Should you give stores your zip code? Forbes article says NO NEVER and tells you why. Tl;dr: marketing. I always hate the zip-code question, but the phone number is worse. "It's for your records in case you need to return something." Sorry. I don't get as many requests for email addresses any more, which is interesting. Younger demographics aren't on email as much. Anyway, if you don't care to read the article, check the comments; the first guy goes on a preening little exposition of his privacy-securing techniques, and within five comments someone else has found an aerial picture of his house.

Anyway. It's a good excuse for this:

He's called Mr. Zip, but he'll always be Manic Mailman to some of us.

UGH Rolf Harris is convicted of child sex abuse, and Anorak gives you 22 ways in which he Corrupted Your Childhood. A bit overstated, you think, unless you were one of the victims, but then:

So you can see their point. Our house had a 45 of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down," as did 72% of American households. It was the flip-side I loved. "Big Black Ball." I can still repeat every line. It was fun to sing along with. Not any more.

ART Colossal gives us a glimpse of miniature marble spaces, carved by Matthew Simmonds:

The artist is a stonemason and sculptor, which is a good job to have these days: there can't be too many people who can carve classical details to replace something broken on an old building.

Related, from the same site: they're called "Blurred Cityscapes," but they look like paperback covers from the 60s. And I say that as a good thing.