I wish I were talking to you about all these things in person, maybe over a drink, since it's the end of the day and all, but that isn't possible, so instead I'm posting these things here and heading off to the gym

• The unifying concept behind AAAARG.ORG seems to be that usability is the final enemy of design. I can't make heads or tells of this forum. The library might not be good for nothing, though.

• Chrysler Financial turned away $750 million from the government because executives there didn't like the sound of federal limits on executive pay. Seriously. They liked federal loans just fine, having taken $1.5 billion' worth in fact, before the salary caps were installed. Maybe they are holding out for euros instead? It's high time for Matthew Barney to restage REN, his destruction of a 1967 Chrysler Imperial.

• Holland Carter takes the Pulitzer for criticism.