Tis the end of the year, my friends.
Greetings Typospherians, readers and lovers of the printed and/or electronic word. And I wish you the sincerest of holiday greetings, and the best for the new year. It has been a trying year for me in Brisbane but I have always enjoyed writing this blog, and writing with my typewriter. These elegant and beautiful writing…
Coppola’s typewriter
Most of us have seen this image of Coppola typing on an Olivetti DL, while he was working on his classic film; the Godfather. Well, it turns out that Coppola now has another typewriter out there that has become famous. Back when he was working on Apocalypse Now, another of his cinema masterpieces, close to…
The ‘Not a Valentine’ – Sottsass’s Olivetti leather and steel bad girl.
Sottsass referred to his Valentine typewriter as a ‘too obvious tart’. And looking at the design, it is easy to see why. Inserting the typewriter into its case is described as a ‘woman sliding into her stockings’, while the design of the machine itself clearly displays a set of exposed – to paraphrase Richard Polt,…
What Holden and the Australian government could have learned from typewriters.
Going so soon? See ya Holden… The model car our umbrella was being designed for. Got keys? So I should buy this Cruze instead of (insert X car) just because it is a Holden – the ‘legendary Australian brand Holden’? No thanks.. I prefer my Nissan Exxy. This little guy won’t go far, right? Bah-ha-ha..…
Well Ton, Rob and Nick, guess what…..
In the past few days both Nick and Ton have picked up Olivetti Valentine machines of their own. Here’s Nick’s blog on his purchase, which had followed Ton’s which can be found here. *EDIT* Rob Messenger just pointed out that he also picked up a Valentine last week. They’re multiplying! You can read about Robert’s…
Just playing a small part with small parts.
Time to crack out the Remington 5 for a bit. And as it is such a nice day, the front deck will be perfect.
An open letter to the Blogger/Google staff.
From my Olivetti Lettera DL. A Typewriter that has survived longer than all of Google’s services, and saw their competitors become giants and fall.
A special thank you to a Typospherian.
I try to avoid blogging twice in 24 hours, but I was so touched by the generosity of a member of the typosphere, that I felt I immediately needed to say thank you. Click here to visit Gee’s blog. I have never seen a parcel packed so extensively!
Has a typewriter? Must be a hipster…
Now… We’ve all seen this: Typewriter in a park? Just add the word hipster, and you apparently have instant comedy. LOL! Right?! Right… Anyway, that ‘meme’ has been cycling about on the knuckle-dragger interwebs for a while now, and let’s face it – it is pretty insulting to the guy photographed. I mean, like…. seriously……
The Filthy Platen 