Indigo is quite a nice iOS app for a converged Bluesky and Mastodon experience. I post (POSSE) from my site typically, but replies are almost always done directly on the platforms. A bit of a gap to close, but I’ve never been able to think of a convenient way to do it.
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"html": "<img alt=\"\" src=\"https://res.cloudinary.com/mariposta/image/upload/w_1200,c_limit,q_65/abstract-mind.jpg\" /><h2>I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Bet!</h2>\n\n<p>Tired of <em>brainrot</em>, of often feeling uncreative and uninspired? Of endlessly <em>doomscrolling</em> through ick feeds which increasingly feel like they bear no connection to reality?</p>\n\n<p><strong>Me too.</strong> I want my brain to operate at full capacity\u2026in fact I want to exercise my brain so it has even <em>more</em> capacity. I want to go into <strong>hardmore mode</strong> flow state every day. I\u2019ve had enough of putting out content that\u2019s just <em>mid</em>\u2026time to up my game.</p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s my goal for the rest of month: I\u2019m going to be <em>neuromaxxing</em>.</p>\n\n<p>That\u2019s right. Instead of looking at myself in the mirror every morning feeling <em>chopped</em>, giving bed rot, I\u2019m establishing a strict routine for myself finna experience a mental glow-up.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s my new neuromaxxing regimen for May:</strong></p>\n\n<ul><li><em>Putting my phone on blast.</em> The real real, it\u2019s got no rizz anymore. I turned it <strong>completely off</strong> last night, then went on to have the most hype music recording sesh. ngl, I <em>slayed</em>.</li>\n <li><em>Ignoring the cheugy.</em> It takes too much mental energy to be engaging with thirsty people who are always <em>meatriding</em> tech companies and influencers. Too much exposure to that and I\u2019m cooked.</li>\n <li><em>Reading books that slap</em>. If I want to avoid having a menty b, I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. <em>Facts!</em></li>\n</ul><p>If you\u2019re ready for real change, you too can follow these steps and start <em>neruomaxxing</em> like I am. Don\u2019t let those techbro chuds live rent free in your head. Wondering if you can actually go through with this? I didn\u2019t eat and leave no crumbs. <em>Bet!</em> I believe in you!</p>\n\n<p><em>Let\u2019s get this bread!</em></p>\n\n\n\n<p>So at this point if you have absolutely no idea what I\u2019m talking about, don\u2019t worry. <strong>Nobody really talks like this IRL.</strong> \ud83d\ude02 I just thought I\u2019d have fun seeing how many \u201cGen Z slang words\u201d I could fit into a short article (because I\u2019m a cringe Millennial <a href=\"https://buttondown.com/theinternet/archive/the-kids-are-alright-so-lets-team-up/\">who greatly admires the next generation</a>), but also because I wanted to make a broader point:</p>\n\n<p><strong>The Computers Are Rotting Our Brains.</strong></p>\n\n<p>I was reading an article on <em>404 Media</em> titled <a href=\"https://www.404media.co/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/\">Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains</a> (it\u2019s a very good article), but that got me thinking about how frustrated I\u2019ve been feeling in general over the past few weeks in regard to my productivity. <strong>Honestly, it\u2019s been a bit of a slog all year.</strong> I\u2019ve tried a whole slew of changes to my routines, from signing up for a local coworking space membership to strict timeboxing to even taking supplements like B vitamins and fruit powders. I\u2019ve been reading books again on productivity (absolutely loving <a href=\"https://calnewport.com/writing/\">Slow Productivity by Cal Newport</a> right now), and <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/podcast/129/\">practicing work logging</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Has any of that helped? Well, yes! I think all of it has helped. But I kept feeling like I was trying to address symptoms rather than solve the underlying pathology.</p>\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the deal: everything I said up above in \u201cGen Z lingo\u201d is true. I <em>did</em> put my smartphone on blast last night and completely switched it off.</p>\n\n<p>Didn\u2019t put it in focus mode. Didn\u2019t turn on screen time. Didn\u2019t plug it in and leave it in another room.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I. TURNED. IT. OFF.</strong> \ud83d\ude31</p>\n\n<p>After a mild panic attack for a few minutes, freaked out that something terrible might happen to a friend or loved one and they\u2019d be unable to reach me (which is completely silly because I still had my Mac <em>and</em> my iPad on and connected!), I felt the sudden urge to plug in my MIDI keyboard, fire up Logic Pro, and mess around with some soft synthesizers.