Video Birthdays lets you send video messages without all the bother of uploading and downloading files. To send a video birthday card -- or any other message -- turn on your webcam, log onto VB's site, and click on "Record." When you're done, enter the recipient's email address. The person getting the video greeting receives a notification and goes to the Video Birthday site to pick up the message, as if it were an e-card.

Because Video Birthdays gives you the code to embed your video in HTML, this is also the easiest possible way to create a video for posting to your blog or Web site.