If you don’t know what Google Wave is, you should take a moment and watch the highlight videos they have put on their site, because I’m not going to go in depth into the basics.

Right now it is an invite-only beta. Despite being an early sign-up person (apparently not early enough) I went a couple weeks without an invite. But, thanks to Gina Trapani, former editor of LifeHacker for running an invite give-away, and picking my use-case as one of the good ones, I was able to get an invite.
( My use-case to get a wave invite )
( Technical protocol discussion - skip if that bores you )
( Things I don't like currently )
( Things that are GREAT! )
( Going forward from here )
So, you don’t have an invite yet most likely. Don’t worry too much, Google wants this to be an open beta or released product in 2010, so the wait isn’t that long. But even if you don’t, I have about 5 left today that can go to the first people I know personally who are SUPER EXCITED about trying it.

Just reply to this blog, and I’ll respond if your lucky enough to fit into my top 5 list

• Let the shots begin – stupid Bears, stupid interceptions and bad o-line. #
• Bears game = the suxor! At least the Vikings lost, that makes me a little happy. #
• The wife is kicking me out of the house tonight for her sexist creativity night. Anyone want to hang out? Or perhaps do some man-stuff. #
• Rocking the VLI intensive this weekend. Wanted to kill Steve Robbins yesterday, today is much better. Digging the synoptic gospels. #
• http://is.gd/4zrco Good to see I'm not the only one on the "voice-is-just-data" soapbox. We need a paradigm shift here. http://is.gd/4zvnj #
• http://ninite.com/ This is going to make the re-install much easier when Windows 7 shows up on my doorstep. #
• RT @danblah Funny comparision of Windows 7 to an old girlfriend http://bit.ly/23g8wf #
• Facebook #fail – newsfeeds that try to guess at what I want to see was a bad idea the first time guys. #
• Current GPU Temp: 90C. Current activity: watching flash video, and updating twitter. Dell m1330 #fail #
• http://is.gd/4y3md Cost of broadband in developing world hinders economic development. Digital divide = bad for everyone. #
• Keynote+iPhone+non-techinical pastor = my mind blown as well as my expectations for digital slides for presentations. #
• Loving the pastors retreat at Green Lake. Wish I had a good excuse to come every year. #
• Almost to Green Lake, really looking forward to this retreat. Need more God and some R&R. #
• http://is.gd/4raBn Obama administration starts a strategy to aid Sudan. This is a big deal for people who hate genocide. #
• http://freegeektwincities.org/ Pretty awesome group here. I've been saying for years that if I had the time I would do the same thing. #
• Stupid Bears. Played like crap. #

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• DA BEARS!!!!! #
• Had a good morning, spoke about breaking free at Hope Community Church, went to my church for worship, and then greek for lunch. #
• I have 5 minutes to talk about human trafficking, Breaking Free, & how porn addiction relates 2 prostitution. That's right, 5 whole minutes. #
• Did a fun outreach today giving away coffee at Aldis by church. Lots of nice ppl in and around IGH. #
• RT@danblah Line sharing best solution for slow, expensive US broadband http://bit.ly/upZWs #
• Tweetdeck on iphone will periodically lose a big chunk of older tweets. This is lame, and has been a bug for a while now – Tweetdeck #fail. #
• Thanks to T-Pain I'm starting to recognize autotune-ing in regular music. Unfortunately ladies & gentlemen, Glee is guilty. #
• Kinda excited about actually using wave for my use-case that won me an invite, but I need Lauren on it too for it to be useful in that way. #
• Entered @lifehacker contest for wave invite and got one! Use-case was coordinating presentations Lauren and I give for Breaking Free! #
• Thought from VLI studying the disciplines: "Jesus does a lot of prayer/solitude stuff while ppl were sleeping – I bet he was an insomniac." #
• http://is.gd/4hgPz This looks awesome – combine this w/ a better notification (like Palms)system and the iPhone would raise the bar again. #
• http://is.gd/4ggVf I still don't have one. The Jesus of Google apparently hates my early application and won't save me from email LAMENESS! #

