Chemistry & Jackson Pollock? Yeah, I suppose that scans as a theme. :D Currently in the earholes:
VariTyper Now Functional (well one of ’em anyway)
Weapon of Choice: 195x VariTyper Unknown #obliterated Varityper: 1946 Typefaces/Fonts Catalog [Ralph C. Coxhead] Picked this one up from Mesa Typewriter Exchange’s back parts machine room, covered in 30 years of grime. It now works after a deep degreasing, but weirdly the spot on the frame where the model name and serial number are is […]
Mail Call: Fraktur It Like You Gots 95 Theses
…a church door. (heh, ran out of room there) Here’s the first line with the word I think is “listening”, but I’m really not at all sure. :D Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Return of The Seven Left Hands of God, Plus Custom Selectric Elements Available Again!
Get’cher Custom Selectric Elements from Dave, Hot & Ready! Currently in the earholes: Played on the 2004 HP Pavilion CV4307cl, as a test of the Media Laptop’s Altec Lansing soundbar. Pretty good with this sort of clean harp jazz. (:
A Suggestion for a New Background?
The SquigglyVision Version The Nishika N8000 3D 35mm Camera Bonus story snippet from Trent, “Batman’s F***ing Typewriter” (NSFC) Or maybe I replace the Itek with this entry from the “Pieces of Other People’s Lives” Series. Currently in the earholes: Gregory reminded me that I could use these as desktop backgrounds on some of the many […]
Mail Call: Now Permitted to Travel the Key West to Havana Tunnel!
Report: 9th Phoenix Typewriter Round-Up Type-In!
Phx9Typein 2023 09 23 What was typed on the back: Gregory’s Blog Report & Video Report: Joe’s Video Report: Bob’s Video on the Corona 3 Case he repaired and brought to Joe at the Type-In:
Mail Call: A letter from someone I’ll be seeing in the morning… :D
Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: A Letter From Bulgaria!
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Mail Call: The Poltboro and The Replacement Elements
Weapon of Choice: “The Blue Bomber” 1963 IBM Selectric I #4088598 Currently in the earholes:
Gator Soft Case for Medium Sized Portable Typewriters
Weapon of Choice: “Ghost Chocolate” 1957 Olympia SM3 #998587 Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Carlos at Midnight in a Perfect World
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Mail Call With Musica & Updates on the Custom 3D Printed Selectric Elements
On the elements that Dave sent out this past weekend, the inner dimensions of the ball are just tight enough to cause the rocker to scrape the inner wall of the element, causing this scrape ring and potentially locking up the rotate and causing the tape to slip off or break. I’ll need to sand […]
Custom 3D Printed Selectric Elements are HERE! (Vogue! Papyrus!)
Weapon of Choice: “Dr. Lizardo” 1973 IBM Selectric II #26 1220365 In January, Richard Polt highlighted custom 3D printed Blick typewheels in his blog – now 9 months later come the custom 3D printed Selectric I/II 88-Character typeballs. The Future is NOW! :D Joe’s first Review (there will be more, I’m certain) One thing to […]
Mail Call: Air Mail and Schrodingers Typeballs
Flyers for MTE Currently in the earholes:
Double Mail Call: Type-In Plans!
Currently in the Earholes (because Brian reminded me of them. I’ve only got the first album, though..
Competition for Mothra: The Coxhead DSJ VariTyper?
1953 Coxhead DSJ cold typesetting machine. I’ve got the front end of the machine freed up and working, but that delicate, super-complex escapement needs some disassembly and deep cleaning. It’s froze solid as a brick! Fully stocked shuttle drawer, 16 shuttles with all needed point size linefeed gears. The DSJ will run 4 different monospaced […]
Mail Call: Three! 3 Letters In The Mail! AHAHAHAHAHAH!
Sunday Morning TCL IS BACK! :D Also, I built a 1998 Computer.
