Big thanks...

...to Richard Polt and Ryan Adney for their sidebar links and Jennifer Kennard for her article spreading Type-O-Matic joy far and wide! View counts are up, but no takers yet. Watch this space... or that space.

Did I miss anyone out?

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Fresh ribbon

From Olympia SM-4 DeLuxe

Printing Office?

After much gratefully received advice and encouraging words, Type-O-Matic is open for business! Having been a long standing advocate of impressing ink upon paper, I'm beginning to think of this service as something akin to printing. Mono-printing? And with such grandiosity, I believe I may have turned the spare bedroom into a potential Printing Office - of sorts. Hence the stirring address below, courtesy of Ms Warde. Once my first customer crosses the threshold, I'll feel justified in hanging this on the wall.

Hand printed on an Everest K2 manual typewriter

PS: Anyone feeling so inclined is enthusiastically encouraged to post a write-up, grab a 150px side bar badge or otherwise point people in the direction of http://type-o-matic.blogspot.com As a business concept, it needs all the help it can get! Thank you.

How Television Ruined Your Life

This blog feeds posts to my Facebook page (cheers Dave), so it only seems right for some occasional two-way traffic.

Facebook friend and notable Icelandic academic Kjartan just reminded me - via his wall - how great it feels when Charlie Brooker answers the question "Is it just me?" with a resounding "No". Phew.

Type-O-Matic feedback

First off, thanks for the feedback on Type-O-Matic to everyone! I have had really valuable responses by comment and e-mail. What a brilliant community the Typosphere is. And nobody laughed me off the park. You are either too kind or as deluded as I am. I don't care, and I try not to judge. So, I have merged duplicate responses and taken the actions indicated below, as well as a few fiddly bits. If you haven't commented but want to, don't be shy. I'd still love to get feedback. Meanwhile, watch this space, as they say.

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PS: Google alerts just spat this typewriter case renovation procedure into my inbox. Worth bookmarking?