Ok I surrender. I can no longer debugging this old theme of mine for the Internet Explorer users. I will change new wordpress theme later on. Hope before the Sabahan Bloggers Gathering. you win IE, I hate you but you win.

Stop before I smash this old laptop too! Lucky got Pikom coming next week. Another excuse to get new one! LOL.

Damn it. I still cannot figure it out why internet explorer browser user cannot access my blog. I thought of some plugin problem. Maybe I just plain stupe on this. So, to my friends out there who still using MSIE, sorry a thousand if not million. Hope you can read this in the feeds.

Confirmed up to now, IE users cannot access this blog. “Operation Aborted!” message. I checked, using Mozilla Firefox is ok and even tried the Apple Safari, all ok.

During my laptop and internet breakdown, one of the many things I have done is this, solving the Rubik 3×3X3 puzzle. Do you know what is the Rubik 3×3x3 puzzle? Wiki coming to the rescue.

A permutation puzzle is a type of puzzle in which parts move around the puzzle in a limited number of ways. Depending on the number of parts and the restrictions on movement the puzzle has a number of possible configurations, or positions. The higher the number of possible positions, the more difficult it will be to solve the puzzle, in general.

This puzzle was so famous back in the 1980’s, invented by Erno Rubik in 1979, that everyone of my school friend need to have one. My family is one of the fallen crazy fans of it. Yes, the four of us brothers including my father, each got our own Rubik and challenging ourselves for the new family record.

Those were the days that we had one common interest other than badminton. Now, I am the only one know how to finish this. My 3 brothers all forgotten about it. Not all the formulas though. Like me, before this I can only remember halfway through. Right to the step 2 or 3. I have been trying to finish the whole face of the puzzle but just could not. I can’t even understand the instruction included in some of the cheap rubik package. Even from the information I gathered from the Internet gave me nothing but headache. Until I saw a few videos from the expert.

From the video below I can average at a record of 2 minutes to finish the puzzle. That was using the old, cheap RM2.50 puzzle. It is so tight and hard to turn. If you force it, it will break … like what I did to my 3 rubiks. Yes, I have many and many just broke during the ’speedcubing’ as the expert call it. Currently, I still have 3 rubiks that still playable including my latest RM25 worth of rubik (below picture). This one is a better rubik to play.

Immediately I broke my own record of 2 minutes average at the first try only. Now my record stand at 1 minute 20 seconds. I know it is still too slow in comparison with other guys in the Internet but hey, at least I have improved myself after just using new expensive rubik. The new rubik is adjustable with springs inside and you can actually make it faster by lubing it with some type of oil. For me, I use my rc hobby synthetic oil. I can explain more later, if you ask lah. I can even show you how to finish the rubik puzzle using the simple method, they call it “beginners way”. Only if you ask. For now, just watch this video of mine made in the office in a hurry using my cheap rubik worth RM2.50. Sorry silent mode.

Any question, buzz me in yahoo messenger or just comment here lah

But if you wish to ignore me and find the real source, you can go to Rubiks Official Online Site.

… just kidding. Here the Official World Record 8.72 seconds set by my master a Japanese Yu Nakajima at the Kashiwa Open Final 2008.

Yes the Damn thing is back! Internet is accessible now using my laptop and wireless-ly connected at home too with my new router. No more Cyber Cafe To the Rescue!

The whole day I did backup to my 160GB laptop HDD and PCs at home to my mobile USB capable HDD and some RW DVDs. No more second time. My new Laptop Power Adapter is here to stay for a long time, I hope so and my wireless router at home is faster than ever and with warranty to hang, I considered the cyber cafe day is bygone now and it is time to make money back from this blog. I really am “Pokai” now.

Yes, internet sucks today when it matters most. I got so many things to do, so many sponsors to be satisfied and what do I get? This damn stupid internet connection. Yes, I am really pissed and I am not even sure if this post will be published at all. So whatever saved, it should be published that, today on Sunday 3pm GMT+8hours, from Luyang, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, the internet connection is so so so slow. What? So its Sunday, so you all go on holiday kah, ah?