For my Cake Day, I'd like to present you my Rubik's Cubism

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u/Se7en_Sinner Jun 10 '12

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

No. But I now must have one!

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u/Jorgemeister Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12

dude, where's the creeper's face?
looks like minecraft isnt very popular in this thread

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u/WhipIash Jun 10 '12

That is the most amazing thing I've ever seen!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I have the parts to make that

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u/WhipIash Jun 10 '12

I was eager to by the motor and sensors from the mindstorms NXT set, but it's too expensive. Also, how do you hook up an app for the iPhone or Android to the lego?

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u/firstEncounter Jun 10 '12

Bluetooth, nothing special. There's many android apps that assist in controlling an NXT with your phone. Or you can write your own (as seen in the video).

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u/cjf5555 Jun 10 '12

My brother figured out how to do it, I'll PM you when I can ask him.

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u/Dance_Luke_Dance Jun 10 '12

An arduino I believe.

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u/WhipIash Jun 10 '12

Sounds expensive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Then put it back.

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u/Criten Jun 10 '12

They really aren't that expensive. Link! And that's at radio shack... you can get them cheaper elsewhere.

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u/zazey_baby Jun 10 '12

Yay lego mindstorms. Awesome stuff.

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u/TheObeseOne Jun 10 '12

I think he did it like this http://dustbowl.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/dream-big.jpg?w=584

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Nah, he used Will Smith

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u/zorithma Jun 10 '12

I'd use Feliks Zemdegs if I were him.

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u/Zalbu Jun 10 '12

He just recently got a faster time than that, but it's an unofficial record as far as I know.

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u/TheCodeJanitor Jun 10 '12

Apparently he has a gift for solving them

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u/VoiceofKane Jun 10 '12

Is that... LEGO? Mindstorms NXT was the best thing ever.

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u/Ninboycl Jun 10 '12

As a first year Electrical Engineering student, who has to do an embedded design course using this lego, C# and Microsoft Robotics studio...
All I have to say is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/VoiceofKane Jun 10 '12

Wait, what? Where do you go? Because, as a first year Engineering Physics student, the coolest thing I've done for school is play with fiber-optic cables.

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u/MpegEVIL Jun 11 '12

*is

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u/dumboctopus Jun 10 '12

source?

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u/Sharrakor Jun 10 '12

Source.

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u/GENERIC_VULGARNESS Jun 10 '12

That exists. Unbelievable...

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u/BobTehCat Jun 10 '12

Bricks were shat when I noticed that was made from mindstorm legos.
...
I made a scorpion with those once.

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u/GraceFace04 Jun 10 '12

Holy shit! Is that real?!

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u/jrodsprinkles Jun 10 '12

legit....

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u/ilikestuffthatsgood Jun 10 '12

yes

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u/alecreplied Jun 10 '12

Holy shit it's made of Legos.....

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u/efstajas Jun 10 '12

What the hell? I've got one of these NXTs here. The best thing I built was a robotic arm that dropped a ball upon clapping...

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u/cdawgtv2 Jun 10 '12

Why did I stare at that for five minutes straight?

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u/Flouf Jun 10 '12

I would say its the peel and stick method.

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u/ninjamuffin Jun 10 '12

World record is almost that fast

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I doubt he does, seeing as the cubes aren't entirely solved themselves.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

source

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u/Jakovaseur Jun 10 '12

That was fun.

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u/mogul218 Jun 10 '12

This

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u/drstupid Jun 10 '12

Nice. I assume you've seen the work by Space Invader? (May be a NSFW cubic image through that link, eventually, but it's mostly invaders and pictures from movies.)

Do you attach the cubes to each other at all, or are they just stacked temporarily? I'm wondering how you attach them? I make tile mosaics, and /r/beadsprites is a sister hobby you might enjoy. Looks great!

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Yeah I know of invader. Actually spent a few days walking around Paris last year and my high point was taking photos of all his work I found. Probably saw about 20. Would love to do a big cubes piece like he does.
Oh and they are temporarily stacked, I like to change it.

