Tom Rokicki's Personal Web Site



A few random recent photos.

 I just proved that all positions of Rubik's cube can be solved in 23 or fewer face turns. (The link is to the proof of 25; the proof of 23 is the same with just a lot of sets solved.) This proof was made possible by the generous contribution of CPU time from Sony Pictures Imageworks, on the same machines used for movies such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up. I'm currently working on 22.

I ran the Big Sur Marathon again this year (April 23th). My time was slower than before (4:15), but considering that I'm only two and a half months after cochlear implant surgery, I consider it a success.

I've been programming the propeller microcontroller. I have fat16 secure digital card support working, and I have been building a robot based on the propeller. I'm also trying to build a retro-style microcomputer based on the chip.

I've been spending some time developing Golly, a new Life program.

See the results of my cube programming contest!

I have some new results on Paterson's Worms.

Want to see the various names your machine can be accessed by?

I like to swing dance when I can; you can't beat Rob and Diane for classes and fun!

I just released a version of Hash Life and a companion display program called hlife.

I did some investigations on a new and interesting Life Form.

I have been competing on TopCoder.

You might be interested in the Radical Eye Website.

I'm a founder of Instantis, a startup in Sunnyvale.

The official dvips web page still needs some updating.

I recently wrote a ray tracer as part of a programming contest.

I am co-inventor on seven patents.

Can you solve one of my favorite puzzles?

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