To Type, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth...

Haha! I found someone who has a Hermes 2000 with almost the exact same skipping key issue that I have! You may remember the last time I pulled Ellery out to play, where I described the annoying problem I was having with him, well it turns out that fellow typecaster Fossils Without Fear is having […]

On that note, one issue I’m pondering is how strict I should make the data entry scheme for the typewriter database. for instance, here’s a possible schema for that table: CREATE TABLE typ_typewriters ( typ_id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, last_ts timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, member_id int(11) NOT NULL default ‘0’, manufacturer varchar(250) default NULL, […]

There was a birthday party at Amber’s, who is my next candidate for getting into the Typosphere, as she has a healthy collection and love for typewriters, just no blog yet. Using her 1950’s Remington Letter Riter, I began my typecast on the patio where partygoers first gathered and waited for the Booze Fairies to […]

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One Stormy Night – Monsoon Mix Aug 2005 – DJ Munk The above soundfile is big, almost an hour long and 128k stereo. It is best experienced in good headphones or a very powerful stereo system in the twilight hour just after sunset. Note that there’s about 90 seconds of silence at the beginning of […]

UPDATE: Turns out I had the “Spyware Protection “Designed To Protect”‘ malware, which both Malwarebytes and AVG refused to clean off. I ended up curing it by re-installing the drive, booting in ‘safe mode with networking’ and running Hitman Pro 3.5 – and that finally did the trick. Now I can finally post my typecast, […]

I really enjoy writing the *beginning* of a story, but I rarely make it past the first page or two. After that, my mind plays out the story with a dozen different plotlines and I can never choose which one to go with. I’ve heard a lot of people say that the beginnings are the […]

When the current “keychopper” drama on the PTF broke onto the Typosphere via Adowa’s post on Retro Tech Geneva, I made a snarky comment about Typerati Secret Police ninjas that later prompted this little vignette: …and then there’s this little snippet which I’d typed up on Einstein a day or two before – completely unrelated, […]

I’m not really into Steampunk myself, but I enjoy watching steampunks parade around in their Victorian garb and brass fittings, and I appreciate the beauty of the aesthetic. Like the folks that make typewriter-key jewelry, steampunks have been known to keychop for their projects – but unlike most keychoppers, steampunks invariably build something amazing with […]

There are so many reasons to keep a typewriter on your desk, but I think one of the best ones is that sometimes your loved ones will use it to leave you notes. MMMMMmmm… Warm fuzzies!

*ADDENDUM* I attempted to make a typewriter pad out of 4 mouse pads, as I happen to have lots of these Secret Society Wars mousepads hanging around. Result: utter failure. Witness the hard shift to the left after just 3 lines of typing. The mouse pads didn’t move, but it appears the top surface isn’t […]

Here’s a really good animated photo of the Starlite Motel Diving Lady. Be sure to hit the “animate” button. Part of the diving lady sign survives and is now mounted in the local mall to help raise money to renovate the historic sign. Several businesses have gotten together to help supply the labor necessary to […]

I’m feeling very random today, so today’s flurry of posts are everything I disjointedly typed on whatever was handy.

Um, yeah. That title is an obscure reference to a cassette-only release by the Minutemen in the early 80’s, so it’s probably more mysterious than meaningful to anyone other than me. :D That was a typecast I did yesterday on the Ollie 21 early in the day, then I got Ryan’s email saying the trade […]

Dashed off in a fit of pique on “Moneypenny”, 1947 Royal Quiet De Luxe.