This is the 5th Anniversary of the Tao Colorist Newsletter!

We've come a long way from that first edition, back in 2010. After launching, the Newsletter quickly grew in scope. Soon it was consuming 20 hours a week; collating, curating and formating.

For months I struggled with the email publishing system (and 5 years later it still feels like this system was designed in 1995). Google alerts. RSS readers. Reader submissions. These things have become a constant presence.

Eventually, as the constancy of effort started to wear me down, the Tao Treasurer took an active role - prepping the Newsletter and saving me five or six hours a week. But the one thing we've been unable to eliminate, even today... are the Saturdays.

40+ Saturdays a year for 5 years I've been writing and publishing this Newsletter.

And through all of this, the Tao Treasurer has been a treasure...

Putting up with my dedication to this task, she's been a source of strength, inspiration and continuous support. Thank you, zuite.

Yet, this Newsletter almost didn't make it to Year 5 (or even Year 4)

In the Summer of 2013 I almost shut it down. The workload was continuous with no end in sight and I was wearing out. And that's when Jim Wicks stepped up to the plate. He was attracted by the sense of community this Newsletter inspired. He felt, like so many of you have told me, that this Newsletter took a bunch of color correction misfits and tied us all together.

His contribution has been enormous... and necessary. Without Jim you wouldn't be reading this right now.

Thank you Jim, for  your dedication and support for the past two years

Then there's been the continuous support of Flanders Scientific—since 2011. Because of them, we've not had to ask you, our readers, for your direct support. And in truth, having a team like FSI consistently behind the Newsletter has been a source of validation that this publication is still worth doing.

Thank you Bram, Yohan and the entire FSI family.

You took a chance on the Newsletter when no one else would. I can't express enough what it means to me.

Finally, I want to thank YOU - our Dear Reader

Your willingness to read these emails, click through to the links, email us stories and feedback are what keep Jim, the Tao Treasurer and I going from week to week. I'm often amazed at the quality of professional reading this publication; hearing about the impact we've had on our peers.

It's stunning, walking into a post facility and having seniors—and their assists—eager to shake the hand of your humble publisher.

Even more crazy is meeting someone for the first time and having them mention being touched by my goodbye to Chester, the Tao Canine. Or ask me how the house was after the hurricane. Or laugh about that silly spoof video edition Jim and I recorded.

If there's one thing I wish I could change...

I wish I could get to know you as well as many of you have gotten to know me 

But with every Colorist Mixer and every conference, each of those handshakes brings us both closer to that goal. And now I feel like I'm going to melt into a watery mess. I've said enough. So.

Enjoy this, our 5th year and 248th Edition of the Tao Colorist Newsletter!

We'll see you again next week. Until then...

• I’m Afraid Of That… - saying this phrase can either set you free or send you into paralysis. Discover how. (sethgodin.typepad.com)
  

• Still Paying After All These Years: Verizon's Phantom FiOS - how Verizon games the regulators to raise their prices without delivering on their promises. (stopthecap.com)
  

• Comcast Reveals 2Gbps Internet Pricing - that be some super-fast internet speed. there's just that little matter of a $1,000 Install/Setup Fee. Oh, and $299.95 per month. Did we mention, actual speeds are not guaranteed? (stopthecap.com)

• Premiere Pro CC 2015 Tutorials and More - and more and more and more. I waited a minute and this page was *still* loading up the embedded videos. If someone has done a Premiere Pro 2015 tutorial... it's in here. (jonnyelwyn.co.uk)
  

• Maybe Vertical Video Isn’t That Evil After All? - this Newsletter doesn't take a position on many debates. But we firmly declare: Vertical video is silly—no matter how you try to justify it. And that SnapChat metric? It's valid only because vertical video ads are so rare. We'll all become blind to it soon enough. (reelseo.com)
  

• 8 Ways to Turn Your Day Around - having a bad day? Hey, who hasn’t now and then? Try using one of these nifty ways to turn a horrible day into a positive one. Our fav: number 4. Click through to find out. (pickthebrain.com)
  

• The Work We Do While We Sleep - getting a good night’s rest is important, as mom always said. The importance of sleep to our brain function may be even more fundamental, actually detoxifying our brains from the day’s activities. Cool insight. (newyorker.com)

• [video] Epic Diss - actor Bryan Cranston channels a little bit of Walter White when asked how he liked working in Albuquerque, New Mexico while filming Breaking Bad. Cranston absolutely nails the response. Boo-ya!  (youtube.com)
  

• [video] Jurassic World Parody - it’s clear that someone had fun using After Effects to make an incredible piece of cinematic glory. Sort'a. (youtube.com)
  

• [video] A Rubix Fooled Us - it takes a magician to fool a magician. That’s what happened on the British-American TV show starring Penn and Teller. A simple trick involving a Rubik’s Cube fooled them. Fun to watch.  (youtube.com)
  

• [video] Talkin’ Star Wars - Mark Hamill, JJ Abrams, Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, and Jason Lee - all the nerds you know and love sit down to talk about Star Wars. Listen for the section in which Hamill describes his creative differences with George Lucas. (youtube.com)
  

• Scottish Singer Passes Out On Plane - to avoid paying excess baggage fees. Click through for the stupidly funny details. (odditycentral.com)
  

• [videos] Celebrating Truth In Advertising : SharkFest. Accidentally watch it. - the cable channel NatGeo Wild purposely airs SharkFest in direct competition to Discovery's Shark Week. After several years of confusing viewers, this year's promo campaign finally admits to the deep dark truth. It's fun. (vimeo.com) The full story. (theclientblog.com)

• Stunning High-Res Images Of Pluto’s Surface Show ‘Youthful Terrain’ - cool stuff. (arstechnica.com)

• Falling Into A Black Hole May Convert You Into A Hologram - This article wraps with, "The debate about what actually happens when one falls into a black hole will probably continue for some time to come." You think? It's time for me to just stick with their Opposable Thumbs stories. (arstechnica.com)