2012 - Highlights.

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Guetsli.

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The Ribbon-Eating Monster.

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Hermes Baby in Prime Time.

Sendung online sehen/Watch it online Starting at 22:40. Das Gedicht/The poem.

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Here We Go Again.

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Numbers.

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Swiss Army Knife

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Online Auction Fairness.

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typesight.

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Proprietary

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Portability

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Remote-controlled.

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400 Posts.

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Basic Principles for Typewriting Identification.

a. The typefaces used by the different typewritermanuiacturers can be differentiated on thebasis of design and have dating significance.b. Through usage, typewriters develop individ-uality which can serve to identify the typewritingof a particular typewriter.c. The gradual development of typewriting in-dividuality plus ribbon condition and typefacecleanliness can be used to date a document orfixit within a period of time.d. Horizontal and vertical malalignment; tiltingcharacters; lack of uniformity of impressions (off-footedness); typeface scars, breaks, defects anddeformities; overall depth of impression; and re-bounding characters all serve to identify the type-writing of a particular machine.e. Some individualities are more unusual thanothers and thus have greater probative value.f. The principles underlying the identification oftypewriting are controlled by the mathematicalrules of probability as applied to independentevents.g. Peculiar habits of striking the typewriterkeys, spacing, arrangement, punctuation, incorrectcharacter usage, mistakes, corrections, etc. can beused to identify a typist or differentiate typists.h. A sheet of paper cannot be re-inserted in atypewriter in exact registerwith previous typingdone on the sheet of paper. This awesome post was brought to you by the mighty Typosphere

Accents.

Accents. I've been wondering for quite some time why Remington chose a completely different solution for writing accents (‘,‘) than any other typewriter manufacturer I know: Instead of having a dead key for the accents, where you type the accent, the carriage doesn't advance and then write the letter, you have to first write the letter and then type the accents, with the accent cantilevered, standing away from the type slug. At first, that solution may seem line total overkill and you wonder why the Remington engineers decided to go that way. Then, when writing in French, I suddenly realised why: You first write the "e" when handwriting in French, and then the ‘ for e. And with that Remington solution, it's the exact same principle, only on a typewriter: You type the We", the carriage advances and then, you type the ‘, which "goes back" one position. Terrible over~engineering, of course, but at least it makes sense. I can understand though that after World War 2, Remington dropped the cantilevering concept and used the standard principle on all machines. It's easier for us collectors as well. maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com Remington Noiseless Deluxe This awesome post was brought to you by the mighty Typosphere

Quietening a Noiseless

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centred.

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User Interface

User Interface I've been blogging for 4 years now. In this time, I changed my Blogger user interface once. At first, I thought it wasn't a change to the better, out then, I was very satisfied with the current "old" design. The photo uploading funcitonality made a great leap forward. The only drawback I know at the moment is the missing possibility to enter font sizes in percent. Now, Blogger is about to intnoduce an entierly new user interface. I think they first offered me to switch last autunm. I tried it, but didn't like the thing. I only switched to the now-old layout back then! Now, the free blog-hoster from Google wants to force me to switch. The longer the more, I see boxes pop up everywhere, telling me to change my interface. I think I won't do it until there's no other way anymore. Every time Pacebook or other major sites roll out a new layout, there's an outcry of the internet community. In early 2009, when the Internet Explorer 6 was about 8 years old, about every fifth internet user still used the zombie-browser. Version 7 had bee n available for about 3 years at that time. I have no idea why people often hesitate to update. But typewriters never needed updates, and their functi- onality remained the same for decades. Were they a perfect design? maschinengeschrieben.blogspot.com Remington Deluxe Noiseless. This awesome post was brought to you by the mighty Typosphere

maschiene.

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R&B