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Thanks Ann Larie!
Mongolian Typewriter
July 17, 2009My friend and colleague recently sent me photographs of an antique Mongolian typewriter he owns – a beautiful machine.
My New Japanese Typewriter
July 15, 2009Thank you once again to James and Joy, and to Pastor Kuriyama.
New addition to the family: a Japanese typewriter
July 13, 2009There are so many expressions to convey a string of bad luck (“when it rains, it pours,” “bad news comes in threes,” etc.), but comparatively few to express the opposite. Well, whatever the appropriate expression might be, it certainly applies here. Last week, I posted about the Chinese typewriter I was given by two very gracious and wonderful people, James and Joy. Well, this week, I will receive a Japanese typewriter as well – as it turns out, their friend and colleague knew the whereabouts of an old machine, and was also interested in finding it a good home. I cannot wait to see it! James and Joy, thank you so much! And many thanks to your colleague.
On the trail of two inventors (and Comments now open)
July 6, 2009The Fourth of July was wonderful (and the Fifth was even better). Now I’m back to work, following two tantalizing leads I first encountered about two months ago.
Also, my friends just alerted me that the Comments option has been closed this whole time. Please forgive me! I changed the option.
Photographs from the archive
July 3, 2009
More from the archive… I can’t wait to include scans in my book.
Back from the archives
June 30, 2009
I just returned from the archive with an amazing cache of documents about Lin Yutang’s Chinese typewriter, the MingKwai. One of my favorite documents is pictured here: a list of each of the parts out of which the MingKwai was built (you’ll never guess how many).