</p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <em>I ended up enjoying the best several hours of music production I\u2019ve had in months\u2026maybe years.</em> \ud83d\udc48</p>\n\n<p>The funny thing is, before I even got really started, my teen called me (from Mom\u2019s house) and we enjoyed chatting for a while. Yeah, like I said, I still had my iPad nearby!</p>\n\n<p>But somehow the <strong>cognitive load</strong> of always have that goddamn fucking smartphone next to me or in my pants pocket was gone, and <em>I was free.</em></p>\n\n<p>And now I\u2019m going to start ironically calling this pattern <strong>neuromaxxing</strong>: the idea that instead of optimizing our lives and our habits around <em>being connected 24/7 to The Network</em> aka the Internet at all times, we\u2019re going to optimize our lives and our habits around <em>improving our minds</em> and doing <strong>REAL CREATIVE WORK</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>And this concept is an absolutely brilliant antidote to the mind-numbing (literally!) effects of AI usage, because guess what you can\u2019t do if you\u2019re not actively attempting to access Internet resources? <em>Connect to ChatGPT or Claude!</em> \ud83e\udd23</p>\n\n<p>So that\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing for the rest of May. Taking meaningful time out of each day to switch my phone off completely. Not just temporarily set to an unaccessible OS-level mode\u2014I\u2019m talking <em>dead off.</em> \ud83e\udea6</p>\n\n<p>Can I still access the Internet on my iPad or Mac or Linux computer? Obviously\u2026 \ud83d\ude02 but this isn\u2019t about forbidding myself any usage of computer technology. It\u2019s about retraining the neurons in my brain so that they\u2019re no longer addicted to that endless drive to <em>pick up the smartphone and start doomscrolling.</em> I\u2019m so sick of that shit; it\u2019s actively turning my life into a living hell.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I deserve better.</strong> You deserve better. We all do. And it\u2019s not going to happen until we give Big Tech the metaphorical middle finger \ud83d\udd95 and show them that we still hold all the power.</p>\n\n<p><em>We can switch them off.</em> And go exercise our brains instead.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Neuromaxxing.</strong> You heard it here first. <em>Let\u2019s get this bread!</em></p>\n\n<p><br /></p>\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: <a href=\"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-colorful-circular-object-H9EquDifky4\">Mariola Grobelska on Unsplash</a></em></p>\n\n\n\n <br /><p>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/creativity\">#creativity</a>\n \n <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/mindfulness\">#mindfulness</a>\n \n </p>",
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I turned it completely off last night, then went on to have the most hype music recording sesh. ngl, I slayed.\n Ignoring the cheugy. It takes too much mental energy to be engaging with thirsty people who are always meatriding tech companies and influencers. Too much exposure to that and I\u2019m cooked.\n Reading books that slap. If I want to avoid having a menty b, I need to fill my mind with ideas and concepts that are bussin\u2019. Chat, you know what I\u2019m talking about. Facts!\nIf you\u2019re ready for real change, you too can follow these steps and start neruomaxxing like I am. Don\u2019t let those techbro chuds live rent free in your head. Wondering if you can actually go through with this? I didn\u2019t eat and leave no crumbs. Bet! I believe in you!\n\nLet\u2019s get this bread!\n\n\n\nSo at this point if you have absolutely no idea what I\u2019m talking about, don\u2019t worry. Nobody really talks like this IRL. \ud83d\ude02 I just thought I\u2019d have fun seeing how many \u201cGen Z slang words\u201d I could fit into a short article (because I\u2019m a cringe Millennial who greatly admires the next generation), but also because I wanted to make a broader point:\n\nThe Computers Are Rotting Our Brains.\n\nI was reading an article on 404 Media titled Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains (it\u2019s a very good article), but that got me thinking about how frustrated I\u2019ve been feeling in general over the past few weeks in regard to my productivity. Honestly, it\u2019s been a bit of a slog all year. I\u2019ve tried a whole slew of changes to my routines, from signing up for a local coworking space membership to strict timeboxing to even taking supplements like B vitamins and fruit powders. I\u2019ve been reading books again on productivity (absolutely loving Slow Productivity by Cal Newport right now), and practicing work logging.