Summer Press Review (March-April-May)

If searching for and purchasing a new home was already quite an ordeal, moving into a new place when you have as much stuff as we have was a rather horrible experience! I've already talked a bit about it in a previous entry (in french) and in another focusing more on the reorganization of the office. There are still lots of works to do, but I am quite happy with the new place. Anyway, I am finally back on the blogosphere after five months of absence. During that time I have continued to read and bookmark news items that I found particularly interesting, but I was too busy to share them with you. I am now catching up and correcting this sorry omission...... (at least for the links that are still good; damn it!, newspapers, please keep your articles online at least a few months -- I am talking particularly to you, The Gazette!)

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Plastic fantastic: Women take to model kits with gusto (The Daily Yomiuri)
• Anime & Manga Feel the Effects of Japan Tragedy (ICv2)
• An Introduction to Gekiga, 6970 A.D. (The Comics Journal)
• Arts in Manga (Manga Bookshelf)
• Top 25 Manga Properties of Q4 2010 (ICv2) [Top 10 Shojo, Top 10 Shonen]
• 2010 a Tough Year for Comics (ICv2)
• Robotech eBooks now available! (Robotech.com)
• Manga Café de Montréal: Le O-taku Manga Lounge (Links)
• Toon Boom Animation: à la rescousse des mangas japonais ? (Cyberpresse)
• ElfQuest: A Fan Imagining (link)
• “Kokuhaku” and “Akunin” dominate the 34th Japan Academy Awards (link)
• Tokyopop Closing at the end of May (ICv2)
• Return to Terra Nova with Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear Blitz (Game Trade Mag)
• Imadake: Nippon Pub (Cyberpresse)
• Top 25 Manga Properties: Q1 2011 (ICv2) [Top 10 Shonen, Top 10 Shojo]

iPad 2 !

• iPad 2: Dual Core A5 CPU, FaceTime, Thinner & Lighter (Apple Gazette)
• iPad 2 Report Card: What We Got and What We Didn't (MacLife)
• Early Impressions: iPad 2 Is a Must See for New Tablet Buyers (GigaOM)
• iPad 2: What You Need to Know (GigaOM)
• iPad 2: Everything You Need to Know (Cult Of Mac)
• What's New in Apple's iPad 2 (Popular Science)
• Apple dévoile une nouvelle génération d'iPad (Cyberpresse)
• Analysts laud Apple’s iPad 2, see tablet dominance maintained (Gazette)
• Faut-il acheter l’iPad 2 ? (Le Monde)
• L'iPad 2 débarque dans les magasins américains (Cyberpresse)
• iPad 2 is even better than the original (USA Today)
• Les iPad et iPad 2 dominent le test des tablettes du Consumer Reports (Cyberpresse)
• Comment tester votre nouvel iPad 2 en cinq applications (Cyberpresse)
• iPad 2 will make you say 'wow' (Gazette)
• Apple fans queue overnight to beat iPad shortages (Gazette)
• iPad 2: les stocks sont limités (Cyberpresse)
• Belkin folio cases: iPad 2 case roundup (CNET)
• Review: iPad2 (Gazette)
• Ultimate iPad 2 case roundup (CNET)

Apple & other iPad news

• BBC's global iPlayer iPad app to cost less than $10 a month (The Guardian)
• The iBookstore gets Random House books (TUAW)
• Apple Introduces GarageBand, iMovie and Photo Booth for iPad (GigaOM)
• Apple Announces iOS 4.3 Coming on March 11 (MacLife)
• iOS 4.3 Available March 11, Brings New Features (GigaOM)
• France: «bagarre terrible» entre journaux, magazines et Apple sur l'iPad (Cyberpresse)
• MagicPlan: an app to make floor plans (Apps Store)
• Walt Mossberg reviews iPad apps that play TV shows (All Things D)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• Les prix Bédélys dévoilent leurs nominations (Le Devoir)
• Les bibliothèques de quartier relèvent la tête (Cyberpresse)
• Nouvelles bibliothèques: «marquer le paysage» (Cyberpresse)
• Library Cards on Smartphones, the Next Wave in Customer Service (Library Journal) [note: I tried it and the scanners of the BPM cannot read a barcode on an iPod or iPad screen]
• Publisher starts annual e-book licensing for libraries, attempts blood extraction from stone (Engadget)
• La littérature jeunesse et les médias (Cyberpresse) [ texte original de Yves Nadon dans Voir : “J’accuse presque…” ]
• Érudit: un entrepôt numérique pour promouvoir et diffuser la recherche (Lien)
• Biblio-Blog: Les lectures de Marguerite (Lien)
• Biblio-Blog: La bibliothèque d'Allie (Lien)
• Le solde de livres 2011 du Réseau des bibliothèques publiques de Montréal (Lien)
• Al Gore Invents a Showpiece E-Book (NYT)
• Borders Might Close (ICv2)
• Plus de 3 millions de livres gratuits sur Google eBooks (Cyberpresse)
• Les grands journaux ne redoutent pas internet (Cyberpresse)
• The Death of Magazines on geek culture (ICv2)

Economy, Environment & International Politics

• Dossier séisme majeur au Japon (Cyberpresse)
• Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Canada.com)
• In Fuel-Cooling Pools, a Danger for the Longer Term (NYT)
• Evangelion's NERV-style real-time Tokyo power supply monitoring (Kotaku)

Health, home & garden

• Expanding your herb garden (Gazette)

Humour

• Non Sequitur (2011/03/29) [ GoComics.com / image ]

Local News & National Politics

• La majorité des Québécois peinent à épargner (Cyberpresse)
• Distribution gratuite de compost ce week-end à Montréal (Métro Montréal)
• La station Villa-Maria fermée pendant l’été (Métro Montréal)
• Les cols blancs de Montréal insatisfaits du règlement sur l’équité salariale (Métro Montréal)
• Target unveils Canadian stores (Gazette)

Media, Culture & Society

• 'Game of Thrones' Draws 4.2 Million (ICv2)
• George Lucas says he has 50 hours worth of 'Star Wars' live-action TV series shot (NYP)

Sciences & History

• Science as seen on screen, part IV: Nature YouTube Video Vote (Blogs Nature)
• Neanderthals older than thought (Gazette)
• Dix-sept pyramides découvertes en Égypte (Cyberpresse)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• Panneaux solaires en kit- ça existe! (Cyberpresse)
• Le répertoire des blogues et blogs québécois! (Lien)
• YouTube se lance dans la diffusion en direct (Cyberpresse)
• Révolution dans les transactions bancaires grâce aux téléphones intelligents (Cyberpresse)

See also the “Suggested Links (Shared Items)” in the column on the right side