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New "Mechanic's Club" Tier

Ooh, look! Patreon and Sellfy have set up an API that allows us to offer discounts at the TWDB Sellfy Store (https://sellfy.com/twdb) to TWDB Tier-level Patrons through some arcane technomagic. We've set up our first Patreon Tier and we waved the magic wand over it that theoretically should have set up the method by which you can get a 50% discount on whatever PDF Typewriter Repair Manuals you get from the TWDB Sellfy store whil...

TWDB Version Epsilon is now live!

After some months of construction, we've rolled out the new fully-mobile version of The Typewriter Database! You can now log in and do Typewriter Hunter stuff on your phone. Enjoy! (:

Hey, we made it to 100% this month! :D

One generous Patron just topped off the goal meter to 100%, so I'm removing the Google Adsense Ads. I'm so happy about meeting the goal that I even retroactively removed them from the timestream all the way back to February, so my gratitude clearly can warp time with its gravity! :D

79% and counting! :D

Plus, I'm quite glad that we've already removed the Google Adsense ads from the site, now that GDPR has brought user privacy to the forefront of people's minds. The idea of personally-targeted ads on TWDB always bothered me, and it really warms the cockles that you guys are willing to make that part of the funding of TWDB not be reliant on that sort of thing - especially since they weren't very good at the targeting anyway. I don't recall ever seeing an ad they served up that compelled me to cli...

68% of the way! (:

Hmmn, it's slowed down quite a bit, but we're still creeping towards the goal. Heh, I suppose I shouldn't have removed the Google Ads before the goal was hit, but I really wanted to get it done, so I did it.

I've got some other ideas for future goals, but as usual I prefer to get the thing mostly together to be finished quickly before offering it as an incentive. One of those things is rebuilding TWDB with a new mobile friendly interface. TWDB Epsilon will be that new interface that replaces b...

50% To The Goal (:

Hey, we've made it to 50% of our goal, THANKS! :D

I've gone ahead and removed the Google ads from the site, because it looks like we'll get to the target pledge amount before the end of next month. I've got faith that you'll help us get to the goal, and again, many thanks to you wonderful Patrons who've got us this far!

Welcome to the TWDB Patreon Page!

Hello, fellow Typewriter Hunters! We've started this Patreon page as a way to allow you, our fellow typewriter lovers, to help make the TWDB even better. Our first goal involves raising the monthly financing to allow us to remove the Google Adsense ads from the site. While they are providing important cashflow that helps the TWDB afford its monthly hosting fees, they can be obtrusive and take up valuable page real estate that we'd like to devote to actual content.

You can help...