\n\nHas any of that helped? Well, yes! I think all of it has helped. But I kept feeling like I was trying to address symptoms rather than solve the underlying pathology.\n\nHere\u2019s the deal: everything I said up above in \u201cGen Z lingo\u201d is true. I did put my smartphone on blast last night and completely switched it off.\n\nDidn\u2019t put it in focus mode. Didn\u2019t turn on screen time. Didn\u2019t plug it in and leave it in another room.\n\nI. TURNED. IT. OFF. \ud83d\ude31\n\nAfter a mild panic attack for a few minutes, freaked out that something terrible might happen to a friend or loved one and they\u2019d be unable to reach me (which is completely silly because I still had my Mac and my iPad on and connected!), I felt the sudden urge to plug in my MIDI keyboard, fire up Logic Pro, and mess around with some soft synthesizers.\n\n\ud83d\udc49 I ended up enjoying the best several hours of music production I\u2019ve had in months\u2026maybe years. \ud83d\udc48\n\nThe funny thing is, before I even got really started, my teen called me (from Mom\u2019s house) and we enjoyed chatting for a while. Yeah, like I said, I still had my iPad nearby!\n\nBut somehow the cognitive load of always have that goddamn fucking smartphone next to me or in my pants pocket was gone, and I was free.\n\nAnd now I\u2019m going to start ironically calling this pattern neuromaxxing: the idea that instead of optimizing our lives and our habits around being connected 24/7 to The Network aka the Internet at all times, we\u2019re going to optimize our lives and our habits around improving our minds and doing REAL CREATIVE WORK.\n\nAnd this concept is an absolutely brilliant antidote to the mind-numbing (literally!) effects of AI usage, because guess what you can\u2019t do if you\u2019re not actively attempting to access Internet resources? Connect to ChatGPT or Claude! \ud83e\udd23\n\nSo that\u2019s what I\u2019ll be doing for the rest of May. Taking meaningful time out of each day to switch my phone off completely. Not just temporarily set to an unaccessible OS-level mode\u2014I\u2019m talking dead off. \ud83e\udea6\n\nCan I still access the Internet on my iPad or Mac or Linux computer? Obviously\u2026 \ud83d\ude02 but this isn\u2019t about forbidding myself any usage of computer technology. It\u2019s about retraining the neurons in my brain so that they\u2019re no longer addicted to that endless drive to pick up the smartphone and start doomscrolling. I\u2019m so sick of that shit; it\u2019s actively turning my life into a living hell.\n\nI deserve better. You deserve better. We all do. And it\u2019s not going to happen until we give Big Tech the metaphorical middle finger \ud83d\udd95 and show them that we still hold all the power.\n\nWe can switch them off. And go exercise our brains instead.\n\nNeuromaxxing. You heard it here first. Let\u2019s get this bread!\n\n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Mariola Grobelska on Unsplash\n\n\n\n \n\n \n #creativity\n \n #mindfulness"
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Today’s a good day to get/install OS and browser updates on all your critical devices.
Consider turning off wifi on non-critical devices (putting to sleep is no longer enough because many devices still listen to or contact the internet while asleep) until you have had a chance to safely update their software (perhaps after software updates are available in response to pwn2own demos and disclosures).
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I will forever adore SmallTalk for being so simple that using it requires you to effectively recreate reality and load it into memory every single time. I shall now teach you the language. “Object message.” Done! Now go teach integers to tell you if they’re even or not. 🤓
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For his “Presentation of Learning” at school, my son is doing “The History of Programming Languages.” He asked me to come up with two languages that are the most different to illustrate dynamic/flexible vs. static/rigid. We went with SmallTalk and C++ for maximum chaos.
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I acquired this at thrift for $21.95 on 2026-10-10 for Mother's Day in immaculate condition! It's as if someone used it to type up a few essays then put it in the case for 49 years. Other than some minor wear, this may be the singularly cleanest typewriter I've ever purchased. As my first typebar electric Olympia, I was so looking forward to taking it apart and giving it a full clean, oil, and adjust, but beyond wiping off some exterior dust, this machine really needs no work. I'm both disappointed and elated at the same time.
"Now listen to this.
