Speedy Little Demon

The new beast arrived on Monday. So,

Monday, Construction...

Tuesday, Testing...

Wednesday, Operating Systems...

Thursday, Software...

Friday, Benchmarking...

Saturday, More Benchmarking...

If you haven't figured it out by this point, benchmarking means playing Portal and looking at the frame rate. The results? Portal is steady at 240 fps, peaks at 300 fps. That's with EVERYTHING turned up. :-)

This machine RULES!

The Cake Is A... Pumpkin

Today was pumpkin-carving day for Halloween. We went to Dana Day's house, pumpkins in hand, to create our masterpieces. Immediately prior to the party, I had a bright idea; I was going to create THE CAKE!

What is the cake? Well, to understand this, you must be one of the initiated. If you are not, then you should go play Portal. Then you'll understand what I've created.

Portal is a fantastic game. It's also hard to describe. It's a little quickie game from Valve Software (yes, the guy does have a valve sticking out the back of his head). It ends up being a puzzle game with a twist. You're eventually given a gun that has two ends of a portal. You can fire one in one place, another somewhere else, and then pass through the "portal" that you created. Throughout the game, you're promised cake by the GLaDOS computer speaking over the loudspeaker following your trials and tribulations.

The cake is a lie!

If you're not interested in playing you can get a thorough synopsis of the game from Wikipedia and an explanation of the above phrase from Urban Dictionary.

Without further ado, my creation and its inspiration...