Derniers jours de décembre / Last days of December
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Le neige a toute fondue ! / The snow has all melted!
(iPhone 6, document.write(“”); camera360 app, 2014-12-26 & 27)

Day: December 31, 2014
The month in review (Nov-Dec)
Too many things to talk about so the domestic report will be in a separate entry this time…
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The last couple of months have been busy so I haven’t watch or read that much news, document.write(“”); but, still, I have gathered nearly two hundreds links to share with you. The news have been dominated by local stories (austerity mesures, union fighting back) and science stories (Rosetta & Philae comet mission, Amphipolis Tomb discovery, new gadgets), a few disasters & terrorist attacks as well as the inevitable reviews of the year. Have a look after the jump…
Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Top 300 Graphic Novels for October 2014 (ICv2)
- Legendary Japanese Actor Takakura Ken Dead at 83 (Twitch)
- VIZ Gets New Junji Ito Title (ICv2)
- Top 300 Graphic Novels in November 2014 (ICv2)
- Top Graphic Novel Lists of 2014 Round-Up (ICv2)
- Babymetal keeps turning metalheads, voted Best Metal Album of the Year (Rocket News 24)
- Guy Delisle’s Pyongyang Graphic Novel Adaptation Scrapped In Response to Sony Hack (ICv2)
- Report: Japan’s Animation Industry Reached Record High in 2013 (ANN)
- In Memoriam (ANN)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- Canada ready to give retailers an out for the Apple Pay fees that don’t exist (iMore)
- How to view iCloud Drive files on iPhone and iPad (iMore)
- How to connect an iPhone or iPad to a TV or a computer monitor (Phone Arena)
- How To See Your iPhone’s True Cell Signal Strength (Business Insider)
- How to fix Wi-Fi problems in iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite (Cult of Mac)
- Mac users: Beware of increased tech support scam pop-ups (Malwarebytes Unpacked)
- How to watch Blu-ray Discs on your Mac (iMore)
- How to copy-paste between your Macs and iOS devices (iMore)
Books, Digital Edition & Libraries
- Lecteurs en herbe: Blogue de Mariouche Famelart (Lien)
- Vous avez l’impression de ne plus arriver à lire des livres? C’est un syndrome courant (Slate.fr)
- Les lauréats des Prix littéraires du gouverneur général 2014 sont connus (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)
- Le modèle québécois de prêts de livres numériques inspire la France (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)
- Kenzaburô Ôé, Le goût des autres: De l’enfant sale au vieux sage, un effilochage (Le Devoir)
- Histoires de files (Le Devoir)
- Lecteurs recherchés (La Presse)
- La célèbre auteure de polars P. D. James est morte à 94 ans (ICI.Radio-Canada.ca)
- La situation des bibliothèques publiques au Québec, pas si smart! (Bookcamp Montréal)
- Est-ce la fin du Bibliobus? (Le Devoir)
- Le Bibliobus disparaîtra le 31 décembre (Journal de St-Michel)
- Microbibliothèques (Métro)
- The Castle of Otranto: The creepy tale that launched gothic fiction (BBC)
- Mobilisation pour maintenir le service de Bibliobus (Métro)
- Book Lovers Are Obsessed With This Website (Book Insider)
Economy, Environment & Foreign Politics
- Japan’s failing economy triggers snap elections (BBC)
- World’s Largest Solar Farm Goes Online In California (IFLScience)
- Take a Tour of the Most Radioactive Places on Earth (Gizmodo)
- What If North Korea Wasn’t Behind the Sony Hack? (Re-code)
Fitness tech
- Every step you take: Who owns our mobile health data? (BBC)
- Jawbone UP 24, a smart fitness band that gets you up 24-7 (9 to 5 Mac)
- RunKeeper update brings indoor tracking improvement, Health integration and more (App advice)
- Ahead of Apple Watch Debut, Jawbone and Others Push Fitness Wearables to Businesses (Mac Rumors)
- How To Track Your Life With Apple Health (Gizmodo AU)
