This scene in Barry destroys me—especially this part of the scene. Bill Hader said that the “king of suck balls mountain” was improv and that he could barely hold it together. Once you know, it’s clear as day that Hader was puckering. YouTube Scene
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I watched the fascinating documentary Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal (Magnolia Pictures, 2015) last night. An hour and thirteen into the picture, William F. Buckley Jr., who is known to have used a Royal HH and an Olivetti Lettera 32, can be seen abusing what appears to be a Hermes 3000 portable typewriter.
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I've expanded my index card database storage by 30 new drawers of 13 3/4" of space each.
This model appears to be a Gaylord Bros. card index, but is missing explicit badging. It has the appropriate size for the modular Gaylord system and seems to be missing a few pieces including some of the dovetail pieces which would typically hold the unit securely together. Sadly, it's also missing all the card rods. The top seems to have been added from another unit and has a large crack in it. A few of the drawers need some minor nail and/or gluing attention.Â
It's definitely in rougher condition than my first Gaylord card index. The piece needs a fair amount of refurbishment work. The stain has gone a tad to the green side, but I'm on the fence about stripping, sanding, and re-staining the whole thing. I am considering refurbishing one section and adding it to my primary Gaylord cabinet as I think the two would match up very well.Â
It's in functional and usable shape, so I spent a couple hours blowing it out with my air compressor, cleaning it off, fixing a few nails, and giving it a much needed coat of furniture polish.Â
I was happy to pick it up for a price tag of $200 (or $6.66 per drawer), though it may have been a bit much for something in this condition compared to prior purchases. The seller did mention that they had more than six interested parties at this price within just two hours of listing, so I suppose I'm lucky that I saw it and responded as quickly as I did. Of course within that timeframe it was in my vehicle and headed home.
The base has a property tag from the city of Arcadia, but the owner has had it for the past 30 years and was using it primarily for baseball card storage.
New Grand Total
Recalculating from my collection of card indexes, I think this new cabinet brings my total up to 10 “boxes” with a total of 107 drawers featuring almost 160 linear feet of index card storage space. This comes out to the possibility of storing 265,475 index cards, with a cost per drawer hovering around $11.00 and still dropping.
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The last three or four weeks I’ve been pushing myself incredibly hard to be ready for a presentation that happened this morning. It went incredibly well. I’m simultaneously gratified and exhausted. TGIF!
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I've slowed way down on acquisitions in my typewriter collection, but when I saw this magnificent exemplar with Art Nouveau decoration pop up at thrift, I could not resist. For a near complete exemplar, it seemed to be better priced than most of the market that I looked at before purchasing.
I suppose that perhaps my next chapter of collecting might be some older machines? I don't see them out in the wild as frequently, so perhaps it'll keep my collection from growing too rapidly. This one certainly qualifies and along with my Corona 3 is now one of two actual antique typewriters in my collection which is mostly focused on vintage mid-40s to the late 70s.
Shortly I'll begin some restoration work on this lovely machine. Most of the restoration should be fairly easy after cleaning, but the majority of the work will be polishing the metal, most of which seems to be nickel plated. It doesn't seem to be as complex as later machines, so a full disassembly and cleaning should be easy work. If nothing else, it'll be much shinier when cleaned up than it is now.
I didn't expect it at all given the age of the machine, but Richard Polt has an instruction manual/parts list on his site.
Some Basic Research
I haven't done a deep dive on research for this machine beyond the Typewriter Database, The Antikey Chop, Robert Messenger's site, and the excellent history in The Typewriter Gazette. To my knowledge there's only one YouTube video on the machine with some of the functionality delineated at:Â
I've noted that the typewriter journal ETCetera has a few mentions of Odells as well. The December 2002, Issue No. 60 of ETCetera lists the rarity and desirability rankings of the Odell No. 4 as 5.0 and 5.5 respectively.
Initial Condition of My Odell No. 4
Against the odds, my typewriter came with the original box, but the paint/labeling on it is faint as to be difficult to read. I can easily make out the manufacturer's name "Farquhar & Albrecht" on the front of the box, but I think it fully reads:
Farquhar & Albrecht
[undiscernable]
School and College Textbooks
378-388 Wabash Ave.
Chicago
Later boxes eschewed the textbook reference and put the Odell Typewriter name on the side of the box instead, so I'm positing that mine is a slightly earlier version of the No. 4. The top of the box faintly reads "Handle Carefully". Since there aren't any examples of boxes on the Typewriter Database, I'll do some measurements and photos for those who might want to do recreations in their restoration work. It's a fairly simple dovetail box with a sliding lid.
