February is the most depressing month of the year. And that’s without counting on the fact that I work in a mad house where absurdity rules, document.write(“”); constantly being bullied and insulted by unruly kids and rebelling teenagers, having to attend union meetings that make a mockery of democracy, and that’s just the first day of the week. Luckily I can read manga and watch TV to completely forget about my crazy life (incidentally, I’m glad to say that, lately, I’ve been busy and able to catch up a little more on my blogging with a few comments — mostly in french — on Taniguchi’s Anthology and Furari, as well as Sakuran manga and live-action movie) or immerse myself in reading the news online. See this week’s crop (including more library humour) after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Manga 2.5 (Japanese motion comic) (link)
- After Fukushima: families on the edge of meltdown (The Observer)
- Voice Actress Chieko Honda Passes Away (ANN)
- Girls in Japan Paid to Stick Ads on Their Thighs (NY Mag)
- Voyage dans l’univers du «prêcheur du saké» (La Presse)
- Thermae Romae‘s Yamazaki to Draw Manga of Apple’s Steve Jobs (ANN)
- 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Nominees Announced (ANN)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- The curious case of the persistent image (TUAW)
- Audible updates its iOS app, adds support for the iPad (TUAW)
- Apple issues Java security update and malware removal too, iTunes 11.0.2 (TUAW)
- On Steve Jobs’ birthday, here are some of his funniest moments (The Next Web)
- Analyst: Mac sales up 31% for January 2013 (TUAW)
- Brass Instruments Make Great iDevice Amplifiers (MacTrast, TUAW)
- The Best iPhone Apps to Replace Apple’s Pre-Loaded Ones (WSJ)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Un nouveau Guy Delisle: Le Guide du mauvais père (Renaud-Bray)
- Reader’s Digest Parent Company Files For Bankruptcy Protection (NPR)
- Donald Richie, writer and expert on Japanese cinema, dies at 88 (The Gazette, NYT, The Japan Times)
- Independent booksellers sue Amazon, publishers for monopoly (Electronista)
- L'”International Herald Tribune” s’appellera désormais “International New York Times” (Le Monde)
- OpenEdition: les livres scientifiques ont leur plate-forme ! (Le Monde)
Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics
- 59% of the ‘Tuna’ Americans Eat Is Not Tuna (The Atlantic)
- It’s Unlikely That You Have Ever Really Eaten Snapper Sashimi (Popular Science)
- Vaste fraude sur le marché américain du poisson (Le Monde)
Health, home & garden
- L’achat d’un plex en groupe décortiqué (La Presse)
- Bad sleep ‘dramatically’ alters body (BBC)
- The Mediterranean Diet: The New Gold Standard? (Forbes)
- Stress-Busting Smiles (WSJ)
- New Push For Early Testing, Treatment For Dementia (WSJ)
- Mediterranean Diet of Olive Oil, Nuts, Reduces Heart Disease, Study Finds (WSJ)
Library Humour
Local News & National Politics
- Lisée défend son ouverture envers les anglophones (Le Devoir)
- Googling for a lawyer while under arrest is a right, rules Canadian judge (The Verge)
- Du steak aux W.-C. (La Presse)
- Bilinguisme: Montréal donne son appui à Pierrefonds-Roxboro (La Presse)
- Flood of bad PR prompts review at OQLF (The Gazette)
- Des villes menacées de perdre leur statut bilingue (La Presse)
Media, Culture, & Society
- Are Computers Ruining Education? (Gizmodo)
- Game of Thrones Season 3 TV Trailer: Death Is Coming (Slash Film)
- Game Of Thrones Season 3 Trailer Reveals A Dragon, Mance Rayder And The Unsullied (The Huffington Post)
- Photoshopping Calvin and Hobbes into Real Life Makes Me Really Happy (ICv2) [And mine’s too!]
Sciences & History
- When Brain Damage Unlocks The Genius Within (Popular Science)
- Russia meteor’s origin tracked down (BBC)
- Un micro-continent préhistorique caché sous l’île Maurice et la Réunion (Le Monde)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- Videotron to launch Netflix-like service (The Gazette)
- Play .dvdmedia files with VLC (TUAW)
Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries
- Démocratie syndicale (du 109 au 429)
- Convention collective: transformation et miracles! (du 109 au 429)
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