Ken Kinnison loves the game ‘Portal’ so much, he paid fellow fan, Scot Dacus to build a weighted ‘Companion Cube’ media center PC for his wife.
If you don’t know what a Companion Cube is, check the above video. You’ll have a fair idea by the end of it.
I’d say it’s a very brave or a very foolish man who commissions such a gift. It’s a daring builder who uses magnets to hold a hard drive in place. The combination of the two results in a Companion Cube decorated with hearts that is a huge gift success.
Priceless.
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