How to Solve a Rubik's Cube

I've just created a guide on How to Solve a Rubik's Cube the Easy Way. The Rubik's Cube (or rubix, rubick's or rubics cube) is a mechanical square colour puzzle. It was invented by a Hungarian professor of architecture and a sculptor, Ernő Rubik. Since its invention in 1974 and worldwide release in 1980, the Rubik's Cube has baffled millions of people. Using my guide, you can solve a Rubik's Cube in a simple and clear-cut manner.



To access the Rubik's Cube guide, go to http://www.geniusprophecy.com/rubiks-cube.html.

New Dell Laptop

Today, I received a new Dell XPS M1330 Notebook. It has been running very smoothly so far. The laptop runs on Windows Vista Home Premium, and has killer memory and hard disk space. It is one of the thinnest of all Dell laptops and has a sleek silver design.



For more information on Dell Notebooks, go to http://www.dell.com/.

2007 Scotch Cadet Tattoo

The Scotch 2007 Cadet Tattoo took place on Friday. We had spent several weeks rehearsing the Tattoo every Thursday with Major Bain. We gathered near the Q-Store at 7:00PM that night. We received our rifles and started marching onto the Main Oval at about 8:30PM. There was a large crowd ready to watch us and the principal, Dr Gordon Donaldson AM, was there too. This was a very special tattoo as it is Dr Donaldson's last year this year before he retires after being principal of Scotch for 25 years. This year's reviewing officer was Lieutenant General Ian Teague. His speech was very though-provoking and impressive. The Tattoo ended at around 10:15PM. We were told that there was a possibility of someone fainting for standing with a rifle that long, but thankfully I don't think anyone fainted. We were dismissed shortly afterwards and celebrated our last Cadets session of the year.

5th Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship

The Elwood Bendigo Bank Chess Championship was held at the Council Chambers of City of Port Phillip (St Kilda town hall at the junction of Brighton Road and Carlisle Street) during the 3rd, 4th and 6th of November. I won this event last year with a rather impressive performance. You can see the results of last year's tournament at http://www.global1t.com/chess/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=44.

This year's event was won by GM Darryl Johansen with 6/7. GM Dejan Antic, IM Stephen Solomon, IM Leonid Sandler, FM Igor Bjelobrk and FM Jesse Sales were all =2nd with 5.5/7. The overall standings will soon be available at http://www.global1t.com/chess/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=55.

2007 Canterbury/Box Hill Open

The 2007 Canterbury/Box Hill Open was held between 21/09/07-02/11/07. The top seeds included Sam Chow (2327), IM Leonid Sandler (2319) and Chris Wallis (2202). The tournament ended in a 6-way tie for 1st place. I came =1st and became Canterbury/Box Hill Open Champion on countback (in all countback systems). Michael Chan {803(!)} won the B Division with an amazing 7/7 (B Division players are mixed with A Division players, which made it an even more important feat).

Here are the final standings of the tournament.

Division A

Place Name Div Rtg Score

1-6 Lin, Zhigen A 2095 5.5
Sandler, Leonid A 2319 5.5
Wallis, Chris A 2202 5.5
Chow, Samuel A 2327 5.5
Bourmistrov, Denis A 2089 5.5
Kempen, Leon A 2051 5.5
7 Chmiel, Rad A 1667 5
8-11 Cheng, Bobby A 2019 4.5
Voon, Richard A 1852 4.5
Cook, Geoff L A 1794 4.5
Liston, Howard A 1771 4.5
12-16 Raine, Marcus A 1932 4
Mijatovic, Bosko A 1866 4
Lawson, Shane A 1689 4
Schulzer, Peter A 1672 4
Croft, Roger A 1645 4
17-21 Chung, Francisco A 1762 3.5
Vijayakumar, Rengan A 1689 3.5
Schneider, David A 1582 3.5
Matheson, Laurence A 1488 3.5
Tan, Justin A 1193 3.5
22-33 Schön, Eugene A 1888 3
Brooks, Chris A 1803 3
Sharman, Scot A 1762 3
Podvorac, Zeljko A 1721 3
Lin, Hong A 1701 3
Escribano, Jose A 1700 3
Flude, David A 1679 3
Tionko, Efrain A 1675 3
Hinton, Guy A 1601 3
Omeragic, Jusuf A 1486 3
Glenton, Alan A 1452 3
Neymanis, Eric A 1282 3
34-37 Elbrish, Sam A 1393 2.5
Dalton, Laurie A 1300 2.5
Ng, Isaac A 1206 2.5
Sannidhanam, Anurag A 1201 2.5
38-42 Tang, Jason A 1679 2
Umber, George A 1610 2
Renzies, Elliott A 1452 2
Fielder, Shaun A 1260 2
Feng, Thomas A 1250 2
43 Lundgren, Leif A 1651 0

Division B

Place Name Div Rtg Score

1 Chan, Michael B 803 7
2 Feng, Tim B 1185 5
3-4 Toper, David B 1030 4
Ang, Stephanie B 793 4
5 Lemmel, Oliver B 908 3.5
6-11 Cuxson, Stuart B 1149 3
Lyons, Linden B 1127 3
Kiripitige, Punala B 1084 3
Muthusamy, Jayan B 838 3
Yuan, Daniel B 686 3
Guo, Murphy B 525 3
12 Ng, Joshua B 788 2.5
13-15 Gurevich, Andrew B 1095 2
Chan, Raymond B 857 2
Gibson, Kyle B 539 2
16-19 Alfons, Bishoy B 815 1
Lim, Neilson B 801 1
Brown, Chris B 601 1
Yuan, David B 512 1
20-23 Tsai-Luong, Eric B 851 0
Kwok, Nigel B 601 0
Thiel, Anton B 501 0
Ju, William B 401 0