Dad’s last trip to the lake.
Drove up to the mountains to0day with the family in town to spread my pop’s ashes out in one of his favorite fishing spots. Shot on vintage 2001 Sony DSC-F707 camera in “nightshot mode” (hot glass out of line), at near-infrared – Still using just a deep red filter to block light below about 500 […]
Caffenol-C/C-41 project, prepatory phase report
This agent has obtained the three primary ingredients of Caffenol film developer in a harrowing and dangerous trip to the corner grocery store. The Washing Soda and Coffee were easy; I picked the cheapest, nastiest instant coffee available – grand total cost for these two ingredients: $7. The Powdered Vitamin C proved trickier. I even […]
Seventy Rolls of film on the wall, seventy rolls of film…
http://www.caffenol-cookbook.com/ http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/coffee-caffenol-film-developing/
Having a Royal Christmas Week (:
Merry Christmas Typosphere! (:
(Sp)ACE CADET, The ACE Cadet #302 (Stapler Week Continues)
Typewriter Gallery #1000 reached with Michael H’s 197X Smith-Corona Coronet Automatic 12
Here it is, Typewriter Gallery #1000: http://typewriterdatabase.com/197x-smithcorona-coronet-automatic-12.1738.typewriter
Typewriter Database Report: only 7 more galleries left to reach 1000! :D
That’s right, there’s just over a week left until the new year, and the Typewriter Hunters are about to smash through our goal of 1000 typewriter galleries like a football team through a Gatorade banner – probably before Santa saddles up Rudolph for his annual reverse burglary run. Just 7 more to go! In examining […]
977 Typewriter Galleries in, only 23 more to reach 1000!
I just imported 50 records from Michael H’s personal collection database, so we are now at 977 galleries. The race is on for #1000! I was bothered by having the whole front page all be photo-less entries, though, so I changed the query that populates the front page so that it only shows galleries that […]
Shooting Studio, The Typosphere Strikes again, and other thoughts for the new year.
For the new year, I am planning on adding a few data fields to the Typewriter Database: 1) Price Paid (USD) 2) Year Purchased This data will be compiled, but not shown on the individual typewriter galleries. Instead, once there is a sufficient number of data points in there, I am pondering running generalized […]
1968 Olivetti Studio 45 needs ribbon cover!
UJTU: More weirdly developed vintage film, and another stroll down memory lane, PLUS: The Green Hornet!
A Stroll Down Memory Lane: 1989
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
My Selectric Element Collection
Well, someone asked, so here’s all of the typeballs in my little plastic font box:
The Red Ryder Rides Again, and The Holiday Case, by Smith-Corona…
Typewriter Database Report: Some Questions Answered, and a Challenge.
Here’s a challenge: We’re at 874 Typewriter Galleries entered right now. Who thinks we can get to 1000 galleries entered by the official 1-year anniversary of the new Database on January 1?
Fun with a 135mm and macro tubes
Oh Good Lord – Starting down the 35mm Film Path…
Typewriter Database Report: 696 Maunufacturers, 844 Typewriter Galleries, 383 Typewriter Typefaces and 67 Typewriter Hunters!
Right now, I’m still the highest-scoring hunter due to the photo and typesample-rich entries I’ve done, but Nick Beland is hot on my heels and I’m down to just one more typewriter to enter. I sense I will be toppled from the throne soon, now that there actually is a page that counts the scores. […]
Whispers and Schemes: Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up 5
The Original Trav-L-Bar by Ever-Wear, Chicago
2013 11 25
1951 Royal Quiet De Luxe finds a home in The Press Room
Replace the carriage string in your 1950’s Smith-Corona Silent!
Well, someone asked, so I mocked up the process in step-by-step photos. Enjoy! Smith-Corona Super-5 Series Repair Manual for Sterling, Silent, Clipper, Super-Silent Floating Shift typewriters.
More Selectrics, a Curious Olivetti, An Ursula and a mini typewriter hunt with Key Snap!
The Typewriter Database Report: 11-15-2013
oz.Typewriter: Rarity and Desirability of Typewriters
I Have a Dream!
Selectric Typehunt II – The Quickening
Selectric Typehunt on Ebay – Forms 1 striken from the wantlist! (Calligraphy 96 sighted)
27 High-res Typesamples from ProfessorC’s extensive collection of Selectric Type Elements
Fellow collector and Selectric enthusiast ProfessorC volunteered to type out samples of a number of GP and IBM type elements on his carbon-ribbon Selectrics and scan them in at high-resolution. Many of these are not shown with type samples in the GP/DSC catalogs, so now we know what these fonts look like. The versions I’m […]
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, we love you!
Selectric Model 72 Ribbon Tips, Plus A Lettera Makeover!
GP Hendrix Gothic Selectric Type Element (red cap, 10/12 pitch)
Oh, I actually looked it up in the DSG Catalog, and that particular characterset is French Canadian.