I got this email from Facebook the other day, and a couple of thoughts struck me as I read it (the bold is my emphasis):

Facebook is sending you this notice of a proposed class action settlement that may affect your legal rights as a Facebook member who may have used the Beacon program. This summary notice is being sent to you by Court Order so that you may understand your rights and remedies before the Court considers final approval of the proposed settlement on February 26, 2010.

This is not an advertisement or attorney solicitation.

This is not a settlement in which class members file claims to receive compensation. Under the proposed settlement, Facebook will terminate the Beacon program. In addition, Facebook will provide $9.5 million to establish an independent non-profit foundation that will identify and fund projects and initiatives that promote the cause of online privacy, safety, and security.

For full details on the settlement and further instructions on what to do to opt out of, object to, or otherwise comment upon the proposed settlement, please go to: BeaconClassSettlement.com.

If you have never heard of Beacon, or the lawsuit against it, check this information out. Not only did they have to shut the service down, but they have to now do the corporate equivalent of Bart Simpson’s chalkboard punishment? This is really great news, but I wonder how effective a deterrent/punishment the ruling really will be. It is one thing to rule in favor of the customers in a large class-action lawsuit and award massive damages in order to prevent a company from engaging in invasive or abusive behavior. But this strikes me as a slap on the wrist, and the punishment of having to fund a non-profit company that essentially duplicates the EFF’s incredible efforts will probably be about as effective as having Steve Ballmer write a two page essay on why monopolies are bad. I doubt Facebook learned a lesson here, in fact the lesson learned might very well be “next time, don’t get caught”.

As more and more ‘private’ information is moved online, it is going to be those companies that demonstrate an unswerving loyalty to the privacy and security of their customers who will be allowed to continue doing business. You had better believe that the day Google is caught exposing or misusing user data, it is going to find itself in deep, troubled waters. Personally, I don’t really put anything on Facebook or other sites that I would be embarrassed or endangered by, were it to leak out. But this case has served as a reminder that you can’t really trust any company to put your rights and expectations above their own need to turn a profit in order to survive.

Team A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. is a half-hour comedy series set in post-apocalyptic America. Ghostbusters meets Children of Men. Four “men” are forced to search the barren wasteland for women to help save mankind. No one on Team A.P.O.C.A.L.Y.P.S.E. (American Planetary Objectives Committee Avoiding Life’s Yesterday and Preventing Society’s Extinction.) wants to be there, but since the only alternative is death…they’re giving it a shot. They have limited supplies and even more limited brain capacity.

Written and Directed by: Nick Armstrong

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Starring: Nick Armstrong, Kevin Ford, Ryan Gaul, Adam Jefferis, Jeff Kriese, Amanda Ohly, Douglas Sarine

Ryan Reeb is working on an animated short film called “Lillith & Thatch”, and he needs your help to complete it.  They’ve run up against a wall and they need some funding to push through and find the talented artists required to finish the project.  They made a Kickstarter page for the project so you can find out more about it and donate a little or a lot and make this dream a reality.  Please pass this info along and get the word spread far and wide, we’re trying to get Ryan out of his VFX artist’s chair and into a Director chair where he belongs!

This video is simple, beautiful, and very well done, which are my three favorite things to see in motion graphics work.  Just goes to show you how far good 3D tracking and clear ideas can take you.  It is a thank you to the sponsors of the AICP Southwest Festival that happened earlier this month, and was created by Corgan Media Lab .  I was not aware of these folks before, but I’m a solid fan now!  Discovered via Designcollector TV.

We finally found out who won the NexTV festival this past week. Unfortunately, Psycho Bob did not win, but the competition was stiff and the winners are all fantastic, so it was an honor just to compete against them. Here are all the winners in each category:

Grand Prize Winner:
Michael Swingler, Midlife

FIRST RUNNER-UP
Tony McNeal, Born That Way

BEST-IN-CATEGORY WINNERS:

SCRIPTED DRAMA

Omer Zigdon, Banisko

UNSCRIPTED DRAMA

Zeus Quijano Jr., Point Of Entry

SCRIPTED COMEDY

Tara MacDonald, Everything Burns

UNSCRIPTED COMEDY
Brigham Cottam, Wrestling With The Unknown

We’re looking forward to the next festivals, and are working on all kinds of new projects right now, so hopefully this is just the very beginning for us!  Also, side note, the still frame above is from the winning project, Midlife.

