tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1471344 2009-07-17T19:34:17-04:00 Dyverse Musings on the Ephemera & Books of Early Trades, Crafts & Industries TypePad Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with Pageflakes tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1398f3883401157213fc8c970b 2009-07-17T19:34:17-04:00 2009-07-18T02:04:30-04:00

Recently over on the Oldtools Email list, there was a question about the Table Saw and what it was, why it was called that and what in the world did it do? Back a ways I discussed this question in a blog post The Table Saw Conundrum. As chance would...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ToolemeraBlog/~4/i3Tscrj-EfQ" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Roberts http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/2009/07/table-saw-solved.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1398f38834011571193583970c 2009-07-16T11:40:50-04:00 2009-07-16T11:40:50-04:00

Antitrust and the Google Books Settlement: The Problem of Simultaneity Eric M. Fraser University of Chicago - Law School; University of Chicago - Booth School of Business June 10, 2009 A thorough review of the Google Book Settlement and how US Antitrust laws relate to this impending fiasco for the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ToolemeraBlog/~4/NAk1tq8tBa0" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Roberts http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/2009/07/google-and-antitrust.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1398f38834011571f253b7970b 2009-07-10T22:30:06-04:00 2009-07-10T22:30:06-04:00

I just couldn't resist this one... US Patent # 7,508,978 ................... United States Patent 7,508,978 Lefevere , et al. March 24, 2009 Detection of grooves in scanned images Abstract A system and method locate a central groove in a document such as a book, magazine, or catalog. In one implementation,...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ToolemeraBlog/~4/9f_tmjXuC1s" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Roberts http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/2009/07/the-google-patent.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1398f38834011571e1ce46970b 2009-07-09T03:16:07-04:00 2009-07-09T03:16:07-04:00

My apologies for a bad joke. I just can't resist poking fun at Google. Or Amazon. But not Amazon in this post. That comes in the next one. I'll be honest and say that most digital books, whether in PDF or other formats, leave me cold. Download most any book...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ToolemeraBlog/~4/NG5UfkGwX5s" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Roberts http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/2009/07/facsimile-versus-googlimile.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54f1398f38834011570d7caf6970c 2009-07-06T18:13:17-04:00 2009-07-06T18:16:08-04:00

First and foremost, this is not a negative post regarding the individual or cumulative intelligence of bookbinders. Not in the least. Some time ago Stephen Shepherd asked me "why is there a leading word at the bottom of the pages of most early books?". Or words to that effect. You...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ToolemeraBlog/~4/-CH9VB_vmlM" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Roberts http://toolemerablog.typepad.com/toolemera/2009/07/when-bookbinders-couldnt-spell.html