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Frans Mäyrä
Digital humanism in play
Professor of interactive media, digital culture and game studies in the University of Tampere, Finland. A fan of new media, old ideas, science fiction and fantasy.
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Now, the news:- The White House Says You Can Use the Metric System If You Want ToWhen we saw a 'We the People' petition to the White House to make the US move to the metric system, we listed very sensible reasons why the US should listen: The imperial system is archaic, irrelevant, doesn't scale easily and to be honest, there are just too many damn units to keep track of. Well, the White House listened and is going to do.. […]
- Jääkiekkotuloksia NHL:n pudotuspeleistäNHL:n pudotuspelien 2. kierros (neljällä voitolla välieriin ja lohkon finaaliin)Itälohko:Pittsburgh–Ottawa 6–2 (1–0, 3–1, 2–1)Pittsburgh jatkoon voitoin 4–1.
- Bittiraha viranomaisten syynissä - huolenaiheena veronkierto, musta pörssi ja järjestäytynyt rikollisuusMusta pörssi, heilahteleva kurssi ja epäluotettavat vaihtopörssit tekevät bittirahasta riskialttiin valuutan, joka aiheuttaa päänvaivaa finanssialaa valvoville viranomaisille. Isossa-Britanniassa joukko veroviranomaisia, poliiseja ja tiedustelupalvelun agentteja kokoontui maanantaina Lontooseen puhumaan digitaalisen valuutan tulevaisuudesta.
- Eri puolilla Ruotsia poltettiin taas autoja - Husbyssa grillattiin makkaraaMellakoiden pääpaikkana viitenä yönä toimineessa Husbyssa on rauhallista. Muutamassa muussa Tukholman kaupunginosassa sekä ainakin kahdessa muussa kaupungissa on sytytetty useita autoja tuleen ja heitelty viranomaisia kivillä.
- Norjan tulvista jo yli 20 miljoonan euron tuhotTulvivien järvien vedenpinnan pelätään nousevan vielä jopa metrin.
- Tutkimus: Saippuaoopperoiden hahmoilla on huonot elämäntavatLiverpoolin yliopiston seurannassa muun muassa Emmerdalen hahmojen todettiin viettävän liikaa aikaa pubissa, välttelevän liikuntaa ja syövän epäterveellisesti.
- How Many of These Viral YouTube Videos Did You Watch?For YouTube's comedy week, Dane Boe created this music video 'We Didn't Star the Viral' (riffing off Billy Joel's We Didn't Star the Fire) that recaps pretty much all the viral videos that became infamous on YouTube over the last 8 years. You know the usual suspects: Keyboard cat, Star Wars kid, evolution of dance, Charlie bit m […]
- The Destruction of the Oklahoma Tornado As Seen by Google MapsThis is beyond sad. If you've been keeping up with the tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma, you probably saw the destruction it left behind. It looked like a movie set war zone or the aftermath of the apocalypse. But it was real. Google released satellite imagery showing what the destruction looked like from above. It's not pretty. Google's C […]
- Tiikeri raateli eläintarhan työntekijän Britanniassa24-vuotias nainen sai vakavat vammat päähänsä ja niskaansa, ja kuoli myöhemmin sairaalassa. Eläintarhan asiakkaat eivät olleet vaarassa.
- Watch Four Clips of Arrested Development Before It Hits NetflixIf you're busy this weekend with trips to the beach and delicious barbecues and drinks with umbrellas in them, I feel bad for you. Memorial Day 2013 is not about enjoying the weather or spending time outdoors or kicking off Summer, nope, it's about having a day off so you can watch the new season of Arrested Development on Netflix. Netflix just put […]
- The White House Says You Can Use the Metric System If You Want To
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- Proclaimed this as the first ludo-narratologist conference at the closing session. #NMVW is over! 2 days ago
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