Assorted links

1. Memoir of Bombay.

2. Your Japanese toilet can be hacked.

3. Photos from a visit to the Yakuza.

4. Public unions and ACA nervousness.

5. I am pleased to have made this Time list of the best bloggers.  The discussion of MR is here.

6. Free download of Calestous Juma, The New Harvest, a very good book on agriculture in Africa.

7. How do dogs show their love?  And do they actually have mixed emotions toward you?