Further instalment of links to articles you really shouldn’t have missed!
As usual we’ll start with the techie stuff, after which it is all down hill into the circles of … oh, probably somewhere.
Wired reckons there are five things everyone should know about light. Does everyone really need all five of these!
I suggest you don’t read this while eating lunch … Public transport, and especially subway trains, always seems fairly grimy. And now scientists have mapped the microbes on the New York subway. And there’s nothing to make us think the London Underground is any better!
Miracle foods or marketing scam? The Guardian lifts the lid.

Something fishy on a little dishy? The fish you eat may not be what it seems. Caveat emptor.
So we’d all better go back to eating those formerly fashionable elegantly dressed salads.
After which, of course, we’ll need a nap. But do you know how much sleep you should be getting? New recommendations have been released, and it is probably more than you thought.
On to less savoury habits … Why do we pick our noses?
Now this one is definitely NSFW. Doctors in Florida have performed the world’s first penis reduction operation. Yes, you did read that right!
As we’ve said many times before, there are benefits in social nudity and you’re likely missing out on them. The thing is you don’t know you’re missing the benefits until you’ve tried social nudity.
Descending further into interpersonal relationships [can there actually be an intrapersonal relationship?] why do we use terms of endearment and pet names in relationships?
And so to London … First of all the London Borough of Camden have ideas of redesigning the whole of Tottenham Court Road and making it essentially pedestrians and buses only — no cars, not even taxis. London Reconnections have the low down.
Meanwhile our friend Diamond Geezer lays down a challenge … The All Lines Challenge: travel on each of the London Underground’s eleven lines in the shortest time. The current record stands at just over 33 minutes.
And now descending right to the depths for our last couple of items …

Parrots are well know for talking, and there is a long history of them having particularly shocking vocabularies.
Finally, Abracadabra!

In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away —
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.