Wetten, dass..? vom 5. November

Veni Vidi Cubi - I came, I saw, I cubed. Well, that's the short version. Full version may follow some day, now here's a summary: Began as a kid in the early 80s, then a long break, then comeback thanks to the internet and the new cubing wave. Currently I'm working on my diploma thesis about... the cube. That's right, about the cube. The computer science aspects of it, since I study that. Means mostly (optimal) solving programs.

Here are some pictures from old photo albums of my parents, showing me with my puzzles and other nice stuff. Just in case you'd like to know how old I am on the pics: I was born in early 1977.

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Jul 22, 1982
My brother, me and some girl (cousin?) playing with shifting puzzles.
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Dec 25, 1982
My brother, my mom, me and I think a cube on the table.
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Jan 17, 1983
With a wooden pyramid puzzle.
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Dec 6, 1984
Playing chess with my dad. Looks like I'm losing.
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Dec 30, 1984
Me and my brother playing with Lego.
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Xmas 85
I look so proud. Man, look at that hole!
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Dec 24, 1987
My grandparents, my brother, my dad and me with my Rubik's Magic
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Aug 26, 1988
With my Alexander Star
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Aug 14, 1988
Two cubes built with my Master Magic :-)
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Aug 19, 1988
With 3x3 in Montreal.
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Aug 25, 1988
Visiting a friend family. They're obviously more interested in books than in puzzles ;-)
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Dec 24, 1988
That's actually my brother. On the table is a Nintendo barrel.
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Dec 24, 1988
With a 4x4 (for which I only recently made up a complete system including parity fixing algs)
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Dec 24, 1988
I'm timing my brother who solves the spinout.
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Jan 16, 1990
Yeah, there's my complete (?) collection :-)
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Dec 24, 1990
With Rubik's Dice.
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Jan 1991
Playing some game with Andre (or is it his twin brother Alex?), a good friend.
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Jan 16, 1991
Back then I didn't realize I'm not allowed to just fully disassemble/reassemble the Rubik's Triamid ;-)
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Dec 1, 1991
Oh no! The game boy distracts me from my cube (hanging on the right wall). Also a cross puzzle on the table.
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Dec 24, 1991
Mom watching me and my Square-1.
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Stefan Pochmann
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