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[anotheranon]

• 22:21 PSA: Cats CAN get H1N1: tinyurl.com/yffdycr . Now I REALLY don't want to take my cats to the vet unless I ABSOLUTELY have to.
• 11:01 Reading free Google Wave - sample users have names Zoe, Kaylee, and Wash. Fills my inner #firefly fangirl with nerdy glee :)

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[dustdaughter.livejournal.com]

You know Google was inspired by Firefly throughout the process of developing Wave, right?

Quote from The Complete Guide to Google Wave:
The Story Behind Wave's Name

Error messages in the Wave preview refer to lines from the 2005 film, Serenity.

Google didn't choose Wave's name for the reason you might assume—as a play on the idea of surfing the web. Its engineers were paying homage to writer and director Joss Whedon's brief but well-loved science fiction TV series, Firefly (2002-2003), and its follow-up film, Serenity (2005). In the Firefly/Serenity universe, characters send textual communications by "wave." References to waves appear throughout the series and include lines such as "that's why I waved you," "just got a wave," "I can send him a wave," and "I read your wave."

In Google Wave's preview release, two different error messages draw from lines from the Serenity movie: "Everything's shiny, Cap'n. Not to fret!" and "This wave is experiencing some slight turbulence, and may explode." During Wave's unveiling at the Google I/O conference in May of 2009, the demonstration script contained several subtle but clear references to Firefly and Serenity."

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I only found this out from that book - it was a very pleasant surprise!