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 Hardware / Some Rubix Cube fun!A new therapy….. How many of us have ever picked up one of those annoying 6 colored squares and wanted to throw it at a wall? Chances are most of us. These 6 sided horrors are described as therapeutic and relaxing in some advertisements. Well, chances are if your in need of relaxing, a mentally challenging puzzle will just aggravate you further. So how else can we put the plastic crap to therapeutic use? It is in human nature to destroy things he does not like, and in this case we are definitely not taking any prisoners. So lets meet our victim, the mini rubix cube: Not very menacing, is it? I didn’t think so either, so I got my tools: Our first test, F I R E, a very basic and standard test for all hardware reviews. So a sufficient amount of the combustible agent was applied to the rubix cube and ignited. You may view this in motion by clicking the image below [DivX codec required]. As you can see the cube's having a nice day in the sun; then it began to blacken. The end result is a blackened cube which looks similar to a burnt marshmallow. But it aint over for the poor cube yet, its time for the next high-tech testing apparatus: the hammer! The first strike yielded no harm, so the force was increased. The second hit sent 2 of the pieces flying, as seen in the right picture.
The next strike was very painful, to me and the cube. The reason for this was my lack of proper clothing and the high velocity of the flying rubix cube pieces. As you may have guessed, one or more of the projectiles hit me directly in the one eyed wonder worm. After a long flinch, I realized proper safety measures must be put in place to prevent future accidents, hence the appearance of the cage on the right.
The final hit was a mighty one, leaving only bits clinging onto the inners of the once mighty cube. Now the big question: was this therapeutic? I have spent a vast amount of minutes trying to solve this impossible abomination. And I consider that time wasted, but while destroying the poor cube I was filled with great joy. Perhaps it was just the fumes, but I consider it an effort very well spent. |
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