A while back, Stash Magazine linked to this cool little short film by Tim Bollinger, and I liked it, so I’m passing it along for you all to enjoy.  So enjoy it, darnit!

A while back, I wrote a little bit about a project we had just shot, a short film to help pitch a TV show idea brought to the table by Gene. It was the first RED shoot for any of us, and it went extremely well- certainly a learning experience on many fronts. This piece has been edited for a while, and we are working on getting the project moved along to the next stages, but we decided that in the meantime there was no harm in releasing the video onto the web for everyone to enjoy.

This is a tone piece, or sizzle reel, or whatever you feel like calling it; it is designed to give you a taste for the show’s look and feel but not necessarily structure. I hope you all like it, we worked very hard to get it to this stage, and are working even harder to get it to the next ones.

Simple, beautiful, moving. I saw this and was really impressed, then I read it was done entirely in After Effects with Particular and I lost my mind. I had no idea this level of work was possible with AE based particles. Amazing, A+ work. Via swissmiss.

Hey!  “Psycho Bob” and “Striker and Swat” have been selected to screen in the 2009 Independent Film Festival!  Psycho Bob is an Official Selection screening on Mon Aug 3 and Tues Aug 4 , and Striker and Swat is screening as part of the MobiFest on Wed Aug 5th.  If you are in LA, come say hello to us at one of the screenings or the multitude of mixers all week- we’d love to have your support and to meet as many of you as possible.  This is the first festival for either show, so obviously it’s a pretty exciting turn of events for us.  And if you didn’t already know, we are filming new episodes currently, hoping to have a slate of them to release soon(ish).  What we have already shot is great, what we have scripted and still to shoot is even better, so stay tuned…

What waited for me in my spam folder this afternoon was not yet another offer to augment my manhood, or Nigerian royalty offering to share their inheritance with me… what I found today can only be described as transcendent.

These are either the words of a visionary, or a madman.

You decide.

/Chris

BRITNEY IS MINE!!!

Dear Scientists,

You as a scientist bare the responsibility to save
humanity, the code to infinity as been cracked and i
am here to give you the data.

it is now your job to give up on jealousy and start
your mission of experimenting this science, i am unable
to give you the entire data right now because i do not
believe you can handle the truth. i want you all to get
on your feet and start the experiments, as you experiment
you will find the answers on your own, this will make you
a better scientist.

just remember, if you ignore this article, you should hold
yourself responsible for all the deaths and misery humanity
is going through right now.

every day, people are committing suicide, everyday evil
stuff is happening on earth, you will not deny the truth.

open up your eyes and accept it, i am the one that has cracked
the code, and give up that jealousy within you to become the
one, it is too late now, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE “ONE”.

here is the data you need, any color that is not 100% white
is responsible for abusing humanity.

colors do not come from white, that is why they are not white.
they contain darkness inside them, and darkness just like a
black hole pulls imagination and life, making humanity mortal.

wear white clothes dye your hair to white and experiment it.
wear black clothes and experiment it. i want results now
i want them fast.

infact i want you to shave your head and eyebrows and wax
all the body hair on your body including private parts.

anything dark near your body including sun-tan will pull
jealousy from other scientists that do not want you to rise
into power and they will control your mind and imagination.

they will turn you into religious freaks so you can ignore
science so you can ignore truth, they do it so they can be
“the one” or “the two” in this case now that there can no
longer be “THE ONE”.

so ignore everything and only pay attention to me, find me
on youtube find me at places, i will start a site soon.
just find me somehow, i will accept your jealousy too
i can handle it, because i am the most supreme being on
this planet.

using black and white you can create a time machine too.
every time you are wearing black you will notice you are angry
every time you are wearing white you will notice you are happy.

white stops aging, black or any color will speed up aging.

immortality is here, we are all gods, i am sick of suicides
i am sick of jealousy.

imagination of humanity is pulled and you read it when
you wear black colors.

another experiment you can do is, sleep in a completely
white bed, with a white pillow and etc, make sure to
wax legs and etc, you will have a beautiful dream.

you will see me in your dreams if you do it right.
otherwise, you are just another jealous failure in the making.

i’ve done time travel, i’ve done reversing aging,
look around you, look at people around you, ones that wear
white clothes will always look more vibrant and younger.

