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Posted by che, around 30th September 2009:
 
if i don't get an invite to Wave this afternoon could I bagsy an invite from someone?

cheers!
Posted by Grim..., around 30th September 2009:
 
Everything I've read seems to suggest that if you get an invite, you don't get to send invites out, only put more people on the list.
However, if I'm wrong (which I hope I am), I'd like to bagsy one if you get in =]
Posted by syl, around 1st October 2009:
 
May I have one too please? Thankyou :)
Posted by che, around 1st October 2009:
 
I heard it was 5 invites to anyone who was selected?

havent got an email though :(
Posted by che, around 1st October 2009:
 
we are so totally geekridden
Posted by che, around 1st October 2009:
 
apparently

"Each Wave preview user will also get the privilege of “nominating” 8 other people to use Wave"
Posted by Grim..., around 1st October 2009:
 
Reports seem to vary. Latest news is that they are sending them out 'late tonight', US time.
Posted by che, around 1st October 2009:
 
hmmz

if anyone here gets one we should try and give invites out to other iamcalers so that we can get a wave or two going.
Posted by syl, around 1st October 2009:
 
Okay thank you.
Posted by WarHead, 1st October 2009:
 
While we're at it, does anyone know where I can get hold of a Cabbage Patch Doll or one of them Tracy Islands?
Posted by Miki, around 2nd October 2009:
 
www.cabbagepatchkids.com
shopping early for christmas? ;-)
Posted by Miki, around 2nd October 2009:
 
enough of this faintly on-topic-ness

would anyone care to wave to this little cabbage patch thing?
4
Posted by cal, around 2nd October 2009:
 
woah!
Posted by WarHead, around 2nd October 2009:
 
1. /me waves at the tiny person in the scan and congratulates Miki.

2. I was just kidding about the kid and the island, since they used to be as hard to get hold of as a wave invitation now is.

3. While we're on the subject, Warhead can announce that he is now a grandfather.
Posted by Miki, around 2nd October 2009:
 
congratulations warhead!
yeah cal it's your second forum baby :D
Posted by syl, around 2nd October 2009:
 
Wowee! Congraulations Warhead and Miki! Oh man, that is AWESOME! :D
Posted by che, around 2nd October 2009:
 
:D ace
Posted by che, around 2nd October 2009:
 
you realise Cal that you are morally (and financially?) responsible for both these nearly-babies right?
Posted by Grim..., around 2nd October 2009:
 
Congrats Miki!
What are the criterea for a 'forum baby'?
Posted by jeffry, around 2nd October 2009:
 
congratulations all of you! and Grim… I think that iamcal has to be a major contributing factor in the baby production, so unless you were reading iamcal while you were making the baby, yours doesn't count. So how far along is baby no.1 now?
Posted by Grim..., around 2nd October 2009:
 
Baby 1 of 1 is pretty well, cheers.
If only the fucker would go to sleep =[
Posted by syl, around 2nd October 2009:
 
Haha! *laughs at Grim's raccoon eyes*
Posted by Grim..., around 3rd October 2009:
 
Here he is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUX...

Look at the state of my flat =/
Posted by jeffry, around 3rd October 2009:
 
I meant iamcal baby no.1 and when's it due! my bad, should've started a new paragraph there.
even if he's not an iamcal baby, mini grim... seems pretty cool even if he does have questionable taste in music ;)
Posted by Miki, around 3rd October 2009:
 
hehe Grim... cute video

thanks everyone,
baby no.2 is due march 11th 2010
I think baby no.1 is going to be about 10 weeks older?
Posted by che, around 3rd October 2009:
 
iamcal baby #1 is 28 weeks along on Monday and due 28th December (ish)

:)

Grim... I think that jeffica was a little harsh (although accurate) in saying your baby doesn't count!
(it clearly counts as a baby, just not created by two forum members)

Very cute all the same :D

Miki - Emma says cute scan!
Posted by che, around 3rd October 2009:
 
I hope we are better at remembering baby #2's birthday than we are at remembering his father's.
Posted by che, around 3rd October 2009:
 
also seriously miki you could have started a new thread for such cool news! They aren't rationed you know!
Posted by Miki, around 3rd October 2009:
 
I know but I'm shy :P
Posted by Grim..., around 4th October 2009:
 
Mrs Grim... has made a post here, I think. The rules need clearer definition =]
Posted by WarHead, around 4th October 2009:
 
She should have made herself known.
Posted by Miki, around 4th October 2009:
 
Ok I shall make my case:
this baby is a forum baby because I wouldn't have met her/his father if iamcal hadn't existed and therefore this baby would not exist if iamcal didn't exist

I think the same thing goes for the other one :D
Posted by che, around 4th October 2009:
 
true
Posted by che, around 4th October 2009:
 
sorry, I meant to say:

FACT!
Posted by jeffry, 5th October 2009:
 