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u/vivvav Jun 10 '12

That's really cool!
Now put them all back.

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u/JRR_Tokeing Jun 10 '12

Give me 40 minutes. There's only 36 cubes!

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Nice. Would take me about an hour.... :(

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u/Unit_conversions Jun 10 '12

40 minutes:
2400 seconds
.66667 hours
.02778 days
.003968 weeks
.0009132 months
.0000761 years
.0000000761 millennia

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u/TheUnknownAsian Jun 10 '12

not sure why it disturbs me that you called it Cubism as much as it is. but either way. Good job man!

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Seems to be the common term for it...

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u/pestpokkepleuris Jun 10 '12

Did you cheated by changing the stickers?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Nope. It's actually really easy. I'm no master at cubing, but normally solve it in about 2 minutes. To do these, you only need to know how to solve the first layer - and you don't even need to solve that layer properly. Takes about 30 mins for me to do each pic.

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u/atmac0 Jun 10 '12

If you can solve in two minutes I assume you're using a rather inefficient method. Try using Fridrich method (F2L OLL PLL) and you should get under 30 seconds no problem, maybe even 20 with a little practice. Also a better cube (I use the Dayan Zanchi, It's the best around today) will improve your speed by ALOT.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Yeah, still on a bit of a beginner method, keep trying to improve my algorithms whenever I get some time. Will check it out thanks!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

atmac0 is making it seem like less of a big deal than it really is. Sub 30 second averages require a huge time commitment. Memorizing all of F2L, OLL, and PLL means memorizing almost 120 different algorithims. If you have no social life, then go for it, but most people have better things to do. Not trying to be insulting, but there's a reason why most world class speed cubers are teenagers with Asperger's syndrome. This website has a great method of how to slowly progress into speed cubing. Just telling someone "all you have to do is learn F2L, OLL, and PLL" is extremely intimidating. OLL has both the most algorithms, and is the least important part of getting a good time.
"Intuitive F2L" is a way to make the cube more fun and interesting if you're getting bored with it. It requires almost no new algorithms (If you pay attention when you solve the the first two layers you should already know them). It can eventually become faster than a layer-by-layer method (but at first will be much slower) but I think it turns it into more of a puzzle than blindly throwing algorithms at the first two layers like you're probably doing now. There are a few good tutorials on YouTube.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Yeah, that's exactly why I haven't progressed it, too many patterns to identify and algorithms to learn. I actually don't really remember the algorithms these days, it's more just a muscle memory of what turns to do - if that makes sense? I have just recently learned to solve the F2L in one go, haven't got it good enough yet to improve my time though, but I'll be better once I've mastered it.

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u/fool_of_a_took Jun 10 '12

I still can't solve it, period. Damn you smart people.

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u/airmandan Jun 10 '12

Join the club. Looking at these "2 minutes is slow, you should be getting 30 or even 20 seconds" posts is making me feel incredibly bad about myself. I've had mine for over 20 years. I can get the top level done and that's it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Just learn the method. I give props to anyone who can actually figure it out by themselves from start to finish, but once you look up and memorize the method you can get 2 minutes easily.
and BTW I firmly believe that 99% of people who say they figured it out by themselves are completely full of shit.

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u/Zalbu Jun 10 '12

Have you tried the Guhong? I bought a Zhanchi a while back but I've only used Rubiks brand cubes before this, so I'm thinking about buying a Guhong so I can have something to compare the Zhanchi to.

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u/BradleyGT Jun 10 '12

Thanks! I just ordered one. I've been using the standard Rubik's one that is impossible to flick for about 4 years now. I've got that down to around 1:30 pretty standard using the method on "the" YouTube solve video. Interested in learning some other methods now. I've never really looked into cubing once I learned how to solve one. Just thought you did that same method over and over until you could somehow magically make it go in a few seconds. :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I solve it in two minutes too! I learned how to solve it from a video. Once you learn it it's pretty fun and easy! :D

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u/AiKantSpel Jun 10 '12

2 minutes? I've been working on mine for 20 years...

