Breaking up the band (post #1900)

I read today that a good friend's favorite band (Rush) will no longer be touring. While that's not the same as the band breaking up, I'm breaking up this group of 125 little magnets, a 5×5×5 cube when put together.

I posted “Cubism” a couple years ago — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-01-21 — and noted that a particular student who came to office hours with some regularity used to play with these all the time. Since then, Diana has graduated twice — bachelor's and master's degrees in economics, http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-12-19 — and I'm sending her the majority of the little magnet-cubes along with the case and box. Breaking it down by cubes, Diana is getting a 4×4 cube, two 2×2 cubes and a single. That leaves me with a 3×3, two 2×2s and a single. I would send all of the them to Diana and get myself another, perhaps smaller set because they're pretty handy little "tools" — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-11-12 — but the product is "dangerous" and no longer available:
» http://www.cbsnews.com/news/buckyballs-ceo-on-cpsc-complaint-how-can-this-happen-in-america/
» http://www.cbsnews.com/news/govt-complaint-halts-buckyballs-sales-citing-injury-risks/
» http://www.cbsnews.com/news/3-year-old-swallows-37-buckyball-magnets-survives

1 year ago (“Does *anyone* love their printer?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-09
2 years ago (“’Twas a lovely day for a row”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-09
3 years ago (“A new resident in the dresser-top neighborhood”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-09
4 years ago (“Angles and lines”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-09
5 years ago (“Ash Wednesday”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-09

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[GaryW]

Cool shot! Love all the symmetry!