Weapon of Choice: “Indy” 1959 Tower Chieftain III Typewriter Club LIVE – 2023-09-03 I went through half a dozen of my old IDE hard disks before I found one that would work. Most of them couldn’t even be detected by the BIOS. My supply of these is dwindling fast.. This old aluminum tower case has […]
Mail Call: A New Correspondent and a Postcard from a Ramblin’ Man
Currently in the earholes:
Wait State – This Typecast Brought To You By The Letters: T-8-M
Well, nothin’ at all in the mailbox tonight, so straight to the WAIT STATE. Currently in the earholes: Brought to mind because he dead.
The Re-Jiggering of Correspondence and Coalescence of Season One of Same
The re-jiggering of Correspondence Season One has made the Correspondence Book a bit skinnier – so much so that I can actually close it and zip it up. Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Guth’s Quick Reply and Dreaming of No More CDs?
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Mail Call: The Surf Camp Missives – And Kevin brings me Komputars! :D
Kevin & Bill Talkin’ Typewriters Kevin’s Underwood Komputar – getting it’s spinning rust wiped, because it’s polite to dban other people’s datums off of drives before re-using them. This is a delightful add-in bay with lots of connectivity. Push the button and the card reader pops out and can be used as a travel card […]
Mail Call: The Return of Key West and Sequential Letter #4 Arrives from Romania!
Correspondent Neil Happened to have won the “I need to test something” lottery, and gets to test if I can fit a regular Correspondence Episode plus ephemera *and* a “One Stormy Night” plus liner notes, and keep it under 2 oz. I’m already paying the extra ounce and the Non Machineable surcharge, so might as […]
Mail Call: If Wishes were Fishes…
Weapon of Choice: 1959 Smith Corona Skyriter #3Y 210063 DPReview full writeup of the Sony DSC-S75, including the “lens mystery” 2001 AOpen AX4B 533 Tube Motherboard Review (2002) Currently in the earholes:
Mail Call: Bubbles gets a new Blue Ribbon!
The Seven Left Hands of God MultiMedia Correspondence Format
Weapon of Choice: “Jubal Harshaw” 1956 Olympia SM3 #785328 The first iteration of the format. Not quite what I’m looking for. The folding template for the envelope. Instructions: 1) Take 8 1/2 X 11″ sheet and from top left edge mark top at 3″ and 6″ in. 2) turn page 90 degrees anti-clockwise and from […]
Mail Call: Postcard Exchange from Canada!
Mothra in DSC-F717 Nightshot Mode Sony DSC-F717 getting a charge-up. Currently in the Earholes:
Locked Letters, or how to fold a letter to be its own envelope
I mentioned the “locked” letter that Thomas W. sent to me in yesterday’s post, and there was curiosity on how such a thing is done. Here I have reverse-engineered the process from his example. Take an 8 1/2″ X 11″ sheet of paper and lightly fold in half along the 11″ side, creasing the center […]
Mail Call: The Mysterious Mr. Romas and Thursday Afternoon on a Wednesday Evening…
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Mail Call: New Correspondent from Canada and new Rubber Stampers!
A 4″ x 6″ sheet of rubber stamps, anything you can fit in the space allotted, for like $7. Can’t beat that deal! Currently in the earholes:
Thoughts on Typecasting
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Bubbles Ahoy, or what gets typed when you’re working on a typewriter issue.
Weapon of Choice: “Bubbles” 1960 Smith Corona Galaxie #6T 292996X Weapon of Choice: 1971 Royal (Silver-Seiko) Sprite #NM 1113791 The Corona 4 and Zephyr Typewriter Repair Bible is now available! 341 Pages, Professionally printed and coil bound to lay flat on your work table. PDF Version. The Underwood 4-Bank Portables Typewriter Repair Bible is now […]
Mail Call: A Card from TC and Episode 15 now Available to Qualified Correspondents
Currently in the earholes: Coming Soon! Yep, this Episode is a Two-Parter. No cliffhangers, though..