Rightfully Called Out

So I'm a jerk. Often, when I need help with pics, I ask Block for help. And he always does - because he's a great guy, he's very talented and he sang at The Brah's wedding. (Also, his hair is pretty cool.) But the past three times I summoned his assistance, I didn't properly give him the credit he deserved, until way after the fact. I know it's not an excuse, but I just get so obsessed with nitpicking my diction (although it doesn't seem that way) that images are the very last thing I worry about before posting. I add the pic, hit submit, then rush to view the thing to make sure there aren't any glaring err0rs. And of course, I forget to thank Block.

Block, I'm really sorry. This will not happen again, unless I forget. (I am a jerk.)

This post would be extremely lame if it was just an apology. So, here's a link to a fascinating story in the venerable New York Post. Microsoft hit a really embarrassing shot when it decided to Photoshop a white face - but not the guy's hand - over a black face in the Polish version of one of its new ads. According to the article: "If the ad's designers were more adept at Photoshop, however, perhaps no one would have noticed. But the software geniuses forgot to swap out the black man's hand, which is clearly visible in the ad resting on the conference table."

Why did this even happen? Apparently Microsoft thinks Poland's predominantly white population hates blacks. Do they? I don't know.

But I do know that if Block were asked to do this graphics work, this would have never happened. Because he's adept at Photoshop, and he's my friend.