by Richard Polt | Jul 23, 2024 | Olivetti, Olympia, Underwood
The brilliant, often baffling Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) had a love affair with typewriters: specifically, an Underwood Finger-Flite Champion, an Olympia SF, and an Underwood Dora. I’ve found some photos and videos of her typing, and a couple...
by Richard Polt | Feb 22, 2023 | Olympia
It’s been a busy month—and then I came down with Covid (for the first time, as far as I know). Fatigue, sore throat, fever … no fun. But I am now on the mend.So as not to leave this blog completely unattended, I’ll post some pics of a striking little...
by Richard Polt | Aug 19, 2022 | Olympia
Thanks to Jakob Lewis for including me in his great new podcast for the Goethe Institut. The podcast is in English, but the written introduction is in German. In case you don’t know that language, it says:Searching for an alternative to the nearly overwhelming...
by Richard Polt | Dec 14, 2018 | kids, Olympia
A couple of years ago, I set up an Olympia SG3 in Xavier’s faculty lounge. People started using it for random bits of poetry, comments, and such. But recently, it’s seen little use. I suggested to a librarian that it might go well in the little makerspace...
by Richard Polt | Nov 26, 2016 | Betty Ann Buskirk, Olympia
(With this post I reach 119 posts in 2016—exceeding my previous yearly record.)
