Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves by [[Elisabeth Bumiller]]

Raymond Chandler's Typewriter - Mark Coggins by [[Mark Coggins]]

Raymond Chandler was not a touch typist.

variations of the Olivetti Studio 44

Peter V. Tytell, a Typewriter Whisperer, Is Dead at 74 by [[Richard Sandomir]]

Palm trees are about as L.A. as it gets. But is it time to bid them a frond farewell? by [[Patt Morrison]] - Los Angeles Times

https://www.typewriters101.com/

The Written Image by [[Erik Winkowski]]

Donald Shoup, 86, Dies; Scholar Saw the Social Costs of Free Parking by [[Michael S. Rosenwald]]

Evangelicalism’s Second-Class Status in Conservatism by [[Aaron Renn]]

The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism

The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism by [[Aaron M. Renn]] in - First Things, 2022-02-01

Free speech matters, and so does DEI (opinion) by [[Michael S. Roth]]

A transformative education for my trans students and me - Los Angeles Times by [[Michael S. Roth]]

https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Letter-ED-DCL-022525.pdf

2025-02-25 letter from Ted Mitchell to Craig Trainor

Trump reportedly set to order dismantling of Education Dept. by [[Jessica Blake]]

Beyond the Type-In by [[Woz Flint]] ​

https://www.fedex.com/fedextrack/?trknbr=286005179179&trkqual=12029~286005179179~FDEG

letterheads1960s

Frank Mulvey collection of letterheads from the 1960s

If you're a more serious writer, you're sure to find a smoother and better experience with a standard typewriter, but they're slightly larger and heavier (~30 pounds vs. ~15-22 pounds) than the portables. These are usually the ones I recommend if you're writing for several hours and have a dedicated space for your writing. Standards aren't as popular with most collectors, so they also tend to be less expensive.

I really love my Royal KMG, HH, and FP and my Remington Standard and Remington 17 which are all serious machines. Here are some of the other more common standards for serious writers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r3533cSZ38

Reply to u/RetailThrowAway69 at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1je4owq/new_typewriter_for_a_keyboard_warrior_of_20_years/

Almost every portable and ultra portable typewriter made from the 1930s onward came with a case that the typewriter locked into. On almost all of these the top of the typewriter case was easily removeable from the base with a spring loaded locking mechanism of some sort. This allowed the user to sit in almost any chair and use the typewriter on their lap. The thin case bottoms prevent dirt and oil from soiling one's clothes.

Beginning in the late 60s/early 70s some manufacturers began making plastic tops that clipped onto the typewriter bodies, but often these are more brittle and prone to breaking/shattering due to the type and age of the plastic. (I'm looking at you Remington Streamliners...)

Our cat used to love "hiding" in the wooden case tops of my 1940s and 1950s Smith-Coronas (Clippers, Sterlings, Silents, Silent Supers).

It's really only the larger and much heavier standard machines that didn't come with cases at all.

https://youtu.be/TwAJO7uDwJg?si=UfRBFcai-IgZDG4B&t=120

https://www.thingiverse.com/etkaar/collections/43102335/things

https://old.reddit.com/r/analog/wiki/labs/north-america

reply to u/andrebartels1988 at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1jcsp6t/rant_over_online_sellers/

No, they're either ignorant or actively trying to hide the fact that their machine was bought for $5 at a yard sale and they're trying to match the pricing of pro shops that have cleaned, oiled, adjusted and repaired a machine which far exceeds the misery they're selling because they have absolutely no idea what goes into a good machine.

People doing the work to show type samples and video of their machines are usually far, far more legitimate. These people are also going to give you $2 of new ribbon for free with purchase.

Without a type sample or video, all but the rarest machines aren't worth more than $20.

I've never used them. They're probably alright. Looks like they're specializing in engraved spools more than anything. My guess is that they're buying ribbon in bulk from Baco or Fine Line and passing along the cost and adding some additional profit.

Here's typical bulk pricing:

nylon ribbon $0.10 - $0.15/yard silk ribobn $0.33 to $0.40/yard cotton ribbon $0.25/yard If you can get a spool's worth of nylon ribbon (16 yards) for about $1.50 to $3, do you really want to pay $8 or more plus shipping? If I'm going to do this (usually for small quantities of custom colored ribbon), I'm going to buy it from a local shop to help support them and keep them open.

There are obviously lots of options you can choose from, ultimately you'll do what works best/quickest/cheapest for you.

Type Shop, EP. 20: Ribbon Colors by [[Typewriter Chicago]]

blue/pink is an excellent color combination as is the blue/green. blue/purple isn't as strong a differentiated color combination as one might hope.

