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Dash Cam Collage Poem No. 1

I’m greatly influenced by the artist Ray Johnson and his collages based on disposable camera photos. Ross Goodwin …

Tom Fasano - September 19, 2026

What do we see when we look through a Sony Ericsson?
Video

What do we see when we look through a Sony Ericsson?

September 18, 2026September 20, 20260

Painterly vision works from shapes, color masses, and edges rather than photographic detail, and the phone’s low resolution …

Turning Seventy Years Old
Art

Turning Seventy Years Old

September 13, 2026September 20, 20260

Sandy accompanied me to the Benton Museum of Art to help me celebrate turning seventy. Here we pose …

House Numbers and Yard Signs in Claremont
Daily Photos

House Numbers and Yard Signs in Claremont

September 5, 2026September 17, 20260

Rolling clothing racks crowded with tie-dyed tank tops, patchwork dresses and rainbow-striped tops line the sidewalk outside a …

SCM SMITH-CORONA CLASSIC 12
Typewriters

SCM SMITH-CORONA CLASSIC 12

September 2, 2026September 11, 20264

This typewriter is sitting in the trunk of my car. I just picked it up at Goodwill in …

SILVER-REED 750 TYPEWRITER :: A Typewriter I Used Often Ten Years Ago
Typewriters

SILVER-REED 750 TYPEWRITER :: A Typewriter I Used Often Ten Years Ago

September 1, 2026August 31, 20260

This was my nice writing setup ten years ago with a novel planned out on the whiteboard. I …

CURRENTLY READING: Homage to Qwert Yuiop by Anthony Burgess
Books

CURRENTLY READING: Homage to Qwert Yuiop by Anthony Burgess

August 30, 2026August 29, 20260

I’m reading Anthony Burgess’s Homage to Qwert Yuiop, his journalism from 1978 to 1985, and enjoying it immensely. …

Jay Maisel Passed Away
Photography

Jay Maisel Passed Away

August 29, 2026September 5, 20260

I just learned today that one of my photographer heroes, Jay Maisel, passed away August 23, 2026. He …

BOB MARSHALL, TYPEWRITER MECHANIC :: Keeping the Old Machines Alive
Typewriters

BOB MARSHALL, TYPEWRITER MECHANIC :: Keeping the Old Machines Alive

August 27, 2026September 5, 20260

Congratulations to Bob Marshall, typewriter repairman extraordinaire, for his TEDx Talk. Marshall, founder of Typewriter Muse, got some …

1959 Cadillac
Cool Cars

1959 Cadillac

August 8, 2026August 24, 20260

A 1959 Cadillac — the fins are tall, sharply pointed, and the taillights are true bullets sitting at …

I Illustrated the Entire New Testament. Every Verse. All of It.
Books

I Illustrated the Entire New Testament. Every Verse. All of It.

July 13, 2026August 15, 20260

I want to tell you about something I just finished, and I’m going to try to do it …

Kurt Vonnegut: Deadeye Dick
Authors

Kurt Vonnegut: Deadeye Dick

July 1, 2026September 17, 20261

This film was part of the acclaimed BBC Arena documentary series. Throughout the film, Vonnegut discusses his family …

A Walk across a Field
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A Walk across a Field

June 14, 2026September 12, 20260

A walk across a field during which I reflect on life.

Sony Cellphone Vlog – Day 3 of 100-Day Countdown
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Sony Cellphone Vlog – Day 3 of 100-Day Countdown

June 7, 2026September 12, 20260

I shot a lot of flowers. I was going, I suppose, for that Claude Monet pointillism look.

A Philosophy of Filmmaking and an old Sony Ericsson
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A Philosophy of Filmmaking and an old Sony Ericsson

June 3, 2026September 12, 20261

Some experimentation with the old Sony. Obviously, the audio is pretty bad, so I’ll use the Zoom audio recorder from now on.

8mm Reimagined: No. 1
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8mm Reimagined: No. 1

May 23, 2026September 12, 20262

This is an 8mm film my father shot of my twin brother and me and our mom in 1958 in Hampton, Virginia.

