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Funny story: so, I'm at the holiday party for the Internet Archive. I'm standing at this table, holding this orb from the Long Now Foundation, which is a gift from Long Now to Brewster at the Archive. The orb opens up; I unscrewed it to reveal a disk and beneath that, a hollow space containing a metal scroll with Brewster's name inscribed on it.
Standing at the table with me is the woman from Long Now (who had just presented the orb onstage) and a journalist, from I think, some CBS affiliate. The conversation went like this:
He: It's beautiful.
She: Thank you.
He: Except there's one thing.
She: What?
He: You spelled Brewster's name wrong.
:: pause ::
She, firmly: No, we did not.
He: Yes, actually you did. (He moves to show her.)
She, very firmly: *Give* me that.
* The orb was re-assembled, without the scroll.
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