links for 2008-03-14

• Seth's Blog: "Do you have" vs. "Do you want"
  Borders is cutting down on inventory, moving to putting books face-out as opposed to spine-out. Interesting concept of "carrying everything" verses "carrying what people want"
  (tags: books business bookstore marketing christianretailing sethgodin)
• New YouTube Developer Tools Turn Any Website Into a Video Sharing Hub | Compiler from Wired.com
  YouTube opens up an API, allowing any website to use their video encoding/encryption...
  (tags: blogging youtube api Video Wired Web2.0,)
• Hands on with Time Capsule
  Review of Apple's Timecapsule. Now, how do you spell BACKUP?
  (tags: Macworld Hardware Apple TimeCapsule Backup Mac Network)
• Robin Williams Saves the Day at TED When Tech Fails | Epicenter from Wired.com
  (tags: TED Robinwilliams Wired)
• Consumer Reports' Secret Shoppers Have Lots of Explaining to Do
  Inside scoop on how Secret Shoppers do their thing...
  (tags: wired Culture retail secretshoppers business consumerreports shopping consumerism)
• Digital downloads - like those for Apple TV - will be Blu-ray’s downfall
  Blu-Ray is a 3 year option... throw the discs away and get ready for downloads...
  (tags: Blu-Ray Apple Culture Media DigitalTV Movies Downloads)
• Top ten things to do with your now-defunct HD DVD player
  Nothing like humor at the expense of dead technology...
  (tags: Engadget Technology HDDVD Blu-Ray Top10)
• Evolution Wins as Creationists (Accidentally) Switch Sides in Florida | Wired Science from Wired.com
  Interesting story about how Evolution (almost) got to be scientific fact in the state of Florida...
  (tags: education evolution culture news politics textbooks creationism science wired)
• 'World's Greatest Record Collection' for Sale on eBay
  Record collection sells for $3million... wonder what my CD collection will be worth someday...
  (tags: Music Wired Records eBay)
• Obama, JFK vs. Bad PowerPoint
  (tags: PresentationZen Powerpoint Presentation Obama JFK BadPowerpoint)