Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
It’s raining Tower President XIIs!
Twolivetti Redeemed! :D
All I want for Christmas is a Tower President XII
The post on Tom’s blog about the Tower President he’d recently serviced.
Surprises in my mail!
A New Convert and his 1917 Royal #10
I got a text yesterday from a friend of mine named Owen, who has caught the Typewriter Bug. I believe it started from a discussion about the USB Typewriter mod kits and his idea that it would be fun to set up a typewriter with a burner smartphone or an Arduino board to automatically Tweet […]
A Sort of Homecoming…
Typewriter Platen Recovering: UPDATE – New JJ Short services unveiled!
I got a note this morning from Peter Short of J.J. Short Company – they’ve put up a new page on their website dedicated to the services they provide for typewriter platen and feed roller replacement. That’s right, they now are beginning to offer replacement of old, worn feed rollers! I’ve had the platen recovered […]
Manual Entry in Town again, and my utter failure at giving away monster machines…
Giving Thanks for Second Thanksgiving!
To Health, Happiness, Henna, Cute Cats and Big Meat…
This might look like a normal black trenchcoat in this light, but it’s made of Cashmere and Mink, and it finally fits! :D
Final Dispatch: KOL Con 9
1956 Adler Universal and a Wrimo Candlelight party
The Tikka-Takka of Little Rhino Keys…
Some things I’ve been doing since I haven’t been updating the blog or replying to your wonderful posts…
The T-Bone Speaks and I listen: 1941 Royal Companion
Edit: I’ve been looking for Royal ads from 1933 to see if I can get some kind of visual confirmation that the “Companion” model with stripes was available then. I found this 1933 ad that shows the “Portable” and “Signet” lines, but not the Companion. anyone have what I need? Turns out Ryan Adney may […]
In The Trenches of KOL Con 9: Day One – Acknowledgement
The Return of El Diablo – New JJ Short Platen!
The Joy of Typing
Sweet Cars, Godstorms and Size Comparisons
A Brother “Webster” XL-747 Typewriter and a visit to a far-away Typewriter Guy
Links: Cards Against Humanity Cameron Kopf’s Webster XL-747 Robert Messenger’s lengthy and detailed post on Brother Typewriters Brother Manuals at Machines of Loving Grace More on Brother Typewriters
A Writing Shack fit for a wizard
With the recent spate of interest in the Typosphere over writing shacks, I thought THIS would be of interest. J.K. Rowling wrote her first Harry Potter books in a corner coffee shop, but now that she has some folding scratch, she can afford better. She’s building this playhouse in her backyard (she says) for her […]
Cat Broke…
The Unreliable Olivetti 32/35
The Handy Typewriter
Kroy 80K Lettering System and a Dayton Portable Typewriter
Some of you may remember some months back when I posted about a KROY 24 Lettering System I found at Goodwill and passed up. Well, sometimes life demands that you have a thing and refuses to acknowledge your reluctance. At least the price was right: $0.00 – Bill practically pleaded with me to get the […]
Typing at The Monastery
DEPARTMENTAL MEMO: Rules Change
A Place of One’s Own: The Ranch
UPDATE: Typewriter Platen refurbishing by J.J. Short
A new update I received from Peter Short this morning: Ted–just wanted to drop you a quick note on our progress. Things seem to be moving along especially with the older style platens–we have seen a number of makes and models including Underwoods, Royals, Smith Corona, Olivetti, Oliver, LC Smith, Hermes, KMM and Remingtons. The […]
Haboob Vs. BBQ
El Diablo Takes One For The Team…
Computers that want to be typewriters…
Here’s another one to file under the “confused identity or possible hipster affectation” folder: Noisy Typer for Mac OS X Sigh…
My Mother’s Grandmother’s Typewriter
Hello, my name is X and I’m a Typewriteric.
I insist on “Typewriteric” because it’s not “alcoholholic”. Of course, the instant I type this, “A Typewriter a Day” gets added to the blogroll. The typosphere is on the ball! Typed on “El Diablo” 1929 Corona 4, “Adwoa” 1955 Swissa Junior, and “The Iron Lady” (pictured) 1960 Smith-Corona Electric 5TE. Ruler is a nifty wooden […]