My Odell No. 4 is missing some of the inking assembly including the inker roller and spring (part #​29). It's probably not a huge loss as I would expect that I'd have to replace the roller anyway to have the machine function properly. I'm going to have to fashion some sort of replacement as I imagine a parts machine will be hard (or expensive) to come by. If anyone has photographs and precise dimensional measurements of these parts, I can have a local fabricator make something (or a handful of somethings for later replacement use or parts for others) if I can't manage it in my own shop. Otherwise I'll attempt to engineer some workable parts from photos, patents, and the instruction manual.
Mine has a split Celluloid Alphabet for Key Board (part #​36), but I did find the missing piece in an envelope in the box. The broken piece is 5 characters long on the right side and is imminently repairable/restorable. I'll try to make a correct scale color facsimile for the future for those who might need restoration versions in the future. This is my first X J K M V W P L Y O F U R S A T H E I N G D B C Q Z keyboard, which seems to be designed with the most frequently used letters in the alphabet in the center of the index and the less used ones like X and Z at the ends. The information theorist in me will look at the potential mathematics that got them this arrangement.
I suspect that the spring in the shift mechanism is fine, but the others all look rusty/dodgy, so I'll either have to find replacements or fashion them so that the typewriter will work as intended.
Someone removed the bell portion on mine, but from what I can tell from a preliminary look, it appears (?) to be complete, but will take some cleaning and adjustment.Â
The platen has the narrowest diameter I've seen to date, and while not in great shape, isn't as horrible as I would have expected it to be for it's age. It seems solid and intact. It should be able to type well in its current condition.Â
In total, it'll take a bit of work to get it working as originally intended, but I should be able to tinker around and get at least a type sample out of it. If nothing else, it is a very interesting and simple, but clever, design for an index typewriter. The nickel-plated cast steel is lovely as a decorative piece, particularly with the Art Nouveau detailing.
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It doesn't seem to be as complex as later machines, so a full disassembly and cleaning should be easy work. If nothing else, it'll be much shinier when cleaned up than it is now.\n\nI didn't expect it at all given the age of the machine, but Richard Polt has an instruction manual/parts list\u00a0on his site.\n\nSome Basic Research\n\nI haven't done a deep dive on research for this machine beyond the Typewriter Database, The Antikey Chop, Robert Messenger's site, and the excellent history in The Typewriter Gazette. To my knowledge there's only one YouTube video on the machine with some of the functionality delineated at:\u00a0\n\n\n\nI've noted that the typewriter journal ETCetera has a few mentions of Odells as well. The December 2002, Issue No.\u00a060 of ETCetera lists the rarity and desirability rankings of the Odell No.\u00a04 as 5.0 and 5.5 respectively.\n\nInitial Condition of My Odell No.\u00a04\n\nAgainst the odds, my typewriter came with the original box, but the paint/labeling on it is faint as to be difficult to read. I can easily make out the manufacturer's name \"Farquhar & Albrecht\" on the front of the box, but I think it fully reads:\n\nFarquhar & Albrecht\n\n[undiscernable]\n\nSchool and College Textbooks\n\n378-388 Wabash Ave.\n\nChicago\n\nLater boxes eschewed the textbook reference and put the Odell Typewriter name on the side of the box instead, so I'm positing that mine is a slightly earlier version of the No.\u00a04. The top of the box faintly reads \"Handle Carefully\". Since there aren't any examples of boxes on the Typewriter Database, I'll do some measurements and photos for those who might want to do recreations in their restoration work. It's a fairly simple dovetail box with a sliding lid.\n\n\n\nMy Odell No.\u00a04 is missing some of the inking assembly including the inker roller and spring (part #\u200b29). It's probably not a huge loss as I would expect that I'd have to replace the roller anyway to have the machine function properly. I'm going to have to fashion some sort of replacement as I imagine a parts machine will be hard (or expensive) to come by. If anyone has photographs and precise dimensional measurements of these parts, I can have a local fabricator make something (or a handful of somethings for later replacement use or parts for others) if I can't manage it in my own shop. Otherwise I'll attempt to engineer some workable parts from photos, patents, and the instruction manual.\n\nMine has a split Celluloid Alphabet for Key Board (part #\u200b36), but I did find the missing piece in an envelope in the box. The broken piece is 5 characters long on the right side and is imminently repairable/restorable. I'll try to make a correct scale color facsimile for the future for those who might need restoration versions in the future. This is my first X J K M V W P L Y O F U R S A T H E I N G D B C Q Z keyboard, which seems to be designed with the most frequently used letters in the alphabet in the center of the index and the less used ones like X and Z at the ends. The information theorist in me will look at the potential mathematics that got them this arrangement.\n\n\n\nI suspect that the spring in the shift mechanism is fine, but the others all look rusty/dodgy, so I'll either have to find replacements or fashion them so that the typewriter will work as intended.\n\nSomeone removed the bell portion on mine, but from what I can tell from a preliminary look, it appears (?) to be complete, but will take some cleaning and adjustment.\u00a0\n\nThe platen has the narrowest diameter I've seen to date, and while not in great shape, isn't as horrible as I would have expected it to be for it's age. It seems solid and intact. It should be able to type well in its current condition.\u00a0\n\nIn total, it'll take a bit of work to get it working as originally intended, but I should be able to tinker around and get at least a type sample out of it. If nothing else, it is a very interesting and simple, but clever, design for an index typewriter. The nickel-plated cast steel is lovely as a decorative piece, particularly with the Art Nouveau detailing.",
