I stood by the roadside on a warm autumn morning with a pocket full of cash, and a racing heart. I felt this deal would fall apart at any second, and I wasn’t sure if it was him – or me that was going to break it. A man in a well loved, but battered…
This typewriter reminds me of one very important fact in life: You should never be afraid to ask a question. When I first spotted this machine on Gumtree here in Australia, the seller was asking a whopping $25,000 for it. The price was so absurd that I snapped a photo from the Gumtree site and…
Here I was, thousands of kilometres from home and standing in a darkened street digging through piles of trash in the back of Hong Kong looking for typewriters. It felt surreal. We arrived at Temple street market late in the evening after spending the day doing some shopping on the main island. This market is…
The Filthy Platen 