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Thermal typewriters.

I love my little brother

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 L.T. Hanlon4 Comments

For your added enjoyment, this typecast has not been proofread, edited, or fact-checked. Typos and mistakes are Easter eggs. Enjoy!

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How valuable is this typewriter?

May 20, 2019 L.T. Hanlon3 Comments

Screenshot of the results of a search for typewriters in Facebook Marketplace show two typewriters and one opened waffle iron. The waffle iron looks sort of like a typewriter.
Facebook Marketplace finds a rare typewriter for me.

The following text appears in a photo of a typewritten page. Sunday, May 19, 2019. Chicago, USA. Canon Typestar 5. One of these things is not like the other. Foreword — I had planned on writing this earlier today but got distracted. So now, at around 11:15 p.m. I can't haul out a mechanical typewriter and pound away. Well, I could ... but that  wouldn't make me a very considerate neighbor. So ... Canon Typestar 5 to the rescue! The quiet, electronic Typestar uses a thermal element to transfer type to paper. When these portable wonders were in production, Canon sold ink-ribbon cartridges about the size of a mini DV cartridge. Those ink cartridges haven't been manufactured for many years. I have a few NOS  ribbons I bought off eBay but I use them sparingly when I need to type on traditional paper. The rest of time, I remove the ribbon cart and load the Typestar with thermal fax paper. That l s what I'm using for this typecast. You’re probably familiar with thermal paper already; it's that lightweight  paper used for store receipts. The main part This is going to be much shorter  than the foreword. It's just a funny little incident from earlier today. While wasting time on Facebook, I searched for typewriters in Facebook Marketplace and among the illustrated results was a WAFFLE IRON. I guess it wound up in the results because to an Al program it looks like of like a typewriter; sort of how the openings in automobile wheel covers look enough like faces to Google Street View's  algorithms that they're always blurred. Well, that's it. Note: Unedited. Typos are Easter eggs!

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Nicotine notes from Mom

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 L.T. Hanlon2 Comments

This is a photo of a typewritten page that contains the following test. Sunday, May 12, 2019 . Chicago, USA. Canon Typestar 5. Notes from mother. What sorts of notes do mothers send out their  children today? When I was a child, those notes usually consisted of permission slips, notes excusing kids from  school due to an illness, shopping lists, and the  note that allowed children to buy cigarettes. That's right. At one time not so long ago, many grocers and druggists would sell cigarettes to kids as long as junior presented the cashier with a signed note from a parent authorizing the purchase. (

 

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How I typecast

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 L.T. Hanlon5 Comments

The photo shows the following typewritten text. Friday, May 10, 2019. Smith—Corona 5T Silent—Super. My typecast workflow. Someone asked me about the stepsrequired to create a typecast, so that’s what I’m going to explain here. By the way, none of this is original to me. I gleaned most of these from Joe Van Cleave, Richard Polt, and The Rt. Rev. Theodore Munk. OK, the steps. 1 — I first think about what I’m going to write about but I don't cogitate  too much because I want everything to be as spontaneous as possible. 2 — I choose which typewriter to use: Smith—Corona Silent—Super pica, Smith-Corona Silent—Super elite, Canon Typestar 5 electronic typewriter, or Hermes 3000 (1968 model) Techno Pica.	 3 — I photograph the typewritten page using my smartphone’s camera, then create a 1,000-pixel wide, 72 ppi version. 4 — I open the photo in an OCR app, convert the text and export to Microsoft Word. In Word, I clean up the results and then insert the words into the alt attribute of my post’s image. This allows visitors who are employing assistive technology to read the post too. This text also can be indexed by search engines. 5 — I then post the image and amended HTML. Once or twice I used a scanning app instead of a plain photo, but I like the raw look and feel  of a photo. And look and feel are essential to  a typecast, right? Note: Minor corrections added by hand.

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I’m not a poet … and I know it

May 6, 2019May 5, 2019 L.T. Hanlon1 Comment

Monday, May 6, 2019. Chicago, USA. Canon Typestar 5. POETRY! POETRY! POETRY! I just found out there's this cool group of folks here in Chicago who create poetry on demand. They're Poems While You Wait (poemswhileyouwait.tumblr.com) and their stuff is A-OK and absolutely first-class. I’m also very envious of PWYW because I've always wanted to be able to write good poetry. There are two things that are stopping me, however. 1. I have no patience. 2. I have no talent. I do remember poems that impress me. Many decades ago, Mom brought home a book by Mason Williams, the guy who created Classical Gas. The book contained photos, graphics, and poetry. One of Williams' poems has stayed with me all this time. Death. You will know me by my touch. It is the last. Another poem I recall from about that time is far less sophisticated. Roses are red, violets are blue, and you've got a nose like a B-52. Warning: This typecast has not been edited.

 

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Stormchasing from home

May 4, 2019May 5, 2019 L.T. Hanlon6 Comments

Screenshot from a live video feed at Live Storm Chasers. It shows a view of Texas flatlands as a gray thunderstorm brews on the horizon.
Here’s a screenshot of a live video feed from stormchaser Gary Schmitt. He’s just one of dozens who share their adventures at Live Storm Chasing.
(Photo copyright © Gary Schmitt via Live Storm Chasing)

Photo is of the following typewritten text. Saturday, May 4, 2019. Chicago, USA. Canon Typostar 5. Maybe you like it, maybe you don't. I'm talking about bad weather — thunderstorms, especially. I love being ou t in bad storms and experiencing Mother Nature during her many emotional outbursts. I've often considered driving around out on the plains during tornado season but I don't own a car and renting one would be a bad idea for this since I'm sure Hertz, Avis, Enterprise and the like are not going to allow CDW insurance to cover hail damage that occurs when you intentially put one of their vehicles in harm's way. The next best thing is following stormchasers online. I like to keep track of these folks on Live Storm Chasing; the URL is livestormchasing.com. Some of the chaser have a live audio feed going too, so you get to hear them strategize and copordinate their movements. In terms of artistry, the No. 1 best chaser is Pecos Hank. He's into music and creates the soundtrackfor his videos and also has an interest in reptiles. His url is pecoshank.com. What typewriter would I bring with ,e when stormchasing? This Typestar, of course. It runs on batteries if needed. Note: As usual, this typecast has not been copy edited.

 

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Make up your mind!

May 2, 2019May 5, 2019 L.T. Hanlon2 Comments

Today’s typecast is printed on thermal paper, the kind used for cash register receipts. Want to know more about thermal typewriters? Joe Van Cleave explains.

Photo is of a bright yellow cash register paper receipt tape. This is thermal paper. Text follows. Thursday, May 2, 2019. Chicago, USA. Canon Typestar 5. Freedom of Choice. Hardly a week goes by that scientists and other know-it-alls don't change their minds and make a public spectacle of themselves. Frequent flipflops include red wine, beer, saturated fat, sex. And now chicken skin. Yep, I just read a story in which it's now OK to eat this. Translation: East whatever you want because folks don't know crap!

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