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Tom Hanks on ABC News -- With Typewriter

OK, the important part is he is helping a Veteran, but the segment shows one of his...

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It's 12.12.12!

The shift in print density noticeable more near the end and the not quite aligning letters are due to my typing while Mrs.  sleeps.  If I typed in the closet as Mike Speegle does, I'd awaken her.  The...

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A New Arrival From Dante's Wardrobe

Last week on Dante's Wardrobe Ledeaux posted about Typospherian MiscellanyI commented about her Skyriter tag and Skyriters.  We had a few email conversations and I became the owner of one of her...

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The Night Before Christmas

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Captchas are baaack.

I really do not like to use them, especially Googles, but I keep getting comments linking products.  I will not buy those products no matter what they are and I will no longer tolerate those who put...

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Thanks to the Hermes Handbag Co.

I was not going to post at the moment, but for the regular readers of this blog I need to alert all that unless you are a member of this blog you cannot comment.  It is not that I do not like your...

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Out with the old and in with the new. 2012 ends and 2013 begins.

Montana$10.00 HP-48GX It has a case, but it is not shown.oz.Typewriter

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Typospheric Resolutions

2012 New Year's Resolutions

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Skyriter Addiction

As it arrived via U.P.S.Great packaging.  Gives mine a run for its money.The typewriter.  And I have received most of mine in a large Priority Mail box.  In fact I have even told sellers to save money...

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1950 - 1951 Skyriter Elite 5 Days Later

Looks more gray than brown after a Scrubbing Bubbles bath.Zep does a nice cleaning and leaves just a slight coating of rust preventative.  Supposedly neutrally polarized so it does not attract...

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It's I.T.A.M.

My typing caused some double strikes or improper advance.There is one thing I did not mention either (hope Jen does not read my blog) I played a Ukelin several years (decades) ago in a bluegrass band....

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A Fountain Pen, Ink and a Notebook

From my 1968 Adler J4 Scanner scaned the lines as colors they are a solid blue.  Changing the color in GIMP also changed the paper color.Target Notebook PostChinese Fountain Pen Post

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GIMP

GIMP

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ITAM IV

Correction.  The radio station that went on the air was in the late 1960s and was off the air in the mid to late 1980s.  Sorry for the typos, like the forgotten ) at the end of 1/1/00)

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Only 5 Days Left for ITAM 2013

Preview of the latest SkriterMy SM 7I thought I may typecast a comparison of my Adler J4 and my Olympia SM 7 after I read Cameron's typecast about his Adler J4.  Both are fine typewriters.  I do find...

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Comparing an Olympia SM7 With an Adler J4

1968Typecast from my 1968 Adler J41963Here is a link to Cameron's post on his Adler J4.  His is nicer than mine.  It is a script machine.  I have a script J4 I have not posted yet.  It is still not as...

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3 Days Left 'Til ITAM 2013 Becomes the Past

When the type started to lighten I thought it was light WD-40.  It was the typists that forgot to change the direction of the ribbon.

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2 Days of ITAM Left, A Change of Subject: Royal Signet & Hermes 3000

3166170 makes this a 1963 according to the Right Reverend Ted Munk's Typewriter Database.Strange.  I was just commenting on his comment in his post about a Hermes 3000 starting it all.  Reminds me of...

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It All Ends Tomorrow

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Only a Few Hours Left

I missed an extra space or two.

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