Friday, December 13, 2013

A Christmas Message for the Typosphere

At the end of a pleasant day spent typing our Christmas notes, it occurred to me that I'd almost forgotten one of the most important ones ...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to the great folks of the Typosphere!


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And, oh yeah, to those who would chortle, guffaw, or otherwise express titillation at my little date typo I would suggest that they have not yet had the opportunity to navigate the multiple pitfalls provided by a 3-bank, double shift machine like the Oliver while typing the four seemingly simple characters of "2013"!
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16 comments:

  1. Miguel ChávezDecember 13, 2013 at 10:25 PM

    Heh. It takes practice typing numbers with the Oliver, I know that. XD

    I couldn't agree more with you. The Typosphere is great, and I too am very happy to have found it.

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    1. AnonymousDecember 21, 2014 at 9:30 AM

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  2. teeritzDecember 14, 2013 at 2:00 AM

    And a very Merry Christmas to you and yours, TM!

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  3. Richard PDecember 14, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    What a nice greeting. That's quite a stash of typewriters you've accumulated in one year -- good going!

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  4. Ton S. December 14, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    The Oliver photo looks almost vintage. Very nice.

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    1. Ton S. December 14, 2013 at 12:43 PM

      Christmas greetings, by the way.

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    2. TonysVisionDecember 14, 2013 at 3:49 PM

      Thanks, Ton There's A nifty mode on my Sony Nex7 that merges three images at varying exposures into one HDR image, then pumps up detail and warmth. It is fun to use these digicam tricks sometimes. See http://tonymindling.blogspot.com/2013/11/fall-garden-wabi-sabi.html

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  5. TedDecember 14, 2013 at 11:04 AM

    Merry Christmas to you as well! The Typosphere is richer for your participation (:

    PS: you're a speed acquisition demon, man - it took me 3 years to get up to 40 machines :D

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  6. Rob BowkerDecember 14, 2013 at 5:22 PM

    That's a lovely greeting Tony. The very best to you and yours. Are you going to hit 70 mahines by this time next year?

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  7. SpiderwebzDecember 15, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    Merry Christmas to you too Tony!

    Nice to see someone typing on an Oliver. Most collectors I know only have them for show. And ehm, is that a purple ribbon? Looks great!

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  8. TonysVisionDecember 15, 2013 at 8:45 PM

    Yes - I like to play with colored ribbons about the same as I like to play with inks for fountain pens, although there is not near the variety of ribbon colors. As for using the Oliver, it is a pleasure to see it function after resurecting it. And it actually has a pretty nice touch, and of course plenty of character. It's nice to have typers that create a distinct vintage look. But on the other hand, I will fuss and fuss over the more recent machines whose output should look good, i.e., good alignment between characters and upper-lower case, evenness of impressions from top to bottom, and so on.

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  9. UnknownDecember 17, 2013 at 10:20 AM

    And Merry Christmas to you too. I like those Christmas Card Wishes, they seem fun and interesting. Cheers!

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  10. CuttysarkDecember 21, 2013 at 3:52 PM

    Nice, i love your christmas message, thanks for sharing.

    Merry Christmas,
    Cathy
    http://messages.365greetings.com/christmas/christmas-greetings.html

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  11. Bryan SherwoodDecember 25, 2013 at 6:03 AM

    Merry Christmas, Tony! I can't believe I just now found your blog!

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