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 […]
Category: From the Desk of Reverend Munk
Typecasts from the desk of the Right Reverend Theodore Munk
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 […]
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SPAM on your blog, don’t ya love it? I use WordPress, and Akismet is amazingly good at intercepting SPAM comments and filing them in a “look at these and push the EMPTY SPAM button when you’re done” file for me to casually glance over every few weeks and dump. It is very rare that Akismet […]
Further Update From JJ Short on Typewriter Platen Recovering
Got this email from Mr. Peter Short today: Ted we have sent out about a dozen platens to folks who very graciously sent them to us to evaluate. We think we are spot on with the material and hardness at least for the older models and are awaiting material in after the holiday to start looking […]
Typospherians old and new on this day before Typewriter Day 2012
More Skyriters and Tippas plus those darn 1950’s Super-5’s
A nice surprise from Al’s Skyriter is this Theatre Guide from the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 1966-1967 season. I was born in 1966, so this is especially fun for me to page through. I approve of the number of swank Tiki-themed businesses that advertised in the programme.
Platen Recovering Update: Houston, we have rubber!
Another email in the box this morning from Peter Short of JJ Short, with positive news about their rubber formulation: Ted—thanks for posting the update since then we have had positive reviews on the material we just we off a little on the OD which we were guessing on based on some very worn platens. […]
Update: Platen Recovering by JJ Short
I had an email in my box today from Peter Short with an update regarding their tooling up for providing typewriter platen recovering services: Wanted to give you an update on our progress with typewriter platen recovery. We have spoken to many folks across the country who have been very kind in sharing their advice […]
Cafe Typewriting on “2 Broke Girls”
I admit to sometimes feeling like this will happen when I typewrite in cafes, but invariably the interaction is far less confrontational. I like how the Steampunk dude with his Royal can give it as well as he takes it.
Update on Typewriter Platen Recovering services!
It’s been awhile since I checked my Spam folder in WordPress, so I was surprised to see 3 comments on my article on Ames going out of business that had ended up in my spam list, but were legit replies (probably because they were new posters who put links in the post). “Peter Short says: […]
Two Coronas, one with matching fingernail polish
Corona Portables: dates of manufacture
Here’s another line chart that I’ve found to be more useful than the info on TW-DB for certain models of Smith-Corona machines. For Corona models 1-4 I generally refer to this chart, but for later models up to 1960, this NOMDA chart is very handy:
Type-Off: 1957 Underwood Golden Touch vs. 1949 Royal Quiet De Luxe
Ask Not For Whom The Typewriter Bone Tingles: It Tingles For Me!
BTW, I’m a total space case – the proper term for the DuPont finishes for these Coronas is “DUCO” not “Decco“, Hlur.
Where will we get our Typewriter Platens re-covered now?
Several people who have recently sent their typewriter platens for re-covering by Ames Supply have received this letter, along with the platens and feed rollers they’ve sent in (sometimes, luckily, already re-done!) Ames Supply Company Since 1902 May 1st, 2012 To our Valued Customer: We regret to inform you that after 110 years in business, […]
Wine of the Devil and The Typewriter Repair Manual
Underwood Portable Typewriter Serial Number List
Cameron down at Living in the Woods asked today for some date of manufacture info about his Underwood Universal, and mentioned that he couldn’t find any info in the usual sources. I looked it up in my homemade line book, composed of printouts from scans I’ve made of various paper sources, and found a good […]
Noir Detective stories and a Royal Swinger
Typewriter Evangelism hits paydirt!
Suicide is not painless.
Report: Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up / Type-In 3
Magic Margin is correct – this was the best Phoenix Type-In yet! Loads of new faces and old friends graced the event, and the press came too. Megan Finnerty from AZ Central came and did stories for the AZ Central website, The Arizona Republic paper and the NBC affiliate Channel 12 News (link to video). […]
We Done Got Married! (:
Zooey Deschanel’s typewriters
Ok, so I don’t know that Zooey Deschanel collects typewriters, but after showing up at the Writer’s Guild Awards sporting typewriter-themed fingernails,the typewriter geek community can be excused for seeking out evidence of another big star being a member of our weird little cult. Well, how’s this for further evidence? In Zooey’s current show “New […]