CHILL 2014 The Queen Mary of Long Beach

CHILL transforms over two million pounds of sparkling ice into larger-than-life, hand-carved colorful ice sculptures in the 13,000 square-foot Igloo called The Ice Kingdom, located inside the Queen Mary’s Dome, formerly home to the legendary Spruce Goose. The Ice Kingdom featured a California holiday theme complete with breaking waves, dancing dolphins and a Surfing Santa. There is a life size candy cane forest, a penguin village and three ice slides off of a 30’ high replica of The Queen Mary's bow.

Video Top Trending Music Videos of 2014

Video Top Trending Music Videos of 2014

1. Katy Perry - Dark Horse (Official) ft. Juicy J

2. Enrique Iglesias - Bailando (Español) ft. Descemer Bueno, Gente De Zona


3. Shakira - Can't Remember to Forget You ft. Rihanna


4. Shakira - La La La (Brazil 2014) ft. Carlinhos Brown


5. Jason Derulo - "Wiggle" feat. Snoop Dogg (Official HD Music Video)


6. Iggy Azalea - Fancy (Explicit) ft. Charli XCX


7. Sia - Chandelier (Official Video)


8. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off


9. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass


10. Nicki Minaj - Anaconda

Top Trending Videos of 2014

Top Trending Videos of 2014

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 Harassment

233 Biggest Viral Videos Of 2014

Watch the 233 best viral videos of 2014 in just a few minutes. From highwire daredevils to slow-motion water balloons and many, many funny animals in between, this video shows an exhaustive selection of the best viral videos of 2014.

Luc Bergeron is the man who has edited 233 of the videos, a process which must have taken hours of painstaking work. But it was probably all worth it to see the final video.

Universal Studios Hollywood

Today I took my brother to Universal Studios Hollywood for his birthday. The day before we went we had a huge storm. I think that caused a lot of people to stay home because we were getting through lines super fast. I'm not sure if it was because it was my brother's birthday or what but we had people that worked at the park giving us free front of the line passes. All and all a really fun day.

Holiday Party

Today I go to my first holiday party at the Sherwood Country Club. I also take my first Uber ride to the holiday party.

#YouTubeRewind 2014 IS HERE!!!

It's time to pause, rewind and remember the videos, people and events that defined YouTube in 2014. The 2014 YouTube Rewind was just posted, and it's amazing! The video features some of the year’s biggest trends (Ice Bucket Challenge, Frozen) and YouTube’s biggest stars. Hell, MOST of YouTube’s biggest stars. It would be impossible to name them all because there are SO MANY, but The Vlogbrothers, Rhett and Link, Tyler Oakley, iJustine, Freddie Wong, Hannah Hart, Grace Helbig, and plenty plenty more pop up. Even TV stars like Stephen Colbert, Conan O’Brien, and John Oliver pay their respects to YouTube.



Previous YouTube Rewind videos:

Jingle Boobs with Sara X Mills!

JINGLE BOOBS! I mean, we all saw this one coming, right?!

Our favorite boob dancer, Sara X Mills, is here with bells on. Literally.

First she did some Mozart, then she showed us the strength in her glutes, and now we welcome her back just in time for the holidays.

Ventura Street Fair

The social event of the year is back! The Ventura Winter Wine Walk & Holiday Street Fair once again returns to beautiful Downtown Ventura on Saturday, December 6, 2014 

Santa Barbara Street Parade

In the early 1950’s, a tradition began to decorate State Street with 40 foot tall Douglas fir Christmas trees during the holidays. These trees actually lined the center divider lines of what used to be a four lane street. Sponsored then by the Retail Merchants Association, the Chamber of Commerce and the Parks and Recreation Department, the trees were officially dedicated and lit during the Children’s Christmas Parade by the Christmas Fairy. The Children’s Christmas Parade is now known as the Downtown Holiday Parade and is held annually, one week after Thanksgiving.

