Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Tomorrow is a Big Day
I have been polishing my typewriter collection in preparation for a small visit from Bill Geist from CBS News Sunday Morning. He will be visiting my personal collection on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday he will be visiting my classroom to see what we do with the typewriters and how the students are reacting to the CTP.
Am I a little nervous? Absolutely! This is a pretty big deal. Hopefully everything goes well.
Am I a little nervous? Absolutely! This is a pretty big deal. Hopefully everything goes well.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Monday, December 19, 2011
Magic Margin is now Taking Applications
The Typegrant Application is available right now! Just click on the Typegrant button on the right and you will be transported to a PDF you can print off, fill in, and send to:
Magic Margin Typegrants
c/o Ryan Adney
Alhambra High School
3839 West Camelback Road
Phoenix, AZ 85019
This grant is open to all high school students currently enrolled in a comprehensive high school in the continental United States. There are four typewriters available, two of which are reserved for Arizona applicants.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Just A Couple of Things
This post is more of an update on several parallel activities happening at Magic Margin rather than new content. It has been a rather busy build-up to the holiday season.
I am putting the finishing touches on the Typegrant application form. If I can get a few minutes on the computer, I'll post it tonight. As it stands the application is about two pages long. It's not a remarkably difficult application process and should only take a few minutes to fill out. I don't want to make the entire thing unduly difficult.
The first Typegrant application deadline is scheduled for March 2nd, 2012. The grants are open to any high school student currently enrolled in a four-year high school and on-track to graduation.
There are four typewriters that I am in the process of getting cleaned up and ready to give away. I have set aside a Smith-Corona Sterling, an SCM Classic 12, a '50s Royal QDL, and the Hermes 2000 for Typegrant awardees. I think that this small collection represents a nice cross-section of typewriters.
I still want to post something using the Facit's script typeface. It's really quite nice and it might be fun to do a comparison/contrast with the Smith-Corona's script typeface. This is the same identical model that Ted Munk has called the Iron Lady; no doubt due to the immense weight.
Well, do keep an eye out for the application and some fun stuff!
I am putting the finishing touches on the Typegrant application form. If I can get a few minutes on the computer, I'll post it tonight. As it stands the application is about two pages long. It's not a remarkably difficult application process and should only take a few minutes to fill out. I don't want to make the entire thing unduly difficult.
The first Typegrant application deadline is scheduled for March 2nd, 2012. The grants are open to any high school student currently enrolled in a four-year high school and on-track to graduation.
There are four typewriters that I am in the process of getting cleaned up and ready to give away. I have set aside a Smith-Corona Sterling, an SCM Classic 12, a '50s Royal QDL, and the Hermes 2000 for Typegrant awardees. I think that this small collection represents a nice cross-section of typewriters.
I still want to post something using the Facit's script typeface. It's really quite nice and it might be fun to do a comparison/contrast with the Smith-Corona's script typeface. This is the same identical model that Ted Munk has called the Iron Lady; no doubt due to the immense weight.
Well, do keep an eye out for the application and some fun stuff!
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