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Près de deux ans se seront écoulés depuis la fin
d’Inri, deuxième volet du Triangle
secret, avec la publication en mars prochain du premier tome des
Gardiens du sang, troisième cycle – ou
saison, c’est la mode – de la saga ésotérique conduite
par Didier Convard. Denis Falque sera chargé de la
plupart des dessins sur un tome qui se passera essentiellement de nos jours, avec
l’assassinat d’une huile du Vatican par un mystérieux tueur au service de la
foi.
Sans même entrer
dans le vif du sujet, Bottomless Belly Button, roman graphique de
Dash Shaw, en impose par
ses mensurations : 720 pages, un dos de 5,5 cm sur lequel on trouve une foultitude d’infos,
bref, une sacrée bête. Acclamé meilleure bande dessinée
indépendante de l’année aux USA, le pavé édité par
Fantagraphics arrive aux
éditions Çà et là pour 30 €, un an
après la sortie du tout aussi imposant Château l’Attente.
Mais rien à voir ici avec de la fantasy médiévale, Bottomless Belly
Button flirte du côté de la chronique sociale iconoclaste à
travers les aventures de la famille Loony, qu’on croirait presque sortie d’un film de
Wes Anderson, genre Famille Tenenbaum. Il faut dire qu’après 40 ans
de mariage, les parents Loony annoncent leur divorce, et réunissent tout le monde dans la
maison familiale. Fantaisie parmi d’autres, Peter, le cadet de la famille, apparaît
la quasi-totalité du bouquin sous les traits d’une grenouille –
même s’il nous a fallu un quart du livre pour comprendre que ses narines
n’étaient pas ses yeux ! –, en écho à sa position
de loser que ce soit sur le plan professionnel ou sentimental. Lui, comme les autres, va vivre un
séjour riche en rebondissements tapant au cÅ“ur de ses complexes. À la
fin, tous les personnages auront évolué de façon perceptible.
Varié et hétéroclite, tant sur les thèmes que sur le plan visuel,
avec des mises en pages éclatées pour rythmer les différentes parties et de
nombreux jeux graphiques avec des onomatopées d’ambiances “musique à
fond” et de mouvements “emmêle”, les 720 pages se lisent d’une
traite. Pourtant, Bottomless Belly Button aura du mal à
séduire ceux pour qui les histoires qui mènent en voyage dans la psyché des
personnages ne font ni chaud ni froid. Reste qu’en la matière, grâce à
ses trouvailles graphiques et à sa façon de traiter de façon simple les
choses complexes, le roman graphique de Dash Shaw est ce qui s’est fait de mieux cette
année !
MSDN Blogs: You
asked for it: instant cashback! — When we asked users about the
improvements they'd like us make to Live Search cashback, many said they want to receive cashback
instantly instead of waiting for 60 days. Well, I'm happy to announce that we've just
released the Instant cashback feature with eBay.
Second-quarter revenue will be far lower than analysts had expected as sales of Treos continue to
dwindle without Palms next-generation operating system.
Apple is opening up access to its Mini DisplayPort standard, according to an announcement. Though
Apple did not develop DisplayPort proper, the company has created a more compact version of the
technology to accompany its new unibody MacBooks, as well as the revised 24-inch Cinema Display.
Hardware makers looking to build peripherals compatible with the standard -- most likely
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Apple a ‘bright spot’ during lackluster Black Friday kick-off
— Although this year's holiday shopping season is expected to present challenges for
many consumer-oriented hardware companies, Apple is already showing signs of bucking the trend
with Black Friday Mac sales reported to be better than expected.
a href="http://adage.com/mediaworks/article.php?article_id=132921"/aNEW YORK (AdAge.com) --
Newspaper ad revenue fell almost $2 billion in the third quarter for a record 18.1% decline,
according to new statistics from the Newspaper Association of America. What#039;s worse,
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Blog of Helios: "Welcome to the first annual HeliOS Project Christmas Raffle. We
have found that people are most inclined to support an effort when we do things like this. What a
great way to support a project that both aids the Linux Community and the greater community as a
whole."
Some researchers at Microsoft have been a
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cyberchondria/a, the phenomenon of people searching the web for medical info, then concluding
they've got some horrible disease or affliction. They conclude that "Web search engines have the
potential to escalate medical concerns." That seems like something a
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researchers suggest one potential way to deal with the issue would be to teach search engines to
recognize when they're being used as a medical diagnostic tool, and get them to respond with
something other than pages about brain tumors, rare diseases and other worst-case-scenario
maladies. One suggestion is a list of possible issues related to the symptom a user searches for,
ranked in order of likelihood. That sounds fine, except, is that really all that different than the
situation today? If a susceptible user searches for the cause of a headache, and something like a
brain tumor gets mentioned, whether in passing or at the bottom of a ranked list, won't they fixate
on it or some other serious condition? While online health information could certainly be made more
useful, trying to change it so as to carve out cyberchondria seems pretty pointless, as the
hypochondriacs will simply find another source to feed their anxiety.p style="border-top: 1px
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It's a thorny dilemma, both legally and morally -- fittingly, the kind of story that, were it
turned into a movie, might win a couple Oscars itself. The question is this: Does the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have the legal right to buy back an Oscar winner's statuette if he
or she (or his or her heirs) decides to get rid of it? What if the Oscar winner wants to sell it at
auction and donate the money to charity? Can the Academy in good conscience demand return of the
statuette and deprive the charity of those funds? See? Thorny!
