Friday Odds & Sods is Slightly Soggy but Still Crisp

Apologies, Dear Reader, for last weeks omission in posting.  Alas, the calls of sordid commerce proved an overwhelming distraction.  Fortunately, I have received some much needed down time, allowing a return to more idle pursuits.  Chief among these, of course, is the enjoyment of returning spring weather, but never fret, I have also taken a few moment to provide this weeks Odds & Sods.

• From the Antipodes Department, a website that should be useful for anyone undertaking an subterranean expedition to China this spring
• And turning to our Metropolitan Division, two looks at the housing situation in New York, first on the ironies of gentrification in Little Italy and second at the Ozymandias-like building habits of the rich.
• It is taken as an article of faith in Our Innovatively Disruptive Modern Era that the crowds are wise, that sharing is caring, and that the combined efforts of an infinity of monkeys out does the work of every Shakespeare.  In that spirit, the best pieces of fakery ever to be posted on Wikipedia.