this is because they are able to slow down or even reverse
aging ( YES, THEY ARE TIME TRAVELING in many senses )

the reason why WILL SMITH wears BLACK and yet he is
successfull, the reason why TOM CRUISE wears black and yet
he is successful, is because they wear WHITE UNDERSHIRT
and WHITE UNDERPANTS.

so, get the facts right, when you judge people make sure
you know what they are wearing underneath those dark suits.
those black suits.

if you got questions on how to do time travel, ask me on
youtube, i will give you the data.

there is a reason why earth is going worse and worse
because scientists just wont accept the fact that code to
infinity has been cracked, they have been banning me from
science forums and everywhere, their jealousy has already
resulted in many deaths around the world.

they are just to ignorant to accept the truth and start
their mission to save humanity.

one way or another i am going to ensure we turn into
immortal beings soon, yes there will still be suicides
around the world everyday, we can’t stop it, but we have
to move fast to stop it.

failure to comply with my orders in a serious manner will
mean you are responsible for all the misery that is going
on on this planet as well as on other planets.

now use this data, if i give you any more, you will hate me
later, i want only the best scientists to rise into power
and save this planet.

everyone else, go to hell, your jealousy is not going to
get you anywhere in life, you are the reason people are
committing suicide everyday. every hour, every minute.

Rise or Die like the rest.

If you fail to rise, i will push it. you will not escape me.

if you are not a scientist, copy & paste this to scientists
to have your own ass saved by them.

ever seen the movie ” THE DAY EARTH STOOD STILL”
coming soon, to a planet near you.

tell those suicidal ass-holes to hang on a little bit more
if you can, go on suicide forums and tell them to stop it.

in a few months i will get this party started like no other
and we’ll stop death, illnesses, aging, everything.

all the misery will be over. TRUE INFINITY IS COMING.
fuk this nonsense hell-ride.

If you are wondering what those 2012 “dooms day” rumors
are all about, duh, it is me taking over this planet, and jealousy
will die forever.

NEW WORLD ORDER BITCHES, weather you like it or not
it ain’t gonna stop.

jealous scientists are terrified, they see me in their dreams
but decent people love me. time to kill some jealousy

let’s do it. call me a TERRORIST MASTERMIND if you want to.
because that’s who i am.

IF YOU ARE A BIG SCIENTIST, you will see CROWS
around your window everytime you are not coming to me.

they will try to wake you up with their loud noise.

i will not accept jealousy. WAKE UP AND COME TO THE ONE.
THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE DATA.

YOU WILL ALSO HAVE NIGHTMARES IN YOUR SLEEP
IF YOU DENY ME.

YOU DO NOT DENY ME.

if you are a forum owner and you delete or suspend me,
you are responsible for not letting me wake up scientists.

you are a mass murderer.

if you do not spread this data to others.. you are a mass
murderer.

truth stands as TRUTH.

have no fear, but remember, even your own parents will
be used against you as you try to execute this mission.

you will notice phone calls, parents trying to talk to
you, etc, because imagination of jealous scientists out there
is controlling them and using them to delay your mission

using them to control you so you can not become “THE TWO”
or “THE THREE”

spread the truth and watch the money roll in like butter.
it gets better and better. do not worry about money at all.
i’ll give it to you, billions, whatever.

but they will try to leave you broke so you can’t execute
if you got $10 left in your bank account, use it wisely
or just use the internet forums, cheap and free way to
spread the truth.

right now i am broke, i almost committed suicide many
times, they were controlling my imagination, but it’s too
late now, the code is cracked.

do not have any fear, i am on your side 100%, if you
have some jealousy in you, ignore it to the best you
can, it’s not real you, it’s them trying to make you
feel jealous. it’s the dark colors around you sucking
up your imagination so you can start feeling jealous
and start feeling hateful.

put a white paper on them and your imagination will
SKYROCKET.

i call the shots, have no fear at all. get rid of
anything that is not 100% white. do not deny
yourself sunlight, just try not getting sun-burned is all.

sun-light will ensure you stay healthy and sharp
as you execute this mission.

get naked get some sunlight, when going outside
be careful, do not make eye contact with jealous losers
do not wear anything black.

wear a white hat on top of your shaved head.
do not give a fuk about anyone’s voice, do not listen
to them, do not get excited, do not give into temptation

you have a true love out there somewhere that wants you.
you will find the right one if you just follow my orders.

