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Nerd Love: Guy Proposes to GF Through Reprogrammed Videogame
Hoc Administrator Level Pins 04/21/2008 04:38AM Total Posts: 968 From the Alvin Lin blog, by Alvin Lin on 2008-04-18 06:59 AM (original link) Article Link JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn’t enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question. Bernie Peng reprogrammed Tammy Li’s favorite video game, “Bejeweled,” so a ring and a marriage proposal would show up on the screen when she reached a certain score. Li reached the needed score — and said yes. The word of the romantic feat last December filtered out after Peng, a financial software programmer, posted details on his blog. The reprogramming was a tricky task and took him a month. “I thought it was pretty cool, in a nerdy way,” Peng told The Star-Ledger of Newark. I work here.
Hoc [ # 1 ] Administrator Level Pins 04/18/2008 12:54PM Total Posts: 968 yea i read about this. dude got game ;p I work here.
aikyrie [ # 2 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/18/2008 06:00PM Total Posts: 1044 that’s so romantic! haha Blog \| Flickr
armybratkat [ # 3 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/19/2008 06:19PM Total Posts: 487 awww~! haha but at least they have an interesting proposal story :P
Hoc [ # 4 ] Administrator Level Pins 04/22/2008 03:17AM Total Posts: 968 Some chicks dig geeks. seriously, good for them. I work here.
tofu [ # 5 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/22/2008 10:58PM Total Posts: 104 This guy is hero to nerds everywhere.
jin [ # 6 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/22/2008 11:28PM Total Posts: 556 lol did you read the comments?
khmeresmily [ # 7 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/23/2008 06:44PM Total Posts: 699 where was this around valentines day! http://www.operationsmile.org/
Jacknthebox [ # 8 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/25/2008 12:29AM Total Posts: 110 WHAT A DORK!!! I guess its sweet but you cant get any nerdier than that
H0Ney [ # 9 ] Sr. Member Level Pins 04/25/2008 01:07AM Total Posts: 625 Jacknthebox - 04/25/08 4:29 am WHAT A DORK!!! I guess its sweet but you cant get any nerdier than that this guy asked a girl to prom on digg.
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