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Folks might have heard that Steam is finally available for the Mac and that, for a limited time, Portal is available as a free download. Naturally, I made the most of it, and downloaded Portal on Friday evening, beating it just last night. :-)

Downloading Portal was interesting, I had no idea that the game was on the order of 3 Gigs in size. It was a great way to test out my current Internet connection, which performed pretty well, as this graph shows:

As for playing the game itself, someone asked me how Steam and Portal were on the Mac, out of concern that there might just be some emulation going on. This does not seem to be the case, judging by my CPU usage (gameplay began right after the download):

I'd say that my Mac Mini held its own just fine. :-)

I'll probably be on Steam on occasion. If anyone wants to friend me there, feel free. My Steam ID is DmuthAtHome.

 
I had been meaning to get a Wii for awhile, and earlier today I entered a new fiscal month, and was therefore able to blow my budget for the next month actually make the purchase. Every place I checked, I ended up seeing that it was either sold out, "not in stock", or with a "2-3 week waiting list". So, I asked around at work, and co-worker M and J both directed me to Got Game, at 638 South Street in Philadelphia. One 10 minute walk later through drenching rain, and I was at the store. I picked up a Wii, an extra controller, and a few games.

So anyway, here is my Wii Number:

If anyone would like to share Wii numbers with me so that we can be linked, feel free to add my number and then reply to this post (or email me) with your own Wii number!