while performing my job the other day, i happened across an obscure simpsons item: a tiny head of homer simpson, divided into eight pieces, much like a rubik's pocket-cube. the top of his head was cut into four quadrants, as was the bottom. together, each portion could be rotated, just like the pocketcube; in vain, i tried to put it together but could not, and so i thought i'd try to figure out a mathematical solution to the problem (rather than reading all the web-literature out there, of course!); after thinking about it long anough, though, the homer-cube is actually exactly like the pocket cube...despite the homer-cube's ability to project in 3 dimensions (opposed to the flat color shapes of the pocket cube), each physical property could be described by a color, resulting in the pocket cube. With the major problem out of the way, i'd still like to see an algorithm to help 'solve' the pocket cube rather than merely explaining the concept. any takers? if so, e-mail me at the sysop address at the bottom of the main page. to clarify...if an algorithm detailing every possible move were created, then i could slap together a svg page based on it, which would allow people to solve the pocketcube from any particular point, with the animation to show you how. so hit me!