Tunnel ~ Personas | a closer listen
What’s black and white and red all over? The entire history of the webuildmachines label up to this point, which makes the new color palette of Personas all the more striking. Ryan Miller i…| a closer listen
One of the unique characteristic of the Crazyflie platform is the fact that decks (the Crazyflie expansion boards) are detected dynamically at startup. This makes the platform pretty much plug and play: plug a flow deck and you can fly autonomously with relative positioning, no configuration or recompilation required. In this blog post we will… Read More| Bitcraze
What’s black and white and red all over? The entire history of the webuildmachines label up to this point, which makes the new color palette of Personas all the more striking. Ryan Miller i…| a closer listen
When your musical identity changes, are you still you? This is the question faced by Erol Sarp and Lukas Vogel, whose first ten years of recording as Grandbrothers were marked by a singular approa…| a closer listen
In simpler times, Americans looked after their own (even when their own were doing a little dumping themselves). Makes me wonder, are the Democrats “dumping or competiting?” [sic] The C…| E.T.ZONE
At the beginning of the year, we released the Crazyflie 2.1 Brushless charging dock. This project was very much an experiment for us since this is the first product we are mainly manufacturing and assembling by ourselves in Sweden. We though we would write a little bit about the reason we made it that way and how it is going.| Bitcraze
tedzi تدزي’s Mn Dehab may begin and end in drone, but there’s a lot of anger in-between. The Lebanese artist, now located in Berlin, uses the liner notes to express what is not explici…| a closer listen
Start with mid-period Sigur Rós, blend it with early Morr Music and múm, add a touch of Where the Wild Things Are and you’ve got Disiniblud, the brand new duo of Rachika Nayar and Nina Keith.…| a closer listen
Rival Consoles (aka Ryan Lee West) is a prolific artist, typically releasing consecutive full-length albums with less than a year’s time in between. Landscape from Memory comes after somewhat of a …| a closer listen
Ben Chatwin has taken a new approach in 2025, releasing a double-A side single followed by an EP, each boasting visuals from Morgan Beringer. These audio-visual works are meant to be experienced i…| a closer listen
Traditional Irish folk music has withstood the test of time. Its origins predate written records, and many of the basics of the genre’s form have remained since before the 17th century. Some aspect…| a closer listen
Industria Meccanica di Chiavenna S.p.A, is the name of an Italian manufacturer normally associated with the manufacture of calculators and various “Rover” mechanical typewriters. Into the 1980s, the almost daisy-like four-petalled “Rover” decal also appeared on a “Rover 246/256 Electronic” pair of portable daisywheel electronic typewriters. Both models are dual pitch, have a pedestrian print […]| E.T.ZONE
The A.B. Dick Company of Chicago, Illinois, was founded in 1884 by Albert Blake Dick, Sr. The company pioneered photocopier technology in 1957 and, along with its more well-known rival the Xerox Corporation, was an early pioneer of electronic typewriters and word processor systems.1 Diablo-compatible ribbon cassettes and printwheels suggest that Magnum I and II […]| E.T.ZONE
“Sterling” is just one of many instances of Smith Corona’s recycling of its model names. You can find examples from the mechanical typewriter era, the electromechanical typewriter era and, as in this case, the electronic typewriter era. Note the STERLING “SCM” decal, which helps to date this typewriter. A new Smith Corona logo was introduced following […]| E.T.ZONE
Parts of this guide may also be applicable to other models in this Brother AX (10, 12, 20, 30) series of electronic portables, circa 1985-86. Model AX-30 is the only model in that series with an LCD screen.| E.T.ZONE
“Rare” is an epithet that’s frequently misused in online typewriter listings, especially when those typrwriters are electronic. rare adjective (rarer, rarest) existing in small numbers and so of interest or value. “Small numbers” in the context of electronic devices might mean tens of thousands. So how can a mass-produced electronic device be “rare”? The obvious […]| E.T.ZONE
The attractiveness and the usefulness of my IBM Personal Wheelwriter is now augmented by the recent addition of more (Courier 10, Dual Gothic, Essay, Gothic, Olde World, Rhetoric, Script) printwheels and ribbons. This in addition to the 5 (Artisan 12, Letter Gothic 12P, Prestige Elite 12P, Gothic 15, Title PS) I already owned. Printwheels are […]| E.T.ZONE
In the years before the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co (3M) divested its copying and facsimile products as part of a 1985 joint venture with Lanier Business Products Inc (incidentally, the company that purchased the customer base and the product technology rights of the ill-fated Exxon Office Systems Co), the company had a “Copying Products Department”. […]| E.T.ZONE
A lot of folks have swallowed the canard that voter fraud is rampant and that the machines that tally their votes can’t be trusted.| Arkansas Advocate
How to rank one electronic typewriter over another or choose which particular model or brand to buy? It can be trial and error. Here are 5 criteria that might help inform your choice or preference.…| E.T.ZONE
NINA EBA deserves to be an international superstar, and is poised to achieve this dream with her debut album. Talent, hard work and attention to detail have brought her to this point, the seeds of…| a closer listen
What’s the last physical release that you were excited about ~ not only because you enjoyed the music, but because you wanted to cherish the object and show it off to your friends? In a come…| a closer listen
Murmuration may be Calcou’s first album, but it’s not his first appearance. The Berlin-based artist has been releasing music for five years, beginning with three EPs followed by seven …| a closer listen
Fragilty is one of the strongest musical statements to emerge from Ukraine this year; it is also surprisingly tender. Kyiv’s NFNR (Olesia Onykiienko) was tired of being dominated by the R…| a closer listen
Another in the occasional series made possible due to the wonderful exploits by some wonderful YouTube Up-loaders. I want to highlight some of those bands that John Peel had recorded sessions for his show over the years Prior to having … Continue reading →| StevoMusicMan – Ramblings Of A Music Man
