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\nSo I’ve bought quite a few things that some people might consider a waste of money, but I need it to preserve my geek sanity.<\/p>\n

I got The Book Of Bunny Suicides<\/b> and its sequel! There are, of course, many strips not shown in the online version<\/a>, plus I got it for the novelty factor.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the Su Doku For Dummies<\/b> puzzle book; I chose this book because it had 240 puzzles, more than any other book of the same price. I reckon that if I had time to make a possibility-eliminating program I could make a solver.<\/p>\n

There’s also Rock The World V<\/b> the Video CD, to reminisce on the biggest Rock The World in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

Oh and Queen – Greatest Hits I, II & III Platinum Collection<\/b>, for some falsetto-inducing rocking.<\/p>\n

The four Rubik’s Cubes on top have been featured here before<\/a>, but wait, what’s that in the bottom-left corner?<\/p>\n


\nYes Kamigoroshi<\/a>, eat your heart out. The 5x5x5 Professor’s Cube<\/b>. (Yes I know there’s a Kinokuniya bag in the background; that’s not where I got it though. It provided better camouflage than a transparent plastic bag on the train.)<\/p>\n


\nThese beauties don’t come cheap (RM185, sucka) so please don’t tear any of the stickers when I’m not looking. I ordered it from a helpful toy shop in Endah Parade, who imported this, and it was the last stock. I didn’t expect the aunty to get the 5x5x5; (she asked big or small, I said both!) She didn’t manage to get the original 3x3x3 but hey! I’m not complaining of this pleasant surprise after waiting many months.<\/p>\n

Yes, I will be excessively violent if you tear\/smudge\/break this cube. Heck, the same goes for my 3x3x3 cubes. It’s already hard enough to find a good imitation 3x3x3 that is smooth and not too loose.<\/p>\n


\nDoing the first three layers are easy; the fourth layer edges were tricky, but I didn’t use any new moves. In theory, the old techniques could work to complete the cube (albeit very tediously), if you imagined 5 layers as 3, in groups of 1, 3, 1 or 2, 1, 2.<\/p>\n

And you thought geeks only stare at computers and do trigonometry to make solar death rays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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