links for 2006-08-09

9 Aug 2006

Fifteen years of the web [bbc]

Happy birthday, web! BBC offers an interactive timeline of the last 15 years.

(tags: bbc cool flash technology timeline internet web history design reference)
Was It Done With a Lens, or a Brush? [nyt]

high dynamic range photography - I must try this

(tags: photography hdr techniques flickr digital howto art illusion photoshop nyt)

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