Press Review (2012-11-27)

In the last couple of months I've been suffering from intermittent spell of dizziness. I'm not sure exactly what's causing this, but it is quite annoying (particularly this week-end). Strangely it strikes mostly when I am tired, after a long week of work, during my days off (as I am catching up on my sleep). Not much happened this week (however Apple FINALLY announced a date for the new iMacs! I'll soon have a REAL computer to work with -- whatever we say, a Mac-mini and an iPad can't do all the work of a desktop), but there was a lot of interesting stories in the news (I read a lot online this long week-end). As usual, I am sharing the links after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

• Arrietty, Poppy Hill Make Shortlist for Golden Globe Nomination (ANN)
• Akira Movie Concept Art Featuring Kaneda and Cityscapes (GeekTyrant)
• Titles For Miyazaki and Takahata's New Studio Ghibli Films (GeekTyrant)
• Japon: L'obésité illégale au pays des sumos (Canoe)
• Manga the Same Day as Japan For Shonen Jump (ICv2)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

• Apple Releases OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.0 (Mac Rumors)
• iMac: toujours prévu pour le mois de novembre (MacQuébec)
• OS X 10.8.2 Supplemental Update 2.0 fixes botched update (MacNN)
• Rumor: New iMacs to Go On Sale as Early as Tuesday or Wednesday? ( 9to5Mac, Mac Rumors, MacQuébec )
• Official: New iMacs to go on sale Friday November 30th ( Apple, Apple Insider, Electronista, Engadget, MacQuébec, TUAW )

Books, Digital Edition & Library

• La mort de Boris Strougatski laisse la science-fiction russe orpheline (Le Monde)
• Expressive Photos Of Dogs (Business Insider) [I hate dogs, but those are funny pictures. Seriously, in Business Insider ?]
• Political cartoons: Britain's revolutionaries (BBC)
• Print-Web: match nul? (Le Monde)
• Jacques Tardi: "Mon père, ce vaincu" (Le Monde)
• Marion Montaigne, dessine-moi un chercheur (Le Monde)
• Interview: Kim Thuy, Author Of Ru (NPR)
• We must protect and reinvent our local libraries (The Guardian)
• The graphic novel's spectacular rise: from kids' comics to the Costa prize (The Guardian)
• 10 Great Literary Late Bloomers (Flavorwire)
• Two Costa nominations isn't the full picture for comics (The Guardian)
• The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon: review (The Guardian)
• A New Translation of The One Russian Science Fiction Novel You Absolutely Must Read (IO9)
• Goodwill in Brooklyn: On Donating Books to Unexpected Readers (The Millions)
• Graphic Novels That Flew Under The Radar In 2012 (NPR)
• L’ACBD dévoile les finalistes pour son Grand Prix de bande dessinée 2013 (Le Devoir)

Humour

• Bookstore or library?
  
• What are they up to...?
  
• It's a library, honey
  
• For more library humour you can Google “library humor”
• Unshelved (2012/11/24)

Local News & National Politics

• Change in weather should finally disperse the smog over Montreal (The Gazette)
• Wi in Wi-Fi means Widely available (The Gazette)
• Allophones wary of PQ CEGEP plan (The Gazette)
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford ordered removed from office (The Gazette, La Presse)
• Quebec Budget: Finance Minister Nicolas Marceau tightens spending, levies new taxes (The Gazette)
• Le Québec connait un retard numérique (24h)

Media, Culture, & Society

• 4th season of Downton Abbey confirmed (AP)
• PSY's Gangnam Style Tops Bieber's Baby To Become Most Viewed YouTube Video Ever (Forbes)
• Familles homoparentales: des parents clandestins (Le Monde) [La France, un pays que je croyais libéral et ouvert, me déçoit. J'aime cette expression: il y a les familles monoparentales, puis les familles homoparentales!]
• Watchwords: There’s open space in meaning of ‘flat’ (The Gazette)
• Chris Stedman Is A Faitheist: Atheists Involved In Interfaith Dialogue (Huffington Post) [I agree and understand that people are allowed to beleive whatever they want (they're not the enemy) as long as they don't bug me with it]
• Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome Episodes 5 and 6 available! (GeekTyrant, Machinima Prime YouTube Channel)
• Is This Our First Glimpse at the Robots of Pacific Rim? (ScreenCrush)
• 'Play It Again, Sam,' and Again: A Sequel to Casablanca? (WSJ)

Sciences & History

• Curiosity’s New Discovery On Mars Is Said To Be ‘One For The History Books’ (The Inquisitr)
• This Spectacular Sea Tornado Will Shrink Your Gonads (Gizmodo) [Ah! They changed “balls” for “Gonads” to make it not gender specific. I was wondering what would be the effect for female... ;]
• What 'Earth-Shaking' Evidence Did The Mars Rover Curiosity Just Find? (Popular Science) [The suspense is killing us]
• UK spies unable to crack coded message from WWII carrier pigeon (BBC, CNN, WSJ)
• The Pacific island that never was (The Guardian) [if it was not of its size I'd say it sure looks like an aircrafts carrier...]
• Smallpox virus detected in 300-year-old Siberian mummy (LA Times)
• Des tombes de plus de 3000 ans trouvées au Pakistan (La Presse)
• A Point of View: Pompeii's not-so-ancient Roman remains (BBC)
• Le son retrouvé d'une trompe gauloise (Le Monde)
• Curiosity: chronique des 100 jours (Le Monde)
• How do we know the age of the Earth? (USA Today)

Technology, Gadgets & Internet

• How tablets are invading the classroom (Digital Trends)
• Grand Award Winner: Nest Learning Thermostat (Popular Science)
• The House Runs on Autopilot (WSJ)

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