His Eyes Were Closed...

David Bergman took a 1,474 megapixel image at the inaguration last week. I knew that this kind of technology existed but I hadn't really seen it in practice until now. He took 220 images and it took his Mac Book Pro 6.5 hours to compile the photo. You can find the photo here and its amazing the level of detail. Unfortunately though the President wasn't ready for the photo, and I doubt there are going to be reshoots.

White House Technology Troubles

One of the first concerns that President Obama did not expect to face when he moved into the white house was its technological backwardness. Honestly its not something I would expect either. Campaign members were restricted from using facebook and outside email addresses as well as instant messaging. Sure some of these things make sense for security concerns, but there are ways people, there are ways. Furthermore some members of the new White House staff don't even have computers or phone numbers. Smoooth. I wonder how Bush ever survived with such little access to the outside world. or maybe that explains a few things.

[via MSNBC]