New Rubiks Cube

Yesterday I went for the movie Hancock and I was only able to get the tickets for the evening show, We were there in afternoon itself. So we went to nearby Crosswords nearby

Then I saw, they were selling rubik’s cube. It has been a long time since I touched it. So I bought myself a Rubik’s Cube (Original from Rubiks.com, my first one) and It cost me around Rs 225.

Also few must be knowing that around 2 weeks back Rubik’s Cube was celebrating its 25th anniversary.
Check out some cool ads for Rubik cube.

25 years and still going

25 years and still going

Today, I also found some creative ads related to Rubik’s cube via Toxel.com

So I have the new cube now, which is much better (smoother) compared to ones i previously had. I hope to improve upon my timing now.

And about the movie, Hancock, it wasn’t worth the hype created. though Will Smith rocked as always.

happy cubing !!

Also check: Rubik Cube Timer, My Rubik Page

July 14, 2008 | Filed Under puzzle | 1 Comment

Adobe AIR: Web to Desktop

Past few days, I have came across Adobe AIR through digg, techmeme, delicious and so today i thought i should try this. Adobe AIR lets us their existing web development skills in HTML, AJAX, Flash and Flex to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop. For Application development you will need two things:

Adobe AIR Runtime : Necessary for running AIR applications. (For windows & mac)
AIR_SDK Provide necessary libraries to build AIR application

Having Adobe AIR extension for Dreamweaver CS3 can be very helpful as it facilitates to package and preview .air application files directly within Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.

As my first AIR application, I ported my rubiks cube timer as a desktop application (RubikTimer.air). Its very easy using dreamweaver extension, have a look here : Create your first HTML-based AIR application with the AIR SDK (great tutorial for beginners).

One problem I faced: Usually setInterval(”display()”,500) works with Firefox/IE but it was not starting with no error message to look into but then i found out about using Adobe CommandLine tool. (via Three ways to debug Adobe javascript Application). It´s called ADL and resides in the /bin folder of the SDK. ADL showed the Error: “Unsafe javascript”. Then after some random changes when i change it to “setInterval(display,500)”, It started working. Another problem I faced was related to keypress events in javascript, were not working with AIR (still have to resolve this issue)

Download RubikTimer.air here
Web Based Rubik Cube Timer

Sample Adobe AIR Applications
Trying hands on Google gadgets

February 19, 2008 | Filed Under programming, webdev | 2 Comments

Trying hands on Google gadgets

Tonight i tried creating some google gadgets (actually its quite easy using Google Gadget Creator). You can check out them here: Google gadgets . You can use html / javascript (as in any other webapage) to create gadgets. Rubik timer gadget So i converted my Rubiks Cube Timer to a gadget. Other one is a gadget to search stock, scripts on bombay stock exchange.

You can also create gadgets using : Make your Own Gadget (Which is as simple as filling out forms)

P.S. : My first post on wordpress blog. (I imported my previous posts from blogger)

February 17, 2008 | Filed Under programming, tips, webdev | 3 Comments

Rubiks Cube with flashy lights and voice

from Engadget

New “Rubik’s Revolution,” a supposed “sequel” to the original Rubik’s Cube. The new cube keeps that 3 x 3 configuration and the iconic colored sides, but adds in electronic games including Light Speed, Rapid Recharge, Pattern Panic, Cube Catcher, Code Cracker and Multiplayer Madness.

Twisty Puzzles

I’m a fan of Rubik’s Cube…though i’m not very fast but i can solve it in around 90 sec or so..
i stumbledupon this page having collection(pics) of wide variety of derivatives of rubik cube and similar puzzles.Then i searched for more such links..and i found this Huge Rubik’s Cube Collection.

Visit:
Magic Polyhedra and Other Sequential Movement Puzzles,
Knuttz.net: Rubik’s Cube Collection

February 8, 2007 | Filed Under gaming | 4 Comments

Rubiks Cube Timer

This is a javascript timer made by me as i needed it some timer application on linux specific to Cubing. It also calculates average of your timings. Will try to add more features.
http://www.aburad.com/cubing/timer.html

here is an screenshot:

Now Google gadget for cubing timer : Read about it.

Also Download Adobe AIR Desktop application: RubikTimer.air for cubing timer: Read about it

Happy Cubing !!

March 21, 2006 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Rubik’s Cube

Learned solving rubik’s cube.My friend Sachin helped me a lot in this.Right now it takes me 3:45min - 4:00 min to solve it.
So here are few link that will be helpful in learning that:

Rubik Cube Timer : http://www.aburad.com/cubing/timer.html

June 19, 2005 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment