wahl:
Something for everyone: My 333rd Post!
This post is number 333 for this blog, on my third year, so I seem to be averaging 111 posts a year (that’s for Al, who gets unduly excited about the number 11). Not too bad, and far better than I expected to be able to do. I could do more, though. Many things I […]
Royal HH Typewriter User’s Manual, 1952
Ya gotta love free vintage paper & ribbons…
Fourth Phoenix Type-In Banner!
Mentat Typists?
(Time to confuse Teeritz with another obscure Sci-Fi reference…) I found this odd bit of traffic in this morning’s report from the Typerati Subspace Signals Section:
ITAM Appreciation: “Joanie” 1964 Hermes 3000
It won’t matter what these fields are called in your application. Here is a list, in order, of what fields should be exported. “Required” fields, if left blank, will result in that record not being imported: 1) Manufacturer/Marque [required](brand) Note: This field will be matched against typewriterdatabase.com’s table of manufacturers. if an exact non-case sensitive […]