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Since April 3rd I’ve been acquiring a new typewriter on average every six days. 🙈 I think after the last three I just picked up, including a Remington 666 and Ten Forty I’ve been hunting for, I’m...
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I started the process of cleaning my green 1958 Olympia SM3 to bring it back up to speed. Things are generally moving apace although the mixture of eraser shavings and old oil has tarnished the...
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Today I used a Crayola Crayon as part of a typewriter restoration project. Anyone have guesses as to how I used it in a typewriter restoration capacity?
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I was cleaning and doing some restoration work on a new card index and realized that this Fred Macey Company cabinet body was the perfect size to hold up to 8 typewriters inside for a mix of both...
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Ever thought about studying mathematics for fun?!? As a reminder for local Los Angeles area hobbyist mathematicians and physicists, Dr. Miller will be teaching Fundamentals of Point-Set Topology at...
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For my wife’s birthday, I got myself an early 1950s Royal Quiet De Luxe that I’ve had on my list for a while. It has a lovely additional feature that’s also been on my list too…
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Miles (1905) has some interesting things to say with respect to collecting, “business-like brevity” (aka atomic notes), annotations for thinking/arranging/marking cards, summarizing, etc. Miles,...
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It seems so on brand for a book about writing using a zettelkasten, that the author would leave a lovely little example of a fleeting note on a slip (1 3/8 x 2 1/2″) inside the front cover of the book!
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“I’m always trying to get back to the 20s a little bit.” —John Dickerson, in Field Notes interview (2016) Perhaps lamenting too much technology, Dickerson says he’s got two screens on the computer in...
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I know there have been some “issues” with NaNoWriMo over the past year(s), but I’ve just gotten my novel writing machine (a 1950 Royal KMG) ready to race just in time for the starting flag. I’ve heard...
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Typewriter ribbon unboxing! I bought a full reel of 660 yards of blue/green bichrome 1/2″ nylon typewriter ribbon from Fine Line Ribbon in Ennis, TX. It arrived yesterday, just in time for some use...
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