Geek Out

Geekiest Marriage Proposal Yet: Binary, Bender Mask, Flying RC Shark

Raising the bar on nerdy wedding proposals, YouTuber doctorpappa (possibly not a real doctor) decided to ask his girlfriend to marry him by donning a paper-mache Futurama Bender mask, and popping the question in binary.


December 22, 2011
Entertainment

This Guy Proposed To His Girlfriend With Internet Memes

Attention lonely Internet lurkers, there are girls out there who totally “get” our internet humour and still love us! Like Audrey, the lovely girl in this video who was proposed to by her boyfriend Tim with internet memes. Watch the video, it’s so gosh darn cute.


September 9, 2011
Geek Out

Marriage Proposal Via PCB? Best. Marriage. Proposal. Ever.

Gizmodo AU

Technology can change your marriage — whether you’re proposing via Claptrap or getting married via computer — but it takes special dedication (and clearly a very special significant other) to take marriage proposal to the PCB stage.


August 6, 2011
News

Local News Catches (And Ruins) Proposal On Live TV

You’ve got the ring. You’ve got the nerve. You’ve got, most importantly, the girl you want to marry. Alright, let’s do this! Oh wait, you’re popping the question in the background of a Kansas City news broadcast. Here comes trouble!


June 28, 2011
Geek Out

Wedding Vending Machines Should Be Placed Next To Divorce Machines, Just To Be Safe

If you happen to walk past the AutoWed and alert the motion sensors, be warned – once your partner hears the twinkling bells of the wedding vending machine, she might just insist on getting married on the spot.


June 23, 2011
Geek Out

Most Women Won’t Marry An Unemployed Man

Men, take some advice from ForbesWoman and YourTango.com. If you want to find Mrs. Right, don’t bother looking until you have a job.


May 12, 2011
Cameras

Time Lapse Accidentally Captures Man Proposing To His Future Wife

Michael Justin Porco was enjoying a beautiful spring day in New York City and decided to make a time lapse in Central Park. When he looked back at the time lapse he spotted a man proposing to his future wife. Aww.


April 28, 2011
Mobile

Get Divorced In Three Simple Text Messages

Something like half of all marriages end in divorce in the US. But imagine if we had the kind of system they’ve got in Tajikistan: There, husbands can divorce their wives by simply sending them a text message that says “Taloq taloq taloq” (Divorce divorce divorce).


April 25, 2011
Gaming

When Your Favourite Game Proposes Marriage, The Answer Is ‘Yes’

The proposal, delivered by Borderlands’ comedy-reliefbot Claptrap in a video developed over a week by Gearbox Software, did not conjure images of bended knees, rose petals and those silhouetted DeBeers ads. It was a little inappropriate. That’s OK. [Kotaku]


March 29, 2011
Computing

Will You Marry Me? There’s An Engraved iPad 2 In It For You…

I’ve got nothing against silly marriage proposals—as long as they suit the personalities of the individuals getting engaged—but I still can’t help but chuckle over how a 9to5Mac reader proposed to his Apple-loving sweetheart.