I actually enjoyed this new Coldplay video for the Speed of Sound. (~ 23.5 MB)  Too bad they sound like U2 wannabes on their new album X&Y.  I heard it, I mean I heard that it was leaked over a week before the album officially came out.  Crappy Windoz Media version here.

This is like the first time I’ve wanted to turn my PC back on in a long time.  The PC version of FireAnt looks sweet.  Check out this screencast to see what it can do. (~25 MB .mov)  Ironically I know a few of you will see this post inside the mac version of FireAnt so this is just to make you jealous of the PC world for a couple seconds.  Long tail in full effect mofos…

Remember how I said don’t mess with us nerds?  Well the guy who was totally rude and tried to bully Chuck responded to the torrent of criticism  today. It’s probably the funniest thing I’ve read online in a while.  Funny as in, shockingly bizarro weirdo, who he hell is this guy funny…

John Hart could have apologized for being rude/bullying and maybe even teamed up with Chuck to make a great documentary.  Instead, he continues the name calling and general lunacy.  He even calls Chuck Mephisto, which is like another name for the devil.  So weird…  The guy even tries to make the argument that in all his research for his "blogumentary" he never once typed Blogumentary into Google.

Here’s a bit from this guy’s rant:

"So, I stand defeated. I, with my six-foot, seven-inch, 225 pound frame,
and 20 years of hand-and-kick fighting in dojos, streets, and posh
clubs, cannot defeat the Chuckies because they hide like cowards. I,
with my 38-inch reach and a power grip so tight it has slain jackals by
the throat, cannot reach him."

Chuck’s response is here.

I like this little short film about lunch. (~8 MB)

Since 2002 Chuck Olsen has been working on a documentary film entitled Blogumentary.  I’ve been very supportive of the project because I enjoy both blogging and documentary filmmaking.  In fact I bought an early version of the film on DVD and it’s awesome. (long tail in full effect)

So, last Friday I sent Chuck an email telling him that John Hart, some "Hollywood producer" was trying to rip off his documentary.  Chuck hadn’t even heard of the project and seemed unfazed at first.  However, Chuck quickly realized just how similar the project sounded to his own film.  Chuck sent off a friendly email to the guy and got a total asshole response.  The guy tried to belittle Chuck by saying only his mom reads his blog and that using the word blogumentary (a term coined by Chuck) was the same thing as using the word blog or weblog.  This dude even threatened Chuck with legal action, so he’s totally out to lunch.  Here are some screenshots of this guy’s site.

So what did Chuck do?  He posted about it on his blog and on the Video Blogging Yahoo Group.

What was the response?  The blogosphere responded by picking it up and John Hart started to feel the heat.  John Hart then removed the word blogumentary from his site, he gets dissed on Rocketboom, and his "documentary" subjects start dropping like flies.  What can be learned from all this?  A collaborative and honest project gets the street
cred and support it deserves from the blogosphere.  On the other hand, a selfish and dishonest project
gets rightfully put in it’s place.  More here, here, here, here, here, here.  There’s a funny ittle timeline here.  Jay did a video about it here.

Edited: I posted his email account here but I’ve since taken it off.
 

Or if you want to do something positive donate to Chuck’s trademark fund using your PayPal account.  It’s kind of weird being part of this global conversation thing.  Don’t mess with us nerds.

If you’re into making motion graphics you should check out Stash Media.  They put out a monthly compilation DVD of the raddest motion graphics you’ve ever seen.  You can subscribe to it like a magazine and they’ll arrive in your snail mail box…  Check out the trailer for the latest issue.  Pretty slick stuff!

Sometimes people try to lift things that are a little too heavy. (.wmv 3 MB)

Check out the trailer for the new Director’s Label DVDs from Palm Pictures. (9MB .mov)

the RAD blog: Madrid videoblog!  (Direct Link to video 65MB .mov)

I don’t think there could be anything freakier than Celine Dion impersonating Michael Jackson. (2 MB .mpg)