The gentle and soothing lullaby of a piece of machinery so perfect --"
—Frank Navasky, YOU'VE GOT MAIL (Warner Bros., 1998)
#Acquisition#Social Stream#Typewriters#Frank Navasky#Luddites#Olympia Report De Luxe#Olympia typewriters#Ron Rosenbaum#Steven Levy#typewriter collection#You've Got Mail
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I'm both disappointed and elated at the same time.\u00a0</p>\n\n<img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255840063990456828631429742-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A frontal view of 1977 Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter sitting on an oak library card catalog next to a bowl of pink decorative balls\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1977-Olympia-Report-De-Luxe-typesample--1024x489.jpeg\" alt=\"Typesample of a frontal view of 1977 Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter on a yellow manilla tag\" width=\"660\" height=\"315\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255840982610008419469132297-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up view of the keyboard of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter. Several of the keys like the x, -, and / are in red to indicate that they auto-repeat.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255844059065164355781872315-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View down onto the carriage of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255843015399130502606045460-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a sales and service sticker on the hood of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter. In gray with gold lettering it reads "J&H Office Equipment, 119 E. Main | PH 587-7104 | Bozeman\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255845097449781995735380998-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Oblique view from the left side of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter. In the front left corner of the keyboard is a switch for setting and clearing tabs.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><blockquote>\n\"Now listen to this.\u00a0\nThe gentle and soothing lullaby of a piece of machinery so perfect --\"\n\u2014Frank Navasky, YOU'VE GOT MAIL (Warner Bros., 1998)\n</blockquote>\n\n<img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255849357356391855347908471-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the line selector mechanism on a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255850175244836546980337548-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Silver paper support with a gray plastic extender sticking up out of the back of an Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255846055634930764215907989-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Angle view from the front right corner of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255847255915972993070237389-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"View of the right side of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter at table height.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255848235690784527726077487-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of a model sticker on the lower right side of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter next to it's power cord. We see that it's listed as "typewriter model SKE" and that it uses 115V, 60Hz, 50 Watt power and is UL listed.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255856633419215824612444217-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Plastic gearing in the ribbon cup area of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255858885587657852498324088-e1778526673680-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bottom of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter featuring a small window with the serial number, the typewriter's rubber feet, and a small sticker indicating the importer.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255857716924240855720741810-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A small window in the bottom of the Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter shows the serial number stamped on the metal chassis beneath the plastic cover.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17785255860273680801658637157557-e1778525691205-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Distributor sticker on the bottom of a Olympia Report de Luxe typewriter indicating that it's "Distributed by Olympia USA, Inc., Box 22, Sommerville, NJ\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" />"
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For dinner, I reverse-seared a whole beef tenderloin, served with a brandy peppercorn sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes, and some veg. Dessert was supposed to be my grandmother’s Hershey Cake, but I am a terrible baker and ended up having to improvise, but it was still tasty.
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Whew, what a weekend. My daughter had four theater performances, my son had D&D club, my mother in law is visiting, and I cooked a huge meal for Mother’s Day. I’m zonked!
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My first ever Woodstock. Acquired via thrift for $50 on 2026-05-08. Possibly a bit more expensive than it might have otherwise been, but the key rings are in stunning shape, and the work to polish them is easily worth several hundred in labor! The decals are also in exceptional condition. Aside from some cosmetic damage to the typebar hood, this machine is in exceptionally great cosmetic condition and will be even more so following a full polish of the body and the brights.
Quick initial work
Naturally it needs a new ribbon, but it's got enough ink left for a quick typesample.
A fast dusting and a preliminary scrub of the carriage rails and a few other parts with isopropyl alcohol and it's ready for some basic work. Primarily the return lever and the margin sets were very gummy, while the keylevers had some pretty good action without any attention. (Someone really loved this machine.)
The carriage return lever needed some forming so that it no longer scrapes on the typebar hood.
A quick cleaning of the slugs which were in reasonable shape. List of work to be done:
The tabulator needs some adjustment to work properly as the tab mechanism is sitting a bit high and causes the carriage to scrape.
It's going to need a ring and cylinder adjustment so that it's not damaging the platen anymore, though the platen is so hard that it needs replacement anyway.
The rubber feet are usable, but need replacement.
The space key also may need some timing attention, but perhaps the slow symptoms will disappear with a full cleaning?
The rulers (5!) are slightly out of adjustment.
