Day: December 29, 2003

Derrick Schneider is a friend of a friend who is, among other things:

• a Mac head
• a foodie and gourmet chef
• a puzzle designer- see his entries in the 2001 and 2002 IPP Puzzle Design competition. I’ve also seen a bunch of his postings online about the “Eternity” puzzle. Also, here is another one he designed, the “Triangle Slider,” which I guess was not in a competition.

Web link of note: Derrick Schneider
(At http://home.mindspring.com/~bookwyrm/)

make weird variants based on your Rubik’s Cube collection!
Web link of note: Speedcubing: cube hacking
(At http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/Building.htm)

it’s in Japanese, but this site has by far the best photos and diagrams
Web link of note: Cube construction and repair
(At http://puzzle3d.hp.infoseek.co.jp/)

This guy not only is a cube maniac, he also designed his own internal mechanism for the 4x4x4 cube.
Web link of note: Twisty Megasite: 4^3 plans
(At http://www.twistymegasite.com/4x4x4-plans.asp)

This movie rocks- I saw it at Cinequest.

It is about used car salesmen. You need to see it.

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Martha Stewart… as a goth. Articles on “How to make your own candles”, etc.
Web link of note: Gothic Martha Stewart
(At http://www.toreadors.com/martha/)

This is exactly what I’m looking for- this guy listed all the basic patents for the various Rubik’s Cube type puzzles, saving me hours of work.

Note that there are many more patents- for example improvements on bearings, etc.
Web link of note: Magic Polyhedra Patents
(At http://www.calormen.com/TwistyPuzzles/twisty.htm)

wacky guy!
Web link of note: Prof Dum Dum @ WFMU
(At http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/DL)

BBC’s radio 4- the Reith Lectures
Web link of note: Reith Lectures 2003
(At http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/)

Punk vocalist.

She’s like negative cute. My friend is really into her… not quite sure why though.
Web link of note: Kimya Dawson
(At http://www.kimyadawson.com/)