Link to original listing |
Tuesday 30 April 2013
Monday 29 April 2013
Sunday 21 April 2013
Friday 19 April 2013
Baby's new shoes
Baby Hermes without feet |
Baby Hermes with foot |
Link to Amazon UK - Link to Amazon.com |
Thursday 18 April 2013
The Typewriter Database
I have been having a play with Ted's Typewriter Database. It is really quite easy to upload assets and make contributions. I just photographed the Lettera illustrated here with it sitting on my knee. I tapped out the serial number and character set, scanned it and created a new gallery through my login.
I have to say, it is LOT more interesting to use than TW-DB and it looks like the serial numbers will be more up-to-date. And this site has a visually rich side to it which TW-DB could never achieve.
Anyone with a typewriter, go for it!
Take a snap of your typewriter |
Scan a type sample, this seems to be a conventional layout |
Log in to The Typewriter Database |
Publicly viewable entry LINK |
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Letter from America
Clockwise from left: Broadcasting House [author's own], Alastair Cooke [©BBC], Alastair Cooke [©NBC], Royal QDL [Anabel] |
Listen to Alistair Cooke on the assassination of John Lennon
Corrections: Alistair not Alastair (nor Alasdhair). Letter from America was a quarter of an hour, not half.
Monday 15 April 2013
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Magic fingers
Here's another gem that I found in the document wallet of my Halda Portable. The reason for the D-I-Y template is because Halda produced 47 different keyboard variations for its worldwide markets. Which is good news because it turns the template into something a lot more interesting to look at than just aplain old graphic of a keyboard. This is just one the 16 pages in the A5 manual. I'll be sending a reference copy over to http://typewriters.ch when I get the time.
Monday 8 April 2013
Sunday 7 April 2013
Type Ritter
Josh Ritter - New Lover - official lyrics video from Josh Ritter on Vimeo.
Video by Erez Horovitz.
Surely, this is what Messrs Scholes and Glidden had in mind.
Spring Typewriter ID challenge?
Saturday 6 April 2013
Friday 5 April 2013
Thursday 4 April 2013
Wednesday 3 April 2013
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