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  1. Zach Taylor presidential nomination was spam filtered! Whigs sent mail invite, but he'd stopped all postage due deliveries. about 18 hours ago from web
  2. @librarythingtim Flash-catalog the MIT Science Fiction Society? http://www.mit.edu/~mitsfs/ 8:57 PM Nov 25th from web in reply to librarythingtim
  3. Saw professional yo-yoers. Invited them to perform at Google. Learned about an injury at world championships (dislocated knee) 5:28 PM Nov 24th from web
  4. @jtbetz 7,464,090: http://bit.ly/3UXxpV 7,567,976 hasn't arrived yet. 12:26 AM Nov 10th from web in reply to jtbetz
  5. @jtbetz Which patent numbers? 1:16 PM Nov 7th from web in reply to jtbetz
  6. Copyright would be more fun if duration were randomized. "Maybe it'll be free tomorrow!" 5:31 PM Oct 2nd from web
  7. I have few enough Wave invites that I have to restrict 'em to people I know, sorry! 10:28 AM Sep 30th from web
  8. I've got a few Google Wave invites to give away if anyone's interested. 10:02 AM Sep 30th from web
  9. The rate at which books are published in the U.S. =~ the rate at which galaxies are discovered. 8:45 PM Sep 29th from web
  10. I never thought I'd hear the USPTO say "We considered using BitTorrent" during a public hearing. 1:10 PM Sep 24th from web
  11. We've scanned 7 books in Manx (http://bit.ly/1Z2iNl). I had no idea cats could read. 6:22 AM Sep 23rd from web
  12. Tomatoes: rich people found 'em poisonous b/c they leached lead from pewter bowls. Poor people had wood bowls, so knew they weren't. 5:23 PM Aug 29th from web
  13. I signed the petition "Improve PACER" (Federal Court records). http://bit.ly/CKpTy (via @timoreilly, @mkapor) 3:42 AM Aug 28th from web
  14. Why is there an Italian in a tricorn hat and red rhinestone vest hawking L. Ron Hubbard books at a library conference? 3:47 PM Aug 25th from web
  15. @grimmelm I forgot that I'm in Italy. Apparently I can adapt to time zone differences better than copyright law differences. 2:09 PM Aug 25th from web in reply to grimmelm
  16. @grimmelm Odd that it's not in full view in the US. I'll look into that. 7:00 AM Aug 25th from web in reply to grimmelm
  17. RT @danablankenhorn: Google Books sued by a pig, cat and dog (on behalf of a duck) http://bit.ly/a3ddy 6:25 AM Aug 25th from web
  18. Volapük, an 1880s predecessor to Esperanto: http://bit.ly/JG7VR. The creator insisted that all language updates required his consent. 1:36 AM Aug 17th from web
  19. Just once I'd like to see "Simpsons store owner" as a crossword clue and have the answer be Apu's LAST name. 2:38 PM Aug 9th from web
  20. Reading The Loom of Language. This may be a long, hard slog. http://bit.ly/77uei 6:51 AM Aug 7th from web
  • Name Jon Orwant
  • Location Cambridge, MA
  • Bio Google (Books|Patents|Magazines)
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