Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2007-01-06

• Why Whole Foods’ stock is tanking, and why it shouldn’t be. | Slate Magazine
  (tags: groceries food health business shopping)
• Washington Post aims for closer print, Web ties | Reuters.com
  The Washington Post Co. plans to have its veteran editors help shape the way stories appear on the Web in the latest example of how top U.S. publishers are retooling news operations for the Internet.
  (tags: washpost onlinenews journalism newspapers)
• That Eye in the Sky? It Sees You Speeding | washingtonpost.com
  As congestion worsens, Virginia police are expanding aerial enforcement to help curb aggressive drivers
  (tags: travel crime cars law technology)
• Aesthetics Need Not Take a Back Seat in Public Garage Design | washingtonpost.com
  People assume that parking garages inevitably are large-scale eyesores. Indeed, garages are rarely attractive or visually interesting. Few architects hunger for the opportunity to design a parking garage. Yet this assumption deserves to be challenged.
  (tags: architecture urbanplanning design toread)