Linkage

(Via DL on FB) WWE star Paul "The Big Show" Wight's desperate, farcical foray into boxing. No surprise to find Hogan as the instigator.

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2016/1/20/10785762/paul-wight-wwe-boxing

Behind the music-to-my-ears title - "Let's Kill All The Mosquitoes" - lurks a neat summary of how insect threats have been and might be controlled.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/01/zika_carrying_mosquitoes_are_a_global_scourge_and_must_be_stopped.html

Jorge Luis Borges' curious little tale "The Book Of Sand" made hypertext puzzle. Solve, reread, then wish the Hall Of Fame section wasn't broken.

http://bookofsand.net/hypertext/

10-part, full-cast BBC radio serial "Tumanbay", inspired by the highly progressive, ultimately doomed Mamluk dynasty that ruled Egypt from the 13th to the 16th century.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06qcrhv/episodes/player

Lastly, if you can get your fingerless woollen gloves on the January ish of "Fortean Times" mag, there's a very personal appreciation of the folkloric fantasy novels of Alan Garner by Bob Fischer. If you aren't already a fan of AG's books, this will have you seeking them out.