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The regular hexahedron
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The regular hexahedron is the most common of polyhedra. Its common name is the cube, with its 6 square faces. It is one of the most fundamental polyhedra, and (like all regular polyhedra) has quite a few properties worth looking at.
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Posted on May 26 2007
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What's the point of this web site?
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I've been asked a few times "what's the point of your web site?", and people get into deeper detail and tell me that pretty much all of the information I have can already be found on other web sites, in books, or from other such sources.
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Posted on May 17 2007
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Building polyhedra with Magnetix, part 1
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Magnetix, the magnetic construction toy where bars and other shapes have powerful magnets that attract steel balls (and one another). They can be used to build the "skeletons" of some polyhedra, including some that can't be built with more "serious" polyhedra-related toys like Zome. This article has some general information about Magnetix, along with data for the most simple of polyhedra.
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Posted on May 13 2007
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Puzzle Quest helpers
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The RPG aspects of Puzzle Quest involve quite a few numbers, which represent the various characteristics of characters and enemies. I've captured a few of the relevant numbers in order to help me make the right decisions, and I'm sharing them here.
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Posted on May 10 2007
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The regular tetrahedron
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The tetrahedron is the simplest of all polyhedra, with 4 faces. The regular tetrahedron is the special tetrahedron where all the edges have the same length. Because of that simplicity, it has many interesting properties.
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Posted on May 3 2007
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Puzzle Quest (PSP)
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Puzzle Quest is an interesting mashup of two very different game styles: Puzzle and RPG. The result is a surprisingly good game which is more than just the sum of its parts
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Posted on Apr 28 2007
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About polyhedra
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I find polyhedra fascinating. As far as I can remember, I always did. I like their infinite variety. I like how they have many interesting mathematical properties. I like how they make excellent models for various kinds of arts, crafts and toys.
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Posted on Apr 21 2007
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Web site, version 2.5
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I am finally ready to roll out what I want to call "version 2.5" of my web site. This is a significant update over version 2.0, which had been around for about 5 years. It's still a bit rough in some areas that will be refined over time, but it'll be good enough for me to start writing a few things that I feel like writing about.
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Posted on Apr 14 2007
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Back with no vengeance
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There's been a hiatus in the way I've maintained this web site, a gap, a break, a layoff. It's quite visible if you look at the dates at which I posted articles: there hasn't been anything new for the last 2 1/2 years. I am now back, I have the tools in place to be able to update this site again, and there are a few things that I'd like to write about.
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Posted on Apr 09 2007
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Sun flirting with Open Source and Open Standards
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Two interesting tidbits of news on slashdot this morning. Both happen to be somewhat related to Sun Microsystems, but come from different departments and are not related to each other:
"The Open Office XML Format Will Probably Become an ISO Standard" and "The Case for Open Source/Closed Standards".
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Posted on 27 Sep 2004
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