On the home front, there’s nothing really new. The Montreal World Film Festival has ended and I saw the last of the Japanese movies (I’ve seen them all save for the shorts). All in all it was a satisfactory experience. Now I have to write about those movies (and maybe do an overview of the festival). Although, the next couple of weeks, I’ll be busy getting some union training. And right now (while writing this and doing the laundry) I am waiting for a plumber to come repair a leaky hot-water tap in the bathtub (I couldn’t get a firm appointment, so he *might* come before the end of the day).

In the press realm, there an awful lot of technological news lately probably due to Apple imminent new products announcement. Sony also announced a very interesting ‘Lens-Style’ set of digital cameras working as smartphone accessories. And Miyazaki announced (again) his retirement. You can check this week’s scrap-linking right after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Director Hayao Miyazaki to retire ( ANN, AP, BBC, The Globe and Mail, ICv2 )
• Le livre jeu à la croisée des chemins numériques (Le Monde)
• Miyazaki, rare Japonais à trouver grâce auprès des internautes chinois (Le Monde)
• Miyazaki n’arrête pas complètement le cinéma (Le Monde)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• How-to: Make accessible iBooks with iBooks Author (9to5Mac)
• iMovie, iPhoto and GarageBand Receive Small Updates Ahead of iOS 7 (Mac Rumors)
• VMware Fusion 6 released: ready to take advantage of Haswell processors and upcoming Mavericks features (9to5Mac)
• VMware launches Fusion 6 virtual desktop for Mac with Mavericks support, Windows Store app integration (Engadget)
• iBooks Author-created ebooks may be headed to the iPhone (iMore)
• Antitrust Monitor Ordered For Apple Over E-Book Price Fixing (NPR)
• Rumor: OS X Mavericks release scheduled for end of October (Today’s iPhone)
• Apple to release Mavericks OS X in late October, report says (L.A. Times)
• What To Expect From Apple’s September 10 iPhone Event (Cult of Mac)
• WSJ: Apple Is Testing Out iPhone Screens As Big As Six Inches (Gizmodo)
• Apple faces e-book restrictions (BBC)
• Apple Is Set to Announce Two iPhones (NYT)
• How to master iBooks for iOS: Top 5 iBooks tips for faster sorting, organizing, reading, and sharing (iMore)

Extra: New Sony QX ‘Lens-Style’ Cameras !!

• Sony’s lens camera smartphone accessories could start from $250 (The Verge)
• More pictures of Sony “Smartshot” leak ahead of tomorrow’s event (Today’s iPhone)
• New Sony QX ‘Lens-Style’ Cameras Revealed in Leaked Press Release, Will Retail for $250-$500 (Mac Rumors)
• Details and video of Sony’s upcoming QX lens-shaped camera leaked: two versions coming later this month (9to5Mac)
• Full Gallery Of Press Photos For Sony’s Cool-Looking “Lens Cameras” (Cult of Mac)
• Leaked Sony ad for QX10 and QX100 lens cameras turns your life into quirky indie movie (The Verge)
• Sony to release revolutionary “Lens-style” camera – compatible with iPhone (Today’s iPhone)
• Sony Cyber-shot ‘lens cameras,’ iOS app available later this month (iMore)
• Sony’s QX10 and QX100 lens cameras turn your iOS or Android device into a premium point-and-shoot (The Next Web)
• First look at the Sony Cyber-shot QX10 and the iPhone 5 (iMore)
• Can Sony’s Mad Scientists Fix Digital Photography? (ReadWrite)
• Sony launches lens accessories and Z1 handset at IFA (BBC)
• Sony’s $500 Lens Thing Clips Onto The Back Of Your Phone (Popular Science)
• Sony announces QX Smart Lens lineup for smartphones (Electronista)
• Sony QX100: A Fancy, Freaky Lens-Camera That Feeds Off Your Smartphone (Gizmodo)
• Sony redefines your smartphone camera (USA Today)

Books, Digital Edition & Libraries

• With Modern Makeovers, America’s Libraries Are Branching Out (NPR)
• August BookScan: Top 20 Graphic Novels (ICv2)
• Les 50 livres qu’il faut avoir lus selon Hayao Miyazaki (L’Express) [Oops! Je n’en ai lu que quatre!]

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

• Atheist Pledge Of Allegiance Case Goes To Massachusetts’ Supreme Court (Huffington Post)
• Freak tornado ploughs through Tokyo suburb (The Telegraph)
• UN: press should not be ‘intimidated into silence’ over state secrets (The Guardian)
• Japan celebrates as Tokyo wins right to host 2020 Olympic Games ahead of Madrid and Istanbul (The Telegraph)
• Tokyo 2020: Japan’s capital celebrates Olympics win (BBC)
• Le Japon touché par deux tornades en trois jours (Le Monde)
• Comment chèvres et moutons accélèrent la désertification de la Mongolie (Le Monde)

Health, home & garden

• Back to work: 10 worst things about post-holiday blues (BBC)
• Gut bacteria ‘may be obesity weapon’ (BBC)

Local News & National Politics

• L’enseignement de l’histoire sera renforcé (Le Devoir)
• Rapport du maire sur la situation financière de l’arrondissement Villeray/Saint-Michel/Parc-Extention (PDF)
• L’UQAM débarque dans l’ancienne CinéRobothèque (Métro)
• Target to open 16 stores in the fall (The Gazette)
• Parents mous, enfants fous, profs à bout (Le Devoir)

Media, Culture, & Society

• Frederik Pohl Dead: Influential Science Fiction Author And Agent Dies At 93 (Huffington Post)
• Disparitions: Frederik Pohl, écrivain de science-fiction (Le Monde)

Sciences & History

• Ancient Samson Mosaic Uncovered In Israeli Synagogue; Beautiful Art Fascinates Scholars (Huffington Post)
• Research Experiment Produces First Human Brain-To-Brain Interface (Forbes)
• New timeline for origin of ancient Egypt (BBC)
• Richard III infected by foot-long parasitic worms, researchers say (The Globe and Mail)
• Mysterious mummy found in German attic by 10-year-old boy (The Verge)
• Volcano the size of Arizona discovered (USA Today)
• Fryscraper Architect Responds (Business Insider)
• One of the solar system’s largest volcanoes discovered in the Pacific Ocean (The Verge)
• 10 things we didn’t know last week (BBC)
• Japan’s Robot Astronaut Speaks His First Words From Space (Popular Science)
• Bone dates ‘earliest northerner’, say archaeologists in Liverpool (BBC)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• ‘Star’ Coursera prof stops teaching online course in objection to MOOCs (GigaOM)
• WD ships new NAS-specific Red internal hard drives (CNET)
• Could The Fork and Knife Chopsticks Be the Only Utensil You Ever Need? (Gizmodo)

Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries

• L’«estradinaire appartemanteau» de Sol (Le Devoir)

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