Yet another busy and quite exhausting week. Fortunately, document.write(“”); I’ve seen lots of interesting news articles on the web-based press (more than I could list here). Let me share some of them with you:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• The ultimate guide to understanding Japanese Kaomoji
• Fantagraphics Launches Manga Line With a Collection from a Shojo Pioneer
• ‘The Laundry Files’ Becomes New RPG
• Comics as ‘Top-Level’ Category For iPad
• Bundles of Funnies
• Viz Launches Streaming Site In Partnership with Hulu

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Lecture et sorties imposées: la culture de force
• Les jeunes et la lecture: exagèrent-ils?
• LibraryThing Delivers Mobile Access to Library Catalogs
• A quoi ressembleront les bibliothèques du futur ?
• Ottawa réduit son aide pour les bibliothèques qui offrent un accès à Internet

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Loonie surge triggers hedging
• Canada’s warmest winter ever ‘beyond shocking’
• Taking off the gloves – and tuques
• Summer forecast is bright for Canada

Humour

• Ben: 2010/03/13
• Bizarro by Dan Piraro (2010/03/11):

Media, Culture & Society

• Growing foreign-born population to forge ‘new Canada’
• L’ère des robots-journalistes
• Jean Ferrat est mort
• Movies: From Denmark, Hacker Punk and Hit in Tow
• Les médias traditionnels doivent multiplier les supports
• Hanks and Spielberg return to WWII together for ‘The Pacific’
• ‘We’re not all the same’

Montreal & Local/National Politics

• STM launches new airport shuttle
• Cols bleus: Les négociations piétinent
• Settlement may be imposed on public-sector unions
• Bixi coming to Montreal streets early, fees could drop

Sciences & History

• Space shuttle can fly beyond 2010, if money is there: NASA
• Space station could operate until 2028, says consortium
• Canadian finds long-lost moon rover in new NASA images

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Who gets your passwords when you die?
• Tricks to Keep Your Device’s Battery Going and Going
• How to Choose the Right Apple iPad for You
• Changing Channels, From Cable to the Web
• Web 2.0 Versus Control 2.0
• RSF dénonce une censure de plus en plus présente sur Internet
• Rimouski geek takes on Apple
• Firms brush up on marketing to Generation C

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side