Frederick Forsyth — a Rolex and a Typewriter
Novelists

Frederick Forsyth — a Rolex and a Typewriter

May 3, 2026September 16, 20260

I remember seeing this ad forty years ago; I remember how it piqued my curiosity about typewriters. He …

DAILY COMICS FOR MAY DAY
Tom's Desk

DAILY COMICS FOR MAY DAY

May 1, 2026August 23, 20260

One of the things I do is draw a webcomic about literary figures, philosophers, artists, etc. I call …

Oldest House in Claremont
Claremont

Oldest House in Claremont

April 17, 2026May 25, 20260

A well-preserved 1890 house, the oldest in Claremont, stands along a sunlit residential street with green shingle siding, …

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Typosphere Blog Update

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    Ellery Queen, Shirley Jackson, and AI – When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I got really into reading the Ellery Queen mystery novels.

    3 hours ago

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    It didn't look too bad - Marchant XL – After fixing-up a Marchant Pony B,  was very curious for one of the early Marchant extending-segment mechanisms. The keyboard models are rather large (and shelf space…

    5 hours ago

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    Monday, September 21, 2026

    9 hours ago

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    MY JAZZ PROJECT: “Good Friday Blues” by Jim Hall – Album Good Friday Blues Artist Jim Hall Year 1960 Personnel Jim Hall (guitar), Red Kelly (bass), Red Mitchell (piano) Era / Style Cool Jazz / Chamber…

    16 hours ago

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    CotM: CHDK Scriptin’ a Zoomy – “YOUR SPEED RED TRUCK” – So, fiddlin’ around with CHDK on the Powershot, as one is wont to do, and I decided to automate a crashzoom timelapse of a sign down…

    2 days ago

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    Dark Matter

    3 days ago

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    The bidding of the Paradigm –   This is how street views of pedestrian areas get made for Apple Maps. I found it creepy and offensive to have this guy wandering our…

    3 days ago

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    What words could we use to better describe the soul of a typewriter? – Hot take: Is it just me or has the word “snappy” ceased having meaning within the typosphere? I’ve heard “snappy” applied to the best typewriters, the…

    4 days ago

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    Brother Correct-O-Riter electric typewriter, used emphatically. – Brother Correct-O-Riter electric typewriter, used emphatically.

    4 days ago

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    Blog-versary –  And just like that, it's been three years that this blog has been...uh, blogging.  When I wrote the first post on this day in 2023, I…

    5 days ago

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    1910: L. C. Smith & Bros. factory – The Salesman, a California magazine, offered a wonderful series of photographs of the L.C. Smith & Bros. typewriter factory in 1910. The article, which can be

    6 days ago

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    Needs Work: 1957 Olympia SM3 – I’m very frugal, but I savor the little thrill I get from splurging on a deliciously awful junker typewriter. Typewriters are my hobby, my creative outlet.…

    2 weeks ago

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    A Classic Conversion II – The conclusion of my Suzuki guitar conversion. Continue reading →

    2 weeks ago

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    New typewriter interviews with Adam Koford and Kevin Huizenga – My latest typewriter interviews are with two cartoonists — one is a fully-drawn and pithy eye feast from Adam Koford, and the other a surprisingly wordy…

    2 weeks ago

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    Linotype Garamond and ARIGATO PAK! – Arigato Pak! Broadside, printed from hot-metal Linotype Garamond Garamond Linotype Mats An early logo for the Arigato Pak! Linotype Garamond Type Specimen from “Big Red”

    2 weeks ago

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    Call for submissions: MAINSPRINGS – Call for submissions MAINSPRINGSTales of Typewriters in the Age of AI edited byRichard Polt, Frederic S. Durbin, and Andrew V. McFeaters published byLoose Dog Press  mainspring, n.: a typewriter’s reserve…

    3 weeks ago

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    basic and grounded – “We should never lose a certain nostalgia for the desert. If we have nostalgia for the desert, we’ll be safe in the market place.” ~ Basil…

    3 weeks ago

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    New England has a New Typewriter Store—a Visit to Northeast Typewriter Exchange – New England has a new typewriter store—recently opened by James Rea in Montpelier, Vermont—the Northeast Typewriter Exchange.The store is a great in-person spot to try a…

    1 month ago

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    A New Typewriter Book – Excited to announce I will be launching a new typewriter book at the Australian Typewriter Collectors' Convention 2026 at Wollstonecraft in Sydney on September 26.It's called…

    1 month ago

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    Bushwhacked – In which Mike gets in a tangle.

    2 months ago

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    Bringing Typewriters to AFTACON 26 – Americans for the Arts decided to have their annual convention in Albuquerque this year. This is a national, DC-based organization that lobbies for and supports the…

    4 months ago

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    A Kantian Approach to Typewriter Repair –  

    2 years ago

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