Tetris ice cubes put a little geek in your drinks

4 Comments by John Bardinelli May 31st 2007 9:00AM
Filed under: Culture

Instructables has just posted a detailed guide on how to craft your own set of trays suitable for making tetrimino ice cubes. You'll need some woodworking skillz and a good chunk of time, but the thought of plunking a T-block into a glass of shaken-not-stirred water makes our geekiness stand on end. Afterwards, why not store the trays on a set of Tetris shelves (or build your own), then kick back on the couch with your Mario and Luigi hat pillows?

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J44xm: May 31st 2007; 10:05AM

Small note: A piece is called a "tetromino," not a "tetrimino."

yawn: May 31st 2007; 10:10AM

A tetromino, also spelled tetramino or tetrimino, is a geometric shape composed of four squares, connected orthogonally. This is a particular type of polyomino, like dominoes and pentominoes are. The corresponding polycube, called a tetracube, is a geometric shape composed of four cubes connected orthogonally.

A popular use of tetrominoes is in the video game Tetris. However, the spelling of the word used by The Tetris Company differs slightly by replacing the first 'o' with an 'i' to make the word Tetrimino.

Topher: May 31st 2007; 10:13AM

Whats with all of the tetris art?

Anam: May 31st 2007; 12:55PM

"A tetromino, also spelled tetramino or tetrimino, is a geometric shape composed of four squares, connected orthogonally. This is a particular type of polyomino, like dominoes and pentominoes are. The corresponding polycube, called a tetracube, is a geometric shape composed of four cubes connected orthogonally.

A popular use of tetrominoes is in the video game Tetris. However, the spelling of the word used by The Tetris Company differs slightly by replacing the first 'o' with an 'i' to make the word Tetrimino."

There's something very funny about this being posted by someone named "yawn".

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