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links for 2009-01-25

• Researcher Toolbox from the Prints and Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress
  "...information and methods for exploring image history, processes, content, and meaning" in photographs
  (tags: photography tools history)
• Gigapan Tutorial
  the first of 4 YouTube videos... how the Gigapan Inaugural image was done (see http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/ )... AMAZING that it was done with a point-and-shoot Canon G10
  (tags: photography geekery tools)
• instantwatcher.com - Movies and TV to Watch Instantly on Netflix -
  (nice mashup, actually useful)
  (tags: Netflix)