Whitehouse.gov has changed dramatically, from a robots.txt file that has been diluted to just a few lines from one of over 2400 lines, to a digital picture of the new President, the new administration loves technology just as much as I do, and appears to want to use it in a positive way for all involved.
Meet the Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth, a project I heard about a few years ago when a student (I believe, I’ll try to find the presentation) did a presentation about stapling photographs together from various individuals in a way to create a composite image that allowed viewers to zoom in and locate obscure detail, or observe from an angle that wan’t originally possible. It is beautiful technology and works amazingly well even during the Inauguration.
Visit the CNN Photosynth of the Inauguration and let the slideshow play.
Along these lines of your statment (“smallest lens”), I was just viewing the InaugurationScrapbook.com or (http://www.inaugurationscrapbook.com/) I can’t imagine another 2008 presidential candidate having a group of people build such a thing.
That is a cool site that shows the many facets of the Obama voting body, I heard about this other site: http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/22/how-i-made-a-1474-megapixel-photo-during-president-obamas-inaugural-address/
a few days ago, and will make a blog entry later about it. Check it out. A 1.5 Gigapixel photograph of the Inauguration.