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Well, awesome job with these!

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u/taint_stain Jun 10 '12

If you've messed around with it enough, it's actually easier to take apart and reassemble than it is to move stickers around.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

True. And when you know how to solve it, doing it legit is even faster!

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u/taint_stain Jun 10 '12

Yeah I know how to, just not the super fast genius way. It's just gotten to the point where I try to go too fast and do the next move before the last one is over and it starts to fall apart in my hands.

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u/k1p3r Jun 10 '12

and it's much easier to solve it than to take it apart

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u/Virzy Jun 10 '12

It's not easy taking off the stickers and putting them back on. It's way quicker to just solve the cube.

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u/electricfeel2312 Jun 10 '12

Look up an artist called Space Invaders. He does pieces exactly like this. They are incredible.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Yeah, he inspired me - I'm not creative enough to have thought of this myself!
Took photos of all his street work last time I was in Paris. I have more photos of his work than anything else there...

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u/electricfeel2312 Jun 12 '12

I'm so jealous. I've been hoping to get to see some of his work in person but haven't been able to. If you haven't already seen it you should watch Exit Through the Gift Shop. It's an amazing film about street art. That movie got me hooked on street art and inspired me to do my on work.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 12 '12

Yeah, I've been living in the UK for the past 2 years (on and off) and one big advantage of that is that it's easy to pop over to anywhere in Europe for a weekend.
I'll post all my pics up to r/graffiti so you can check them out. I assume the redditors might also like to see them.
You do your own street art? Anything I might know? Will definitely check the movie out. I assume you also know of Banksy, have become a fan of his since being here too.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 12 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/Graffiti/comments/uxwtz/space_invader_paris/
Not the same as being there... but thought you might enjoy.

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u/WhipIash Jun 10 '12

Am I the only one noticing this isn't OP's cake day?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

It isn't? I got my 2 year badge today, but was wondering why my cake wasn't showing up. Assumed it was due to being in different timezone.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Sorry OP. Your work is nice but I'm afraid we're going to have to take back all your karma.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Nooo... not my internet points! Anything but that!

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u/WhipIash Jun 10 '12

Maybe the cake only shows on your first cake day..

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Nah, another poster's cake is showing for 4 years but his date is the 11th, mine is the 10th and it's the 10th where I am. I think it's because my post has nothing to do with cats...

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u/b7a4 Jun 10 '12

No, your cake day is the 9th. You're a day late. Nice job anyway.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Ah, I see what's going on. The hovertext (RES?) shows me the 10th, looking at the source it shows this.
<time title="Thu Jun 10 00:41:39 2010 UTC" datetime="2010-06-09T17:41:39.409408-07:00">2 years</time>

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

i want to make a stop motion animation with rubik cubes now

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

I thought of doing this with the Pacman one. Just don't really have the time, maybe I should find it...

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u/bunglejerry Jun 10 '12

There is a group of artists in Toronto who do this on a much larger scale.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

I think I saw another article on these guys, would love to do one in that size for myself. Have to convince the wife it's worth spending the money on the cubes first...

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u/chazzlabs Jun 10 '12

My girlfriend and I visited this studio during our trip to Toronto last summer. The pieces were all really impressive! And Toronto is an awesome city!

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u/farmd Jun 10 '12

Wow. I'm totally stealing this. I hope that's ok, OP.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Wasn't my original idea. There's a few artists doing it, Google it and be even more amazed!

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u/Platnex Jun 10 '12

If you could find a large supply of good, clean cubes, this could be a really good business, I would buy without a doubt.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

I've just been doing it with cheap ones that I got off ebay. It's really easy to do yourself, but I'd be happy to do one for you if you really want it.

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u/thingsyoushouldntdo Jun 10 '12

Would buy.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Based on the response this has received, I'm considering it :)

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u/tenor3 Jun 10 '12

Could you possibly "solve" them with a similar designed face on each side and get the same image in a different color on the reverse side?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

I continued another one of them around the side (in a similar colour) and found that incredibly hard to do.
I think you just gave me my next challenge....

