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| | | | | Olympia SM3 DeLuxe (1955) The Olympia SM3 is a reliable workhorse, from a solid body construction to keys that provide good response and feedback. When you first sit at this thing, you marvel at the beauty and how it exudes a certain egalitarian work ethic. These machines were meant for typing -- lots of typing.... | |
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| | | | | In this jet-lagged episode I visit an exhibition in a gallery in Rome, Italy, where the art of Olivetti's design, as well as the company's past and future is examined. In the Filthy Labs segment, I revisit my 2012 blog on 3D printing a typewriter. As usual, my podcast is available on iTunes podcast: Or... | |
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| | | | | The Purchase On Saturday, August 3rd, after a patience-trying wait, I picked up this lovely green 1958 Olympia SM3. It's the first typewriter in my collection with both an exotic character set as well as a typeface that veers outside of the standard pica and elite typefaces. It was a Facebook Marketplace purchase for a | |
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| | | "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness."?John Steinbeck #ThursdayTreeLove -167 Talks of summers in India will be incomplete without a mention of the blooming Flame of the Forest tree (commonly known as Palash). When I was visiting my parents last month, I spotted this tree in... | ||