January was a very cold and depressing month. Actually, document.write(“”); the most depressing day of the year, called Blue Monday, was on January 20th… I didn’t do much and nothing exciting happened. I kept reading the news nevertheless and here’s a few news worthy of interest after the jump:
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Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture
- Kadokawa Buys Barefoot Gen’s Publisher Choubunsha (ANN)
- Please keep Stan Sakai and his family in your thoughts (The Beat)
- Japan’s royal family pose for unusual New Year photo (The Telegraph)
- Top 1000 Graphic Novels in 2013 (ICv2)
- ‘Sailor Moon’ Reboot (ICv2)
- Tezuka Signs with Cross Media (ICv2)
Apple, apps and mobile devices news
- 15 Must-have iPad accessories (pictures) (CNET)
- GoodReader for iOS 7 brings a revamped UI, more PDF tools and a new audio player (The Next Web)
- Olloclip Agonized Over Bringing Out An iPad Lens, But Here It Is [CES 2014] (Cult of Mac)
- Why Apple didn’t buy Nest (TUAW)
Books, Digital Edition & Libraries
- Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane named 2013 Book of the Year (BBC)
- Burn Bras, Not Books: The Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society (Link) [Definitely NSFW!]
- Read to Win the War: 13 Vintage Posters Promoting American Libraries (Gizmodo)
- Authors Guild appeals decision in Google Books copyright suit (CNET)
- Neil Gaiman: Why our future depends on libraries, reading and daydreaming (The Guardian)
- Une bibliothèque en self-service ouverte 24/24 (IDboox)
- Scores Of Books Burned In Lebanese Library Torching (NPR)
- Lebanese Library Torched (Time)
- Library closure plans scrutinised as council cuts bite (BBC)
- Publishers’ E-Commerce Site Sold (ICv2)
- Digital Comics Round-Up (ICv2)
- Caresser le minou en bibliothèque: une réalité (ActuaLitté)
- Digital Comics in Libraries: The Next Frontier (ICv2)
- Aki Shimazaki: Connaissez-vous cette écrivaine Japonaise qui vit et enseigne maintenant au Québec? (Wikipedia)
Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics
- Piranha Attack Swimmers, Bite Off Girl’s Finger (ABC)
- What Is This “Polar Vortex” That Is Freezing the U.S.? (Scientific American)
- New York Passes “Beard Law” (ColLive) [U.S. going in opposite direction than Quebec?!]
- Twitter storm in Russia over Sochi Olympics twin toilet (BBC)
- Pentagon Relaxes Uniform Rules To Allow Religious Headgear (NPR) [Or is it Quebec going in the opposite direction than U.S.?!]
- The U.S. Has a Social Mobility Problem, But Not the One You Think (The Atlantic)
Health, home & garden
- Cell-phones’ link to health problems debated (SFGate)
- Cholesterol levels linked to early signs of Alzheimer’s in brain (NBC)
- Vitamin E Might Help Slow Alzheimer’s Early On (NPR)
- Green tea ‘can impede nadolol blood pressure medicine’ (BBC)
- Biceps Curls And Down Dogs May Help Lower Diabetes Risk (NPR)
- New 15-Minute At-Home Test May Detect Alzheimer’s, Goes Viral (Forbes)
- FDA Asks Doctors To Stop Prescribing High-Dose Acetaminophen (NPR)
- Are you a lark or an owl? (BBC)
- Watch Music Bring Back Memories for Alzheimer’s Patients (The Atlantic)
- Infiltrations d’eau: peut-on agir au printemps? (La Presse)
- Quand faut-il remplacer son chauffe-eau? (La Presse)
- Que faire avec un tuyau gelé? (La Presse)
Local News & National Politics
- Les jeunes Français «kiffent» le Québec (Métro)
- Le Conseil du statut de la femme se range dans le camp pro-charte (Le Devoir)
- Sale temps pour les syndicats (La Presse/PressDisplay)