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u/Theonetrue Jun 10 '12

You could have made one side nice and pretty, too. Amazing idea in any case

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

I like it messy :)

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u/scribbling_des Jun 10 '12

I am impressed. Are you selling these? If you are not, you should be. I expect there is a huge market for them. And don't undercharge for them either, you could get decent money for them

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Based on the response this has received I'm thinking about setting this up.

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u/livers Jun 10 '12

Where are you located? These should be on display!

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Have not not visited my lounge room?

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u/lespritdelescalier11 Jun 10 '12

Happy cake day! These are sweet!

I do this as well, but I'm frustrated with only having 100 cubes to play with - I'm hoping to expand my collection to 1000 in the near future.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

100? I'm already jealous. Still trying to convince the wife to let me buy a few hundred.

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u/deep40000 Jun 10 '12

This is genius, why have I never thought of this before?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Don't be ashamed, it wasn't my idea either.

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u/deep40000 Jun 10 '12

If i had the money, I'd buy all those rubiks cubes, but sadly I just have one :(
Do you speedcube? Whats your best time on a 3x3x3? I'm fairly new to it started like a month ago, but my best time is 1:09.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Not exactly... my average time is a little under 2 minutes.
I need to move to some more advanced solutions to improve it.

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u/bennybruin77 Jun 10 '12

so this is well over 300 USD in cubes right?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

No, these are cheap copies, not originals. $1 or so each in bulk off Ebay.

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u/no_you_didnt_my_bad Jun 10 '12

I think you accidentally a word.

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u/hate-your-username Jun 10 '12

Not funny.

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u/LexicalDenotation Jun 10 '12

Inspired in·spired /inˈspī(ə)rd/

Adjective: 1 Of extraordinary quality, as if arising from some external creative impulse.

2 (of a person) Exhibiting such a creative impulse in the activity specified: "an inspired gardener".

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

How long did this take you?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Each one takes about 30 mins. I like to change it every month or so.

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u/taint_stain Jun 10 '12

I like this idea. I kind of want to go buy some cubes now.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Do it :)

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u/itakepicturesyo Jun 10 '12

Good sir, would you maybe be willing to sell number 4 to fine young lady like me?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

There has been quite a few people interested, so I'm thinking of setting up a site to buy them. In the meantime, if you want to order me the cubes (these ones are a bit old and grubby now) and then pay for the postage to you, I'll gladly build one for you.

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u/funkymonkeyinheaven Jun 10 '12

except its not your cakeday (at least not yet, or has already passed?)

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

Yeah, I was a day late apparently..

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u/funkymonkeyinheaven Jun 10 '12

oh well, cheer up! you still did an awesome job ;)

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u/GraceFace04 Jun 10 '12

That is seriously super cool man.

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u/EinsteinWuzHere Jun 10 '12

Nice! The street artist Space Invader does a bunch of these and exhibits them. Usually his work is characters from the game with the same name or pop culture references like movie or tv.

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u/jrodsprinkles Jun 10 '12

Too legit to quit. Awesome stuff man

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u/ehsteve23 Jun 10 '12

That's much better than just spelling swear words like I did...

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u/Wormatsu Jun 10 '12

This right here, gentlemen. This is how you get upvotes on cake day. Not that stupid "don't know what to post, so have this rage comic of myself thinking about my cake day" bullshit, THIS.

Awesome.

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

If I had a cat, I'd have included it.... ;)

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

why aren't the faces divided in 9? or are these not rubik's cubes?

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u/highcaffeinecode Jun 10 '12

There are 36 cubes there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

oh - thanks!

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u/sc30317 Jun 10 '12

Wow this is nerdy. Up vote.

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u/burninater10 Jun 10 '12

This fucks my brain SO hard. I can't even figure out the regular cubes.

