New post up at Symposium: on regional releases and disrupting international fandoms.

In other words, on those pesky "not available in your location" videos ;)

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BBC: Japan nuclear crisis: Pensioners seek work at Fukushima (3 min)

In this interview, which I can't embed because BBC doesn't allow that, Mr. Yamada Yasuteru explains that he and many other retired volunteers want to help out at the struggling Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to save younger people the risk of radiation accidents with lasting ( Read more... )

Originally published at Academic FFF. You can comment here or there.

Yes, marketing across various media is hardly unusual these days, but this combination sounds particularly fascinating. A dating site? It's not as if I'm going to use it myself -it just sounds like a whole lot of fun. This is good marketing. It's gotten me interested in the product ( Read more... )