Puzzles in public

Hugo Mak · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:22 am

Am I going colour-blind?

I see two orange center pieces on the V7!

elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

Hugo Mak wrote:

Am I going colour-blind?

I see two orange center pieces on the V7!

Welcome to the club! :wink:

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:39 pm

http://oneiricsys.com/solutions

Dave

SaiyanKirby · **Joined:** Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:18 pm **Location:** MA, USA

I was re-registering my antivirus ("Avast! Home Edition") and when I got to the security check, look at the letters it gave me:

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:31 pm

Haha! That's great!

Georges · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:26 am

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elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

I'm not sure I'm getting this right, does that say, "cubists do it in BR moves?"

Georges · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 3:47 am

Cubists do it in 52 moves.
That was back in 1981 :-)

I still have several of these stickers (they were made by David Singmaster), but I don't find them just now to take a picture.

chris the cynic · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:15 pm

I was just told about this. A search says that El Goonish Shive (the comic in question) has never been mentioned on the forums before so I'm guessing no one has seen it before.

Look at what the girl on the left is doing in the first two panels.

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The cube was mentioned on last night's The Daily Show. Having trouble embedding the link so watch it here:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-n ... --the-ball

It is around 2:50, you might as well watch the whole thing though.

[/Added]

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As a side note, if anyone reading this is waiting for me to build them a puzzle. I haven't forgotten about you. Some parts took longer than I thought they would to arrive, I returned to college, got a dog, fell into computer withdrawal after the dog ate my power cord, suddenly needed to spend time cleaning the house so that the dog wouldn't be able to get into things he shouldn't be getting into, lost things, found things, and just bought some things I'm hoping will speed up my puzzle making process. Much progress should be made today.

I'm going to assume that everyone who wanted one still wants one and only contact anyone after I've finished building their puzzle. Whenever I plan ahead things go wrong.

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

It was also mentioned on Daily Planet last night (they were talking about the world record for a Rubik's Cube Mosaic; it was a reproduction of the Last Supper as seen here)

ndgamer4life · **Joined:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:23 pm

last nights daily show had john stewart talking about the national toy hall of fame. he was mad because ball was just inducted after 10 years. he said he would be really angry if bubble wrap made it before rubik's cube. check it out on hulu

http://www.hulu.com/watch/109251/the-da ... ov-16-2009

i dont remember where but its 10-15 minutes in =D

chris the cynic · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:15 pm

ndgamer4life wrote:

last nights daily show had john stewart talking about the national toy hall of fame. he was mad because ball was just inducted after 10 years. he said he would be really angry if bubble wrap made it before rubik's cube. check it out on hulu

http://www.hulu.com/watch/109251/the-da ... ov-16-2009

i dont remember where but its 10-15 minutes in =D

Unless there is something wrong with the link I posted I recommend using it. It only shows the relevant segment.

I wrote:

The cube was mentioned on last night's The Daily Show. Having trouble embedding the link so watch it here:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-n ... --the-ball

It is around 2:50, you might as well watch the whole thing though.

ndgamer4life · **Joined:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:23 pm

chris the cynic wrote:

ndgamer4life wrote:

last nights daily show had john stewart talking about the national toy hall of fame. he was mad because ball was just inducted after 10 years. he said he would be really angry if bubble wrap made it before rubik's cube. check it out on hulu

http://www.hulu.com/watch/109251/the-da ... ov-16-2009

i dont remember where but its 10-15 minutes in =D

Unless there is something wrong with the link I posted I recommend using it. It only shows the relevant segment.

I wrote:

The cube was mentioned on last night's The Daily Show. Having trouble embedding the link so watch it here:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-n ... --the-ball

It is around 2:50, you might as well watch the whole thing though.

ooops, didnt see that one tucked in there at the end, the comic sort of caught my attention...... at the same time, it is rather upsetting that the cube isnt in the hall of fame yet....

Georges · **Posted:** Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:04 am

Taylor wrote:

Here's the actual link.

And here is a close-up of the cube:

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(picture taken while watching TV yesterday evening)

eye2eye · **Posted:** Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:10 pm

I just found this ad on facebook

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

In one of the science labs in my school there's a picture of an octopus holding a 3x3x3. I doubt I'll be able to get a picture though, due to the 'no phones in school' rule.

