After one of the most disastrous vacations in memory (cancellation of a trip, document.write(“”); being sick most of the time and rainy weather all over) I had to return to work. A guy must win his bread after all. The end of May and early June was marked by a heat wave, followed again by unseasonably cold weather and more rain! Twelve degree celsius in June? No wonder my cold doesn’t want to let go (although I am feeling better, I still have ears’ problem). I’ve been busy reading… hopefully I’ll have the energy and time to write about it. It was a quiet couple of weeks in the news and you’ll find my collection of links after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Robotech: 2-Movie Collection Dvd (The Shadow Chronicles & Love Live Alive) available on Amazon (link)
- Au Japon, des cyber-cafés pour foyers (Le Monde)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- Apple Trying To Get iRadio In Time For WWDC Next Week [Report] (Cult of Mac)
- Mise jour ultime de Mountain Lion ? (MacQuébec)
- Apple’s WWDC 2013: Rumors and expectations (CNET)
- Apple expected to unveil new iPhone, iPad software (USA Today)
Books, Digital Edition & Library
- Book Criticism Ethics Panel (Time)
- Fantasy Author Jack Vance Dies (The Daily Beast)
- Self-publishing has become a cult (Salon)
- Jack Vance obituary (The Guardian)
- Jack Vance tributes pour in after his death (The Guardian)
- Booking a profit: The authors who can make you money (BBC)
- Les libraires français face à la révolution numérique (Le Monde)
Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics
- Public Atheist Monument Going Up Near Courthouse In Starke, Florida, Is Country’s First (Huffington Post)
- Why Does the American Media Get Big Stories Wrong? (The Atlantic)
- Un chat faisant de la contrebande de portables attrapé (La Presse)
Health, home & garden
Humour
Local News & National Politics
- Henry Morgentaler 1923-2013: Un féministe s’éteint (Le Devoir)
- Why can’t Montreal have a bilingual radio station? (The Gazette)
- Montréal: la poule pas de tête ! (La Presse)
- Le Tournesol, Bulletin de l’arrondissement VSP (Été 2013) (PDF)
- Médaille obligatoire pour les chats dans VSP (PNG)
Media, Culture, & Society
- Georges Moustaki 1934-2013: Le métèque a quitté son jardin (Le Devoir)
- Doctor Who Fans Scratch Their Heads About Meaning Of John Hurt’s Character In 50th Anniversary Show (Huffington Post)
- How to speak Franglais (BBC)
- La vie d’Adèle triomphe à Cannes: Trois Palmes plutôt qu’une (Le Devoir)
- Le poster de Fantasia 2013! (link)
- JC Penney Removes ‘Hitler’ Billboard In Tempest Over A Teapot (NPR)
- 10 Things George R.R. Martin Is Doing Instead of Writing the Next Game of Thrones Book (Flavorwire)
- Grown-Up Calvin And Hobbes: Craig Mahoney’s Painting Will Bring A Tear To Your Eye (Huffington Post)
- Matt Smith Leaving Doctor Who! (GeekTyrant)
- Blade Runner 2 Moving Forward With Heroes and Green Lantern Writer (Screen Crush)
- Matt Smith to leave Doctor Who at the end of year (BBC)
- Matt Smith exit prompts Doctor Who speculation (BBC)
- Matt Smith Exiting Doctor Who (ICv2)
- BD-based Palme d’Or Winner Spawns Controversy (ICv2)
Sciences & History
- Mars: what we’ve learnt in five years (BBC)
- Premières images de la découverte de la mythique Heracleion (Etat du Monde)
- Report Of Liquid Woolly Mammoth Blood Prompts Clone Talk (again) (NPR)
- Italy professor says he has found world’s oldest complete Torah (The Globe & Mail)
- Mars pebbles prove that rivers altered the planet’s surface (Engadget)
- Des traces d’eau propice au développement de la vie sur Mars (La Presse)
- Découverte du plus ancien primate connu (La Presse)
- Ancient Irish texts show volcanic link to cold weather (BBC)
- Neanderthal clues to cancer origins (BBC)
- Archéologie: la clé de Paris cachée sous la préfecture de police ? (Le Monde)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- The History of the Weird Keyboard Symbols You Never Knew You Needed (Gizmodo)
- Change Agents: Daniel Kim lights up Lit Motors (USA Today)
Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries
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