The parade, now in its 62nd year, has since evolved into Santa Barbara’s only nighttime street parade. After 31 years of Saturday morning debuts, the parade returned to the Friday evening tradition in 1998. This year’s tradition takes place on Friday, December 5th officially welcoming the holiday season downtown!

Zoella Takes A Break From YouTube?!

Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella, has announced that she is taking a few days away from the internet following confirmation that her bestselling novel was ghostwritten.

In a recent statement, her publisher Penguin told The Sunday Times,

“To be factually accurate, you would need to say Zoe Sugg did not write the book Girl Online on her own… As publishers our role is, and always has been, to find the very best talent and help them tell their story and connect them with readers… For her first novel, Girl Online, Zoe has worked with an expert editorial team to help her bring to life her characters and experiences in a heartwarming and compelling story.”

While it’s not uncommon for people who aren’t authors to use ghost writers, it can be disappointing to hear your favorite YouTube star didn’t actually write her book. The revelation provoked a debate over the use of ghostwriters and to what degree celebrities should acknowledge any help they may have received.

Because of all the heat that’s been coming her way, Zoella this morning posted some shocking tweets.

Bare with me on vlogmas. I'm taking a few days out and off the internet because it's clouding up my brain. Thanks for understanding ❤️
— Zoë (@ZozeeBo) December 8, 2014

This was tweeted within the same minute of a tweet from her boyfriend, Alfie Deyes.

Just to let you know :) Zoë and I are going to take a few days out of daily vlogging to have some time to our selves x
— Alfie Deyes (@PointlessBlog) December 8, 2014

We've both been so busy recently working on different things so a little break will do us good as we haven't spent proper time together x
— Alfie Deyes (@PointlessBlog) December 8, 2014

Thanks for understanding! <3
— Alfie Deyes (@PointlessBlog) December 8, 2014

Sugg, who suffers from anxiety, has taken breaks from her YouTube channel in past. Here she is talking about a previous incident:

Now while it’s not explicitly stated, it’s fair to assume this might be due to the ghost writing controversy. On Sunday, the 24-year-old uploaded this message to Twitter as a response to reports of her use of a ghostwriter.

This might answer some of your tweets! X pic.twitter.com/NCuC3VhxiG
— Zoë (@ZozeeBo) December 7, 2014

Author Siobhan Curham is believed to be one of those who helped Sugg write the bestselling novel after being named in the acknowledgements. On Sunday she was thanking people on Twitter who were offering their support.

@NicoleBurstein thank you so much - very much appreciated right now x
— Siobhan Curham (@SiobhanCurham) December 7, 2014

UPDATE

Sugg returned to Twitter on Monday evening to criticise coverage of her announcement about spending a few days offline.

Deyes also hit out at those suggesting he had quit YouTube.

The stuff press write about it literally ridiculous! I AM NOT QUITTING YOUTUBE. Yet again, twisting stuff to gain views. Sad.
— Zoë (@ZozeeBo) December 8, 2014

Having to turn off my comments as some of you love to make up rumours that I've 'quit' youtube... Im allowed a few days break if I want to x
— Alfie Deyes (@PointlessBlog) December 8, 2014

Here's the New Trailer for Terminator: Genisys

Here is the first, long look at the brand-new Terminator Genisys movie. Take a look at new face of Sarah Connor, a new John Connor and new Kyle Reese, but the Terminator remains the same. The whole thing reminds me of the Star Trek reboot. Parallel timeline, younger actors and one old actor from the original. So they're trying to mimic the success of that reboot, remains to be seen whether it will work.

Honestly, this trailer is much, much, better than I anticipated. It hits all the marks for a Terminator movie: An implied massive action scene, a robot with a gun, sepia-toned future worlds, vague but important speeches about saving humanity, Terminator hands, and the classic, "Come with me if you want to live" line. So yeah, we're all good here.

What do you think? Is it worth seeing or do you think the plot just gets more and more muddled?

