Personal update: It’s been cold and rainy lately. I’m still tired and busy. I must say that I have accepted replacements in so many libraries that I’ve been working six days this week (and it will be the case for the next two weeks). I feel like an idiot. After that I should work a normal week for a while, document.write(“”); just to take the time to rest (and dedicate myself to my others important projects). Meanwhile, I have accumulated many interesting news stories that I would like to share:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Crunchyroll Adds Time Jam (ANN)
• Interview with Masaaki Shimizu (ICv2)
• Mangaka profile (6): Miyako Maki (????) (Masters of Manga)
• More disappearing manga at Del Rey? (Robot 6)
• Cobra, Jesus, Umezu Manga Released in English (ANN)
• Banned Books Week Means Graphic Novels Too (Okazu)

Apple & iPad news

• Discovering ancient Pompeii with iPad (Apple)
• Des applications vidéo pour l’iPad (Cyberpresse)
• Apple gadgets to get wireless printing in November (Gazette)
• Apple, chouchou des médias américains? (Cyberpresse)
• iPhone 4 arriving in Bell Canada stores (Gazette)
• Apple TV vs. Roku XDS- Let the content streaming begin (USA Today)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Ken Follett: écrire géant (Cyberpresse)
• E-readers gain traction in the U.S., spur sales: poll (Gazette)
• Bibliothèques publiques de Montréal: Ressources en ligne (BPM)
• In Scholastic Study, Children Like Digital Reading (NYT)
• Twitter: Banned Books’ New Best Friend (NYT)
• Scholastic Report: Are Dads the Key to Get Boys to Read? (WSJ)
• Livres numériques italiens: un accent québécois (Cyberpresse)

Economy, Environment & International Politics/News

• Ancient Italian Town Has Wind at Its Back (NYT)

Health, home & garden

• Are you secretly sad? (CNN)

Media, Culture & Society

• Atheists and agnostics most knowledgeable about religion (Gazette)
• Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans (NYT)
• Le Festival du nouveau cinéma rendra hommage à Pierre Falardeau (Rue Frontenac)
• Le Japon au Festival du nouveau cinéma (FNC)

Montreal & Local/National Politics/News

• Blue-collars OK conciliator’s contract recommendations (Gazette)

Sciences & History

• Le squelette d’un jeune Méditerranéen découvert à Stonehenge (Métro Montréal)
• New Planet May Be Able to Nurture Organisms (NYT)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• La tablette BlackBerry PlayBook en huit points (Cyberpresse)
• Mobile payments catch on with American banks, phone makers (Gazette)
• Les ayants droit musicaux s’attaquent à un nouveau programme de téléchargement (Le Monde)
• BBC Broadcasts in Ultra High-Def, 16 Times Sharper Than HDTV (Popular Science)

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