Exotic timepieces of all stripes have always fascinated me, from water-powered clocks to the massive type that serves as an integral part of building architecture. Rolling ball clocks have also piqued my interest, hence this post about Philippe (“Philo”) Hurbain’s RCX-powered rolling ball clock, based on an original design by Bob Kojima. Powered by a [...]

Having spent a winter or two during my youth in the 1980′s trying — mostly unsuccessfully — to solve that brightly-colored bundle of endless frustration and obsession known as the Rubik’s Cube, I eventually gave up and moved on to other puzzling pursuits. Frustration with inanimate objects becomes me, I guess. Close to 20 years [...]