Let me play outside (Canon 7D Short Film)

Today April really wanted to play outside but it was raining. Check out this short film I threw together to see what her day was like. Gear used Canon 7D, Rode Video Mic, 28-135mm lens, and a [pro]master 7450 tripod.

LOOT CRATE UNBOXING - BATTLE!!! NOVEMBER 2014!

Loot Crate is a epic monthly subscription box for geeks and gamers for under $20. Loot Crate handpicks 6-8 new items to include in the box, which are kept secret until the boxes are delivered! Watch the video to see what I got!!

The Details

Cost: 

1 month plan: $13.37/mo + $6 S&H. 

3 month plan: $12.37/mo + $6 S&H 

6 month plan: $11.67/mo + $6 S&H

Coupon: click HERE to save 10%.

What’s in the box? Each month you get over $40.00 worth of loot curated around a geeky theme, for less than $20.00 a month.

Shipping: Loot Crate ships to the US, Canada, Australia, and UK

When does Loot Crate ship? Loot Crates are sent out once each month, scheduled to begin shipping on the 20th unless otherwise specified. Signups are taken until 9pm PT on the 19th. If you signup after 9PM PT on the 19th, your first crate will come in the following month.

When am I charged? For one month subscriptions: You are charged at the time of signup and then the same date each month based on that signup date.* For example, if you signed up on the 28th then your renewal would be the 28th of each month. For 3/6 month subscriptions: You are charged at the time of signup and then the same date each subscription period based on that signup date.** For example, if you signed up on the 28th then your renewal would be the 28th of each 3/6 month

Let's build something

The Home Depot offers free workshops for do-it-yourselfers of all ages. On the first Saturday of each month, Home Depot’s FREE Kids Workshops offer fun and useful projects like building toolboxes, fire trucks and mail organizers, birdhouses, Mother’s Day gifts, or any number of other cool projects.



The workshops are great for 5- to 12-year-olds, and they teach children do-it-yourself skills and tool safety and at the same time they help to instill a sense of accomplishment. If your little builder is under 5, that’s fine, too, but you’ll need to provide a little more supervision. We see parents getting into the fun, too, no matter the age of the participants. The workshops create quality, one-on-one fun time between you and your children or nieces, nephews. The workshops are great for scouts troops, neighborhood organizations and Sunday school classes as well!

In addition to the newly constructed project kit, each child receives a kid-sized orange apron, similar to The Home Depot associates’ aprons, and an achievement pin.

The Home Depot’s Kids Workshops are FREE and are held on the first Saturday of every month at every Home Depot store. They start at 9:00 am, and last until about noon.

If George Lucas directed Star Wars: Episode VII

What would that glorious The Force Awakens trailer look like if George Lucas went back and fiddled with it? Probably something like this... The "George Lucas' Special Edition" parody version of the new Star Wars trailer pokes fun at the director's missteps in the series prequels.

(Joking aside, George Lucas does have a pretty big role in the development of Star Wars VII. While he’s neither directing nor writing the movie, the story concept is his and he was on set as a creative consultant.)

What do you think of the parody edition?

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens Official Teaser

It’s not much—in fact, it might feel like the shortest 88 seconds of your life—but the first trailer for director J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is finally here! J.J. gave us a lot of black screens in this trailer but he also gave us some awesomeness! They weren’t kidding when they called it a “teaser.”

Just watch it and let me know what you think.

Jurassic World Trailer Is Here

Stop what you're doing. The Jurassic World trailer is here. The full trailer for Jurassic World which was originally thought to be released on Thanksgiving as been officially released a few days early. Who's excited?!

Best Child Punishment Ever

Watch dad punish son for stealing by making him carry books over head “Better steal some knowledge”

Happy Birthday to Me

Importance of Teamwork

And today a touch of humor explains the importance of teamwork...

