Before I got married, I used to joke with my fiancee that instead of getting rings made out of gold, or other expensive metals, we should find ourselves some plastic “Sha-zam!” rings that we could join together and pretend we had a Genie to fight our battles for us.
She didn’t like the idea.
So imagine what would have happened if I had proposed we invest in a pair of Cat 5 compliant wedding bands that we could jack into eachother when we were bored. My guess is that we wouldn’t be married now.
The inside of the “female” ring can be chosen from a selection of four colours: turquoise, white, orange or black. That’s four different reasons that she’d leave you, right there.
But the worst thing about these ridiculous rings – they’re sold out. So, chances are there’s going to be some lonely men with broken hearts and shattered dreams in the world tonight.
I’ve mentioned it a couple of times over the past few weeks, but I’m off getting married next week. There’s sure to be a lack of wedding gadgets at the reception, but I’ll hopefully be making up for it on the honeymoon with a whole heap of underwater cameras.
Sadly, that will mean that I’ll be offline for the next three weeks. But never fear Gizmodians! I’m absolutely stoked to announce that while I’m away, the team from BRAN will be guest editing your favourite gadget site. If you’re not familiar with BRAN, make sure you click the link and check out their Podcast – it should be part of every gadget fan’s weekly diet.
So, wish me luck! When I get back, I’ll be working even harder to make Giz AU even better, with even more competition, news, features and reviews.
Cheers all. See you in three weeks.
Nick
I have no idea why I’d be posting this, considering I am currently two weeks out from my own marriage. It kind of seems a bit, well, negative.
Still, it’s funny in a morbid, cynical way. It’s fairly self-explanatory – it’s a coffin for your wedding ring after you decide to get divorced.
Each coffin comes with an engraved message of bitterness and hatred mourning, which you can select from a number of pre-written alternatives or write your own.
At US$30, it’s a pretty cheap way of saying goodbye to your marriage. If you need to do that kind of thing, or can’t fathom the idea of pawning your ring off on ebay.
[Wedding Ring Coffin via Styledash]
A thought came to me as my fiancee and I spent every waking moment of our weekend working on last minute details for our wedding: why don’t you hear about cool wedding gadgets?
I mean, every bride and groom have a registry including all kinds of household items, but outside of toasters, there isn’t really that much that tickled my fancy. So this morning I’ve been roting around in the archives to discover the kind of gadgety goodness I would be happy to receive at my wedding. And yes, you can feel free to take this as a hint…
