weddings
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Russian Newlyweds Show Their Love Through Insane Photoshops

In most countries, a wedding is accompanied by a tasteful card, subtly boasting of newly institutionalised love on very thick stock paper. In Russia, some couples break the news with a photoshopped pic of the groom crushing his winged-wife in miniature.

May 31, 2011
Cameras

Leica Rings Made Of Precious Metal Still Cheaper Than Real Thing

The wedding band is a time-honoured tradition since marketers first convinced us we needed them in the late 1940s. Nowadays, they’re ubiquitous and for the most part undifferentiated.

April 30, 2011
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There Are Some Pretty Badass Parts Of A Fancy Royal Wedding

The Will and Kate orgy of regality isn’t just about giant fancy hats and jewels and horses – there’s some hard labour to be done! As much as Twitter has been abuzz with gushing hashtags, old tech still matters.

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25 Geeky Weddings Just As Fantastical As The Royal Wedding

While the rest of the world dons their fancy hats for the Royal Wedding, we wanted to pay tribute to the great amazing science fiction and fantasy-themed weddings that have rocked our universe.

Cameras

This Is What It Takes To Shoot Royal Love

In case you weren’t aware, two very rich and good-looking people in England just got married, and everyone in the world went into a frenzy about their hats and hair and shoes. So photos were key! Here’s the gear.

April 29, 2011
Geek Out

The Glorious, Creative, Ridiculous, Fancy, Royal Wedding Hats

What’s the coolest thing about a royal wedding? It’s the hats, stupid! [Jezebel]

Gadgets

The Worst Royal Wedding Merchandise Offenders

Every marketing manager and his dog has dreamt up a little royal wedding cash-cow in time for the nuptials tomorrow. But which gift should you buy – either to send to the newlyweds, or to sheath in plastic wrap and bury under your bed for the grandchildren, who’ll only wrinkle their noses and toss it in the bin 60 years down the track?

April 28, 2011
Mobile

Mobile Phone Jammers At The Royal Wedding

Tweeting and mobile phones are banned from the royal wedding. The Brits have arranged for “signal blocking technology” to be employed at the grounds of the Abbey due to concerns that guests might use their phones to convey information from within the ceremony – puzzling, considering the event will be broadcast worldwide on YouTube.

April 25, 2011
Online

How Does One Follow A Royal Wedding In The Information Age?

Gizmodo’s own Kat Hannaford was recently pulled aside by the BBC to talk the upcoming Royal Wedding. How will it be different than others from the past? First, more fabulous. Obviously. Second? More social, and certainly more connected than ever.

April 19, 2011
Online

The Royal Wedding Will Be Televised… Live On YouTube

I just received a royal pigeon bearing the news that Google will be live-streaming the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29, from 9am GMT (7pm AEST). Prepare the royal gifs! [Royal Channel YouTube]

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