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Rubik's Cube Alarm Clock: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?

GeekSugar — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:00:28 -0700

We use the term geek around here fast and loose, as it's kind of become a catch-all phrase for passionate techies, gamers, and gadget lovers everywhere. It's not necessarily a synonym for nerd anymore - necessarily. Unless you were a geek who could put a Rubik's cube together! Oh I kid, I kid.

But seriously, even though I couldn't put one together, I still had one, like every other '80s kid. Sentimentality alone leads to my soft spot over this Rubik's Cube Clock, but frustration leads me to disdain over it. What do you think?

Anssi Vanhala Solves Rubik's Cube With His Feet

GeekSugar — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 09:00:50 -0700

I can barely solve a rubik's cube with my hands, so the thought of trying to line-up colors with my feet is totally out of the question! Definitely not the case for Anssi Vanhala of Finland who won the feet-only challenge at the Rubik's Cube World Championship in Hungary this past weekend. Want proof? Check out the video below which I found on Spluch of Vanhala breaking the Unofficial World Record of solving the 3x3 cube in only 49.33 seconds. I wonder what his secret is...strong feet or maybe extra long toes? Vanhala's skills are just as impressive and mind-blowing as the extraordinary Tetris gamer!

Edible Geek: Rubik's Cube Cake (Second Edition)

GeekSugar — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:00:38 -0700

The first time we witnessed a Rubik's Cube Cake it featured three square facelets tilted on their axes, providing a complicated "Rubik's Cube in mid-solution mode" feeling. Today I offer you a less intricate, but larger and more colorful Rubik's Cube cake created as a birthday treat for a self described geek by his mother. I adore the textured icing and rich color choice and love the fact that instead of doing a freestyle icing job she used a real cube as a model. It's geekalicous!

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Check out the lucky geek's blog for tips on how to make your own Rubik's Cube Cake.

Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Color Cube Speaker

GeekSugar — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:00:33 -0700

Rubik's Cubes have undeniable geek cred. Maybe it's their retro appeal, maybe it's the fact that they require some added brain power, or maybe it's simply the fact that they're bright, colorful and fun.

The Color Cube Speaker doesn't have rotating Rubik's Cube functions, but it does use a similar color scheme and touts the same fun factor. The speakers, which cost $79.95, change colors to the sound of the music and can connect to MP3, iPod, CD player or computer. The face is made up of tiny LED screens.

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Love It or Leave It? Rubik's Cube Tables

GeekSugar — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:00:37 -0700

I guess if you're a Rubik's cube fan or you just want to add a touch of geekiness to your living space, then these tables might be the perfect furniture find for you. Created by NY design firm Jellio, these supersized Rubik's cube tables look just like the real thing. Featured on babygadget, each Rubik's cube table is acrylic, measures 16" W x 16" D x 16" H, and costs $600. Six hundred bucks for a giant rubik's cube that doesn't even twist- no thank you! Let me know if you love it or want to leave it.

Toddler Solves Rubik's Cube In 114 Seconds

GeekSugar — Fri, 25 May 2007 10:00:46 -0700

Thought you had real Rubik's Cube talent? Check out the video below of a three-year-old solving the cube in less than two minutes! The video, which was featured on Spluch, is absolutely remarkable.. and I can't help but wonder if a Rubik's Cube was her first toy or if she has some sort of inherited Rubik's Cube gene. Maybe she should go head to head with speedcuber Tyson Mao, who taught Will Smith how to cube for the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness."

Whatever her secret is, be it hard work, Rubik's Cube genetics or talent, I think her parents should make her a giant Rubik's Cube cake for her next birthday!

Edible Geek: Rubik's Cube Cake

GeekSugar — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:00:04 -0700

Knowing that there are people out there that love Super Marios Bros., Nintendo and Star Wars enough to make geeky bride and groom cakes should have been all the warning I needed to ease me into this Rubik's Cube Cake, but somehow it just wasn't. The maker was a British fellow, James Kemp, who has always been a fan of the Rubik's cube. "I first got a cube as a 12 year old in England back in 1980 and have been hooked ever since," Kemp says. His local pub held a competition for the gentlemen who were regulars to bake a cake (seriously, how come my local pub hasn't thought of that?). Mr. Rubik's cube won of course - beating out 11 other cakes.

Somehow, this one beats out the his and her TiVo cakes on the geek chic scale. You can follow the recipe and make it yourself, but if you do, you better send me a photo!

Geek of the Week: Tyson Mao

GeekSugar — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:00:22 -0700

Wonder where Will Smith picked up his impressive Rubik's Cube skills in The Pursuit of Happyness? Thanks to one of the world's top competitive Rubik's Cube champions Tyson Mao, Smith was able to learn how to master the mind-boggling cube for his leading role.
When Mao's younger brother Toby taught him how to solve the cube in July 2003, it was only a matter of time before Mao could solve the puzzle faster then his brother...that is in less than two minutes- blindfolded of course. When not covering their eyes, Tyson and Toby are 'speedcubing' wizards, solving the cube in less than 20 seconds and taking part in competitions all over the country. Twenty-two year old San Franciscian native Mao has only been beat by two of the world's top 3x3x3 blindfolded Rubik's Cube competitors. This and the fact that he was one of the 'geeks' in the hit reality show Beauty and the Geek last year, makes him a perfect geeksugar geek of the week.

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Love It or Leave It? Rubix's Cube Portrait

GeekSugar — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:00:57 -0800

Now this is what I call talent! French artist Space Invader created this huge detailed Rubix cube portrait. I'm only guessing, but wouldn't this cause more of a headache then actually trying to color-code a rubix cube back together? From a distance it reminds me of a mosaic design. Do you like it or do you think it's a waste of time and energy?

Super Mario Rubik's Cube Hits Market, Geeks Freak

GeekSugar — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:01:29 -0800

The only thing better - and geekier- than a traditional Rubik's cube, is a Super Mario Bros Rubik's Cube! The Rubik's Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik, and if for some reason you were under a rock for the entire 80's when you just had to have a cube, you may have missed this geeky gadget. It is said to be the world's best-selling toy, with some 250,000,000 Rubik's Cubes and imitations sold worldwide.

How does a Rubik's Cube work?read more

When solved, every face of Rubik's Cube is a solid color. Once you start turning, twisting and flipping, it's easy to mix up the colors. The following steps will help you solve the puzzle. Of course, if you get the Nintendo version, the colors will vary slightly.

When you play with the cube you turn its layers, but you want to make the faces have solid colors. There are 26 cubes on the outside of Rubik's Cube and an invisible "cubie" - which is a rotating mechanism - in the middle. There are 8 corner cubes with 3 colors, and 12 edge cubes with two colors. There are 6 center cubes with one color. The center cubes cannot move, being fixed. So, if you have the original Rubik's Cube, the blue center cube is always opposite the green, red is opposite orange, and yellow is opposite white. The color of the center cube determines the color of that face.

For additional help, check out Rubik's Official Website.