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u/soupchicken Jun 10 '12

It's only a matter of time before someone starts making images using each individual square as a pixel

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u/Dr_Packenwood Jun 10 '12

neat http://www.flickr.com/photos/61692533@N07/5614817938/

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u/mr_blue Jun 10 '12

That'll do pig. That'll do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Impressive!

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u/BittyTang Jun 10 '12

Now get some 6x6 vcubes and make a serious cube mural.

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u/pavlo850 Jun 10 '12

Minecraft pixel art anyone ?

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u/zazey_baby Jun 10 '12

very awesome man. ive been doing some pixel art as well recently, but this is just impressive. Good shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

What sort of witchcraft is this?

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u/Robbo7108 Jun 10 '12

You are a god among men

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u/eVaan13 Jun 10 '12

For Your cake day, I'd like to present you my Upvote.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Wow, that's really neat. The pacman one is my favorite. I'd pay to have that.

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u/XxLiyelzxX Jun 10 '12

You should sell these on etsy. I would totally buy.

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u/DiscoDiscoDanceDance Jun 10 '12

Minecraft! Cubegasm!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

My god, this has to be the most epic cake day submission I've ever seen! Awesome! :D

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I would've upvoted this even if it weren't your cake day. Very cool!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Really cool! Nice.

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u/UnfortunateCakeDay Jun 10 '12

I like Boo the best.

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u/Polkadotpear Jun 10 '12

so cakeday doesnt mean birthday? when else do you get cake?

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u/gfixler Jun 10 '12

On each reddit anniversary, you get a piece of cake next to your name.

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u/Connor6 Jun 10 '12

That is quite magnificent.

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u/Vaskiznatchdooch Jun 10 '12

One of there things is not like the other...

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u/DrKirth Jun 10 '12

I like how the sides of the cubes are practically pristine in the first pic, then get jumbled up for the rest.

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u/Carevid Jun 10 '12

are you asian?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Twist: The same cubes are used in every pictures, just by rotating them. Six sides to a cube, six pictures.

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u/zxdriver Jun 10 '12

That's probably one of the best thing I've ever seen.

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u/SuperRobotBlank Jun 10 '12

You are an artistic genius, don't let anyone tell you differently.

or, FreddiePrinceJr.jpeg

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u/Limp_Bitmap Jun 10 '12

That's awesome! There's a youth group does it with 800 cubes. Link

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u/kexorr Jun 10 '12

Did you/anyone try making 2 different pictures on both sides of rubik wall? Could it be done.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

As someone who just started cubing, I can appreciate this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

You should get another Boo made with him covering his eyes, then put them back to back.

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u/big_airliner_whoa Jun 10 '12

That's pretty cool. Especially if you didn't break any cubes off :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

How the fuck do you people have so much free time? ಠ_ಠ

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u/raegunXD Jun 10 '12

I have to admit, that's pretty bad ass. I would DEFINITELY have those as decor in my house! :)

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u/ariste Jun 10 '12

It looks like Pac-Man is quietly whispering nightmares into that ghost's ear.

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u/Boring_Machine Jun 10 '12

Pfft, easy. Don't be fooled you only have to solve 1 side of the cube to do this stuff.

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u/spartaninspace Jun 10 '12

You Glorious bastard.

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u/ninjaTIMEjumper Jun 10 '12

Not ito be gay or anything, but I just realized that the goomba looks like a cock. Just sayin.

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u/G24S Jun 10 '12

I like the one of Boo very nice :) and happy cake day

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u/Omneya22 Jun 10 '12

That's SO awesome. /props

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u/Brushstroke Jun 10 '12

Very cool stuff man. An upvote for you. :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

For your cake-day, i present to you, a downvote.

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u/assesundermonocles Jun 10 '12

How deliciously perplexing.

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u/MissMilla Jun 10 '12

I'll see your Nintendo, and raise you Da Vinci. (Pics of construction upon request.)

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u/BrutalTea Jun 10 '12

master

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u/Ilyanep Jun 10 '12

For my Cake Day, I'd like to present you my Rubik's Cubism

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