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Rubik's Cube Alarm Clock: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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!
Anssi Vanhala Solves Rubik's Cube With His Feet
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?
Edible Geek: Rubik's Cube Cake (Second Edition)
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.Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? Color Cube Speaker
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.
Love It or Leave It? Rubik's Cube Tables
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.
Toddler Solves Rubik's Cube In 114 Seconds
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..
Edible Geek: Rubik's Cube Cake
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.
Geek of the Week: Tyson Mao
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.
Love It or Leave It? Rubix's Cube Portrait
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?
Super Mario Rubik's Cube Hits Market, Geeks Freak
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.
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