Magnesium
A shot in the Dark
Magnesium was once ubiquitous as a source of illumination in flash photography. As domestic camera markets have changed, so many flashbulbs find themselves bundled away free with a camera on many a car-boot table. People tend to overprice them, remembering that they were single use and therefore added a great expense to each bulb used.
Citation fever
During a lunchtime chat in the University canteen, the topic of citation impact came up. I began to see people, mostly in a hurry, carrying paper around everywhere.