The nerdiest wedding ring you’ll see all week: The Memory Ring

We get it. You’re a nerd, a geek, an outcast from the popular norm. It’s ok. It’s more fun in our circle anyway. Gadgets and gizmos are a great thing to be captivated by. The only thing that tops that perhaps is finding someone to share that fascination with for a lifetime to come. Yes, I’m talking about the “M” word — Marriage.

For Ray Arifianto, a software developer engineer at Microsoft Game Studios, his marriage was capped with the ultimate tribute to geekdome — the flashdrive-i-fication of his wedding ring. As you can see, he had a freakin’ USB drive engraved into the ring. Though the most clever part is the inscription that is located on the inside of the band: “For a lifetime of memories”. Quite ironic given the “memory” that’s forever engraved on the top of his ring.

Anyone else have any better ideas?

[Foxfire Jewelers]

The wedding invitation of a geek: Downloadable, playable, 8-bit Mario-style video game with obvious happy ending.

I’ve seen some pretty over the top and downright insanely involved wedding invitations in my time. But this — “Darina and Niko’s Incredible Adventure.”? The invitations are actually two specially designed Mario-style video games that were sent out to all of their guests. The coolest part is that the games are actually playable, with beating the game an actual requirement to finding out the when, where, and whatever else logistics of the big holy union. How cool is that?

• Download “Darina and Niko’s Incredible Adventure”

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Social networking butterfly updates Facebook and Twitter at the alter

Think you have a case of the social networking bug digging deep down inside of you? There’s one simple way to find out. Would you tweet or update your Facebook status when getting married…at the alter…in front of everyone? Just how social are you — more social than Dana Hanna (the guy) in the video above?

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