Full clean, oil, and adjust A day's worth of cleaning and some modest adjustments and this should be a fantastic little machine.
Interesting features
I love the fact that this has some interesting paper fingers. They don't seem to be well-suited to index card work however.
The unique ribbon reverse mechanism (a small metal button) is adjustable on either side.
It doesn't have an individual tab clear button, but, in lieu, has a clear all tabs lever.
I love the design of the ribbon color selector which requires pulling a spring-loaded button out to switch colors---no accidental color changes here.
Rather than a traditional "margin release" button it has a "line lock release", but like the Olympia SG series, it only locks when typing characters, but will blow past the margins if using the spacebar.
Rather than a more common line space selector, this has a knurled knob that needs to be pulled out and set with a pin-type mechanism. This also means that the selector can't accidentally change its setting for any reason.
The Woodstock No. 5 is an early carriage shift standard
The typebar hood is made of some sort of early plastic and slides onto the top of the machine. While it's borne the brunt of most of the machine's cosmetic damage, it is easy to remove for typing "naked". It goes on quickly to help protect the internals from ambient dust.
According to the TWdB page for the Woodstock, the 8-12 prefix on the serial number indicates a 12" carriage (the width of the rubber portion of the platen). There isn't any extant detail to indicate what the suffix "E" in the serial number means, though one might presume the elite or 12 pitch typeface?
Historic Users of the Woodstock
Users of Woodstock typewriters included:
Robert Bloch
Howard Fast
Alger Hiss (1929 standard #230099)
Sir Patrick Moore
J.C. Oldfield (editor of the Associated Press's London bureau, 1930s)
Gordon Parks ("Can you dig it?")
Woodstock manuals
Richard Polt has manuals for the Woodstock available on his site at:
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"text": "My first ever Woodstock. Acquired via thrift for $50 on 2026-05-08. Possibly a bit more expensive than it might have otherwise been, but the key rings are in stunning shape, and the work to polish them is easily worth several hundred in labor! The decals are also in exceptional condition. Aside from some cosmetic damage to the typebar hood, this machine is in exceptionally great cosmetic condition and will be even more so following a full polish of the body and the brights.\n\nQuick initial work\n\nNaturally it needs a new ribbon, but it's got enough ink left for a quick typesample.\n A fast dusting and a preliminary scrub of the carriage rails and a few other parts with isopropyl alcohol and it's ready for some basic work. Primarily the return lever and the margin sets were very gummy, while the keylevers had some pretty good action without any attention. (Someone really loved this machine.)\n The carriage return lever needed some forming so that it no longer scrapes on the typebar hood.\n A quick cleaning of the slugs which were in reasonable shape. List of work to be done:\n The tabulator needs some adjustment to work properly as the tab mechanism is sitting a bit high and causes the carriage to scrape.\n It's going to need a ring and cylinder adjustment so that it's not damaging the platen anymore, though the platen is so hard that it needs replacement anyway.\n The rubber feet are usable, but need replacement.\n The space key also may need some timing attention, but perhaps the slow symptoms will disappear with a full cleaning?\n The rulers (5!) are slightly out of adjustment.\n Full clean, oil, and adjust A day's worth of cleaning and some modest adjustments and this should be a fantastic little machine.\nInteresting features\n\nI love the fact that this has some interesting paper fingers. They don't seem to be well-suited to index card work however.\n The unique ribbon reverse mechanism (a small metal button) is adjustable on either side.\n It doesn't have an individual tab clear button, but, in lieu, has a clear all tabs lever.\n I love the design of the ribbon color selector which requires pulling a spring-loaded button out to switch colors---no accidental color changes here.\n Rather than a traditional \"margin release\" button it has a \"line lock release\", but like the Olympia SG series, it only locks when typing characters, but will blow past the margins if using the spacebar.\n Rather than a more common line space selector, this has a knurled knob that needs to be pulled out and set with a pin-type mechanism. This also means that the selector can't accidentally change its setting for any reason.\n The Woodstock No. 5 is an early carriage shift standard\n The typebar hood is made of some sort of early plastic and slides onto the top of the machine. While it's borne the brunt of most of the machine's cosmetic damage, it is easy to remove for typing \"naked\". It goes on quickly to help protect the internals from ambient dust.