The World’s Best Bubble Wrap

An homage to the world’s most entertaining packing material

(fathom.org/opalcat/Bubble Wrap.html) This paean to the most entertaining packing material ever invented is not for people who pop one or two bubbles and throw the rest away. This home page is for those who lay bubble wrap across the floor and brutally roll their chairs over it (a custom, apparently, in Scandinavian countries). True bubble wrap aficionados will want to study the half dozen types of air pockets listed here (e.g., “Buddy Bubbles” reinflate their neighbors when squeezed) and the guide to etiquette and style (“DON’T pop someone else’s bubble wrap without permission”). But the most satisfying part of this website, created by a 27-year-old freelance Web designer,is the virtual bubble wrap, which (when it’s not acting buggy) re-creates the sound, if not the feel, of the real thing with each click of the mouse.

Grade: A

— Noah Robischon