By sereniepoo
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Via What's Inside
The Elf on the Shelf is a horrific Christmas tradition.
Designed to scare children into good behavior, the Elf is a cheery-eyed Santa crony. He monitors children for the big man, reports back, and ultimately decides whether you end up on the naughty list or not.
Or so we’re told.
Since 2004, the Elf on the Shelf has terrorized children with its watchful gaze and frozen smile. Well, it’s time to pay the piper.
The father-son team over at What’s Inside took a razor to the Elf recently to reveal the plastic, cottony innards and shut down this ruse once in for all.
So what was inside? Did the spirits of a thousand convicted murderers flutter out of the Elf’s stomach?
Well, not exactly. It’s mostly just filled with catharsis, plastic beads, and cotton. Still, pretty great to watch this little creep get torn to shreds.
Via YouTube
In case you missed any of it... here is the entire year crammed in 6.5 minutes!
In the 2014 edition of its annual video mashup of the year's top memes and memorable moments, YouTube brought together over 100 creators and enlisted the help of DJ Earworm for the soundtrack.
"Wired" has a good piece explaining the background on these Rewind videos and how this most recent one was created. There's also a behind the scenes video of the process, which kicked off back in July.
YouTube also released a list of the top trending videos of the year, with "Spider Dog" winning 2014, and the super viral catcalling video rounding out the top 10.
1. Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega) by SA Wardega 2. Nike Football: Winner Stays. ft. Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Ibrahimović, Iniesta & more by Nike Football 3. FIRST KISS by Tatia PIlieva 4. The Voice IT | Serie 2 | Blind 2 | Suor Cristina Scuccia - #TEAMJ-AX by TheVoiceOf Italy 5. iPhone 6 Plus Bend Test by Unbox Therapy 6. Bars & Melody - Simon Cowell's Golden Buzzer act | Britain's Got Talent 2014 by Britain's Got Talent 7. Budweiser Super Bowl XLVIII Commercial -- "Puppy Love" by Budweiser 8. Devil Baby Attack by DevilsDueNYC 9. Goku vs Superman. Epic Rap Battles of History Season 3. by ERB 10. 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman by Street HarassmentVideo
Via BrandonJLa
Welcome to the future of online video.
YouTube announced on Friday that the site now supports 360-degree videos, so a viewer has the ability to pan around the scene as the video plays and watch a moment from different perspectives. On mobile devices you just have to move the phone itself around.
StressLevelZero created the above video as an example of how this new technology works. Note: you’ll need to be in the Chrome browser or on an Android phone.
The short film is about a flying, time traveling red couch, and you can click and drag inside the video to see what’s going on around you.
Of course to produce these videos you will need to buy a special camera. Right now Bublcam, Giroptic’s 360cam, IC Real Tech’s Allie, Kodak’s SP360 and RICOH THETA are all compatible with YouTube. And uploading the content requires a special process.
YouTube also offered some suggestions for what you can do with the technology.
You could let viewers see the stage and the crowd of your concert, the sky and the ground as you wingsuit glide, or you could even have a choose-your-own-adventure video where people see a different story depending on where they look. Only you know what’s possible.