Unless cal directly had a hand in you getting together with mrs grim... then I guess the baby could be considered part of the iamcal network…
Posted by Grim..., 5th October 2009:
 
For some reason I thought Miki and Steve knew each other before IAmCal.
Posted by Saltation, 6th October 2009:
 
isn't that a satellite photo of the bermuda triangle?
Posted by jeffry, around October 2009:
 
I wonder how iamcal's relationship success ratio compares to match.com
Posted by cal, around October 2009:
 
most couples who meet on iamcal have a baby. that's pretty good odds
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around October 2009:
 
The iamcal team are the most fertile!!
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around October 2009:
 
Congratulations, by the way, all of you "with child". That's some darn good breeding that's been going on here. Does this make Cal "the Godfather"?
Posted by syl, around October 2009:
 
You should all have "Cal" as one of your babies names. Hahaaaa!
Posted by che, around October 2009:
 
still not on the wave. *sniff*
Posted by Grim..., around October 2009:
 
Neither am I. One of my mates is, though. Jealousy.
Posted by cal, around October 2009:
 
i have 8 invites. email me and i'll send you one
Posted by che, around October 2009:
 
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Posted by che, around October 2009:
 
I was about to come on here and ask if Mr Henderson had invites to give out like candy, but he beat me to it :D
Posted by WarHead, around 15th October 2009:
 
36 hours since he posted mine and it still hasn't arrived.

Google hates me :0(
Posted by Grim..., around 16th October 2009:
 
An old friend has apparently already sent me an invite without my knowledge, sorry for making you waste one of yours. Can you take it back again?

What is everyone's wave address?
Posted by che, around 17th October 2009:
 
Hasn't arrived yet
Posted by syl, around 17th October 2009:
 
Yeah that scene did make me a bit uncomfortable but the rest of the movie is very funny.
Posted by che, around 18th October 2009:
 
I admit I do like most of the actors in it.

Might go to see "Up" on Sunday.
Posted by che, around 18th October 2009:
 
also syl did you reply in the wrong topic?

not that changing the subject has eve been seen as a problem around here!
Posted by syl, around 19th October 2009:
 
Oh bollocks. I did swop them around. Sorry.
/dizzy
Posted by eatmypiano, around 20th October 2009:
 
I have a "forum baby". If Iamcal had been on line three years ago I wouldn't have had to find something else to do...

Any spare Wave invites?
Posted by che, around 20th October 2009:
 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcx...

indeed :)
Posted by WarHead, around 20th October 2009:
 
Dog dammit - my invite still hasn't arrived.
Posted by che, around October 2009:
 
ditto :)
Posted by Grim..., around 22nd October 2009:
 
You guys still waiting?!
Posted by che, around 22nd October 2009:
 
yup!
I think Cal is pulling a really really early/late April Fools joke on us
Posted by WarHead, around 22nd October 2009:
 
Still waiting too.
Posted by eatmypiano, around 25th October 2009:
 
My invite just dropped in to my inbox!
Posted by Grim..., around 25th October 2009:
 
My wave address is matt[dot]r[dot]squirrel[at]googlewave[dot]com
Remember to put two "L"s on squirrel.
Posted by che, around 25th October 2009:
 
still not here.
I'm such a loyal googler too.
I was using google docs before google even owned it, when it was still called writely!
Posted by eatmypiano, around 25th October 2009:
 
I can be found at stetho[dot]mail[at]googlewave[dot]com
Posted by WarHead, around 29th October 2009:
 
Where's me fookin' invite?
Posted by eatmypiano, around 29th October 2009:
 
I've got spare invites if you still want one. Send me a message on Facebook with your email address.

Me on Facebook for those who haven't already added me.
Posted by WarHead, around 29th October 2009:
 
Facebook? Damn its eyes. I can't do that, my account has been expunged again. Buy my mail address is \/\/arhead1954 at gmail co dot com
Posted by che, around 29th October 2009:
 
mine STILL isnt here. :(
Posted by eatmypiano, around 30th October 2009:
 
gmail co dot com?
Posted by WarHead, around 30th October 2009:
 
Shazbat! Sorry, there is, of course, no 'dot co' in the address. It's \/\/arhead1954 at gmail dot com and the first character IS a 'W,' not a mixture of forward and back slashes.
Posted by eatmypiano, around 30th October 2009:
 
Done. I'd figured out the backslashes, thanks.
Posted by WarHead, around 30th October 2009:
 
Thank you very glad.
Posted by syl, around 30th October 2009:
 
Thank you so much to eatmypiano for sending me an invite! Much appreciated :D

Apparently they take a while to end up in your inbox.
Posted by che, around October 2009:
 
anyone got one yet?
Posted by WarHead, around 1st November 2009:
 
Nyet.
Posted by Grim..., around 1st November 2009:
 