- Did you know that Tim Horton, the founder of the coffee shop, was a hockey player? (Wikipedia)
Media, Culture, Entertainment & Society
- City councilman epically resigns with a letter written in Klingon (Gizmodo)
- Chinese film mogul Run Run Shaw dies at 106 (LA Times)
- Matthew Macfayden hints at Ripper Street return (BBC)
- Complete list of Oscar nominations (SFGate)
- Et les finalistes sont… (Le Devoir)
- After ABC’s cord-cutting block, pirate downloads shoots up 300% (GigaOM)
- Your Right to Record Movies Off TV Came 30 Years Ago Today (Gizmodo)
- Heavy Metal magazine getting rebooted with a focus on film and TV (The Verge)
- Tarkovsky Films Now Free Online (Open Culture)
- Cat Gif Page !! (Link)
Sciences & History
- Evidence For Ancient Peruvian Brain Surgeons Unearthed (Archaeology Magazine)
- Historic Spy Satellite Images Reveal Roman Fortifications (Archaeology Magazine)
- How Corpses Helped Shape the London Underground (Gizmodo)
- Why Strange Lights Sometimes Precede Earthquakes (Popular Science)
- Anglesey beach find could be whale ambergris (BBC)
- The ballad of the Romanian shepherd (BBC)
- Few asteroids are worth mining, suggests Harvard study (BBC)
- Scientists Find Remains of Alfred The Great Or King Edward The Elder (The Daily Beast)
- Animation brings classical paintings to stunning life (CNET)
- Is our Sun falling silent? (BBC)
- Japan WWII soldier who refused to surrender, dies (BBC)
- Lightning struck Rio’s Jesus Christ statue and broke off his fingers (Gizmodo)
- Astronomers Get First Glimpse of Cosmic Web (National Geographic)
- Rosetta comet-chaser phones home (BBC)
- What caused a 10-year winter starting in 536? (IO9)
- New Discoveries Bring New Hope for the Possibility of Alien Life (The Wire)
- Byzantine-era church uncovered in Israel (Fox)
- Archaeologists find remains of previously unknown pharaoh in Egypt (The Guardian)
- 4,000-year-old erotica from Mesopotamia (Archaeology News Network)
- Hypnotique: quand les plus belles peintures prennent vie (Nouvel Observateur)
- 10-Year Winter Began in 536 AD, Could It Happen Again? (The Epoch Time)
- How did the Egyptian pharaoh stay undiscovered for so long? (The Guardian)
- Year in digs: How 2013 looked in archaeology (BBC)
- Opportunity rover finds fresh signs that ancient Mars was life-friendly (NBC)
- Genetically-modified purple tomatoes heading for shops (BBC)
- No Black Holes Exist, Says Stephen Hawking; At Least Not Like We Think (National Geographic)
- Scientists find ancient plague DNA in teeth (AP)
Technology, Gadgets & Internet
- Pebble-Shaped Bluetooth Thermometer Is Happy To Live Outside (Métro)
- Google Glass accessories on the way: Shades, shields, earbuds (CNET)
- Lumen TL800 LED Smart Bulb Bluetooth RGB LED lightbulb review (AppleTell)
- First look at Resound Linx, the world’s first MFi Bluetooth LE hearing aid launching this quarter (9 to 5 Mac)
- Google buys Nest, former Apple exec speaks with the Verge on the purchase (TUAW)
- More than 750,000 spam emails sent from fridges and TVs (The Telegraph)
- Spark.io Hackers Make An Open-Source Nest Thermostat (TechCrunch)
- How smartphones can cut heating bills by a quarter (BBC)
Union stuff & Montreal’s libraries
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“À peine arrivé à l’université de Pise, Angelo s’attire les foudres du fils de son protecteur, Giovanni de Médicis. Ignorant des usages du monde, le jeune homme commet bévue sur bévue et manque même de déclencher une rixe entre cercles d’étudiants… Le soir même, des inconnus masqués embusqués dans une ruelle tentent de le poignarder !”










