In the last couple of weeks I’ve spent much of my free time working on finishing the kitchen/bar-type counter in the back of my office (completing the base, document.write(“”); installing the counter itself, the sink, and connecting the plumbing). It now looks pretty good, but it still need some finishing touch (finishing panels and doors). I’ve also installed a few more softwares in my new iMac and cloned its hard-drive for an extra safety (I use and trust Time Machine but you never know…). However, I am starting to experience problems with the Mac Mini so I might have to reinstall the OS on that one too. I still had time to read some news online and, as usual, you’ll find the links after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Top 500 Graphic Novels in 2012 (ICv2)
• Claude Gagnon lance Karakara au Japon (La Presse)
• Ghost in the Shell Arise Anime to Launch in 2013 (ANN)
• Live-Action/Anime Film Director Nagisa Oshima Passes Away (ANN)
• Top 300 Graphic Novels for December 2012 (ICv2)
• Image Dominates Bookstore Top 20 (ICv2)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple iMac Review (CNET)
• Explore one of the great art galleries with Uffizi Touch (TUAW)
• iBook Lessons: Childrens picture books (TUAW)
• Fusion Drive s’étend maintenant à tous les iMac (MacQuébec) [Damn Apple! J’ai donc acheté le modèle “hight-end” pour rien! Si j’avais attendu j’aurais sauvé de l’argent]
• Apple’s Fusion Drive now available on new entry-level 21.5″ iMac orders (Apple Insider)
• iBook Lessons: Hardback-only Memory of Light release frustrates would-be epurchasers (TUAW)
• Skype updates Mac app with click to call in Safari and revamps user profile view (The Next Web)
• Why China loves Apple (CNN)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Des livres pour les ados (La Presse)
• Neonomicon Removed from Library; Exec Director Over-ruled Committee (ICv2)
• 2013, l’année de la bande dessinée en ligne (Le Devoir – abonnement requis)
• Burquette, un webcomic québécois par Francis Desharnais (lien)
• La presse imprimée, à l’article de la mort ? (Le Monde)
• America’s first bookless public library will look ‘like an Apple Store’ (The Verge)
• Are The Days Of The $14.99 Ebook Numbered? (Forbes)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• Près de la moitié de la nourriture mondiale gaspillée, dit un rapport (Radio Canada)

Health, home & garden

• Most of US gripped by flu outbreak (BBC)
• La chaussette, arme antiverglas (Le Monde)
• Deaths increase, misery mounts as flu sweeps nation (USA Today)
• Blood pressure drugs used with common painkillers can increase risk of serious kidney problems: study (The Gazette)
• Why the Flu Is So Dangerous This Year, and Why It Could Get Worse (Forbes)

Humor

A group of friends started two (not one, two!) webcomics:
• Dungeon Sweet Dungeon: Home is where the heart gets sacrificed, by [Jean Carrières &] Normand Bilodeau aka Henbe (link)
• Get Stuffed!: The Everyday Story of a Videogame Heroine Trying to Make it in a World of Puppets, by Lucien Soulban & Ghislain Barbe (link)

Also:
• Dilbert (2012-12-27)
• Dilbert (2013-01-03)
• Unshelved (2013-01-05 originally published 2003/03/19)

Local News & National Politics

• La question des « billets fondants » toucherait la sécurité nationale du Canada (Radio-Canada)
• Les Français s’exilent de plus en plus au Québec (Le Figaro)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Record Ratings for Doctor Who Christmas Special (ICv2)
• 2013 Oscar nominations announced (USA Today)
• Oscars: Silver Linings surprise contender, while Lincoln dominates (BBC)
• Oscars 2013: “Lincoln” en tête, la surprise Emmanuelle Riva (Le Monde)
• Les séries UK dans le miroir US (Le Monde)
• Losing Our Religion: The Growth Of The ‘Nones’ (NPR)
• 2013 Golden Globes: The Winners Are… (Screen Crave)

Sciences & History

• L’ADN de la tête d’Henri IV coïncide avec celui de Louis XVI (La Presse)
• First images of giant squid in the deep are released (USA Today)
• Pourquoi nous avons les doigts plissés en sortant du bain? (Le Monde)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• How to clean a TV screen (CNET)
• Metallic robots playing Motorhead is the most metal thing you have seen since Metallica in ’89 (The Next Web)
• Siemens’ waterproof Aquaris hearing aid means rain doesn’t need to stop play, we go ears on (Engadget)
• Wikipédia a perdu des contributeurs à cause de règles trop contraignantes (Le Monde)
• Un médecin à portée de clavier (Le Monde)
• More on the fork that monitors how you eat (USA Today)

Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries

• La force syndicale: un puissant moteur de changement 1: Changer le monde du travail (YouTube)
• La force syndicale: un puissant moteur de changement 2: Créer un Québec plus juste (YouTube)

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