Typewriter Chicago used to carry orange, but doesn't any longer. Maybe again in the future?

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1ifi095/ribbon_comparison/

https://www.ribbonsunlimited.com/1-2-Replacement-Uninked-Typewriter-Ribbon-s/12848.htm

Uninked typewriter ribbon in silk, nylon, and cotton.

Look into Ambedkar's writings on race, caste, and class.

Given Wilkerson's introductory chapters on knowing and understanding history, I'm heavily disappointed this is the singular reference in the book to "The Great Chain of Being". It's not even indexed in the end.

The underlying idea of the scala naturae across a huge swath of western history is really the thing that gives rise to the problems of American history which she is attempting to bring to life here. Missing this part of the bigger picture is a serious flaw.

Does she skirt it rhetorically so as not to give fuel to the idea that "this is how things have always been?" arguments?

see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being

Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. 1st ed. 2020. Reprint, New York: Random House, 2023. https://amzn.to/40KnGyB.

Tested 100s of heavy desk typewriters, Here is the top 5 revealed. by [[Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters]]

Top Five Standard Typewriters:<br /> - Imperial 55 - Imperial 70 (after this they went to cheaper plastic parts); removable carriage, swappable typefaces; removeable core - Hermes Ambassador - removable carriage - Underwood Standards, esp. 5 - Royal 10 (carriage shift); (and subsequent incarnations like the KH, KMM, KMG, HH, FP) - Olympia SG1 (the "crown jewel" of desktop typewriters)

Also rans: - Olivetti Lexicon, Olivetti Graphica - Contintental m40 & m20 - Mercedes

related to Eddington quote?

First quote from p 102 is Sascha Fast's 2nd edition of zettelkasten book

Reply to Edmund at https://forum.zettelkasten.de/discussion/comment/22841/#Comment_22841

@Edmund I'm intrigued by your note about beauty with respect to information, about which I've got a small tranche of notes forming. You might appreciate this quote from Arthur Eddington in 1927: https://boffosocko.com/2013/09/26/entropy-beauty-melody/

https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1j99oo7/unknown_piece_in_typewriter/

Needle cap?

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1j7jv3x/things_found_inside_a_typewriter/

via u/NisKildegaard:

Bobby pins, staples, safety pins, paper clips ... Postage stamps, coins... Pencils and erasers... Notes, business cards, shopping lists... A dental X-ray -- I think it was a molar. And the other week, a firecracker. One machine I bought for a bargain price, listed as parts/repair, turned out to be nonfunctional because a toothbrush was stuck inside the mechanism. I'm guessing it was originally intended as a cleaning tool, but ended up gumming the works entirely.

Cleaning with Air Compressors (testing portable air compressors) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Sarah Everett uses: - Porter Cable portable air compressor (loud, high powered) - Uses smaller USB chargeable one for smaller jobs: PeroBuno mini car vacuum and compressor with attachments

"With Republicans every accusation is a confession."<br /> 05:02

Sarah Everett recommends the Vogma air duster / air compressor for cleaning out her typewriters. https://amzn.to/3FjqZ76

How to Clean a Typewriter (Apartment Friendly Guide!) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Remington 5: Learning how to replace feed rollers by [[Just My Typewriter]]

The Texas Bucket List - The Typewriter Repairman

Cool Spaces: A shop from another era

The Apothecary's Typewriter by Scott K on 2012-12-14

https://www.ebay.com/itm/396260578400

22 drawer card file cabinet 2x11 for auction with a buy it now for $2,500. from West Chester, Pennsylvania,

Cost per drawer: $113

https://online.paideiainstitute.org/product/living-latin/

12 Days of Celtic Mythology - Season 3 by Kris Hughes https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvCdDm0wPhA2bIE8gcOT7W_uYljmLStyy

He Gave a Name to What Many Christians Feel by [[Ruth Graham]], [[Madeleine Hordinski]]

Especially if those who hold all the power and wealth aren't limited (by societal constructs or governmental regulations meant to prevent damage to the lest among us).

Yet, somehow it's the Christian Right that's voting for Trump?! How is this an argument? It's not for the liberals to make a critique of something the Christian Right should be doing better at.

Why care unless you're only after the power and the religion is a secondary thing?

Influence of Taleb on a certain flavor of white guy. in America.

An evangelical saying that what the church is telling guys is "just wrong"?!? This requires some self-reflection on the part of the speaker...

I'm curious what is the right thing in his framing?

