Picture/Video – Page 30 – Jacob and Marcia

That Was Easy

Well, it was easier than I thought it would be. A couple weeks ago we watched “Pursuit of Happyness” and decided to try out the Rubik’s Cube. We then decided that we wanted to solve it with the outer edges all being different than the center square. So, we have been finding complicated instructions and not “getting them right.” I kind of gave up on it a few days ago, and solved it correctly. Last night as I was obsessing over the different patterns I can make on the sides, I realized that by doing 3-4 more turns I had solved the sides with a different center. So here are pictures to show I was able to do it, in case I can’t remember how to do it again.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHrhdynE_VE[/youtube]

Another Quiz Inspired by Jacob

This is a piece of a bigger picture. I welcome one and all to guess at what it is. In one week I’ll give the answer, and post a new one. Good luck and may the guessing begin.

Our Trip to Chicago

We went this Wednesday and Thrusday by train to Chicago. We had fun and here is a video of our trip. We weren’t able to take pictures in the Museum of Science and Industry, but you can check out www.bodyworlds.com to see what we saw there.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi7LIxLaprA[/youtube]

Here is another video that we caught of a chaeleon turning over/around.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OPqJbnQqSU[/youtube]

Rubik’s Cube!

No Television

We do not subscribe to cable or even receive channels over the antenna. For entertainment we rent DVDs of CSI and other TV shows. One of the Discs had cracks in it and we were not able to get the DVD player to read it, so we took it back. For our “trouble” they told us to pick out 4 $1 DVDs. That was nice, however, now we have more to watch than we need.

Also, last night we pulled the camera out again on the moon. It is amazing that we can see so much detail on an object that is so far away! Here is what we saw: