Joe Van Cleave recently came up with a good idea in this post, where he does a little “Let’s use this to fix something” review of the recently released Smith-Corona Floating Shift Typewriter Repair Bible. That idea was adding tabbed dividers to the sections of the book to split up the sections for easy access. […]
Month: April 2017
Mothra Down, Gandalf Steps Up & The Big Blue Book Is Here!
For quite some months, I have had a standing desk dedicated to Mothra, my 1972 IBM Selectric Composer. Sadly, when I last tried to type on ‘er a couple days ago, the machine stopped cold in half-cycle. I could still hear the motor spinning free, though, and that’s a real bad sign. So anyway – […]
TWDB Chat and the Olympia Typewriter song
Hey, I whipped up a new chat app for TWDB. Any logged-in member can use it (not just Typewriter Hunters). The link is hidden in with all the other links at the top, so I doubt anyone’s found it yet, but it’s right there: Come on by and chat – and hope that someone else […]
Pencast: A nice pre-owned notebook, with a clue to its past.
Vaguebook
Well, it’s been about 5 or 6 months since I started using Facebook for serious, and I can report that it does have a great deal of value in terms of keeping in touch with a community and collaborating to find and promote things. Does it replace blogging? Not a chance- it’s way too ephemeral, […]