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If nothing else, it'll be much shinier when cleaned up than it is now.\n\nI didn't expect it at all given the age of the machine, but Richard Polt has an <a href=\"https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/Odell4manual.pdf\">instruction manual/parts list</a>\u00a0on his site.\n\n<h2>Some Basic Research</h2>\n\nI haven't done a deep dive on research for this machine beyond the <a href=\"https://typewriterdatabase.com/odell.513.typewriter-serial-number-database\">Typewriter Database</a>, <a href=\"https://www.antikeychop.com/odell-typewriter-no2\">The Antikey Chop</a>, <a href=\"https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-this-day-in-typewriter-history-xc.html\">Robert Messenger's site</a>, and the <a href=\"https://www.typewritergazette.com/post/odell-and-his-typewriter\">excellent history in The Typewriter Gazette</a>. To my knowledge there's only one YouTube video on the machine with some of the functionality delineated at:\u00a0\n\n\n\nI've noted that the typewriter journal <a href=\"https://etconline.org/\">ETCetera</a> has a few mentions of Odells as well. The December 2002, Issue No.\u00a060 of ETCetera lists the rarity and desirability rankings of the Odell No.\u00a04 as 5.0 and 5.5 respectively.\n\n<h2>Initial Condition of My Odell No.\u00a04</h2>\n\nAgainst the odds, my typewriter came with the original box, but the paint/labeling on it is faint as to be difficult to read. I can easily make out the manufacturer's name \"Farquhar & Albrecht\" on the front of the box, but I think it fully reads:\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Farquhar & Albrecht<br />\n[undiscernable]<br />\nSchool and College Textbooks<br />\n378-388 Wabash Ave.<br />\nChicago</p>\n\nLater boxes eschewed the textbook reference and put the Odell Typewriter name on the side of the box instead, so I'm positing that mine is a slightly earlier version of the No.\u00a04. The top of the box faintly reads \"Handle Carefully\". Since there aren't any examples of boxes on the Typewriter Database, I'll do some measurements and photos for those who might want to do recreations in their restoration work. It's a fairly simple dovetail box with a sliding lid.\n\n<img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/wp-17762919524337759015822837753875-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Odell No. 4 Typewriter in it's wooden storage box\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" />\n\nMy Odell No.\u00a04 is missing some of the inking assembly including the inker roller and spring (part #\u200b29). It's probably not a huge loss as I would expect that I'd have to replace the roller anyway to have the machine function properly. I'm going to have to fashion some sort of replacement as I imagine a parts machine will be hard (or expensive) to come by. If anyone has photographs and precise dimensional measurements of these parts, I can have a local fabricator make something (or a handful of somethings for later replacement use or parts for others) if I can't manage it in my own shop. Otherwise I'll attempt to engineer some workable parts from photos, patents, and the instruction manual.\n\nMine has a split Celluloid Alphabet for Key Board (part #\u200b36), but I did find the missing piece in an envelope in the box. The broken piece is 5 characters long on the right side and is imminently repairable/restorable. I'll try to make a correct scale color facsimile for the future for those who might need restoration versions in the future. This is my first X J K M V W P L Y O F U R S A T H E I N G D B C Q Z keyboard, which seems to be designed with the most frequently used letters in the alphabet in the center of the index and the less used ones like X and Z at the ends. The information theorist in me will look at the potential mathematics that got them this arrangement.\n\n<img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/wp-17762919515343016532880543452462-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View down onto an Odell No. 4 Typewriter featuring the Celluloid Alphabet for Key Board which has a linear presentation in the following order: X J K M V W P L Y O F U R S A T H E I N G D B C Q Z\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" />\n\nI suspect that the spring in the shift mechanism is fine, but the others all look rusty/dodgy, so I'll either have to find replacements or fashion them so that the typewriter will work as intended.\n\nSomeone removed the bell portion on mine, but from what I can tell from a preliminary look, it appears (?) to be complete, but will take some cleaning and adjustment.\u00a0\n\nThe platen has the narrowest diameter I've seen to date, and while not in great shape, isn't as horrible as I would have expected it to be for it's age. It seems solid and intact. It should be able to type well in its current condition.\u00a0\n\nIn total, it'll take a bit of work to get it working as originally intended, but I should be able to tinker around and get at least a type sample out of it. If nothing else, it is a very interesting and simple, but clever, design for an index typewriter. The nickel-plated cast steel is lovely as a decorative piece, particularly with the Art Nouveau detailing."
