Guest Post: The Infamous "Dord" Dictionary

Hello Typosphere,
This is my brother's first post online! Since he doesn't write much, he doesn't have his own blog yet. His name is Vijay and he's in high school.
One of his hobbies (along with typewriters, of course) is lexicography. He is really into the origins of words and how dictionaries are compiled, so when he found this dictionary at a used book store, he had to get it! Without giving anything else away, here is his first typecast, on the infamous Merriam-Webster 'dord' dictionary.

 Front cover.

 Entry of dord: page 771

Interesting fact: The term would have been on page 661, but it was on 771...

Front matter of the book: the title page 

The colophon (reverse side of the title page): proof of the publication date 

Spine.

Portrait of Noah Webster, printed in many of Merriam-Webster's dictionaries in his honor.

Typewriter Day 2013

My Facebook cover photo today.

Summer.

Double-Review Comeback Extravaganza! The Lamy Safari 2013 Neon Yellow Limited Edition and Waterman Tender Purple Ink

[transcript of the handwritten text at the bottom]

side-by-side with the Vista

like a diamond glistening in the sunlight (or fluorescent bulb)

why the tilt?

Clever design!

Bleed and show-through can be seen here...

...but in my journal they're all but nonexistent!

Here's another shot from the journal

300 sheets of high quality paper for under $10.

 Here's the text of the handwritten part for your reading pleasure:


My quick review of the Lamy Safari 2013 LE
[Made in Germany]

Today, I live dangerously by daring to write n unlined paper. Life on the edge!
What can I say about the Safari that hasn't already been said? It's a classic of Lamy's Bauhaus-inspired "function defines form" ideal, a relatively inexpensive knockabout pen which finds itself in the hands of students and adults alike.
I personally have three pens based on this design" a clear-bodied Vista, this Safari, and a coffee-brown aluminum Al-Star.
As for this pen in particular, I absolutely love the color, and the dichotomy of having such a calming color of ink in such a raucously bright and garish pen.
Performance notes will follow. -->

Lamy Safari LE 2013 (cont'd)
--> The nib.
-Well, let's start with the most important part of the pen (in my humble opinion). This fine nib, on this paper (relatively heavyweight printer paper) the nib is a bit scratchy. I know feedback and I know scratch, and I'm sorry to say that right out of the box the nib has a bit of both most of the time. A bit of smoothing, probably, could fix that, or perhaps a thicker ink [dryer ink].
--> The feed: Quick writing: [This is the Lamy Safari in Neon Yellow 2013 LE Quick writing test] No skips or any such problems!
Flow is good.
-->Body: It's got the traditional tripod grip section, and so some may hate it while others won't mind. Myself, I'm a traditional right-hander, so it's OK for me.
-Color: Well, I love it; loud and attention-grabbing, and has a nice gloss to it as well. :)
-Overall: An AWESOME PEN, get it while it lasts if you love the color! 4.5/5 (nib -.5)

Waterman Tender Purple quick review
Made in France
-This ink, in short, will be heartily recommended by myself, and, I feel, anyone who uses it. It dries to a deep, saturated color even in my fine nib pen, so in a broader pen I imagine it'd be even more vibrant.
-Flow is great--I have experienced no hard starts or skipping in this pen so far.
-On this paper, show-through is a bit pronounced, but there is hardly any noticeable bleed. [edit: there is a bit of bleed] Feathering is not an issue in my journal, a Miquelrius, although it is mild on this paper.
-Misc.: No smell--neutral. dry time: quick.
-No nib creep at all.
-relatively waterproof, but not so much that I would advocate drowning your notes.

Overall: 4.5/5 Recommend! Vikram Shah 5/17/13

Tetris: a game that remains addictive to this day

edit: 25-line mode (end of the third paragraph)

as it appears on the Game Boy pocket, the successor to the Game Boy

as it appears on the Game Boy Color, the first Game Boy I ever owned

 (I bought the pocket in a garage sale)

an awesome desktop wallpaper that I found using Google Images

Invisible Ink and Index Card Burning.

Failed attempts.

Closeup of above (left).

The successful attempts (L to R): "fire in the hole!"; "appear!"; "invisible ink"

My angry reaction to my impulses to browse etsy and ebay for the hundredth time in search of new typewriters

One Hundred.