Photo: Cubesmith Sticker Texture

I realised early on it was extremely difficult to get a photo that would give me an accurate idea as to how a Cubesmith tile sticker's texture was like. And so now I present to you - a crop from a high resolution photo which gives pretty good detail on what the texture is like on the tile. (Hint, look at the red tile.)

I know the photo isn't the best, but it's painfully difficult to capture the texture of the smooth tiles since they look a little bit like noise too.

Photo: New Cube!

My old cube began to fall apart, so I got a new improved one - the stickers eventually peeled off in less than 2 weeks, so I've replaced them with new Cubesmith tiles!

I'm currently staying at someone else's place at the moment - which should be obvious since the table looks different. ;)

Photos: Coin Towers

A few weeks ago, I talked about optimizing coin pressure. Then, I didn't have any coins to photograph to illustrate how important it is to choose what coins to carry - now I can (and so here are the illustrations I didn't promise, but delivered anyway): The optimized stack of coins - 8 coins.

And the stack behind it? The remaining 25 coins that won't make my coin pressure any higher. Here's a photo if you feel like counting:

The remaining coins after optimization - preferably kept for feeding into machines.

(If I'm not mistaken, that's about AU$4.40 in change.)

So, optimize your change - your wallet will thank you for it by lasting longer.

Photo: Dead Bulb

PHILIPS Tornado 20W CFL Several days ago, the bulb in my room died. One that had faithfully served me the past few years. That night, I noticed that it began to flicker erratically. As I was telling chewxy that, my room was suddenly engulfed in darkness - the only light source being my computer monitor.

And so, in the middle of the night, I went outside to salvage a light bulb from the living room so that I could continue my studies in peace. That bulb is also a Philips, but it's only a 14W CFL. Now, I've replaced it in its rightful place in the living room. In my room now is a PHILIPS Tornado 24W CFL - and it's nice and bright. :D (The photo is using illumination from this new bulb, of course.)

Photo: Mini Dice, Take 2!

Yes, I know this seems like a repeat of this post about dice. No longer used in my decision making process. I think.

Of course, two years later - I don't use dice for decision making any more. I've learned that planned consumption is significantly more rewarding, not to mention, I don't eat out quite as much as I did in 2006. Of course, my subjects are a lot harder this semester than they were that semester.

I realise after I took the photo that I should've shown you my full sized dice set instead - but I guess we'll leave that for another day when it comes time to show you more dice - which could the day after tomorrow, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now - or maybe even: NEVER!

(The photo didn't turn out as I intended - I focused the camera on the wrong die, not to mention I probably shouldn't have put the 4-sided die in front, and put something a little more round instead. Oh well.)