links for 2009-02-03

Going through the comments here is like disappearing down a sinkhole of ignorance, link-stuffing and ambulance chasing. My favourite retort to the collection of whiners is: "Are you people seriously so handicapped that if Google disappears or malfunctions you are no longer able to browse the web? This is a pathetic display. 'Web 2.0' has made you all like internet babies who need to be spoon-fed their digital content."

Speculation that the new magic AJAX-y Google SERPs page will break the world's web analytics tools

Karen Loasby examines Peter Morville's list of IA and UX deliverables for their potential accessibility for an audience which will include blind and partially sighted people.

Refreshingly, the Mail has actually published quite a few comments here calling for Hitchens to be sacked over his homophobic diatribe.

BBC airbrushes swear-word from the streets of Nottingham. From the comments: "I hope the nationals pick up on this. There is a serious question about the censorship."

"'Ms Wadley, who was formerly a deputy editor of the Daily Mail, is to pursue new interests in journalism.' New interests in journalism? How about taking an interest in journalism at all?". Miaow

"You just have to accept that you’re getting old, Brian. Chess is out. Pi$$ed-up murdering is in."