I forgot all about this funny, profanity-infested voice mail that a gentleman left for me a few months back. He was upset that I linked to a how-to piece written by Deke McClelland about scanning currency in Photoshop, which has certain features that prevent you from scanning and printing US currency.
I recently completed an illustration for MAKE Vol 7 that required an image of a dollar bill (shown here; click here for enlargement). Ironically, the purpose of the illustration was to show people how to detect counterfeit money, not how to make counterfeit money. I wonder if this will assuage the concerns expressed by the caller?
I had no problem using Photoshop to scan the dollar bill and paste it into Adobe Illustrator, but I’m glad Deke figured out a workaround to help other illustrators who use currency in their art and photography.
Here, for your enjoyment, is the voice mail. The gentleman’s language is colorful, so be careful listening to it at work:
Reader comment:
Matt H says:
I fear that you may have a torrent of angry voice mails, all complaining about the subversive, seditious nature of your posts. All in hopes of getting a few minutes of fame for coming up with angry responses. Maybe this is the next big “Web 2.0 Killer App,” a service that records your voice, extracts phonemes, and then uses RSS, a Bayesian filter, and a light sprinkling of AI to construct an angry response. It then scans the DNS registration for the site to find a phone number and uses the PSTN relay found with many VoIP services to dial up the listed office phone number to deliver the complaint.
You’ve tweaked the pink boys. Well done, Sir! Well Done!