Eddy Woot recently wrote a post about the new 360 Rubik’s cube. To wrap up the incessant whining about his inevitable Rubik’s cube failures he made the following bold declaration ‘I must beat this puzzle. I must win. Just once please, please let me win’. You see, I know Eddy Woot. I know that he will never achieve the Rubik’s cube glory he so desperately craves. How can I say that? Well right now I am looking at him over my monitor, watching him negotiate 18 pieces of copy for the upcoming catalogue with one hand, and balancing one cup of hot, piping, delicious coffee in the other (to help remove the bags under his eyes). His left eye is focused on his monitors, ensuring that tweeting, mailing and general marketing department placation occurs, whilst his other eye (he has evolved to the point of independent eye movement, chameleon stylee) is eyeing the Egyptian-esque pyramid of gadgets that keep on landing on his desk. So I have found the perfect Rubik’s cube for him. I know, that deep down, buried within the ‘Jimbo Woot is trying to kill me with cholesterol’ paranoia, he is going to really enjoy one of these.
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If You Can't Beat It, Eat It.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009If you thought the cube was hard wait 'til you see Rubik's 360
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009Hi, my name’s Eddy and I’ve never solved a Rubik’s Cube. God knows I’ve tried. I’ve spent weekends locked in a cupboard with just me and a cube, missed meals hoping that the pangs of hunger would propel me into a zen like cube solving trance. I’ve even tried doing it with my eyes closed under the misguided notion that if I fiddle with the cube for long enough one day – ONE DAY – I’ll open my eyes and see a completed cube resting in the palm of my hand. Of course, it occurred to me afterwards that I may have already completed it but not opened my eyes at the right point in time. As tempting as it is to look up God’s Algorithm for the Rubik’s Cube, it takes away from the sense of satisfaction I presume one feels after solving the puzzle. Although I’m sure a cash incentive would do wonders for my motivation.
Then along comes the Rubik’s 360. All you need to do is to lock the coloured balls into the corresponding coloured capsules. Sounds easy? I’m sure it’s not. I’ve already cleared a huge gap in my schedule, stocked up on microwave meals and petitioned several well known physicists to repeal the law of gravity (consequences be damned!). I must buy this puzzle. I must beat this puzzle. I must win. Just once please, please let me win.


