Tag: LOVE

It's Valentine's Day, and Google is celebrating the occasion with a special homepage doodle, and a new, 'Map Your Valentine' location-sharing service for lovers. The doodle is designed as a pretty obvious homage to Robert Indiana's famous 'LOVE' image, with a heart replacing the first "O" in a re-arranged Google logo, and the second one slanted to the right. Unlike recent homepage doodles, ...

Share It may seem like a trivial choice to some, but picking out the perfect wedding ring is actually a pretty major decision. This is the piece of jewelry, after all, that your future spouse will be wearing (in theory) til death do you part, so it probably shouldn't look like a Ring Pop. Even more importantly, this ring could one day serve as an immediate deterrent to any bar flies or hussies ...

We've seen some pretty nerdy marriage proposals before, but a Zynga employee might have just topped them all. According to Joystiq, Anders Howard and his friends created a video game, called 'Dinner Love and the Quest for Soup,' to help him propose to his beloved. Now, he's not the first gamer that has proposed in this manner. However, Howard set up a special event to go along with the game, which ...

Creative geek couples frequently celebrate their nerd-love through incredibly dorky methods. From 8-bit wedding invitations to 'Super Mario' proposals, video game aficionados love to honor their unions of nerdity through festive and colorful tributes. Although we Switched folk are still partial to this incredible and intensive labor of love (which was bestowed upon one of our own), a couple in ...

Share Every bride and groom wants their wedding to be unique and memorable. For gamers and nerds the world over, a soon-to-be married couple just might have set a new bar that will never be risen above. According to Offbeat Bride, Darina and her groom Niko ditched traditional paper wedding invitations, instead opting for a playable video game called "Darina and Niko's Incredible Adventure." ...

Share For those of us more comfortable with our PDAs than with public displays of affection, it can be difficult to meet people while hiding behind an LCD screen. However, striking up conversations with strangers is easy enough while online, and dating service Flitter attempts to marry the comfort of the computer screen with the immediacy of being able to buy someone a drink (if things go ...

Share Geek weddings are nothing new to the Switched beat. Video game 'Katamari Damacy' inspired one service, and we've seen one set of marriage vows culminate in a groom updating his Facebook relationship status. In 2010, we'll supposedly see the first weddings... in spaaaaace. Today's tale of geeky nuptials comes to you from that gleaming, subterranean realm known as Manhattan's Fifth Avenue ...

Share A yearly expression of love. The Hallmark holiday. An easy excuse to munch chocolates and watch 'Mermaids.' Whatever Valentine's Day is for you, it certainly is coming up. We, for one, look at the day of hearts and cupids as another excuse to put together a world-famous gift guide for the geeky, a frugal but festive selection of booty that is guaranteed to get your some. From bling ...

Despite (or perhaps due to) the fact that Valentine's Day is just around the corner, we find ourselves a bit soured on the idea of love. Can we help but admit that we found Google's Super Bowl commercial last night a bit...saccharine? (Video after the break.) It plays off of every sappy romance trope: American boy meets French girl, falls in love, gets married, babies, etc. And he was able to ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/01/08/facebook-breakups-are-never-easy-heres-how-to-make-them-less-h/'; Share No one ever said breaking up was easy. But, as a backward-walking Chris Martin once told us, no one ever said it would be this hard, either -- and especially not as hard as Facebook has made it. In an article for The New York Times, Laura Holson dives headfirst into the thorny ...

Teenagers have been running away from home since, well, forever. But usually, the runaway is a rebel who's had enough of his parents' rules -- not a nerd who's addicted to 'World of Warcraft.' Leave it to a 16-year-old from the Great North to turn this classic stereotype on its head. According to The Globe and Mail, Andrew Kane, who lives with his mom and dad in Barrie, Ontario, left the house ...

As any seasoned city-dweller knows, personal living space is valued at a premium. And as any warm-blooded human being knows, finding true love can present an even more harrowing task than locating a decent Manhattan sublet. Finding both? Crazy talk. The world's most populous country is no exception to this universal struggle. With over 1.3 billion people, China and its urban centers are becoming ...

It's an issue for the ages. You've been exulting in your most recent sexual conquest and have already told your friends, but there are, inevitably, still millions of people out there who desperately need to know the details of your dynamic debauchery. Well, there's now a site for all you rakes and hussies to boldly brag about your lecherous exploits. The site IJustMadeLove allows philanderers ...

Cell phones and computers have made it much easier for long-distance lovers to remain romantic. However, text messages and e-mails lack that intimate touch. While it's still not quite the same as being there, a new device from Distance Lab aims to keep that flame burning strong in long-distance relationships. BBC News reports that the Mutsugoto, which has been in development for nearly two ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/08/05/17-niche-dating-sites-for-specialty-lovers/'; There's somebody out there for everyone. And thanks to the Web, they are easier to find than ever. Today, online dating sites cater to any interest, vocation, hobby, fetish, and even shared disease. If you're single and very particular -- or you just want to peak at some of the weirder matchmaking ...