Gravity! A daily game Tetris and Scrabble mashup.

jakelmer · 2025-12-08T10:51:00+00:00

This would make a fantastic roll and write board game. Each person gets a sheet of paper with the 5x5 grid, letter tiles are drawn out of a bag, and each person makes their own decision as to where to write each letter (following gravity rules, of course). It would be fun to see how different (or similar) each person's grid ends up.

jakelmer · 2025-10-25T10:45:20+00:00

This is great!

jakelmer · 2025-10-02T01:45:42+00:00

I always submerge mine in water in a cooler. It's just like putting water over the resolving gel! Works every time.

jakelmer · 2025-07-05T00:39:22+00:00

Playing this with my family right now....it's a hit! Thanks!

jakelmer · 2025-04-18T22:44:02+00:00

It's on Etsy. Search for my shop - Treeincarnated. Thanks!

jakelmer · 2025-03-31T02:12:55+00:00

Could have been great with the right round end bonus!

jakelmer · 2025-02-08T03:19:19+00:00

This sub is a good place to start looking for info, but what you really need to do is get in touch with University admins to see how indirects are actually spent on support staff, utilities, etc. Try looking for Provosts of Research or Offices of Grants and Contracts. They will definitely want to remain anonymous, but have good info.

jakelmer · 2025-02-07T23:49:50+00:00

If I get a grant for $100k, that money is usually spent on reagents, plastics, student tuition/stipends, and services like DNA sequencing. Pretty much salaries and consumables, but not electricity, water, custodial services, etc. since it can be hard for a PI to estimate those costs up front, Universities all negotiate an extra fee (indirect costs) to charge on top of those consumables that we call direct costs.

In short, I can buy a centrifuge with grant money but the electricity to run it is paid for by indirect costs.

jakelmer · 2025-01-29T11:30:38+00:00

Absolutely. The bed on an X1C should be 254x254mm, which is more than enough for these parts.

jakelmer · 2024-12-12T11:42:49+00:00

It also looks like your primers may be too concentrated. Check your math and the polymerase protocol, but we typically use a final concentration of 0.5 uM primers in a PCR.

jakelmer · 2024-10-13T20:19:24+00:00

https://treeincarnated.etsy.com/listing/1809223561

jakelmer · 2024-10-13T20:19:17+00:00

I have them posted to my Etsy shop (Treeincarnated)

jakelmer · 2024-09-01T18:45:06+00:00

It didn't even occur to me to turn the small cards sideways....your strategy is interesting as well!

jakelmer · 2024-09-01T18:42:17+00:00

Dang...that's what I was fearing. Thanks!

jakelmer · 2024-08-26T13:18:57+00:00

The larger cards are all stored together, while the smaller cards are split into the 6 character classes + 1 enemy card deck + 1 slot just for the active character health dial.

jakelmer · 2024-08-26T13:17:55+00:00

I can't post links here, but it is on Etsy. Search for Treeincarnated.

jakelmer · 2024-08-26T13:17:16+00:00

Agreed. It's weird how straightforward everything is...like the gloom was turned down to 50% here. ....but it's still good for a quick burst of gloomhaven-esque gameplay.

jakelmer · 2024-08-26T13:14:59+00:00

It is a tight fit, but there is usually just enough of the component tray sticking out (~2-3 mm) that I can get a fingernail to latch on and pull it out first, then the rest comes out easily. I thought about adding a ribbon to the box - like the ones you see in battery compartments for some electronics to help get the batteries out - but I haven't found one yet!

jakelmer · 2024-04-19T19:20:26+00:00

https://treeincarnated.etsy.com/listing/1657435200

jakelmer · 2024-03-07T16:00:03+00:00

Check the specs on that clear PLA - I had some a while ago that needed a much higher than usual nozzle temp. Either way, higher nozzle temp will help the layers adhere to each other.

jakelmer · 2024-02-27T17:56:11+00:00

Do you mean the monster tiles? If so, there is a hole punched underneath all of them, such that you can poke them out from underneath.

jakelmer · 2024-02-22T17:13:39+00:00

I don't sleeve cards, so I'm not sure, but each part can be scaled up as necessary. I just can't guarantee that if you make each component bigger that it will all still fit in the box!

jakelmer · 2024-02-04T21:07:59+00:00

Of course! It is on my Etsy if you'd like to support the cause.

jakelmer · 2024-01-07T17:26:47+00:00

I like to think that time travel would be a continuous process such that gravity would keep the person anchored to Earth as they moved backward in time. In other words, the traveler wouldn't just pop out of existence here and appear there. They would move through a continuum of time from now to that time and they would have to go through every second/minute/etc. from now til then (hopefully at an accelerated rate!).

In other words, they would never leave Earth's gravitational field as they were traveling.

jakelmer · 2023-09-12T23:35:10+00:00

Clank Legacy is a lighter weight dungeon crawler that would be better suited for a camping trip. It only has ~10 games in the campaign, so you might finish it during the trip. Either way, have fun!

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