I just got this Smith Corona at one of our local antique/second-hands shops:

I have to give credit to my 15yo, who spotted it yesterday while wandering around town with a friend and sent me a picture. It’s pretty great to have minions.

The typewriter needs a lot of cleaning and has one slightly bent type bar. Otherwise, though, it seems to be in pretty decent shape, although the platen roller might be in need of some help.

Jesus H Christ, security nerds. First you insisted that there had to be multi-factor authentication on every goddamned site and made it so now I can never change my phone number again.

But apparently that’s no longer good enough and we have to switch to passkeys on everything? Ridiculous.

If you have to put up a long treatise on what they even are and nag me about using them on every login page, it is not a solution for normal people.

I got one of these Lochby Pocket Journal things earlier this week and have been using it the last couple of days:

I tend to keep a pocket notebook—Field Notes or similar—in my back pocket, so I thought I might give one of these a try.

It’s not bad, although maybe a little bulkier than I might prefer, especially if I pop a pen inside it. I like the material, though, and it seems pretty well made. The inside has a few pockets, so I guess maybe it hold some cards and replace a wallet if I carried one of those (I don’t). I have also noticed that my phone will fit inside without blocking the zipper, which is kind to cool.

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I have decided to start swapping out the typewriter I keep on the side of my desk for notes and thoughts over the course of my workday.

This week, the Smith Corona Galaxie Deluxe is up:

I think this one is from ~1966, but the label with the serial number is in pretty rough shape. I rescued this typewriter from the curb while out for a run in my neighborhood last year, and it has turned out to be one of my favorite machines to use.