Vintage Technology Obsessions

A blog about all kinds of vintage technology from simple mechanisms of the late 1800s through electronics and robotics of the 1980s. Many posts will be typecast and some will be off topic bits from everyday life. The blog will wander and meander with my quasi-evolving and ever changing interests.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Ephemeral Chicago Circa 1942

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Keylime has a a NOS Silk-Spun brand silk ribbon and is now a crisp and happy camper. I'm sorry to have missed the era of str...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Found in the Wild: Olympia SM-7 with Congress Typeface

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The serial number is just over 2,005,000 which should date this as a 1962 model.  Other than a hard platen, this typewriter performs flaw...
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Monday, August 6, 2012

Curiosity, Welcome to Mars!

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Great job, NASA!  You've gotten Curiosity to Mars! First images coming..  The first image is a thumbnail of a wheel in the foreground ...
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Good Luck, Curiosity!

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I stared writing this blog entry 4 days, 1 hour and 53 minutes before the scheduled touchdown of the rover Curiosity on Mars.  On Wednesday,...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Maker Faire KC: Fun with Electricity!

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Welcome to the second installment on the 2012 Kansas City Maker Faire!  You can find background on the event on installment one presented on...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

Your Career at NASA - Circa 1966

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In The Birthday Blog Post From Space , I shared some images from a 1964 National Geographic magazine featuring the United States' plan f...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

Maker Faire KC Part 1: Printing Technology

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Is this IBM Selectric II cool, or what?  The maker grew bored with it and created a printer with the judicious use of programming, s...
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