The UK Public Records Office set up a web site containing all the information on the 1901 census on 2/01/02. They were expecting about 1.2 Million visitors a day. They got more than that in an hour, such is the public thirst for finding out about their past. Apparently it will be back up running by 15/01/02.

We seem to get this headline on a regular basis, UK shamed again..., reports on the how the UK is not doing as well as it would like to think it is in variety of areas such as Health, Education and Transport. The writer of the shamedagain blog, has clearly decided that people aren't taking enough notice of them in isolation. As a collection, the headlines show something of a trend. The UK spends less on health and trains than many of its European neighbours and so it should not be so surprising that we are not doing as well in these areas. The message is that we should learn from the good example of our European neighours. Having lived for a short while in Denmark who have high taxes but greater equality and where everthing seems to work, I think we should start learning right now.

A nice article I came across courtesy of NewBreed Librarian its all about reader anxiety, which is what I got when I got back to my desk at work and had to wade through the mail (electronic and snail) that had accumulated over the holiday. It is sad when you realise that you don't have the time to read everything you want to. So if life is too short to read the classics, then its far to short to read junk mail.