The Planet

There's a regularly updates list of itch.io game jams that accept physical games like Tabletop RPGs.
https://physicalgamejams.com/
I have no managed to contribute to any one I was interested in joining so far...

a) Space shuttle tires were pressurised so much that if they did not explode on landing, they were a serious hazard when they finally exploded. b) To make these tires explode in a controlled fashion, NASA mounted a camera and the main part of a power drill on the chassis of a remote controlled model...

I did a bit of searching on German websites. The two common varieties of paprika you can get probably anywhere that sells spices are sweet and spicy, with sweet clocking in at 0-10 scoville and spicy at 100-500. (What people call "spicy" differs widely by frame of reference :D) The differe...

Bell peppers are only about 100 years old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pepper " The mild bell pepper cultivar was developed in the 1920s, in Szeged, Hungary.", citing as source Sasvari, Joanne (2005). Paprika: A Spicy Memoir from Hungary. Toronto, ON: CanWest Books. p. 202. ISBN 978...

Bell peppers are only about 100 years old.

Thes are cultivars of the same species as cayenne and jalapeños.

Pokemon Sleep. Which is probably not a good idea because it's clearly designed to encourage spending money on items. But cute!

Today I learned that intertidal trapdoor spiders exist. That is spiders who live in holes in the ground below low tide and high tide waterlines. https://www.tumblr.com/onenicebugperday/731457173646868480/idioctis-parilarilao-a-new-species-of-intertidal https://bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arac...

TIL that Alice Cooper thinks of himself as a muppet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utGJi5Fxg2M

Dry ice attracts ticks (photos of many ticks at link, but no closeups) https://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/684918181285052416/camping-psa-dry-ice-attracts-ticks I mean, it makes sense if you know blood-sucking insects tend to be attracted by CO2 because their targets breathe it out, and dry ice is soli...

ahhh yay! I'm so curious to hear how your run goes! Also how / if you are organising your plants! I've done 4 days so far, and I nearly lost my mind twice :D If your despair? despreration? the bad meter fills up, your mind shatters, and you have to solve a little puzzle to be allowed another go. Th...