StarMars Online » Youtube http://www.starmarsonline.com My World on the Wide Web Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:32:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day 2010 http://www.starmarsonline.com/2010/01/bubble-wrap-appreciation-day-2010/ http://www.starmarsonline.com/2010/01/bubble-wrap-appreciation-day-2010/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:16:01 +0000 StarMars http://www.starmarsonline.com/?p=849 Bubble WrapToday is Bubble Wrap’s 50th birthday! The Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is celebrated annually on the Last Monday of January as stated in Sealed Air’s website, the company that made the joy-inducing plastic wraps.

“Spirit 95″ Radio, a local radio station in Bloomington, Indiana, officially started Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day in 2001 with a number of events to celebrate the anniversary.

Bubble Wrap® (brand name of the Sealed Air product) or air bubble packaging is a pliable transparent plastic material with regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres (bubbles) that provide cushioning for precious or breakable items. It was created by two engineers, Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes, in 1957. They founded the company Sealed Air Corporation three years later, marking the birth of Bubble Wrap.

Before you go on a Bubble Wrap popping spree below, watch this entertaining video by Happy Slip:

Pop Some Bubble Wrap Game

More Bubble Wrap goodies:

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Secret Santa Youtube


This funny, short video from Wicked Awesome Films was made to look like a trailer for a movie. It used high-action scenes commonly seen in movie trailers supposedly showing the highlights of the film. This video sold me and I would definitely watch the movie if it were real. :)

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The Prophecy

Welcome, seeker. You have come for a prophecy. I shall channel Apollo’s prophecy if he wills it.

Wait! Wait! I, the Oracle of great Apollo, am having a vision:


The Ancient Ones

Emerge and run

In Chaos’ full eruption.

An evil band

in every land

Delighting in destruction.


What seems shapeless

Formless and faceless

Their Great One is releasing.

So to enslave

Both god and knave

Their sorrows thus increasing.


Who is man

To stay the hand

Of those the gods can’t better?

And a hero yet

Takes the bet

To break the evil’s fetter


Three lights of hope

To help you cope

One south, in sand and wonder

One to the east

Defeat the beast

And tear their plan asunder.


The final light

Will mark the fight

Where you must face your fear.

A door ajar

You travel far

And yet you find it near.





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I had to download it first on my computer. If I remember correctly, it was about 60 MB in size. I didn’t know what formats Youtube accepts so I just pressed the Upload button to see if it works. And it did. I’m surprised Youtube accepts files of this format. I found out after a little research that it accepts videos in most formats, including .WMV, .AVI, .MKV, .MOV, MPEG, .MP4, DivX, .FLV, .OGG. and .3GP.

Anyway, I let the video sit there for 1 day before I really used it on my blog – no description and tags. When I came back to it the next day, I’m surprised that it had reached 313 views already. And there was one negative comment on the video. I don’t know if that figure is good or not for starters but I’m happy that many people have discovered it. It must have been the New Videos section, the World of Warcraft title or What Videos People are Watching section. The following day, it reached 1,100 views – that’s with the description and tags in place.

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