links for 2006-01-19

• Dear Johns: For Shame
  A controversial plan to deter prostitution in an urban neighborhood never quite measured up to its hype.
• Racism or Bad Behavior?
  A controversial plan to deter prostitution in an urban neighborhood never quite measured up to its hype.
• The Importance of Being Pretty
  Your website can be embraced or dismissed in the blink of an eye, literally, says a Canadian study into how a site's design colors the perception of the person looking at it.
• The Unlikely Reinvention of an Unpredictable Star
  Jamie Foxx, the comedian turned actor, ascends the charts as a crooner.