Alex

PaulWozniak · **Joined:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:02 pm

APJ wrote:

In one of the science labs in my school there's a picture of an octopus holding a 3x3x3. I doubt I'll be able to get a picture though, due to the 'no phones in school' rule.

Alex

Is this what you were referring to?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... tacle.html

olz · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:38 am

I found this one on the back of a farming magazine that my dad got in the mail today.

the texs says:
Choose what you want...
:solved:

...but make it simple!

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the dodo cube has reached sweden

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

PaulWozniak wrote:

APJ wrote:

In one of the science labs in my school there's a picture of an octopus holding a 3x3x3. I doubt I'll be able to get a picture though, due to the 'no phones in school' rule.

Alex

Is this what you were referring to?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... tacle.html

Yes it is! Thanks for finding it!

Alex

pirsquared · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 11:46 am

This is an article from the Boulder Daily Camera (the local newspaper) about the dorm that I live in at the University of Colorado. My Face-turning Rhombic Dodecahedron shows up in the second to last picture. I'm the guy in the bright yellow shirt.

http://www.buffzone.com/cu-news/ci_13879159

-π (Eitan)

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 12:53 pm

Georges wrote:

Taylor wrote:

Here's the actual link.

And here is a close-up of the cube:

Attachment:

eu_cube.jpg

(picture taken while watching TV yesterday evening)

HI-HI!

I work at the Rubik Studio, and I made this cube (I made all these stickered promo cubes). 8-)

But there is one difference. I made it without the faces...

It looks someone restickered it!

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:45 pm

Olivér Nagy wrote:

I work at the Rubik Studio, and I made this cube (I made all these stickered promo cubes). 8-)

Aaaah... I *knew* your name sounded familiar, but could not remember... you are the snow-cube guy!!!

Pantazis

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:16 pm

kastellorizo wrote:

Olivér Nagy wrote:

I work at the Rubik Studio, and I made this cube (I made all these stickered promo cubes). 8-)

Aaaah... I *knew* your name sounded familiar, but could not remember... you are the snow-cube guy!!!

Pantazis

Yes I am!
Every year at winter we make a "snow cube contest" in Hungary!

Here is the result of the last years:
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007 (the first snow cube)
Maybe this year we can make it international... I just need to figure out what will be the prize for the winner, and how can we manage the whole thing.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:23 pm

Olivér Nagy wrote:

kastellorizo wrote:

Olivér Nagy wrote:

I work at the Rubik Studio, and I made this cube (I made all these stickered promo cubes). 8-)

Aaaah... I *knew* your name sounded familiar, but could not remember... you are the snow-cube guy!!!

Pantazis

Yes I am!
Every year at winter we make a "snow cube contest" in Hungary!

Here is the result of the last years:
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007 (the first snow cube)
Maybe this year we can make it international... I just need to figure out what will be the prize for the winner, and how can we manage the whole thing.

Any chance to send some snow to Australia or Singapore?

:mrgreen:

Pantazis

PS. But seriously, if I manage to go to Nuremberg this February, I could also participate!
You should make a new post about this very cool (and I mean SNOWY cool) competition!

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

Olivér Nagy wrote:

kastellorizo wrote:

Olivér Nagy wrote:

I work at the Rubik Studio, and I made this cube (I made all these stickered promo cubes). 8-)

Aaaah... I *knew* your name sounded familiar, but could not remember... you are the snow-cube guy!!!

Pantazis

Yes I am!
Every year at winter we make a "snow cube contest" in Hungary!

Here is the result of the last years:
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007 (the first snow cube)
Maybe this year we can make it international... I just need to figure out what will be the prize for the winner, and how can we manage the whole thing.

Nice cubes but these guys seem obsessed with white plastic!

theVDude · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:24 am

You'd have the easiest time making one, I think.

Step one: Roll a giant snow ball
Step two: Add lines

That's all! Tony's ball puzzles would be so easy to make out of snow.

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:58 am

Tony Fisher wrote:

Nice cubes but these guys seem obsessed with white plastic!