I'm curious why he should be doing this? Is he anti-woman? Is he irked that women now have some power and autonomy? He apparently writes a lot about masculinity according to earlier in the article. Is masculinity only defined in contrast with femininity and control over the feminine?

What about Gods design that women should be equals? Link to Genesis story about not naming the woman until after the trouble.

Perhaps it's the creation of a myth whereby a Christian can break the Golden Rule, but still want the power and respect that their religion previously gave them that is causing the friction that modern Christians might be seeing?

Can it really be "Christian persecution" if they're not really Christ-ians?

Why can't Renn point to a more specific issue that actually impacts Christianity directly? How someone else chooses to identify and live, particularly people who are frequently Christian, shouldn't effect Christians in the sort of way he's proposing.

Besides "power over" others, what sort of Christianity is he really espousing? Where is the "love your neighbor?" or "do unto others?" in his religion?

When ideas have sex by [[Matt Ridley]] for TED Global 2010

Watched ages ago...

alternate: https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex

Mutual Aid by Dean Spade

Recommended by Lisa Moison and seconded by Karen Costa

Honouring Amaethon on Plough Monday? by [[Kris Hughes]]

Similar tradition to Mari Lwyd, though a month later with a plough instead of a horse skull.... potential connection here.

https://doctorow.medium.com/the-memex-method-238c71f2fb46

Original version (or owned copy) at: https://pluralistic.net/2021/05/09/the-memex-method/

method and madness by [[Alan Jacobs]]

via In which I describe my writing “methods." by [[Alan Jacobs]]

reply:

@ayjay Thanks for sharing this. My method is often very much like yours. Lots of internal distillation, slowly over time. I remember hearing a story that Mozart wrote music "like a cow pees" (in one giant and immediate flood and then done). I feel like large works of writing, composing, etc. springing, as if fully formed from the head of Zeus is more common than is acknowledged. Cory Doctorow hints at a similar sort of method in his own work in The Memex Method. I'm also reminded of bits of what neuroscientist Barbara Oakley calls "diffuse thinking" or a more internalized version of Michael Ondaatje's "thinkering" described in The English Patient.

How to Spot Autism in High-Masking Adults by [[Chris and Debby]]

How I display my typewriters (and a Q&A) by [[Just My Typewriter]]

Sarah uses WD-40 on the black enamel of older 20s-30s era typewriters to clean and polish them.

For those who have an Underwood 5 typewriter as featured in the movie Finding Forrester (Columbia Pictures, 2000), it bears saying that Forrester (Sean Connery) would admonish you to:

Punch the keys, for God's sake!

reply to u/bethcano at https://reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1j3z646/whats_a_fair_price_these_days_for_a_hermes_3000/

In the US I've been seeing them go for around $250 based only on photos without any additional information about whether they work or other condition.

Platforms like eBay and ShopGoodwill.com will allow you to search for actual sales (see the advanced settings) and this will give you a much better picture of what the prices are versus people listing them for several hundred more (usually to match the prices of professional shops that are listing theirs in cleaned, oiled, and adjusted condition). (Remember when shopping: Condition is king!)

See:

• https://shopgoodwill.com/categories/listing?st=hermes%20typewriter&sg=&c=&s=&lp=0&hp=999999&sbn=&spo=false&snpo=false&socs=false&sd=false&sca=true&caed=3%2F5%2F2025&cadb=90&scs=false&sis=false&col=1&p=1&ps=40&desc=false&ss=0&UseBuyerPrefs=true&sus=true&cln=1&catIds=&pn=&wc=false&mci=false&hmt=false&layout=grid&ihp=
• https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=hermes+3000+typewriter&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1

Keep in mind that prices may be dramatically different in your country based on how ubiquitous they were when they were originally manufactured.

Expect to add $150-200+ for script or rarer typefaces, and another \~$150 if the platen has been recovered.

$550 would not be uncommon if purchasing a pica or elite Hermes 3000 with a standard typeface in generally good cosmetic shape that's been professionally cleaned, oiled, and adjusted by a shop.

https://www.ebay.com/usr/thakseman1

thakseman1

Anne-Laure Le Cunff - How to Design Tiny Experiments Like a Scientist ‪@neuranne‬

• generation effect
• definitions of success: did you learn something new as a mode for preventing failure (-10:00)
• curiosity as motivation (-12:30)
• George R. R. Martin's essay on "architects and gardeners" (and librarians) (and students (via Tiago Forte)).
• did they miss the prior versions of gardening?

