Morning News sends a lead to Matt's possessions obsession by way of drawings and photographs and clever navigation.

Caterina brings us an article on Christopher Alexander. Agree that Alexander favors, shall we say, the shingle style, that is, a homey, crafty solution. He seems to hate modern solutions, but what if they're perfectly good? Toph uses PatternLanguage.com as a resource, but it nags him to register or something. It does have some fun stuff though.