Recovering from sickness

Loot Crate Battle

November’s Loot Crate is a head-to-head, rough-and-tumble BATTLE for your senses! They are celebrating the fighting heroes, battling rogues, 8-bit brawlers and other factions that we love. This crate will include some of your geek and gaming favorites including EXCLUSIVE Mega-Man & Assassin’s Creed collectibles, Halo, Street Fighter and more! There will also be another EXCLUSIVE T-shirt with a design you won't find anywhere else! join or miss out..

Chun-Li with a 17 Hit Combo! 

Alex From Target?

A lot of you may have heard of Alex From Target. Whether you saw him on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, or all four, he definitely blew up. And fast. He went from a normal Target worker to being on Ellen overnight!

Alex Lee was a normal Target employee who worked at a Target store in Dallas, Texas, until Brooklyn Reiff posted a photo of him on Twitter that blew up because he is good looking. It goes to show how far looks can go, doesn’t it?

@alannapage12 pic.twitter.com/fWcV68a9N7

— b (@brooklynjreiff) October 26, 2014

The most ironic part of the whole thing? Brooklyn has said in interviews that she doesn’t even find Alex to be particularly good looking. The original tweet got over 4,000 retweets, and it just went downhill from there!

People started putting Alex all over the Internet by reposting the photo on social media. Some even created hilarious parodies of the original picture and posting them all over the web as well.

Target’s Twitter has announced their support for Alex and dispelled rumors that his popularity online might have cost him his job.

We heart Alex, too! #alexfromtarget pic.twitter.com/LvA7qc5RfS

— Target (@Target) November 3, 2014

What do you think of all of this? Look good and work at Target to get famous? Use social media to your advantage? Post a picture of a good looking guy to get them on Ellen?

Happy Halloween

Took April trick or treating. This year she was Batgirl! Half way through trick or treating we had the idea that April needed a theme song. So we hid a iPhone 6 in her bag playing the original Batman theme song.

FEAR Loot Crate October 2014

Here’s this month’s +Loot Crate! The theme is Fear and it features some cool stuff from +The Walking Dead, +Capcom Unity, +Sharknado item and +Dead Rising exclusive.

12 Awesome Things Google Can Do For You.

Check out this list of helpful things Google can do for you, along with a few fun secrets that not many people know about.

1. You can use Google as a timer.

 2. Google can help you decide what to eat for dinner.

 3. It can give you the exact times for sunrise and sunset.

 4. You can get the weather forecast of any city just by typing the city followed by “forecast.”

 5. You can calculate exact tip amount for your meals. You can also adjust the percentage and number of people dining.

 6. You can check your flight status.

 7. Google can tell you when your favorite show is on…

 8. Google can tell you when the release date for a movie is…

 9. It can give you information on any company.

 10. You can have Google find songs by bands you like.

 11. Google can convert for you.

 12. It can translate for you.

10 People Who Made Instantly Regrettable Decisions

1. THIS GUY WHO REALLY SHOULDNT HAVE TRIED TO BE A BADASS.

 2. THIS PERSON WHO REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN IN SUCH A HURRY.

 3. AARON PAUL

4. THIS CYCLIST WHO REALLY, REALLY SHOULDNT HAVE TRIED TO CHEAT.

5. WHEN THIS GUY FORGOT THAT SOLDIERS ACTUALLY HAVE A JOB THAT THEY ARE GOOD AT.

 6. THIS GIRL WHO SHOULD NEVER HAVE OPENED THE BOTTLE.

 7. THIS GUY WHO PROVED YOU SHOULDNT INTERRUPT LIVE NEWS.

 8. THIS GUY WHO DID NOT LIKE HIS SEAT CHOICE.

 9. THIS GUY WHO COMPLETELY FORGOT THAT YOU DONT MESS WITH ALLIGATORS.

 10. THESE PLAYERS WHO MADE AN AMBITIOUS ATTEMPT AT A TRICK PLAY.

What If Ganondorf Had A Gun?

70 of the Most useful Websites on the Internet

1. netflixroulette.net — Find something random to watch on Netflix.
2. pintsinthesun.co.uk — Find somewhere to drink a pint in the sun.
3. gfycat.com — Upload your gifs.

