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Continuing my last blog post, apparently the publisher of that darn book replied Dita’s letter with this (taken from here, the original post):

“Dengan ini, kami atas nama redaksi penerbit IN AzNa Books, mohon maaf yg sebesar-besarnya atas kejadian ini, krn kami tdk tahu klo ternyata foto cover 101 resep minuman adlah hak milik anda. Mohon harap dimaklumi, krn kami penerbit kecil yg blm bisa menggaji desainer cover (karyawan) dan masih order cover ke luar. Jd kejadian ini di luar dugaan kami. Oleh sbb itu, kami sungguh2 memohon maaf yg sebesar2nya. Smoga kejadian ini mnjadi masukan ekstra penting bagi kami agar tdk terulang lagi. Semoga Anda dpt memaklumi dan dg lapang hati memaafkan kekhilafan kami. Salam sukses dan sejahtera selalu untuk Anda. Trima Kasih.”

Okay, when monkeys steal, they can only use that we’re-a-small-publisher-that-cannot-afford-anything reason. Okay, mister publisher, why don’t we see it this way, wouldn’t your reason be the same with this scenario? A burglar entered a house, took a TV set, sold that TV set somewhere we don’t know, get caught, and all he can say is, “Maaf, saya khilaf, ini di luar dugaan saya.”

You, mister publisher, is a hypocrite and a shame to the nation, and in fact, by the time we admit that you are a part of the human race, you are already a disgrace anyway. And oh, of course I don’t blame you for not seeing the logic or the analogy, then again a monkey’s brain could not comprehend the full extent of a human logic, could it?

Another day, another case. It seems that Indonesia is nowhere near piracy shortage, even from as simple as photographs on a damn book cover. So here’s the book:

It is called 101 Resep Minuman Hangat – Segar – Dingin by Ny. Naela Sa’adah, and the publisher seems to be IN AzNa Books. I would say that this looks like a shady publisher somewhere there in Bantul. As you can see in the cover, you can find the same exact and original photograph here.

Hey, book publisher, book author, book layout designer or whoever the fuck you are that are actually involved, I know that you are probably monkeys, because you don’t seem to get the idea of “asking first for permission”. But you see, unlike you, we humans have this bit of courtesy that you and your puny brain could not comprehend. And I don’t think I need to talk nicely to you anyway, because frankly I don’t even think you’d understand what I’m saying. Never in my life I see monkeys speak the language of man. And oh, have you seen these relatives of yours in Uluwatu, Bali? Yes, just like you, they seem to enjoy snatching things that don’t belong to them.

As for everyone out there who saw this in your local bookstore, I recommend that we simply not buy it. Why? Two simple reasons. One, I’m sure we’d rather buy books created by humans instead of monkeys, and two, if we buy this thing, then we are supporting thieves.

So, closing this post, I think we can all confirm that when monkey sees, monkey wants, therefore monkey takes.

Photos courtesy of @ditut. And yes, at this point actual monkeys would probably get mad at me for generalizing them with these… whatever they are.

Remember the last time I talked about Tumblr and how I managed to end up with an account there? It was part of a multi-user project that we’re doing.

This ongoing project is called aifonografi, a project coined by Andira Pramanta and Arief Rakhmadani. It is a simple photoblog with many contributors. What sets it apart is that the contributors are required to be either in Indonesia or Indonesian anywhere in the world, have an iPhone, and to contribute a photo a day, throughout 2010 (at least until we decide if we want to continue this next year or not). We have a theme on every weekend that lasts a day, and it’s free-for-all for the rest of the week.

So here we are, on the fourth day of 2010, 17 members, and growing bit by bit all year long. Come take a look.

Just like normal designers, I too like photography. I’m not a hardcore photographer, or consider photography as a source of income, but since I bought the Canon PowerShot G10 almost two weeks ago, I’m trying at best to lure out my photography skills again. I now carry the camera regularly, and shoot anything whenever I got the chance. I just love the camera, it is surely money well spent. For now :)

My Flickr account was actually created quite a while ago, but I haven’t really decided on how to use it, since Facebook’s photo app already served me well. Now, I decided that my hobby photographs should go into Flickr, and everything else should go into Facebook. In short, Flickr = serious, Facebook = the rest. It’s about time that I take this hobby a bit more serious.

Click here to visit my Flickr photostream. And I’ve also reopened the Gallery section of this website. It contains 20 of my latest photos.

It’s been a while since I played around with real designer effects in Photoshop. By real designer effects, I mean effects put to good use, and not those crappy I-need-all-the-effects-you-can-get on a single freaking image. So I figured I browse around for old photographs and tried out the fake tilt-shift effect. Good thing I often take random photos whenever I have my camera with me. The photo above is some random shot I took when I was visiting Shenzhen back in 2005. While the one below is actually my first attempt on the effect. Click on both photos to see the actual images. Sorry, Aldy! =)