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@NASA.gov has lots of short Artemis videos on their YouTube channel (@NASA@YouTube.com), however this 10h10m video of the Artemis II lunar flyby appears to be the closest to a continuous long-form recording of the live stream during that period.
After almost 14 minutes of intro footage, this live recording has some amazing moments in context such as when the Integrity crew named the two craters on the moon, the forty minute “Loss of Signal” (LoS) as Integrity went behind the moon, came back out, then into a solar eclipse, and of course all the very efficient (and competent) communications between the astronauts and Mission Control (with video of both).
And quotes like Christina's “We do not leave Earth. We choose it.”
Lots of long durations of silence as well. Fitting for a recording of video from space. Also great for putting on in the background while working. The crew comms with control competency alone is inspiring.
Note: the #NASA and #SpaceflightNow YouTube livestreams I linked to five days ago are now only displaying the message:  “This live stream recording is not available.” a different kind of Loss of Signal.
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Shortly I'll begin some restoration work on this lovely machine. Most of the restoration should be fairly easy after cleaning, but the majority of the work will be polishing the metal, most of which seems to be nickel plated. It doesn't seem to be as complex as later machines, so a full disassembly and cleaning should be easy work. If nothing else, it'll be much shinier when cleaned up than it is now.
I didn't expect it at all given the age of the machine, but Richard Polt has an instruction manual/parts list on his site.
My Odell No. 4 is missing some of the inking assembly including the inker roller and spring (part #​29). It's probably not a huge loss as I would expect that I'd have to replace the roller anyway to have the machine function properly. I'm going to have to fashion some sort of replacement as I imagine a parts machine will be hard (or expensive) to come by. If anyone has photographs and precise dimensional measurements of these parts, I can have a local fabricator make something (or a handful of somethings for later replacement use or parts for others) if I can't manage it in my own shop. Otherwise I'll attempt to engineer some workable parts from photos, patents, and the instruction manual.
Mine has a split Celluloid Alphabet for Key Board (part #​36), but I did find the missing piece in an envelope in the box. The broken piece is 5 characters long on the right side and is imminently repairable/restorable. I'll try to make a correct scale color facsimile for the future for those who might need restoration versions in the future. This is my first X J K M V W P L Y O F U R S A T H E I N G D B C Q Z keyboard, which seems to be designed with the most frequently used letters in the alphabet in the center of the index and the less used ones like X and Z at the ends. The information theorist in me will look at the potential mathematics that got them this arrangement.
I suspect that the spring in the shift mechanism is fine, but the others all look rusty/dodgy, so I'll either have to find replacements or fashion them so that the typewriter will work as intended.
Someone removed the bell portion on mine, but from what I can tell from a preliminary look, it appears (?) to be complete, but will take some cleaning and adjustment.Â
The platen has the narrowest diameter I've seen to date, and while not in great shape, isn't as horrible as I would have expected it to be for it's age. It seems solid and intact. It should be able to type well in its current condition.Â
In total, it'll take a bit of work to get it working as originally intended, but I should be able to tinker around and get at least a type sample out of it. If nothing else, it is a very interesting and simple, but clever, design for an index typewriter. The nickel-plated cast steel is lovely as a decorative piece, particularly with the Art Nouveau detailing.
