The most boring week spent in the worse way possible: expecting something to happen. Of course, document.write(“”); nothing happened! I was hoping to get some results from my little job hunting, but I guess I’ll stay in this hell’s pit for a little while. At least I’ve received my income tax returns and got my annual haircut (for that I tried a local italian barber for the first time). Buona Pasqua tutti!
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For a little action, check the few links I gathered this week after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Forget Cyprus, Japan Is The Real Crisis (Forbes) [Maybe a little too alarmist? We’ll see…]
• Check Out The First Pages Of The Steve Jobs Manga! (Cult of Mac)
• Visite virtuelle dans la zone interdite de Fukushima (Le Monde)
• KAMEHAMEHA: Les Japonaises imitent Dragon Ball (Le Monde)
• New Japanese Fad: School Girls Recreate Anime Fight Scenes! (Kotaku, Huffington Post, Geek Tyrant)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Flou artistique autour du iPhone chez Vidéotron (MacQuébec)
• Apple is pushing for an iRadio summertime launch (9 to 5 Mac)
• Unlikely Rumor Claims June 20 Media Event to Introduce iPhone 5S (Mac Rumors)
• Belkin Wemo Switch & Motion: home automation for the rest of us (9 to 5 Mac)
• I’m Ditching The iPad For Work And Going Back To The Mac (Cult of Mac)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Three Hidden Benefits of The Amazon Acquisition of Goodreads (Forbes)
• Assault on Writers From Automated Software (Huffington Post)
• Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest fantasy brings an ancient empire to life (The Globe & Mail)
• Silence of the Poets: Writers and Antidepressants (Huffington Post)
• Libraries to Become Community Publishing Portals (Huffington Post)
• Curious Cat Walks Over Medieval Manuscript (National Geographic)
• Digital library loans get government backing (The Guardian)
• With an Arched Bookshelf You’re Never At Risk of an Avalanche (Gizmodo)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• North Korea in ‘state of war’ as fresh cyberattack claims emerge (The Globe & Mail)
• Pope’s foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists (USA Today)
• Le pape François célèbre sa première messe de Pâques (Radio-Canada)

Health, home & garden

• GMO Health Risks: What The Scientific Evidence Says (IB Times)
• This year’s flu season was long and tough, CDC says (NBC)

Humour

• Video: Bill Maher’s New Rule For Bad Parents (Huffington Post) [Ah, I love Bill Maher’s humour in general. His show is both educative and funny]

Non Sequitur (2013-03-05)
Zits (2013-03-05)
Local News & National Politics

• Sondage Léger Marketing: Couillard propulse le PLQ au premier rang (Le Devoir)
• Couillard promet le renouveau du PLQ (Le Devoir)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Video: How Game of Thrones got on HBO (CNN)
• George R.R. Martin Actually Sounds Sympathetic To Game of Thrones Pirates (Forbes)
• Labyrinth is silly but enjoyable cobblers (The Guardian) [Come on! It was not that bad… Let’s say it was an okay entertainment]
• Why everyone should register a domain name (The Guardian)
• Here’s Everything Wrong with The Hobbit (ICv2) [Total nitpicking! It was an excellent entertainment. The only problem I can see, and the last reading of the book was too long ago to really tell, is how much it strays from the original story. But, really, who cares?]
• Orphan Black Review: More Than Just A Sci-Fi Show (Huffington Post) [I guess I should check that one too. Haven’t I too many stuff to watch already?]
• ‘Game of Thrones’ takes a seat at the pop-culture table (USA Today) [The amount of coverage shows that the series is restarting this week!]

Sciences & History

• For some, King Richard III’s resting place raises a human rights issue (NBC)
• How Astronauts Got From Kazakhstan To The Space Station In Six Hours (Forbes)
• Will Pope Francis Inspire More Priest Scientists? (Forbes)
• New Soyuz route cuts travel time to ISS from two days to six hours (Engadget)
• La “divine proportion”: le nombre qui fascine (Le Monde)
• Que fait le cerveau quand il ne fait rien ? (Le Monde)

Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries

• Montréal boucle l’année 2012 avec un surplus de 109 millions (La Presse) [Donc pas de problème pour payer l’équité salariale due et pour ajuster nos augmentations salariales au coup de la vie?]

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