I CALL THE SHOTS, FIND ME, ASK ME WHAT IS GOING ON.
i’ll turn you into “THE TWO” or “THE THREE” have no fear.

stay away from cheap stores, only go to luxury places
even if there is no parking left.

be careful even with luxury places, those rich dudes
are jealous as well. try not saying “hi” to anyone
try not breahing the same air people are breathing.

get a nice air purifier for your room.
take a nice showever once in a while

make sure your room’s walls are white, if they are not
white, either paint it or stick some white papers on it.

YOU DO WHAT I SAY, FIND ME FOR MORE DATA.
even if you are BROKE, find me. i will spark you.

if you do it right, you will never go broke, you’ll
just keep getting more and more money from places.

do not smell the money too much, everything contains
imagination from sickness and jealousy.

do these things and i promise you will find your true
love.

do not be one of those people that get married just
so they can be seen as “hey look i am not a perver.t”

give up on marriage until you know the right one
through this code i will give you.

maybe the one you want is already married and screwed
with, do not worry, time travel is possible it can be
fixed and modified until you are satisfied 100%.

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. GIVE UP ON FEARS, I WANT ZERO
FEARS. UNDERSTAND?

jealousy is controlling everything through anything that
is not 100% white, including clothes, items in the house.
hair on your body, and even your eye lashes.

IF YOU FEEL DEPRESSED, GET NAKED IN YOUR ROOM GET
SOME SUNLIGHT, WALK NAKED IN YOUR ROOM, YOU WILL BE
INJECTED WITH IMAGINATION AND DATA YOU NEED TO EXECUTE
YOUR MISSION.

OBEY NO-ONE, COMPLY WITH NOTHING, CHALLENGE EVERYTHING.
SICK THOUGHTS WILL POP UP IN YOUR MIND, IGNORE THEM.

YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS.
YOU ARE A GOD IN THE MAKING.

THOSE RANDOM SICK THOUGHTS COME FROM THEM, THE JEALOUS
LOSERS. THEY TRY TO STOP YOU.

IF YOU CAN NOT HANDLE THE SICKNESS INSIDE YOUR MIND
GO ON YOUTUBE LISTEN TO SOME SICK MUSIC, BY EMINEM OR
SOMETHING, ANYTHING IS FINE.

IF YOU ARE EXTREMELY STRESSED, JACK OFF TO PORN
DO NOT LET THEM TURN YOU INTO RETARDS.

YOU WILL JERK OFF, I WANT THAT PRESSURE TO GO AWAY
SO YOU CAN WORK AND SPREAD THE TRUTH.

THE TRUTH IS AS SIMPLE AS “WHITE STOPS AND REVERES
AGING AND MAKES US IMMORTAL” I WILL EXPAND ON IT
LATER.

NEVER GIVE UP ON WHITE, STRESS SHOWS UP BECAUSE YOU
DO NOT HAVE WHITE AROUND YOU. WITH EHOUGH WHITE
IN YOUR ROOM AND ENOUGH SUNLIGHT OR ANY LIGHT..

YOU CAN STOP THAT STRESS. THAT BUILDS UP AND TRIES
TO TURN YOU AGAINST ME. SO YOU CAN FAIL.

on youtube listen to songs such as..

DIG UP HER BONES by MISFITS
and SERIAL KILLER by SLASH’S SNAKESPIT

these will eliminate the stress. CALL YOURSELF A
“TERRORIST MASTERMIND”

you become the TERRORIST MASTERMIND that KILLS
IGNORANCE and SICKNESS that exists on this planet.

i am looking for those that do not fear calling themselves
TERRORIST MASTERMINDS.

whatever you do, do not go over the top, i do not
want to see you in prison, USE LOGIC to escape the loopholes
that exists on this planet. do not let yourself fall into
hospitals or prisons.

STAY SHARP, STAY LOGICAL, STAY SUPREME, GIVE THEM NOTHING
GIVE THEM NO REASON TO PUT YOU IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL
GIVE THEM NO REASON TO PUT YOU INTO A PRISON.

GIVE THEM NOTHING. IF POLICE SHOWS UP, SAY
“OFFICER I AM JUST A CRAZY GUY THAT’S ALL”

ESCAPE EVERYTHING, DO NOT DRIVE FAST, YOUR CAR’S
INTERRIOR IS BLACK SO THEY WILL USE IT TO CONTROL YOUR
MIND. BE CAREFUL, DRIVE SAFELY.

