The sun is creeping back to Eugene for another visit after a few days of rain and hail. Although it's still not as nice as Saturday's 84 degrees and multitude of barbecues, I'll settle for any amount of blue sky and rays of sunshine. On a day like this, how could I possible blog about dark topics such as the pope and Dick Cheney's face?
Plus, I think the bleak weather triggers something in my brain that generates a need to disseminate bad news. Without stormy nights and the sound of rain pelting my window, my inspiration for tragedy plummets.
So here's my offering: If you think you're the biggest geek in the universe, I'm sorry to break the news to you. You're not. This guy is!
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (AP) -- Hiding a ring in a bouquet just wasn't enough when a computer programmer decided to pop the question.
At Bernie Peng and Tammy Li's wedding, guests will receive copies of "Bejeweled."
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.
Word of the romantic feat in 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.
The couple plan to marry over Labor Day weekend, and PopCap, the Seattle company that makes "Bejeweled," will fly the couple to Seattle as part of their honeymoon.
A spokesman for the company that developed the game helpfully explains why the love-struck programmer isn't getting sued for hacking the game:
"Most video game companies would frown on people manipulating their games," said Garth Chouteau, a spokesman for PopCap.
"But it won him a woman. As a bunch of geeks, we have to say, 'Bernie, hats off to you.'
Yikes.
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