September 28, 2005

More tarting up.

The Treasury just announced the newest upgrades to the $10 bill--more color, more incongruous graphic devices, more "user friendliness." I don't know about you, but I sure did like it better when they just printed money and didn't try to act like the Post Office. With the State Quarters, and the Lewis and Clark nickles, and the new Buffalo-Jefferson nickles, and the updates to the 50 and 20, it's getting to be a little too much like those ads you see in the back of the Parade magazine for coins with the likeness of Ronald Reagan or Debbie Gibson from various Caribbean islands--"GENUINE LEGAL TENDER!"

And call me crazy, but it seem like a bad idea to put a high quality scan on your website. I realize counterfeiting is illegal, but still, it seems like a pretty good way to encourage people just to print the things out.

Then again, the Post Office has that deal where you can make your own stamps with your own photos on them, so maybe the Mint could come up with a way for you to have currency with your own picture on it. The government already makes money on seignorage, why not tack on an extra dollar and let people buy personalized $10 bills for $11?

If I only knew how to use Photoshop...

Posted by Terry Oglesby at September 28, 2005 11:14 AM
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Terry, the best way to learn it is to keep playing with it. When you get a handle where everything and what it does, then we can start telling you how to do cool things with layers and masks and channels.

Posted by: DaveH at September 28, 2005 11:20 AM

Wait--you're telling me I might have to WORK at this!? Why, why--I'M BEING DISENFRANCHISED! Why won't George Bush help me!?

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at September 28, 2005 11:27 AM

Because, silly possum, George is a might busy helping the Iraqis.

They've been having trouble with Excel and Powerpoint, and W didn't know if you would be available.

Posted by: skinnydan at September 28, 2005 11:41 AM

Of COURSE, I'M available--I've been left here to fend for myself while my government goes off and helps everyone else with their computing problems. And you know what else?! Every once in a while, Photoshop will crash my computer just like Adobe Acrobat! And Adobe is found where? IN TEXAS! It's a conspiracy to keep me down and make me use Windows Photo Manager.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at September 28, 2005 11:52 AM