Weird Gadget: Virtual Bubblewrap

Wha?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/24/virtual-bubblewrap-the-best-worst-gadget-ever-made/
from WinCustomize Forums

Bubblewrap is one of the greatest things ever invented.  It's functional in how it protects your fragile items in shipping, but it's also fun to pop the little bubbles when its use is done.  There are few things more satisfying than getting a nice big sheet of bubblewrap with the big bubbles and to sit there popping each and every one of them.  It's great for stress relief.  However, to get bubblewrap you usually have to order some expensive piece of gadgetry, since it feels silly to go to a packaging store just to buy bubblewrap to pop.

Well, if you're a bubble popping addict, Bandai Asovision has created possibly the weirdest gadget I've seen; The PunchiPunchi.  It's a little plastic pad with 8 buttons on it that make bubble-popping sounds when you press them.  It has bonus features like playing special non-popping sounds every 100th pop.  I have no idea who dreamed up such a weird gizmo, or even who will buy it.  On the plus side, it's said that the PunchiPunchi comes with a liberal amount of real bubblewrap when shipped.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Haha, that's dumb. I get my bubble wrap from work. Shhhhhh.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first DX gadget using an embedded file was for virtual bubble wrap.  The author wouldn't give me permission to reseal it publicly . .  but I loved it!

You can pop at her site here: http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
you made that?! Cool!

I like bubblewrap, but I don't buy it to pop it. If there's some laying around, sure, I'll pop it.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
you made that?! Cool!


All I did was build a DX "frame" and embed the swf file into it.  Since it's not making a call to the internet, it's a stand-alone toy.    
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
wow, deja vu, yesterday I was sifting through some old backup files from a couple years ago. Found an old Favorites folder, and a link to that bubble-wrap website.   I re-bookmarked the site, and now I see it here on this forum!   
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
People who pop/squeeze bubble-wrap need a good slap around the jowls....

...'tis re-usable and I hate waste....go find a mirror and some zits instead.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Looks good, strange idea this bubblewrap - but I have to admit that when I was young I also popped bubble-wrap!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
People who pop/squeeze bubble-wrap need a good slap around the jowls
So I assume you are a virtual bubble wrap supporter.  Yay!!   
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
dancing on it naked in the full moon is good
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
oh my god! my kids drive me nuts with that stuff. they actually fight over who gets to pop them! aaaaarrrrrggghhh..... wait till they hear of this.....ssshhhhh...have to be quiet...
they might hear........
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
dancing on it naked in the full moon is good


Until your neighbour calls in the police....fearful it's multiple gun shots and worried about losing a few windows, etc. Explaining it to the cops could prove embarrassing/difficult.

oh my god! my kids drive me nuts with that stuff. they actually fight over who gets to pop them!


So glad mine have grown, left home and now have to contend with their own kids fighting over the bubble-wrap. I used to tell mine: "Go on, fight, I hate peace....and if you cause any injuries to one another, the medical bills will come out of your pocket money."

So I assume you are a virtual bubble wrap supporter.


Only if it's installed on two (or more) computers....to prevent abovementioned fights.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
a virtual bubble wrap supporter   


[visions of...what?!...imaginary jock straps and g-strings?!...never mind, must be the thin air here in the Rockies]