The Wave

I received an invitation to Google Wave last week. It's like trying to play checkers with yourself - more fun when you're "waving" with friends. I send out a couple of my own invitations - be interesting to see if either invitee responds.

Wave is a way to communicate in groups in real time by chat, file and photo sharing. The total communication experience is called a wave. Waves can be replayed, in case you missed it, or if you want to go back and see how it developed. Waves can be private or public.

I discovered how to find public waves, so I spent about an hour looking for groups in Sacramento, groups about libraries, groups for newbies, etc. until my laptop slowed to a crawl. I guess that's one of the problems - too many simultaneous waves in your inbox slows you down.

I have some wave invitations to give away - if you're interested, I'll send you one. If we're online at the same time, we can do everything except voice.

Getting the Stuffing Out

Thanksgiving Day, 2009
There were only three of us this year, because Pat went to Seattle to visit friends. We didn't take pictures, just this short video of Laurel unstuffing the turkey. In fact, next year, we may not even do a turkey, but may go out - there's more cleanup when there's the same amount of food and not enough people to make a dent in it!



I took the video clip with my new Flip Video camcorder from PureDigital Technologies. It's a superseded model - it can hold 60 minutes of footage, and the new models can do 120 minutes - but hey! it was less than half-price at Staples!