- The Best Fitness Tracker for Every Need (Gizmodo)
- Apple will restore blood sugar tracking to Health app with iOS 8.2 release (Venture Beat)
- Jawbone’s UP Move is the best entry-level fitness tracker yet (Cult of Mac)
- UP3: The first truly wearable heart rate monitor (Jawbone Blog)
- Jawbone UP3 To Ship By 2015, Discounts And Free Smartbands Offered To Make Up For Delay (Intl Business Times)
- Jawbone UP3 Hands On: A Fitness Tracker With Some Fashion Sense (Gizmodo)
- Best health & fitness apps to jumpstart your New Year! (iMore)
- A Few Days With The Microsoft Band (Forbes)
Health, home & garden, pets
- Cet aliment fait des miracles contre Alzheimer (Santé Plus Magazine)
- Dementia study questions advice on taking supplements (BBC)
- Mediterranean diet is best way to tackle obesity, say doctors (BBC)
- People with diabetes ‘still denied vital prescriptions’ (BBC)
- Cat survives shotgun attack and two broken legs (BBC)
- Les nombreux avantages des toits verts (Métro)
- Wireless chip cures your staph infection then dissolves away (Engadget)
- A simple trick to improve your memory (BBC)
- We may be able to reverse early Alzheimer’s disease (CNN)
- 5 High-Powered Animal Celebrities Who Earn More Than You Do (Entrepreneur)
- Méditer pour être en santé (Le Devoir)
- Handwriting Helps You Learn (Business Insider)
- Avant de s’endormir, rien de mieux que le bon vieux livre papier (ICI.Radio-Canada)
- Meeting Grumpy Cat (Canada.com)
- Studies Suggest Use of iDevices at Night Harmful to Health (iPhone Life)
Humour
iPhoneography
- Moment announces 18mm wide-angle and 60mm 2X telephoto lens for iPhone 6 (TUAW)
- Olloclip 4-In-1 Photo Lens for iPhone 6-6 Plus (TUAW)
- iPhoneography 101: Essential iPhone Camera Apps (The Mac Observer)
- Olloclip for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus review (iMore)
- iPhone users taking astronomical photos with the help of NightCap Pro (TUAW)
- iCloud Photo Library and Photo Stream: What’s the difference? (iMore)
- How to delete photos from Photo Stream on iPhone and iPad (iMore)
- Ten tips for taking great iPhone photos (iMore)
- Puzzle Fans: The Puzlook iPhone Camera Lens Case is For You (MacTrast)
Local news
- The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great (Tourisme Montréal, Pointe-à-Callière Museum)
- Le Centre de tri des matières recyclables fermera en 2018 (Journal de St-Michel)
- Qui a peur de la retraite? (Le Devoir)
- STM: la passe mensuelle augmentera de 2,50$ en 2015 (Métro)
- Le réseau mobile du métro entre en service (Métro)
- Budget 2015: Montréal se serre la ceinture, mais les taxes augmentent (Métro)
- Pas de répit pour les contribuables montréalais (Le Devoir)
- Les ennemis de la science (Le Devoir)
- Un grand parc où tout reste encore à définir (Journal de St-Michel)
- Mise à jour économique: le milieu des affaires satisfait, les syndicats fulminent (ICI.Radio-Canada)
- Le fardeau fiscal des contribuables va s’alourdir (Le Devoir)
- Quel parc aura-t-on en 2017 ? (Journal de St-Michel)
- Nouvel outil pour les citoyens: Carte interactive du Sud-Ouest (TVA)
- Québec alourdit le fardeau des contribuables (Métro)
- Montréal prêt pour les grands déneigements (Métro)
- Quel nom Saint-Michel donnera-t-il à son parc? (Journal de St-Michel)
- Déneigement intelligent et «anti-fraudeurs» (Journal de St-Michel)
- Changements aux collectes des ordures (Journal de St-Michel)
- Canada police ‘can search phones’ after arrest (BBC)
- Front commun des villes contre Québec (Le Devoir)
- La vulgarisation scientifique passe à la trappe (Le Devoir)
- Québec renonce à couper (Le Devoir)
- Une gifle pour les employés de l’État (Le Devoir)
- Cinq jours de maladie par année pour les fonctionnaires (La Presse)
- Fonction Publique: Le ciel en récompense (Le Devoir)
- Les libéraux économisent moins que ce qu’ils annonçaient (Le Devoir)
Media, Culture, Entertainment & Society


