Jane Brown, where have you been all our life? We like to think we know photography. How, then, to explain that we’ve missed Brown’s portraiture and street photography until now? Check our this roundup of some of her work in the Guardian from a few years back.

Speaking of amazing photographers: It is 50 years since David Hume Kennerly won the Pulitzer for feature photography with a portfolio heavy on images from Vietnam. Check out this post on his blog marking the anniversary this week — and look at the full portfolio of images here.

Why do we, as a species, seem to think about life in eight-hour blocks? Enter the Atlantic, which suggests it you may not be a mutant for sleeping less than eight hours a night. (Still, we don’t think it’s even slightly cool to brag about how little sleep you get.) And then Wired, which argues that the eight-hour workday is a counterproductive lie.

READ THIS NOW. Don’t wait. Just read it now. Wired founding editor Kevin Kelly has just turned 70 and is offering “103 bits of advice I wish I had known.” Missed his suggestions from previous birthdays? They’re here and here. Nearly 100% gold here, folks.

Wherein the Economist discovers that — gasp — not all Muslims fast.

And finally: The Saudi version of Capmas is asking that people kindly stop inviting its census takers in for tea / coffee / a little bite to eat (watch, runtime: 0:30). Arab culture at its best, y’all.

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