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Get Married in Space for Just $2M

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Jul 5th 2008 at 9:18AM

Get Married in Space, and for Only $2Million

Getting your ashes shot into space when you die is so 2007. The space fad for 2008 is weddings! Or at least signing up for them. A Japanese company called First Advantage has joined forces with an American aerospace firm called Rocketplane to offer weddings 100 kilometers (62 miles) above earth. First Advantage now joins Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic in the space-marriage racket.

The $2 million covers not only the flight on the Rocket Plane XP, but also a ground-based party where friends and family can watch a live stream of the zero-G ceremony. The company will even even throw in a wedding dress! The first ceremonies will take place in 2011, beginning with the wedding of Cindy Cashman, entrepreneur and author, and Mitch Walling. [Source: Daily Mail]
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Laptop Cakes Pay Homage to Internet Dating

by Darren Murph, posted Jun 23rd 2008 at 11:28AM


Shockingly enough, the image you see above isn't as radical as you probably think. Just last year we saw a San Francisco couple profess their inexplicable love for TiVo with a his and her cake arrangement, while another treated guests to a flavorful version of their wedding day playlist. This perky pair, however, decided to create cakes that would visually describe just how they ended up together, complete with on-screen profiles and a crossover cable (or something) with a heart along the way. Gives a whole new meaning to the networking category, now doesn't it? [Source: Make: Blog]
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Eight Best Techie Marriage Proposals

by Dan Reilly, posted Apr 30th 2008 at 1:20AMFeatured Story

Aside from buying a ring, asking her father's permission, and stressing over her answer, one of the hardest parts of a marriage proposal for a man is coming up with a unique way to do it. Luckily, technology offers up a slew of options and -- starting below -- we recount the tales of eight creatively geeky guys who found new ways to pop the question. If you're the sentimental type, now's the time to break out the Kleenex.



So There Are Rewards for Playing Video Games

Knowing your girlfriend's favorite hobbies is a great start for planning a proposal. For Bernie Peng, that meant using the game 'Bejeweled' to ask Tammy Li to marry him. Peng, a financial software programmer, spent a month tweaking the game so when Li reached a certain score, a ring and the proposal popped up on the screen. We know what you're thinking, and so does Peng – "I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way," he said. Fortunately for him, she said yes.

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Richard Branson to Officiate First Wedding In Space

by Tim Stevens, posted Apr 21st 2008 at 1:04PMBreaking News

Branson May Conduct First Galactic Wedding

If you were ponying up $100,000-per-seat for you and someone special to take a ride on Richard Branson's SpaceShipTwo into the outer atmosphere, chances are it'd be a moment that you'd have a hard time forgetting. That said, some couples are taking things a bit further to make that journey a memorable one. One as-yet-identified couple has plans to get married while out there, and it looks like Branson might just be the man for the job.

Virgin Galactic C.E.O. Branson, who is ordained, has already conducted a wedding while in mid-flight on a Virgin airplane (which was appropriately en-route to Las Vegas). The set of intergalactic nuptials to be exchanged on the upcoming SpaceShipTwo flight will be the first extra-atmospheric wedding. In addition to the nuptial couple, Virgin Galactic advister George Whitesides and his new wife, Loretta Hidalgo will be getting the first honeymoon in space.

So, if you thought your bride-to-be would be impressed with that trip to Acapulco, better think again! [Source: Daily Mail]
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Romantic Geek Proposes Via Homebrew DS Game

by Terrence O'Brien, posted Mar 7th 2008 at 6:06PM

Geek Proposes Via Homebrew DS Game
We have a new winner for geekiest marriage proposal ever. Proposing in 'Second Life' and 'World of Warcraft' is so 2007. Now you uber dorks will have to top Bernie, a Xanga user who wrote a version of 'Bejeweled' from scratch for his girlfriend's Nintendo DS.

When his girlfriend, Tammy, reached a certain score, the screen cleared and ring made out of the game's namesake jewels lowered on to the screen. Of course, waiting near by with a ring, was Bernie.

Congratulations to you both on the engagement! And Bernie, you're an unbelievable dork. And we love you for that.

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