Sun, surf and Kolibri.
Ms Jane’s nieces and nephew are here, along with her sisters and her mother. We’re about to wander over to her cousin’s place for a barbecue. Such a hard life this!
The box.
About a month ago Ms Jane and I popped by her mother’s house after we both finished work. Joy (her mother’s name) had called and said that her partner, Andrew, had something that he wanted to give me that would need a bit of explaining. Andrew had previously worked for a little company called ‘IBM’.…
A big week for the typosphere, and no one knew anything about it!
I’m quite a fan of the scientific inquiry, and all the more if you can add artistry to it. Earlier today I was sifting through my usual pile of emails. Ms Jane, who is a voracious reader had sent me a handful of typewriter related articles that she had stumbled across while surfing the world’s…
A clean typewriter is a happy typewriter.
Cameron Kopf, are you reading? Last week I received from Germany this gorgeous Gossen Tippa (B). It is a beautiful machine with a very responsive action. However, it had one quite serious flaw. It skipped and skidded about the place like a bar stool seems to under you, after you’ve sunk a few too many…
The Filthy Platen 