Here in Brisbane, we have been enjoying the fading end of ex tropical cyclone Oswald, which has been whipping up severe winds and dumping torrents of rain on us. Flood waters around Queensland are raising, and Brisbane is no exception. It isn’t as severe in Brisbane as it was in 2011, but things here have…
The ‘Remember your typewriter’ type-in It’s coming….. (Update, 10th of March)Rob Messenger, of Oz Typewriter fame is on his way to Brisbane in March, and it’s time us Queensland writers and fanatics got our machines out in the open, and invaded the public space. So, you poets, fiction writers and PHD kids…. warm up your…
I’d been driving for about an hour and a half. Just after I left my home I’d checked the outside temperature and discovered it was 30 Degrees C. (86F). But now, as I was passing Through the town of Beaudesert, it was reading 39C (102.2F). 15 minutes later when I was nearing my destination, it…
I like to think of myself as a seasoned ebayer. Or – epay-er, depending on how heavily stung you’ve been by the supposedly ‘cheap’ sales you find on there. I have about 460 battle-scars next to my user name, so I’ve spent a bit of time and probably too much money on the site. I’ve…
Well, I think it is appropriate to start off the new blogging year with a bang… The catchup – Episode 1 Episode 2
Well! My post yesterday might have sounded a bit depressing… but believe me, it isn’t depressing around here! We’ve been baking and wrapping, and talking over the phone to people all over the world, and it’s been great! Seriously… Facetime on my iPhone is awesome. Today I’ve spoken to people between Melbourne and Peru. How…
Now… I’ll be frank. I’m not a Christmas-y person. There’s no decorated tree in my home, no tinsel to filthy the carpet, and only a handful of Christmas cards are handed out to people that I feel are important. …… buuuuuuuut. I”m not a Scrooge either. So there’s no need to send the ghosts of…
I came across a Olympia Cyrillic typewriter on Gumtree.com.au a little while ago, and had a hell of a time getting the seller to send it to me. In the end, they just disappeared and ceased email contact. About 4 months later I saw them advertise the same machine again on the same site. Again…
It’s the sort of machine that I’d expect to find and read about over at the Dante’s Wardrobe blog, but yet it has proved to be something of a complete mystery. Let me introduce you to a typewriter that I have not seen an awful lot of information about. Filthy, filthy keys. And these…
Someone needs to change the guitar to a typewriter… …. and make a Nano meme. … or something.
The Filthy Platen 