• Pareto principle for 80% gardener and 20% architect

• ME: reading fiction can be used as a means of diffuse thinking in combination with combinatorial creativity

Generation effect

The generation effect is a phenomenon whereby information is better remembered if it is generated from one's own mind rather than simply read.

Local writers host ‘typewriter revivals’ by [[Algernon D'Ammassa Las Cruces Bulletin]]

RARE Japanese Toshiba Typewriter by [[Typewriter Collector]] David Herrera

Apps, E. A. “Typewriter Inks.” In Inks for the Minor Printing Processes and Specialised Applications, p218-221 of xix, 295. 1963. Reprint, London: Hill, 1966. http://archive.org/details/typewriter-inks.

T.H. Dixon & Co. Ltd. manufactured machines for typewriter ribbon processing and had a method for spraying a coating to the edges of ribbons in a special chamber to prevent the edges of the ribbon from fraying. (p219)

Center lining machines are used to make bichrome typewriter ribbon. It operates by drawing an insulating line on the ribbon and transparent gum solution is pumped through a needle using pneumatic pressure to keep the two colors from running into each other.

Typewriter ribbon can be inked in four different configurations: - impregnated throughout - surface treatment - inked on one side only - inked on both sides, usually simultaneously

https://app.gonitro.com/

https://www.gonitro.com/installers/nls/v14/msi/download

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38178621

https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1j1zm4z/easy_out_typewriter_tool/

Apparently for "pulling out typebars when they get stuck"??

r/sk8cruz = LaDonna Qualtieri https://typewriterdatabase.com/typewriters.php?hunter_search=6493&collection_search=My+Collection

How a Mechanical Typewriter Works by [[Animagraffs]]

Typewriter Video Series - Episode 74: Choosing Typewriter Bags by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Looks like Peter Elbow used an early IBM Selectric I

Rosenwald, Michael S. “Peter Elbow, Professor Who Transformed Freshman Comp, Dies at 89.” The New York Times, February 27, 2025, sec. Education. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/education/peter-elbow-dead.html.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/System/sjnnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=typewriter&pg=PA763&printsec=frontcover

System, the Magazine of Business, volume XLII, Number 6(?), December 1922, p763 an advertisement for the Memindex

https://www.google.com/books/edition/System/sjnnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=typewriter&pg=PA536&printsec=frontcover

There was no office machinery at all–the typewriter was known but scarcely used. Even telephones were rarities. The card index, the filing cabinet, the loose-leaf ledger were all but unknown. Of course there were no calculating machines.

System, the Magazine of Business, volume XLII, Number 5, November 1922, p536, "What 55 Years in Business Taught Me About Managing: The first installment of the biography of John H. Patterson, founder of the National Cash Register Company and Lately Chairman of the Board" by Samuel Crowther.

Correcting Bad Typing Habits with the Smith Corona Electric Typewriter 63024 by [[PeriscopeFilm]]

Motion should happen only at the level of the fingers and not at the wrist or even the arms. Type only with your fingers and not your wrists or arms.

Allow the carriage to glide to complete the carriage return rather than wasting addition time and energy on pushing it all the way. Let the momentum do the work.

Use the paper release when removing letters to reduce wear on your rollers and prevent ripping of the paper.

See also at https://stock.periscopefilm.com/63024-correcting-bad-typing-habits-with-the-smith-corona-electric-typewriter/

Drop the paper into the top of the platen and against the paper guide to improve alignment can save time.

Setting the right hand margin will help save huge amounts of time from the transcriptionist looking back and forth to get proper margins otherwise.

Using correct typing for numerals will speed up typing numbers as well.

For the top tabulator, use your index fingers alternately instead of hitting it with your entire hand.

Hugging the keys with your fingers allows you to type faster, much like a drummer keeps the sticks closer to the drumhead when drumming quickly.

Smith Corona Manual Typewriter Shift Lock Adjustment Latch Repair Upper Case Letters by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Olympia SM-3 Vintage Typewriter, Repaired Adjusted Shift Lock by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Yankees, Typewriters, Scandals, and Cooperstown: A Baseball Memoir by Bill Madden<br /> Release date: April 1, 2025 (hardcover)

https://www.gates.com/us/en.html

Sells belts including v-belts which might be used for typewriter repair parts.

January 2025 Update by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Joe is recovering from hip surgery in January 2025.

