Auteur : Martine

Ennuyante et homog�ne, la Rive-Sud? Vous seriez surpris.

« Il n’y a pas eu ici de ralliement vantant le multiculturalisme ni de parade cherchant le vote ethnique, mais la campagne �lectorale sur la Rive-Sud de Montr�al permet de constater que les formations politiques ont recrut� des candidats venant de plusieurs communaut�s culturelles du Qu�bec. »

Tir� de l’article Mont�r�gie: une image du Qu�bec contemporain, dans la Cyberpresse (dimanche, 15 janvier).

There’s a new season of 24 starting on Sunday and if you need to refresh your memory, I suggest you read the character descriptions on Ken Levine’s blog. I especially liked the way he described Kim:

KIMBERLY � Jack�s annoying daughter. Been kidnapped so many times she now brings her own rope and gag. Can not ride in a car unless she�s in the trunk.

I also got a kick out of the ad (links to a video) that Kiefer Sutherland filmed in Japan, in the style of 24. (Found via Immutably Me)

I just love the way technology literally saved the day in this small Austrian town.

« If we think we’ve got it bad, the people in Rattenberg, Austria are certainly feeling worse. From November through February, their sunlight vanishes entirely behind a mountain. With a S.A.D. epidemic spreading through the town, designers from Bartenbach Lichtlabor were called in to save the day by administering sunlight to the town through a brilliantly engineered system of mirrors. »

Read the full story in Inhabitat.