You need to show us how to build a Black snow cube! :solved:

Just take part in our competition at TP Forum, and show us how to do it:
INTERNATIONAL SNOW CUBE BUILDING COMPETITION

But from you I think nothing is impassible! :lol:

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

promotion mobile operator Megafon with mail.ru
http://rs.mail.ru/b9126183.swf
Your phone will find the approach to the client until you come to the phone ...

greeneye · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:48 pm

windows 7 15 puzzle gadget

Synester · **Posted:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:16 pm

This is the "Pyraminx Building" I saw while i was on a trip in Kansas City Missouri a couple of weeks ago. I got the attention of my friend and said "I thought the Meffert's factory was in Hong Kong!" :lol:

Enjoy.

Chris

PS That is the convention center if anyone is curious.

Volitar Prime · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 6:31 am

A 12 year old solves the Rubik's Cube in about 2 minutes:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-363711

This is real news! It even made the front screen of http://www.cnn.com :lol:

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

Volitar Prime wrote:

A 12 year old solves the Rubik's Cube in about 2 minutes:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-363711

This is real news! It even made the front screen of http://www.cnn.com :lol:

What?!?!

I could solve a 3x3x3 when I was 12! Is CNN normally like that or was it just a slow day?

Alex

funmonkey54 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:19 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98RECgRc ... re=related

Demetri Martin solves one in his useless talents portion.
I disagree, but still.
Starts at 6:38.

greeneye · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:33 pm

lol Demetri Martin is so funny, but that was like 3 turns :roll:

RoboticFresca · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 8:49 pm

Volitar Prime wrote:

A 12 year old solves the Rubik's Cube in about 2 minutes:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-363711

This is real news! It even made the front screen of http://www.cnn.com :lol:

Quote:

Rubix Cube

Quote:

12

RAAAAAAAAAAGE

GYAAAAAAAAAAH

I mean honestly, do some research.

ejisfun · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:15 pm

MLIA wrote:

Today, during lunch I saw a big group of kids surrounding one of the lunch tables cheering. I assumed it was a fight going on and so did all the lunch supervisors who rushed over to break it up. Turns out it was two kids racing to see who could solve their rubiks cubes first. I love my school. MLIA

I swear, the person who wrote this must go to my school. :lol:

Celia · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:45 am

"Life is complicated enough. Talk to your doctor about HIV treatment."

An all white Rubik's Cube on page 2.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23135171/08-11-Aktuelles-Hiv

Georges · **Posted:** Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:56 am

Celia wrote:

"Life is complicated enough. Talk to your doctor about HIV treatment."

An all white Rubik's Cube on page 2.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23135171/08-11-Aktuelles-Hiv

Here's the picture:

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Celia · **Posted:** Wed Dec 09, 2009 2:24 pm

Georges wrote:

Here's the picture:

Thank you, Georges!

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I just watched the film 'Shorts'. The black boxes in it aren't really puzzles but they remind me of mirror blocks cubes.

Alex

MonkeyZ · **Joined:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:59 pm **Location:** NJ

The new pulse bookshelf

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I just watched Night at the Museum 2 and in it, Ben Stiller refers to 'the cube of Rubik' as a way of destroying your enemies whilst talking to an Egyptian guy.

Alex

Georges · **Posted:** Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:43 pm

take a Luxembourgian breadcrumbs product
photoshop a little bit
and there you are: a party invitation

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original packaging:

ejisfun · **Posted:** Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:02 pm

Today on the Nickelodeon game show "Brain Surge", when they interviewed the contestants, one of the kids said he collected Rubik's Cubes, and his average time was 20 seconds! (And this kid was only about 10 years old! :shock:

)

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

I saw a directline advert with a Rubik's cube on it yesterday but I can't find a video of it yet. If I get one, I'll post it.

Alex

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:45 am

In "The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus", the first step on the stairway to redemption appeared to be labeled

"12x12x12"

I thought I might have been seeing what I expected, and there is some other meaning. But that really looked like what it said. Strange!

Retr0 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:29 am

Directline ad in England has a 3x3x3 on it. I'll find a video.

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

APJ wrote:

I saw a directline advert with a Rubik's cube on it yesterday but I can't find a video of it yet. If I get one, I'll post it.

Alex

Retr0 wrote:

Directline ad in England has a 3x3x3 on it. I'll find a video.

Alex

Retr0 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:06 am

Argh..

Beat me to it.

Hugo Mak · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:01 am

I saw an ad on cartoon network, and there is a mirror block with cartoon characters on it solved by itself.(no video

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