VIRAL IS A GOOD WORD IN OUR WORLD
The Place Under the Pine is down one TV screen (good life lesson: toy cars thrown by three year olds and screens do not mix), but, that is not the Tube we are referring to. YouTube, that is the TUBE that has been generating a lot of discussion lately around the PUTP.
The PUTP YouTube channel / memory preserving experiment has gone extremely well. Dozens of weekly vlogs have been made and shared with friends and family.
Here is the latest - Apple picking | Sports | Rubber Boots
Recently, the channel has expanded with videos on cooking (Cooking With Olivia) and what the young ones take in their school lunch.
Lolli makes oatmeal choc chip cookies
The increase in Tube-talk has been about one of these lunch videos. We had one go 'viral'. Not take-over-the-world viral, but to put it into context, typically a video hits between 30 - 60 views ... this 'viral' lunch video's count was over 8,000 at last check (and still growing).
Be the 9,000 or 10,000th viewer. Here it is:
This is very exciting for all the citizens of the PUTP. YouTube is probably the most popular site visited, and everyone has their favourite channel. Being part of the "Tube" is a way of life around the PUTP, which is why having a little bit of success generates so much buzz.