For Academy Award winners since 1950, the legalities are fairly uncomplicated. The minute you win
the sucker, you have to sign a contract saying that if you or your heirs ever decide you don't want
the trophy anymore, the Academy has the right to buy it back for $10. That's the Academy's way of
preventing the devaluation of the statuette. If any old schmo with a few hundred thousand dollars
could "win" an Oscar at Jack Nicholson's garage sale, the prize would lose all meaning. As it is,
of course, winning an Oscar is the single greatest achievement that a human being can ever hope to
accomplish -- and the Academy wants to keep it that way.
The issue that's
about to go before a Los Angeles judge and jury is what should happen to the best actress Oscar
that Mary Pickford won for 1929's Coquette. (That's Pickford and the troublesome
trophy in the picture.) The Academy didn't have the first-dibs rule back then -- but when Pickford
won an honorary Oscar in 1976, she signed the agreement, and the Academy says that contract was
retroactive to include her earlier trophy, too.
Here's an lecture by acoustic archaeologist Paul
Devereux detailing some of his research into the sound made by the rocks of ancient
cave-dwellings. Interesting info - I wasn't aware of the sonic potential of "rock on rock"
percussion.
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text into Frengly, hit translate, and let Frengly take care of the rest. Frengly actually plugs
into the Google Translate API to both detect the language and to translate the text, so you may
wonder: Why use Frengly? Ultimately it's about speed and ease of use. Google Translate requires you
to choose the auto-detect option every time you head to the page, which means you lose a step in
what should be a feature that shaves a step off translation. Likewise, it's easier to select your
destination language once from one of the many buttons rather than dig through the drop-down menu.
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Black Friday horror stories are inevitable, but nothing can compare to the trampling death of a 34
year old Walmart employee. But who is really to blame? Let us knowmdash;and feel free to vent.
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The iPhone has never seemed a likely contender as a smart phone for the blind (it's certainly not
designed for touch typing), which makes this case by designer Bruno Fosi all the more impressive.
The Silicon Touch covers the phone's screen and features a selection of bas-relief buttons that
correspond to menu items in a custom app, allowing those with diminished sight access to all the
phone's functions, including multi-touch and finger flick scrolling. Right now it's just a concept,
but we're hoping to see this one become a reality sooner rather than later.
MySpace is not known for good design. Its garish profiles make designers nauseous. And yet,
there are signs of hope: we’ve tracked down 50 MySpace music layouts that are quite
remarkable. Stylish. Stunningly well-conceived. Beautiful, even.
Could it be that MySpace profiles aren’t all bad? You be the judge.
A Fine Frenzy -
This artist has been high in the charts for quite some time, and her page, courtesy of BandSpaces.com, happened to
make it as the first in our musical roundup. As you can see, it’s no wonder why.
Joss Stone -
It’s all about placement and graphics. One glance down the artist’s page and
it’s clear that the standard layout can be warped with some nice colorful touches. This
page is a winner.
Shine - You can
keep your page looking segmented if you like, but it doesn’t have to be boring. Sweep the
page with images and buttons in the right places and you’ve got yourself a rockin’
MySpace destination.
MyNameIsAugust - Delivered by OutLoudMarketing, the page for August
looks fairly ordinary in comparison with the items above, but it still manages to please.
Valerie
Nicole - Tidy and neat, this isn’t as in-your-face as some of the others, but
it’s still a sight for sore eyes - of which there are plenty across the wide world of
MySpace.
Underhills
- Though the silver-colored music player does feel a little clunky amid the wallpaper, the
complete ensemble is nothing short of fantastic. It’s one of those pages bound to elicit an
“I wish that had been mine” kind of critique from visitors.
Airlines -
Let’s face it. Good promotional media from bands can mean great publicity. (Books are
judged by their covers, in other words.) Which is why the MySpace page for The Airlines, another
invention of BandSpaces, lands on this list. It gives the visitor a clear impression that they
can make equally kick-ass without breaking the bank.
Lady
Sovereign - I’ve been somewhat familiar with Lady Sovereign’s songbook
for several seasons now, and the sharp color contrast of her MySpace page is befitting of the
musical experience she delivers. Very billboard-esque, this one is.
Stereo
Transmitted Disease - If you want to take things a little musica obscura in terms of
your band name and bio and things, the page assembled for STD sets a good example. It’s a
kind of hodgepodge, wrapped into an easily digestible square.
Man Like
Machine - Lots of white space but still fun and playful, Man Like Machine is a music
page, but gets marked in the Just Plain Pretty category just the same.
We Are Tokyo -
This design is white and red in a way reminiscent of staple colors commanded by The White
Stripes. Which is fine by us, because We Are Tokyo pull it off quite well.
Mia Sable - This
is a winner in so many ways. Done up with just the right amount of glitz and glamour to make it
stand out from the crowd, Mia Sable’s MySpace page is nothing short of fantastic. If this
doesn’t make you envious, few others will.
The Academy Is
- Having your band name plastered across nearly the full top fold of your MySpace page may not
such a bad thing, so long as everything else looks proper. And it does!
Censura - Put your
name and music front and center and leave the rest for window dressing. This one is not only
beautiful. The geography of it makes it worthwhile to emulate.
The Midway
State - Another boxy beaut, the page for The Midway State is impressive for its
elegant design and its translucent features.
Race the Sun -
This one’s simply a gem to look at. Loading the page takes some time, and some things make
seem out of place, but heck if this isn’t one of the most image-enhanced pages on the
network.
Cambria
Detken - An extraordinary piece of work, the profile for Cambria Detken is one of
the best. It makes good use of white space like and wraps it up in butterflies and flowers with
plenty of green to go around.
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and reject those that you are not interested in
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MySpace is not known for good design. Its garish profiles make designers nauseous. And yet,
there are signs of hope: we’ve tracked down 50 MySpace music layouts that are quite
remarkable. Stylish. Stunningly well-conceived. Beautiful, even.