4. youconvertit.com — Convert documents.
5. ninite.com — Download all the free software you want at the same time.
6. squirt.io — Speed read the web one word at a time.
7. shouldiremoveit.com — Find out which applications you should remove from your computer.
8. avoidhumans.com — Find places to go in public that are not crowded.
9. keybr.com — Practice your touch typing.
10. oldversion.com — Get old versions of software.
11. readability-score.com — Find out how readable text is.
12. deadmansswitch.net — Have emails sent when you die.
13. mint.com — Budget your money.
14. roadtrippers.com — Plan your route with the best lodging and attractions.
15. duckduckgo.com — A search engine that is not following you.
16. padmapper.com — Maps out possible apartments/homes that fit your criteria.
17. zillow.com — Another great source for finding your next home.
18. printfriendly.com — Make any webpage print friendly.
19. printwhatyoulike.com — Print precisely what you want from any webpage.
20. privnote.com — Write a note to someone that will self-destruct after they read it.
21. freecycle.org — A network of people giving away free stuff in their towns.
22. couchsurfing.org — Crash on someone’s couch anywhere in the world.
23. recipepuppy.com — Search for recipes based on the ingredients you have.
24. pipl.com — A search engine for finding people.
25. charitynavigator.org — Evaluates various charities.
26. newsmap.jp — Popular news headlines.
27. radioreference.com — Listen to radio channels across the nation.
28. jimmyr.com — Link aggregator.
29. wolframalpha.com — A computational knowledge engine.
30. heavens-above.com — Follow satellites and constellations.
31. whatismyip.com — Figure out you I.P. address.
32. spreeder.com — Improve reading speed and comprehension.
33. simplynoise.com — Listen to white noise.
34. camelcamelcamel.com — Tracks prices for any product.
35. ptable.com — An interactive periodic table.
36. retailmenot.com — Find coupons for just about anything.
37. searchtempest.com — Search all of craigslist with one search.
38. join.me — Peek in on somebody’s computer screen.
39. thistothat.com — Find out the best way to glue this to that.
40. woorank.com — Find out what your website is missing, how you can improve it, and how to make Google recognize it better.
41. scribblemaps.com — Draw on maps then share them with friends.
42. mailvu.com — Video email.
43. rhymer.com — Online rhyming dictionary.
44. homestyler.com — Design your dream home.
45. wetransfer.com — An easy way to send big files.
46. pastebin.com — A place to paste text.
47. idlekeyboard.com — Make it sound like you are hard at work.
48. dropbox.com — Backup your sensitive document online.
49. seatguru.com — Find out where the best seats are on your plane flight.
50. unlistmy.info — Find out which websites store data about you, and tell them to unlist your info.
51. twofoods.com — Compare two foods..
52. gasbuddy.com — Find local gas prices.
53. sleepyti.me — Plan out your sleep schedule better.
54. ripetrack.com — Find out when certain fruits are ripe .
55. compassionpit.com — Talk out your problems with others, or help others yourself.
56. paperbackswap.com — Swap books with others.
57. swole.me — Plan out your meals better.
58. weatherspark.com — A graphical look at the weather.
59. network-tools.com — Various network tools.
60. amazon.com — The best place to buy things online.
61. writecheck.com — Correct grammar and check for plagiarism.
62. wakerupper.com — Send yourself a wake-up call.
63. pcpartpicker.com — Plan out your next PC build.
64. nophonetrees.com — Talk to an actual person instead of a machine when you call customer service.
65. loads.in — Find out how long it takes websites to load.
66. calorieking.com — Find nutrition information on various foods.
67. manualslib.com — A database of PDF manuals for various products.
68. eatthismuch.com — Create meal plans to meet your nutrition targets.
69. keepmeout.com — Lock yourself out of time wasting websites.
70. glassdoor.com — Research what it is like to work with certain companies.




by Johnny Webber