It’s been a while since I’ve written in here, and I was doing so well before that! I’m going to have to find a good way to keep myself and my postings consistent. Sorry to any of you regulars that come here expecting regular updates. Then again, that’s what RSS notifications are for, eh?

Well, as all of you know, I’ve gotten bit by the “cubing bug” pretty bad. Just to show how bad, though, feast your eyes on these new photos! (they’re also in my photo gallery now). Click the pictures to embiggen!

This last thursday, the UPS stork brought me a new bundle of joy; a Rubik’s Professor cube! It’s said that if you know how to solve a regular Rubik’s Cube and a 4×4 Rubik’s Revenge, then you should be able to solve this monster. That turned out to be quite true, though it takes a long time to solve. I think I did it in about an hour. The sheer size and complexity of it was almost overwhelming!

One would think that the 5×5 is harder than a 4×4 cube. Mathematically, it’s actually the 4×4 that is harder because of all the permutation parities that you can run across while trying to solve it. These particular parities only happen on even numbered cubes, excluding a 2×2. OH! Speaking of that…

I looked in the mailbox on Friday, before our housewarming party (more on that tomorrow!), and found the Rubik’s Ice Cube waiting for me. This cute little 2×2 cube is still challenging to solve, but of course nowhere near the number of permutations that a regular 3×3 has! I introduced the little brain-racker to my guests at the party, and a few of our friends tried their hand at solving it, without much luck. I don’t blame them; like I said, it’s still a tricky little thing!

Cheers, and happy puzzling!

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