links for 2008-01-14

It appears that everything I've ever known about the planet Mercury was gathered when I was 3, and nobody thought to have a look since.

"And then while watching CNN’s coverage of the New Hampshire primary results, I literally had a 'holy crap' moment: Suddenly my 'viewer experience' became a seamless 'user experience' because of the way CNN converged its online and on-air media".

Diamond Geezer pays a visit to near my old stomping grounds, and in the process links to one of the Flickr photos from our Haunted Walthamstow and Chingford walk, and suggests that me and the wife are "childish adults" for dressing up as Tudors!

"Do we honestly expect people who haven't already embraced the Web to become online journalists? We all have colleagues who don’t have the Internet at home or still use dial-up. People like that don't get the Web and never will". Ouch.

"Although actual suicides among children in their early teens are rare, the rate of attempted suicides is rising. According to NHS statistics, last year more than 4,000 under-14s were admitted to hospital after attempting to take their lives".