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In Tsarist Russia, Sergei the Photographer achieved it by discovering that R+G+B>B/W.
It seems he developed an ingenious photographic technique in order for these images to be captured in black and white on glass plate negatives, using red, green and blue filters. He then presented these images in color in slide lectures using a light-projection system [right] involving the same three filters.
Everywhere I look there are links to the online exhibition of the early 20th century color photographic collection of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, photographer to the Tsar.

Read it again.
A color picture collection. In 1912, say. "No," says you. Well, if you can, make some time to visit the site and decide for yourself. It seems an amazing technological feat. Yes, the Library of Congress explains there is some minimal retouching but Prokudin-Gorskii's collection, color or not, is still remarkable. [via Meerkat: Open Wire Service]

**And now, the tech links for today.**

- A simple script you can use to modify Homesite that adds a button that can use javac to compile the active file if it is a .java file!

- An intriguing paper may make you ask your co-workers Why Aren't You Using An Object Oriented Database Management System?

- OK this is cool. If debugging somebody else's HTML <table> structure is something you do on a daily basis then you might try using CSS as a diagnostic tool.

- ASP web developer? Try reading an MP3s ID3 Tag through an ASP Page!...

- I need to try DocZilla, a component for Mozilla-based browsers that includes an XML/SGML Parser, a DTD Parser, and a Link Manager among other things. Currently in beta release.

Posted at May 9, 2001 12:43 AM
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