Something has gone wrong, I reckon - the people I invited went live after a day or so.
List your email addresses, I think I've still got a few spares.
Posted by che, around 1st November 2009:
 
edited out
Posted by WarHead, around 1st November 2009:
 
\/\/arhead1954 at gmail d0t com
Posted by che, around 2nd November 2009:
 
having been sent 3 I finally got one of them!
Posted by che, around 2nd November 2009:
 
(from eatmypiano)
Posted by syl, around 3rd November 2009:
 
I'm sure I will get eatmypiano's one but in case I don't. I have been checking every day and it's not arrived. I think they are delivered by grumpy elves.

sylvia.garassino[at]gmail[dot]com
Posted by WarHead, around 3rd November 2009:
 
Wow, that means it might be delivered by Cal, by hand. Kewl.
Posted by syl, around 3rd November 2009:
 
Hey Cal, can you dress up as a grumpy Elf and post pictures here?
Posted by WarHead, around 4th November 2009:
 
Wooohooo - finally got mine from eatmypiano. Now the trouble will really start. For anyone else setting up an account, you can add me as a contact - \/\/arhead1954 at go0glewave.c0m
Posted by eatmypiano, around 4th November 2009:
 
It looks like people are being sent invites in the order I invited them. So next two are arsepuppy then Syl.
Posted by WarHead, around 4th November 2009:
 
Just had my first wave (with Che). Quite bizarre.
Posted by syl, around 4th November 2009:
 
Yay! Got mine. Thanks!!

Please add me sylvia dot garassino at googlewave dot com

I've added you warhead, and eatmypiano you were already a contact when I opened my account
Posted by syl, around 5th November 2009:
 
Hey Google Wave is great :) Me likes!
Posted by eatmypiano, around 5th November 2009:
 
I'm not that impressed. There's been a couple of polls started and Jesse and Apathy weren't options. And no phalluses in the drawings either.
Posted by syl, around 5th November 2009:
 
Hahaha!
Posted by Brock, around 7th November 2009:
 
If anyone has any left, I'll give it a whirl....

Ta.

Brockles at gmail dot com

(Oh, and the edit box is still broken, Cal)
Posted by eatmypiano, around 8th November 2009:
 
Done
Posted by Brock, around 9th November 2009:
 
Received, Ta.

Being confused and trying to work this out. Maybe I'll look at it at work tomorrow and be paid to be confuzzled... ;)
Posted by Meatwood Flack, around 10th November 2009:
 
What is Wave?
Posted by syl, around 10th November 2009:
 
It's Google Wave, Doc. It's a new communication and collaboration tool. You can have conversations and share all sorts of media : photo's videos etc

See here

wave.google.com/help/wave/a...
Posted by syl, around 10th November 2009:
 
Doc if ever get invites I'll send you one and you can have a look? I think it's kinda cool, but I've got so many things to check now, it's getting silly.
Posted by WarHead, around 10th November 2009:
 
Not sure if it's going to be much use unless you are actually collaborating with others on a piece of work. It's very clever, but not immediately intuitive, so I can imagine a lot of people signing up and losing interest quite quickly.
Posted by Saltation, around 22nd November 2009:
 
i lost interest without even signing up
Posted by che, around 24th November 2009:
 
wave who?
Posted by WarHead, around 14th December 2009:
 
Marcel
Posted by WarHead, around 14th December 2009:
 
Seems like everyone I'm linked to has lost interest in it, as I suspected. Then again, so have I.
Posted by WarHead, 28th January 2010:
 
Bump!!11

Anyone finding Wave useful? My initial contacts (all from here or flickr) don't seem to be using it.
Posted by che, around 29th January 2010:
 
meh
Posted by Grim..., around 29th January 2010:
 
It'd be useful if I could get my normal emails sent to it, and send normal emails from it.
Otherwise, it was great for a few things, but then I forgot about it.
Posted by che, around 30th January 2010:
 
what grim... said
Posted by syl, around 30th January 2010:
 
what grim... said
Posted by WarHead, around 10th February 2010:
 
OK, forget Wave, it's SOOOOOO last year. Now there's Buzz, Google's answer to Facebook/Twitter. Please form an orderly queue. Actually, you shouldn't need to, if you have a Google Mail account. Not that I can access it yet - prolly 'coz I'm not a high volume user.
Posted by Miki, 11th February 2010:
 
I wondered why google tried to talk to me when I went to my mailbox
Posted by WarHead, 5th August 2010:
 
Well, there we are then, it turns out that few people liked/understood it sufficiently to actually use it, so Google have stopped development work on it.

I don't like/understand Buzz, either.

I think I'm suffering from application apathy and overload.
Posted by eatmypiano, 5th August 2010:
 
I think I'm suffering from application apathy


I'm suffering from application Jesse.
Posted by Grim..., 6th August 2010:
 
As I pointed out on ("another forum I post on" - Ed), this is A Bad Thing.