\n\n\nAccording to the TWdB page for the Woodstock, the 8-12 prefix on the serial number indicates a 12\" carriage (the width of the rubber portion of the platen). There isn't any extant detail to indicate what the suffix \"E\" in the serial number means, though one might presume the elite or 12 pitch typeface?\n\nHistoric Users of the Woodstock\n\nUsers of Woodstock typewriters included:\n\nRobert Bloch\n Howard Fast\n Alger Hiss (1929 standard #230099)\n Sir Patrick Moore\n J.C. Oldfield (editor of the Associated Press's London bureau, 1930s)\n Gordon Parks (\"Can you dig it?\")\nWoodstock manuals\n\nRichard Polt has manuals for the Woodstock available on his site at:\u00a0\n\nWoodstock No. 5 (1920)\u00a0\n Woodstock and Woodstock Electrite (1926)\u00a0",
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(Someone really loved this machine.)</li>\n <li>The carriage return lever needed some forming so that it no longer scrapes on the typebar hood.</li>\n <li>A quick cleaning of the slugs which were in reasonable shape. List of work to be done:</li>\n <li>The tabulator needs some adjustment to work properly as the tab mechanism is sitting a bit high and causes the carriage to scrape.</li>\n <li>It's going to need a ring and cylinder adjustment so that it's not damaging the platen anymore, though the platen is so hard that it needs replacement anyway.</li>\n <li>The rubber feet are usable, but need replacement.</li>\n <li>The space key also may need some timing attention, but perhaps the slow symptoms will disappear with a full cleaning?</li>\n <li>The rulers (5!) are slightly out of adjustment.</li>\n <li>Full clean, oil, and adjust A day's worth of cleaning and some modest adjustments and this should be a fantastic little machine.</li>\n</ul><h2>Interesting features</h2>\n\n<ul><li>I love the fact that this has some interesting paper fingers. They don't seem to be well-suited to index card work however.</li>\n <li>The unique ribbon reverse mechanism (a small metal button) is adjustable on either side.</li>\n <li>It doesn't have an individual tab clear button, but, in lieu, has a clear all tabs lever.</li>\n <li>I love the design of the ribbon color selector which requires pulling a spring-loaded button out to switch colors---no accidental color changes here.</li>\n <li>Rather than a traditional \"margin release\" button it has a \"line lock release\", but like the Olympia SG series, it only locks when typing characters, but will blow past the margins if using the spacebar.</li>\n <li>Rather than a more common line space selector, this has a knurled knob that needs to be pulled out and set with a pin-type mechanism. This also means that the selector can't accidentally change its setting for any reason.</li>\n <li>The Woodstock No. 5 is an early carriage shift standard</li>\n <li>The typebar hood is made of some sort of early plastic and slides onto the top of the machine. While it's borne the brunt of most of the machine's cosmetic damage, it is easy to remove for typing \"naked\". It goes on quickly to help protect the internals from ambient dust.</li>\n</ul>\n\nAccording to the TWdB page for the Woodstock, the 8-12 prefix on the serial number indicates a 12\" carriage (the width of the rubber portion of the platen). There isn't any extant detail to indicate what the suffix \"E\" in the serial number means, though one might presume the elite or 12 pitch typeface?\n\n<h2>Historic Users of the Woodstock</h2>\n\nUsers of Woodstock typewriters included:\n\n<ul><li>Robert Bloch</li>\n <li>Howard Fast</li>\n <li>Alger Hiss (1929 standard #230099)</li>\n <li>Sir Patrick Moore</li>\n <li>J.C. Oldfield (editor of the Associated Press's London bureau, 1930s)</li>\n <li>Gordon Parks (\"Can you dig it?\")</li>\n</ul><h2>Woodstock manuals</h2>\n\nRichard Polt has manuals for the Woodstock available on his site at:\u00a0\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/Woodstock5.pdf\">Woodstock No. 5 (1920)\u00a0</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/Woodstock1926.pdf\">Woodstock and Woodstock Electrite (1926)\u00a0</a></li>\n</ul><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-1778386520657917817810760399609-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A frontal view of a Woodstock standard typewriter in black enamel sits on a black wooden bar next to an old fashioned glass and the several bottles of liquor.\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" /><img src=\"https://boffosocko.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/wp-17783864880495173901607933478835-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"An angle on the keyboard of a Woodstock typewriter keyboard. 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