The Typewriters of James Bond 007: Dr. No

It’s been high time for a rewatch of the James Bond film series, and since I’ve been spending my typewriter money on DVD’s at the thrift store these days, my selection of the nice MGM digital restorations with director’s commentary has grown. I’ve watched these movies so often on VHS or on broadcast or cable […]

Mail Call & Thriftin’ Report

I thought this might be some sort of ciphertext, but was too lazy to think about it too much. :D Panasonic RR-830 Transcription Cassette Recorder! I once had the microcassette version of this, with the same foot controller, but I gave it to Goodwill a year or two before microcassettes became cool in the Typosphere. […]

Straight to The Moon, Alice!

VIPER will be NASA’s first robotic Moon rover. It will embark on a mission to the lunar South Pole region to trek into permanently shadowed areas and unravel the mysteries of the Moon’s water. VIPER will be the first rover to measure the location and concentration of water ice and other resources. These resources could […]

Mail Call: Here’s all that Christmas mail!

Lucas’ Polaroid: A naked Kolibri, a mini-Nagra, a Hasselblad and a Bonsai tree: Currently in the eyeholes: John Carpenter‘s “In the Mouth of Madness” Mini-Review: part of the Apocalypse Trilogy that also includes “Prince of Darkness” and “The Thing“. I really dig PoD because it’s a thought-provoking Sci-Fi Horror Comedy, sort of, and “The Thing” […]