Damn camera

I don't like my computer much. Apparently it doesn't like my camera :/ anyway I had a post lined up about toroidal polyhedra (remember, donuts with flat shapes making the sides) but noooo it didn't happen thanks to silly computer. Anyway that'll happen tomorrow if i can coerce this damned machine into working.

On a separate note, I have a little bit of fun with cubes and fruit. The idea is not Vi Hart's, but she does a good job explaining it in her own blog. While her pictures are pretty and nice, it's much more fun to do this yourself.

So what is this? Well basically, you get an apple, and cut it into a cube. That bit's pretty easy. Then, you need to cut it in half, but not just any way. You need to cut it THIS way (see right).

One nice way of making it easy for yourself is to mark halfway down each of the sides which the slice goes through, then line it up and go for it! My picture kinda gives away what the cross section will look like, but it's still a lot of fun to do.

Vi Hart recommends slicing one corner off and then slowly slicing bits off that corner, and that way you eventually find the hexagon in the middle. Check out her working of this, it's probably more entertaining than mine thanks to a certain computer which is prejudiced against perfectly nice cameras.

Anyway one of the best parts about it is that eventually you get to eat your sliced cube. Given that the last post and most of the coming ones are all on platonic solids and their awesomeness, this fits nicely because it shows you a side of the cube (a platonic solid) you never thought was there. I look forward to posting more about tasty fruit when i start talking about conic sections (soon... ) because fruit is tasty and i like tasty things. Also maths.

Adios :)