Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The Tuesday Sundries - Strange Eats


Over on the National Geographic YouTube channel. they asked some of their explorers, "What’s the Strangest Food You’ve Eaten?"  Enjoy.



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Monday, November 10, 2014

RPG Media Monday - While Children Sleep, Heraldic Books, & Byzantine Art

Over on Vimeo, check out the wonderful short film titled "Mean Teddies" from Tyler Novo here.


Also, over on the Heraldry of the World website, check out the section on Heraldic Books here.


Also, the Medievalsits.net website reminds us that there is a "Byzantine art exhibition now open in Chicago."  Learn more here.


What can be gleaned from Media
and used in our tabletop RPGing?
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Setting & Society Sunday - Nordic Language Differences, Linguistic Family Tree, & Iceland’s Medieval Affairs

Over on Stand Still, Stay Silent, AKA sssscomic.com, there is a cool comic-infographic on the differences in the Nordic languages.  See more here.


Also, I should give some credit to my discovery of that previous entry since MentalFloss.com had a recent article asking all to "Feast Your Eyes on This Beautiful Linguistic Family Tree" which is another wonderful image from Stay Still, Keep Silent with a language subject.  See more here.


Finally, let's bring this back around to "Iceland’s external affairs in the Middle Ages: The shelter of Norwegian sea power" thanks to the Medievalists.net here.


Looking closer at Setting and Society
as a part of what is presented by GMs.
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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Saturday in Space - ISS 18K MPH, More Mars Up Close, & Space Detectives

Over on the insideISS YouTube channel, there is a recently uploaded video showing us how "NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman takes us from the very back of the International Space Station to the front at 18,000 M.P.H. Reid traveled almost 450 miles around the Earth in the 90 seconds it took him to float about 200 feet from one end to the other."  Enjoy.



Also, two more parts (three and four) of the Mars Up Close videos have been added to the National Geographic YouTube channel videos.  Enjoy.




Finally, Gizmodo proclaims that "Space Detective Is Now a Job That Exists."  Learn more here.


As a bit of a bonus, keep your eyes out for more information as "Rosetta Races Toward Comet Touchdown" in NASA's probe mission.  Read more here.


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Friday, November 7, 2014

Flora & Fauna Friday - Dolphin Language, Rhododendron Rescue, & T-Rex Terror

Over on the discovermagazine.com website, they recently explained that "Killer whales can learn to 'speak dolphin.'"  Read more here.


BBC News is reported about a "Rhododendron rescue: Couple 'trapped' in dense forest on Irish mountainside."  Find out more here.


Finally, the Geology page recently described how a "Colossal New Predatory Dino Terrorized Early Tyrannosaurs."  Learn more here.


Examining animals, plants, and the
environments we use for our tabletop RPGing.
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Historical Thursday - Witch Marks, Martel's Year, & Assyrian Collapse

Over on The Guardian website, they explain how "Witch marks fit for a king beguile archaeologists at Knole."  Read more here.


Over on the Medievalists.net, they share a paper on "716: A Crucial Year For Charles Martel."  Read more here.


Finally, on the Phys.org website, they proffer that "Population boom, droughts contributed to collapse of ancient Assyrian Empire."  Learn more here.


Sifting through History to
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Worldbuilding Wednesday - Teotihuacan Tunnel Treasures

Word has been spreading about the magnificent finds, somewhere upwards of 50, 000 objects.  Read more here and here and enjoy the video below from the Vefpressan Pressan Bleikt Eyjan YouTube channel.



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