There are days when time seems to stand still and we're bored stiff because there is nothing to do. We have time to kill and we can't wait for the long work day to end. We wonder what the rest of the world is doing.

Here is one great website to help you fight boredom and at the same time get a feel of what make the world ticks -- watch videos on YouTube -- it has everything!

Everyone loves to watch videos. And everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People are watching hundreds of millions of videos a day on YouTube. It has 70 million videos at the beginning of February 2008, and is about to hit 75 million videos soon. Ten hours of new video are uploaded on YouTube every minute!

With such a mammoth collection of videos, what kind of videos are you going to watch?

It's quite simple if you are looking for something specific in mind -- something that is already popular or featured somewhere else. YouTube is such a hugh search-oriented medium that happening upon something uniquely interesting is very rare. If you have nothing in particular on your mind, then you should try this.

If you search YouTube for "*" (the asterisk is computer lingo for "everything"), you'll get about 20 million results. Then click on uploaded "Today", and you've narrowed it down to about 34,700 results of the newest and hottest videos from around the world! These results change frequently depending on the time of the day and what day of the week you log in.

Look down the list and you can catch a glimpse of what is actually happening in the world today by a simple hint of their being brand new. You get to feel the pulse of the world and to see first-hand accounts of current events happening at home and in far away places.

Thanks to the explosion in media devices such as the tiny hand-held hard-disk video cameras; the cute, little digital cameras or the versatile mobile cellphones with video capabilities that give people the ease to shoot almost everything and anything. And YouTube gives them the opportunity to upload hundreds of thousands of videos daily and "empowering them to share their experiences, talents, and expertise with the world".

Shooting videos is easy with all the wonderful gadgets that we have but uploading them to the Web them takes some time and effort.

Why do people take all the trouble of uploading videos on YouTube even though most of the clips are just a few seconds long and contain mundane stuff?

The answer probably lies in the videos. Watch a few videos and keep an open mind. You may stumble upon the answer and maybe find a gem amongst the clutter and noise. A few moments spent on watching videos on YouTube can be a truly worthwhile adventure.

Remember, YouTube has everything -- " * " -- and maybe that is the answer to the question.