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The Cubic Permutations of Curtis Steiner

Tube — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:40:27 -0800

Curtis Steiner is a Seattle businessman and artist who operates a local gift shop. Both his home and his shop have garnered positive press, but his greatest artistic achievement may be his piece entitled 1,000 blocks, which explores the permutations of the six facets of the cube.

The internet is a series of Cubes

CuJoe — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:31:58 -0800

From the minds that brought you this, Cubescape is the chance to do your own little isometric projection drawings. I have some favorites. (See hover-overs)

Twisty megapost

Wolfdog — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:28:57 -0800

Walter Randelshofer's Pretty Patterns collection (for Rubik's cubes up to 5x5x5) is one of the nicest twisty puzzle sites going. It's based on his CubeTwister software, which you can download (including a lovely OS X standalone). If you really want a treasure trove of twisty polyhedra, check out gelatinBrain's enormous collection of java applets (which unfortunately don't do so well on macs). Are those things even physically possible? Really? Mini bonus: Randelshofer also hosts an archive of fondly-remembered Amiga animations.

Math is congruent with fun!

cortex — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:51:31 -0800

You have spacial skills. Apply them in Building Houses 2, on mathsnet.net. Or freestyle in Building Houses 1. Or at night! Oh and also there's like a hundred more puzzles over there too. Some java required.

Can't get enough of your office life?

mountainmambo — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 05:45:50 -0800

Ugh... As if working in an office isn't enough. This is one toy I will NOT be buying for my kid. I get the irony, but man, how depressing would it be to see this under the xmas tree?

...towards the rotating cubes...

Dick Paris — Mon, 06 Dec 2004 05:30:48 -0800

I've invoked the name before. But while looking for the web site of Peter Zumthor, I came up with this.

The History of the Cubicle

majcher — Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:22:32 -0800

Mommy, where do cubicles come from? Ever watch old movies, and feel a deep pang of resentment and envy at the open, spacious offices depicted therein? What ever happened to the human workplace? The ugly truth is finally revealed: it's all Herman Miller's fault. The introduction of their Action Office system in the late 1950s was largely responsible for the office cubicle as we know it today. While things are obviously not as bad as they could be, people could at least learn how to behave themselves in the modern cube-farm.