The Hermes 3000 repair manual has a really good section on type alignment including tools, according to Joe Van Cleave. (9:17)

For the Electra Series of Smith-Corona typewriters, the Electra 120 and 220 had 12" platens while the Electra 110 and 210 had 10" platens. Similarly the 110 and 120 had manual carriage returns while the 210 and 220 had automatic carriage returns. (00:53)

Jeweled main bearing on the escapement is what Smith-Corona is talking about in their branded "Jeweled escapements". (2:26)

Smith-Corona electric typewriters were designed to be turned on and run all day. As a result, old machines which have v-belts with odd grooves in them from sitting so long will sometimes have a recurring thump sound. This can be remedied by running the machine for several hours at which point the belt will warm up and remove the crease. Naturally, one might also remove the belt, warm it up using other means as a method of removing age-related creasing.

Smith-Corona Electra 220 Typewriter Review by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Some details about the internal motor workings of SCM electric typewriters.

Creating on Small Typewriters by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

Portable typewriters give up a level of professionalism in one's documents for their size and ease of portability.

In particular, the slug alignments may be slightly off compared to larger machines. Ideally they allow for one to be good enough, especially for first draft documents or journaling.

Typewriter Strike Out Corrections by [[Joe Van Cleave]]

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1ixht52/how_can_i_make_a_typewriter_eraser_like_this_have/

Back in the day people used custom erasers for erasing. They were much harder than the softer erasers in use now, which is why modern pencil and art erasers don't work as well. For some historical methods, see these videos or here.

Secretaries also used small eraser shields to target individual letters, words, or lines. They also used larger curved shields for erasing within carbon copy packs.

Eaton used to make Ko-rec-type tabs which could be inserted for short corrections and it can still be found online as old stock.

There was also bichrome ribbon with white correction tape, but that tends to fleck off and make a mess in your machine over time. Similarly White Out is still made, but it can spill and make a mess while you wait for it to dry.

For modern typists, hand-held correction tape is probably the quickest and easiest.

This could be expanded for the widest range of history on erasing using typewriters with caveats, etc.

reply to u/Fearless_Camera_1788 at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1ixmz88/how_to_erase/

Remington Rand KMC Standard Typewriter, Ring Style, Noiseless, 1/2", Install, Replace Ink Ribbon by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Without the Remington ribbon rings, one can utilize the slots in coordination with grommets to thread up a Remington typewriter.

Remington Standard Typewriter KMC , model 17, How to Change and Set Margin Stops, Demo<br /> by [[Phoenix Typewriter]]

Identifying My Remington Rand Typewriter

https://www.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/flgb82/identifying_typewriters_in_the_film_all_the/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074119/

reply to u/Pope_Shady at https://old.reddit.com/r/typewriters/comments/1iwrlij/highest_price_youd_spend/

Generally my cap for typewriter purchases is in the $20-35 range. Most of my favorite machines (the standards) were acquired for $5-10 and they're so much better than the portables. At these prices I'm not too worried about the level of work required. I regularly spend 3-4 times more money on a full reel of bulk typewriter ribbon than I do on a typical typewriter.

A few of my more expensive acquisitions: * I went as high as $100 on a machine (including shipping) to get a Royal Quiet De Luxe with a Vogue typeface that turned out to be in about as stunning a condition as one could hope for. * I went to $130 on an Olympia SM3 in part for it's Congress elite typeface as well as an uncommon set of mathematical characters. I'm sure I could have gotten it for significantly less, but wanted to help out the seller and it was in solid condition except for worn bushings. * I also went to around $150 for an (uncommon in the US) early 30's Orga Privat 5 that was in solid shape. I've yet to run into another Orga in the wild in the US since.

It also bears saying that I don't mind buying "barn machines" as a large portion of the fun in collecting for me is cleaning, adjusting, and restoring them to full functionality. I've been dissapointed once to have bought a Remington Quiet-Riter once for $10 only to discover it was in near mint condition and didn't need any work at all.

I am at the point where I'm going to need to start selling machines, work at a local shop, or start my own shop if I'm going to keep up with the "hobby" and maintain a sane spouse simultaneously. If I didn't enjoy wrenching on machines so much, I would definitely be buying them from local shops for significantly more money, and I'd probably have far fewer.

It's not talked about in great length in some typewriter collector spaces, but I think some of the general pricing "game", beyond just getting a "deal", is the answer to the questions: "What am I into this space for anyway? What makes it fun and interesting?" If you don't have the time, talent, tools, or inclination to do your own cleaning and restoration work, then paying $300-$600 for a nice machine in exceptional clean/restored condition from a shop is a totally valid choice and shouldn't be dismissed. Some are in it for the discussions of typewriters. Some are in it for the bargain hunt. Some just want to write. Some want rare gems. Some want common machines from famous writers. Others just want one "good" machine while others want all the machines. It's a multi-faceted space.