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• Universal/NBC has the most lame-ass Bluray menus. Every one is identical, and they are slow and java-ish. #FAIL #
• Samba4 is looking more and more awesome – http://bit.ly/qFBro #
• Gajim supports PubSub discovery and subscription. That is making my testing on my XMPP<->wordpress plugin. #
• There is standing snow on the ground and it isn't even Nov. The dog is very intrigued by the snow, which at least makes it funny. #
• Cold tonight, probably gonna snow even. Glad we got the doghouse yesterday for Kara when she is outside. #
• Ohh, and the cross-posting works, so if post to identi.ca it updates twitter too. Very handy. #
• Trying out identi.ca – and its ability to post via XMPP IM client. So far seems like nerdier twitter. #
• Still wishing I had a google wave invite. Pretty sure I forgot 2 check the 'will report bugs' box cuz otherwise you think I'd have 1 by now. #
• Really wish twitter had an 'edit' button – that was supposed to be 'OpenFire OR Tigase'. http://is.gd/45inj AND http://www.tigase.org/ FYI. #
• Thinking about switching my test XMPP server to Openfire of Tigase instaed of ejabberd. Too many issues with nid on pubsub nodes. #
• http://is.gd/43Vjg Interesting article about how cell phones benefit women entrepreneurs in developing countries. #
• RT @dancatlin Local online paper writes article on our now shop w/nice photos! http://is.gd/43b6d I Love having one of these in my bathroom! #
• Rejoice iPhone users who like Skype and other VOIP, our time is coming http://is.gd/4168q hoping next comes Gvoice/VOIP app. #
• My ring is going fly off my finger sometime soon. Anyone have a jewler that they could recommend for resizing it? #
• RT @engineeredweb New post: Regular Expression Primer and Guides http://tinyurl.com/ydts5u6 @bigcat2k: I should learn regex someday. #
• They should ratify this standard or something like it http://is.gd/40HSp Standardized push calendaring over an open protocol sounds nice. #
• A God that dies to help all of us is easy to believe in, but a God that doesn't help some who are dying is very hard. #
• This totally freaks me out http://is.gd/3ZdqI – The Conservative Bible Project, removing the framework for liberal bias from holy scripture. #

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• My gmail which is set up for exchange sync seems broken since late last week. Not getting my email now for some reason, pushed or otherwise. #
• Da Bears! I know it is only the lions, but it still feels good. #
• I think no one decided to play defense in this game. Rediculous for the black and blue division. #
• I am really unimpressed w/ Earl Bennett. He dodges hits, and always reacts like he is afraid of defenders. Not Bear material, no heart. #
• Back from the Men's retreat. Had a great time, it is always fun when God shows up and meets people where they are. #
• Heading to the Mens retreat with Dennis and Bruce. Really looking forward to a weekend dedicated to focusing on matters of spirituality. #
• Dear Nettop makers – Love the Nvidia Ion chipset and the atom330 CPU. Hate windows – some ppl would like a hardware only option. Mytthv ftw! #
• Apparently I entered something on my wave app that made it so I'm not getting an early invite, cuz I know I put it in early enough. Sad. #
• After the first 11hr day of Kara @ home inside she only consumed two pairs of sandals. Not too bad considering how much she likes to chew. #
• RT @larsras 11pm in Sydney + done with #googlewave invitations for the day. More tomorrow if servers still alive… #
• Still no Wave Invite, I guess Google doesn't love me enough to give me one #
• Cool fact about VLI, they are using moodle (http://moodle.org/) for their online course management software. Open Source in ministry FTW! #
• More than a little freaked out to be starting VLI tonight. Two years of being even more busy and @ church more often?! What was I thinking? #
• Still hoping for that Wave invite, looks like invites got delayed until later today. First look via lifehacker. http://is.gd/3PfYC #
• Still holding out for that wave invite. Crossing fingers and hoping since the day isn't over. #
• Dear MN natives, if you want me off your ass, speed up or move over. Slowing down / breaking won't do it. Proper lane usage, learn 2 luv it. #
• One of my beefs w/ apple is the lack of a good docking station: http://is.gd/3MVkg This new idea from dell would be awesome on a MBP. #
• More than a little excited about Google Wave – Hoping I get an invite to it tomorrow when they sound out the 100000 first invites. #
• This one car thing is sucking when we have to get to IGH 4x / wk seperately. Late 2 alpha again cuz Lauren has 2 b on campus after work. #
• Wishing I could write PLC code full-time instead of doing documentation and wiring diagrams. Have some great ideas but no time to implement. #

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