Apparently, retirement is the part where you forget how to sit down.
Tale of the Tape
The poem unspooled from the Phomeme thermal printer like an EKG readout of a dying dream, line after heat-sensitive line, until the machine itself whispered the inevitable: a spectral blue strip, the color of an old lover’s veins. That was the ending, foretold by the medium itself — an apocalyptic omen baked into the banal…
LA County Type-In
I’m in the process or securing the use of the Claremont, CA, Helen Renwick Library to hold a type-in this May. For those who’ve done this sort of thing, organized them, etc., I have a few questions. The library wants a $60 fee as well as proof of 1,000,000 liability insurance, which can be purchased…
Blogging Theme for Typecasting
Printing Poetry on a Thermal Printer
Surviving My America
I typed this post on a Montgomery Ward Signature 440T typewriter, similar to the one owned by the Unabomber
Bob Dylan’s Typewritten Draft Sells for $500,000
Bob Dylan’s Draft of Lyrics, Once Tossed in Trash, Sells for $500,000. Typed and hand corrected, these analog artifacts offer an insight into the creative process that digital means cannot. The article says Dylan tossed the lyrics in the trash. Apparently, he must’ve kept a copy.
Every Star Trek Movie Ranked
Every Star Trek Movie, Ranked. I would rank “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991) as Number 1. Just me.
Boston’s Last Typewriter Store Closing
The last typewriter repair shop in Boston shuts its door.
The Typewriter’s Return
As a hack writer, I found this anrticle intriguing.
Fax Art
I sent this fax to myself.
A Little Christmasey
Typecast done with a Royal Safari.
Micro Cassettes, Stamps, and a Swintec Typewriter
August Kleinzahler, a Poet Who Loves His Typewriter
August Kleinzahler uses a Smith-Corona typewriter exclusively.
Working on WordPress Stuff
I spent the morning working on blog design.