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Peter Greste Finally Freed
Peter Greste reports for Al-Jazeera on "Writing on the wall for Rwanda's typists" from Kigali in October 2013, two months before he was falsely arrested in Egypt.See video below.Qatar-based Australian...
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Olivetti Lettera 32 on its way
This Ivrea-made Olivetti Lettera 32 portable typewriter left here this morning, westward-ho. It was distributed by Olivetti Australia of Macdonell House, 321 Pitt Street, Sydney, and sold by Australian...
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A Lesson From Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee working as the editor of the Rammer Jammer magazine while at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in 1947.It strikes me that there is a lesson to be learned...
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The Early Art of Olivetti
According to Olivetti 1908-1958 (by Giorgio Soavi, published by Ing C.Olivetti & C SpA, Ivrea, October 1958) it was in 1913 (not 1912) that, "As the commercial organisation of the Olivetti company...
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Get on ya bike - with typewriter
From the South Australian Chronicle, Adelaide, August 25, 1894South Australian Rohan Dennis' world record performance of cycling 32.8 miles (52.5km) in an hour at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen,...
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1902 Australian Manual for Remington Typewriters Models 5-9
This Australian Remington Typewriter Manual was produced in 1902 by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons of London for Stott and Hoare's Business College at the Martin Chambers at 26-28 Moore Street in Sydney....
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Spot the Olympia SM9 at the Grammys?
"South Australia's camera-shy pop star Sia Furler enlisted American actresses Kristen Wiig and Dance Moms star Maddie Ziegler for her Chandelier performance at Sunday night's Grammy Awards at the...
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Typewriter Books
Two thousand and fifteen is shaping as the most exciting year for typewriter books since 1997. Not since two impressive tomes called Antique Typewriters came out that year has there been such a buzz of...
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On January 9 last I lost the plot and flew into a rage after finding some scumbag in India had plagiarised at least 500 of my blog posts. If I understood Scott Kernaghan correctly at the time, these...
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What Happens When There Are No Photographs of Typewriters
"Active as a young panther": Australian war correspondent Philip Schuler watches the movement of Allied ships in Mudros Harbour from Mount Elias on Lemnos, 1915.On the shores of Gallipoli in August...
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Vaver's and Pacific Typewriter Companies
While helping a New Zealand collector identify his Remington-Rand EJ standard typewriter today, I chanced upon the connection between Vaver's Typewriter Company in Auckland, New Zealand, and the...
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Seeking Shicken Boogiewonderland, on Valentine's Day
On the eve of Valentine's Day, a homeless man in Columbus, Georgia, broke into a funeral home, had himself some crazy love and made off on a stolen bike. Goodbye, Columbus! Oddly enough, this...
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Typewriters in the News
The Typewriter Revolution appears to be gathering pace, evidenced by a flurry of news stories relating to typewriter use. Here are a few:STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORKTYPED LOVEOn SILive.com - "Watch: The...
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Army Typist=It's My Party
It was sad to hear that Lesley Gore had died of lung cancer in Manhattan on Monday, aged 68. I so well remember Gore's biggest hit, It's My Party, when it came out in 1963. Gore as just 16 at the time....
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The Astoria Dunera Typewriter Mystery Deepens
Geoff Winter, who donated his late father's Astoria portable typewriter (SIM line) to the Australian Typewriter Museum, has written an interesting article about the Astoria for the latest edition of...
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Wedding Typewriter
I went to dinner at the home of my son Danny and daughter-in-law Emily this week and was delighted to see their "official" wedding photos are finally "out". Of course there were plenty of guests busily...
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Typewriting World Cycling Champion
Proud manual portable typewriter owner, Canberra's Rebecca Wiasak, this morning won the women's 3000 metres individual pursuit title at the UCI world track cycling championships at...
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Unreliable Memories: Why the McCarthy Olivetti Lettera 32 Story is Full of Holes
"I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet." ― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old MenPeter Crossing is one of those mates for whom one would always make an...
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