Clodjee's Safe-House: Press Review (2013-01-15)

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Press Review (2013-01-15)

In the last couple of weeks I've spent much of my free time working on finishing the kitchen/bar-type counter in the back of my office (completing the base, installing the counter itself, the sink, and connecting the plumbing). It now looks pretty good, but it still need some finishing touch (finishing panels and doors). I've also installed a few more softwares in my new iMac and cloned its hard-drive for an extra safety (I use and trust Time Machine but you never know...). However, I am starting to experience problems with the Mac Mini so I might have to reinstall the OS on that one too. I still had time to read some news online and, as usual, you'll find the links after the jump:

Anime & Manga related, Japan, Popular Culture

Top 500 Graphic Novels in 2012 (ICv2)
Claude Gagnon lance Karakara au Japon (La Presse)
Ghost in the Shell Arise Anime to Launch in 2013 (ANN)
Live-Action/Anime Film Director Nagisa Oshima Passes Away (ANN)
Top 300 Graphic Novels for December 2012 (ICv2)
Image Dominates Bookstore Top 20 (ICv2)

Apple, apps and mobile devices news

Apple iMac Review (CNET)
Explore one of the great art galleries with Uffizi Touch (TUAW)
iBook Lessons: Childrens picture books (TUAW)
Fusion Drive s'étend maintenant à tous les iMac (MacQuébec) [Damn Apple! J'ai donc acheté le modèle “hight-end” pour rien! Si j'avais attendu j'aurais sauvé de l'argent]
Apple's Fusion Drive now available on new entry-level 21.5" iMac orders (Apple Insider)
iBook Lessons: Hardback-only Memory of Light release frustrates would-be epurchasers (TUAW)
Skype updates Mac app with click to call in Safari and revamps user profile view (The Next Web)
Why China loves Apple (CNN)

Books, Digital Edition & Library

Des livres pour les ados (La Presse)
Neonomicon Removed from Library; Exec Director Over-ruled Committee (ICv2)
2013, l’année de la bande dessinée en ligne (Le Devoir - abonnement requis)
Burquette, un webcomic québécois par Francis Desharnais (lien)
La presse imprimée, à l'article de la mort ? (Le Monde)
America's first bookless public library will look 'like an Apple Store' (The Verge)
Are The Days Of The $14.99 Ebook Numbered? (Forbes)

Economy, Environment & International/U.S. Politics

Près de la moitié de la nourriture mondiale gaspillée, dit un rapport (Radio Canada)

Health, home & garden

Most of US gripped by flu outbreak (BBC)
La chaussette, arme antiverglas (Le Monde)
Deaths increase, misery mounts as flu sweeps nation (USA Today)
Blood pressure drugs used with common painkillers can increase risk of serious kidney problems: study (The Gazette)
Why the Flu Is So Dangerous This Year, and Why It Could Get Worse (Forbes)

Humor

Dungeon Sweet Dungeon: Home is where the heart gets sacrificed, by [Jean Carrières &] Normand Bilodeau aka Henbe (link)
Get Stuffed!: The Everyday Story of a Videogame Heroine Trying to Make it in a World of Puppets, by Lucien Soulban & Ghislain Barbe (link)