We’ve started visiting houses. So far, document.write(“”); nothing too exciting (too far, too small, too timeworn), but many of my favourite candidates have sold even before I had time to visit. Quite frustrating. In the end it will certainly be a game of compromise and maybe the hardest decision of my life… And there’s so many other things to do that I don’t have much time left to watch TV or read. It leaves me exhausted. Here’s some news that I’ve read or bookmarked for reading later:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
Apple & iPad news
- Livres en ligne: Apple rejette l’application de Sony (Cyberpresse)
- Apple to Tighten Control of How Magazines, Content Are Sold for iPad (WSJ)
- IPad Makes Space in Japan’s Tiny Homes by Removing Bookshelves (Bloomberg)
- MacQuébec: site local d’actualités techno Mac (MacQuébec)
- Apple aurait commencé à produire un nouveau iPad (Cyberpresse)
- Apple’s New iPad in Production (WSJ)
- Quand les téléphones deviennent polyglottes (Cyberpresse)
- Apple working on smaller, cheaper iPhone (Gazette)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Beyond books: what it takes to be a 21st century librarian (The Guardian)
- Libray Books: un accès rapide à la bibliothèque du quartier (MacQuebec)
- E-Book Sales Rise in Children’s and Young Adult Categories (NYT)
- Library users ‘become better readers’ (BBC)
- Library Journal Publishes Library eBook Survey Results (No Shelf Required)
- Borders could file for bankruptcy early next week (Gazette)
- Haruki Murakami, écrivain universel (Le Monde)
- Ryu Murakami’s ‘Popular Hits of the Showa Era’ (NYT)
Health, home & garden, real-estate
- Back Injuries Take a Toll in Winter (NYT)
- Is Whispering Harmful to Your Voice? (NYT)
- Taux hypothécaires: la hausse se poursuit (Cyberpresse)
- Insonorisation: il n’est jamais trop tard (Cyberpresse)
- Spice drug fights stroke damage (BBC)
- McMansions out of vogue in new economic reality (USA Today)
Media, Culture & Society
- Pourquoi la littérature ne parle-t-elle pas d’Internet? (Le Monde) [article original dans le Guardian]
- Movie: ‘The Eagle,’ With Channing Tatum and Jamie Bell (NYT)
Montreal & Local/National Politics/News
- La Ville met sur pied un service automatique d’urgence par téléphone (Cyberpresse)
- Hausses salariales des cadres: «inacceptable», dit Bergeron (Cyberpresse)
- Le Québec a connu une immigration record en 2010 (Le Devoir)
Sciences & History
- Pyramide de Kheops: un architecte français fait part d’une nouvelle découverte (Le Monde)
- First Valentine: Lasting legacy of 500-year-old love (BBC)
- Egyptian Museum: Cairo’s looted treasure (BBC)
- Fossil find puts ‘Lucy’ story on firm footing (BBC)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side