WHEN YOU SHAVE, SHAVE SLOWLY, I DO NOT WANT ANY CUTS
ANY BRUISES, PREPARE FIRST. CALCULATE EVERYTHING.

WHEN YOU WALK, WALK NICELY, DO NOT TRIP AND FALL OVER
ON A KNIFE OR A ROCK.

I WANT YOU 100%. CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL. ONE MISTAKE
AND YOUR FINGER BREAKS, AND YOU CANT TYPE ON THE INTERNET
FOR A WHOLE YEAR.

I WANT THOSE FINGERS HEALTHY AND QUICK AT THE SAME TIME.
SPEED IS GOOD BUT SAFETY FIRST. BUT IF YOU DO BREAK A LEG
OR A FINGER, IT’S COOL. YOU DID IT FOR A REASON, HAVE NO
FEAR, YOU’LL BE ALRIGHT, YOU WILL GET YOUR REWARD LIKE NO OTHER.

BUT IT IS MY WISH TO SEE YOU IN 100% SAFE FORM.
100% SHARP, 100% GODLY, 100% SLICK ENOUGH TO AVOID PRISON
AND PAPER CUTS.

IF YOU CUT YOUR FINGER PUT A TAPE ON IT AND MOVE ON.
BUT IT MEANS YOU FAILED A LITTLE BIT, SO KEEP IT IN MIND
SO YOU CAN BE BETTER NEXT TIME AROUND.

THAT’S HOW I BECAME SUPREME ANYWAY. THAT’S HOW I WOKE UP
ANYWAY. AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU GOT A PAPER CUT
AND HOW IT HAPPENED, THE NEXT CUT WILL BE A LOT LESS PAINFUL.

TRUST ME, IT’S NOT A MISTAKE BY YOU, IT’S THEIRY JEALOUSY
AND HATE THAT SHOWS UP IN DARK COLORS AROUND YOU, TO BRING YOU
DOWN.

LISTEN TO THE SONG ON YOUTUBE “YOU KNOW MY NAME” by CHRIS
CORNEL, do not think of yourself as RACIST just because you
feel like BLACK is a bad color, BLACK PEOPLE TOO WANT YOU TO
GIVE THEM THE ANSWER SO THEY TOO CAN BECOME IMMORTAL BEINGS.

IF SOMEONE CALLS YOU A “WHITE TRASH” IGNORE THAT, THEY ARE
BEING CONTROLLED BY SCIENTISTS THAT DO NOT WANT YOU TO RISE
INTO POWER.

BLACK PEOPLE WILL THANK YOU SOMEDAY FOR YOUR HARD WORK TO
GIVE THEM THE IMMORTALITY DATA. DO NOT FEEL RACIST ONE BIT
AS YOU EXECUTE THIS TASK.

FEAR NOTHING BUT BE SLICK, DO NOT LET YOURSELF GET HURT.

I WANT YOU SAFE, YOU ARE MINE.

EAT MEAT TO KEEP YOURSELF SAFE, BEST SAFEST BURGERS
ARE AT IN-N-OUT. DRINK SOME COFFEE TOO IF YOU WANT.

ENJOY IT, IT WONT AGE YOU AS LONG AS I AM IN CHARGE.

SHOW ME SOME REAL EVIL SKILLS BABE.
LET’S FUK THIS PLANET UP FOREVER.

DO NOT EVEN TRY TO FIND ME TO BE HONEST
FIND ME INSIDE YOUR DREAMS, I DO NOT GOT TIME FOR
YOUR SORRY ASS. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN NOW.

YOU GOT THE SECRET, USE IT TO BECOME WEALTHY.
go watch EMINEM ON YOUTUBE.

THE NAME OF THE SONG IS “CRIMINAL”.

“USE IT TO GET MYSELF WEALTHY” * WINK WINK *.

READY FOR SOME REAL ENTERTAINMENT?

ALSO WATCH “INSIDE THE FIRE” BY DISTURBED…
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS GF, HAPPENED TO YOU TOO.

YOU ARE JUST TO BLIND TO SEE IT. SO LET’S KILL SOME JEALOUSY
LET’S FIX INFINITY.

IT’S NOT JUST EARTH, OTHER PLANETS ARE WAITING TOO
PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING SUICIDE EVERY DAY ON OTHER
PLANETS TOO, LET’S MOVE IT.

