https://vimeo.com/9111981
Jake’s been keeping up his regular nightly video of a timed Rubik’s cube puzzle attempt. Tonight he solved the cube in under one minute for the first time.
He said it didn’t feel that fast, and the cube kept sticking, but he’s really pleased. Thought you might like to see how it’s done.
I suspect the music probably helps.
https://vimeo.com/8406789
Our last day in Prague. Bobbie and Kelly went shopping, and so Jake and I went exploring. We saw some cool buildings – even wandered into a couple of them. But one of the highlights of the day was Jake finding something slightly more challenging than the Rubik’s cube.
He’s been doing the cube for a few months, and his current record is 1m42s. He’s been working on making interesting patterns, and setting little challenges with it – but when he moved on to trying to solve it by looking at the pieces and then closing his eyes, it was time to look elsewhere.
And it just so happens that there’s a little puzzle shop in the old town square in Prague.
I'm the Director of MTF Labs, a Senior Researcher at the Industry Commons Foundation, advisor to ArtEO and founder of New Music Strategies.
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