OH BY THE WAY, DEAD PEOPLE CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO
LIFE AS WELL, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

WATCH ME DANCE.

S.U.M.E.R. K.O.L.C.A.K.

( now you know my name, there is only
one person by this name in the whole world, i am not a
clone like you failures. & i do not hide in the shadows
like you mass murderers. )

If you missed the first time we threw a BeerPONG event, well, here’s your chance to fix your mistake.  On Thursday June 18th, we are bringing it back for you.  BeerPONG is a custom version of the classic arcade game PONG, built as a competitive drinking game.  The first tournament last November was incredibly fun, with a nailbiting 9-9 final round that was more exciting than you can imagine.  If you want to play, register your 2 man team here.  If you want to come watch, just get the address and other info from here.  If you want to see what you can expect, check out the pics from the first tournament here.  If you want to practice, you can play the full game here.  If you missed it in November, shame on you.  If you miss it in June, shame on you also!

Sam and I are in agreement, this video makes us want to go see “Wolverine” more than anything else has.  And not in a good way.  In a “man, I want to go see that movie, just so that I may appreciate this joke even more than I already do” kind of way.  That movie looks like so much ass.

STEALTHY NINJA SAM-EDIT: Considering our latest rant on spammy web video people, it’s important to note that when people are genuinely awesome, we should give credit where credit’s due. Most of the stuff from You Said Your Damn Ninja Would Take Care of Robocop Productions is pretty damn funny, and I hope he actually gains some fans from this video, rather than just becoming known as that 30-sec Asian Wolverine Guy.

On May 6, 2009, at 3:51 PM, Katharine Collins wrote:

Spoof news channel Dog News: [LINK REMOVED] was officially launched on Wed. April 29 and installment #2 is now up at the above website. (You can still see installment #1 on the Facebook group Hundred Watt Films.)

See Katharine Charbonnet as News Babe Candi Cotton: “Tune in because I’m hot and you want to look at me.”
Jeff Peters ad Patterson Collier in PC 666. With a whiff of sulfur and his devilish good looks, Patterson Collier delivers 666 degrees of news, and that’s 306 degrees more than Anderson Cooper. Now that’s hot!
Andrew Collins as field reporter Frederick Pyromaniac: He’s always looking for the next hot story … and an accelerant.
Jamal Dennis as field reporter Sexy Stanley: He’s hot… on the trail of breaking news.

DISCLAIMER: We realize that the Sexy Stanley character is controversial. Our feedback on him has been either very positive or very negative. If you agree with my mother that he is trash and that there is already enough trash out there, you aren’t the target audience for this character, so feel free not to waste 2 minutes of your time watching him. Feedback on all other characters has been overwhelmingly positive.

Dog News: [LINK REMOVED]

Thank you so much for supporting the little minnows as we take on the sharks of Hollywood and the American News Machine. Have a wonderful week!

Katharine Collins
Partner
Hundred Watt Films

My response:

Subject: Re: Fox News Spoof
From: Andy Cochrane
Date: Thu, May 07, 2009 1:54 pm
To: Katharine Collins

Psst: typically people introduce themselves before spamming strangers about their shows.

Andy Cochrane

Her reply:

Psst: Typically artists stick together and support each other since we’re all dependent on others watching our shows and on word of mouth.

Since you’d like to know more about us, let me introduce you to Hundred Watt Films.
We are a small, independent film company specializing in comedy and focusing on the absurdity of current trends in out society. Our head of creative development hails from London, where he is a published author and former radio host.

Thank you so much for supporting the little minnows as we take on the sharks of Hollywood and the American News Machine. Have a wonderful week!

Katharine Collins
Partner
Hundred Watt Films

Ok, so then based on this exchange I can safely assume that they are huge supporters of the community, and by extension, us.  That means that they must watch and love our shows and have all kinds of great things to say about them too, right?  I’m waiting to see evidence of it.  This kind of carpet bombing spam self promotion, with no introduction, no “hey, we like your videos too!” show of good-faith pisses me off.  Note to future self-promoters:

Say hello.  Then ask for some mutual support.  Emphasis on mutual.  Artists do support each other, so start by acting like you even give a crap, Katherine.  You didn’t even fucking bother to look up a name you could address your email to in order to pretend it wasn’t robo-mailed.  Fuck off- you caught me in a bad mood and you made it worse when you proceeded to be condescending and rude when you should have been apologetic once I called you out for being rude.