geek-love

Online Girlfriend: $36 an Hour Plus Tips

Ryan Tate · 09/29/10 02:17PM

She'll talk to you, she'll play games with you, and for a little extra she'll consider doing even more. Welcome to GameCrush, the new website that helps nerds battle loneliness and young women battle the recession.

Ladies Love Google's Ivanka Trump Ex

Ryan Tate · 01/04/10 02:24PM

Is Salar Kamangar the most eligible bachelor in Silicon Valley? Well, he is fabulously wealthy, sleekly handsome, and — all too rare in nerd central — a smooth operator. His downside?

Tech Playboy's Pimp Card

Ryan Tate · 10/09/09 02:52PM

Ohhh yeahhh, baby: Jimmy Wales did just hand you a picture of his dapper self, giving you The Look. You know, the sultry one he's used on a long line of women. The look that says, "this card means business."

'In Lieu of Gifts, Please Give Us Free Venture Capital'

Ryan Tate · 08/26/09 05:55PM

They even made a video to explain everything, above. The couple claims to have inaugurated "The World's First Start-up Wedding Registry" to fund their super-secret Web company Aboomba. Friends and family can "feed an outsourced engineer for a day" to make the couple rich, or maybe pay the utilities for a month, to make the couple rich or even buy some banner ads, which will also help make the couple rich. Delightful!

Love in the Age of SMS

Owen Thomas · 05/04/09 01:46PM

Things were simpler when the only medium for asking someone out was the telephone. Text messaging, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have complicated romance, if not ruined it, the Washington Post reports.

Money Can't Buy Elon Musk Love

Owen Thomas · 04/06/09 02:17PM

Why has Justine Musk, the estranged wife of the CEO of Tesla Motors, spoken out about their divorce and his new fiancée? It might have something to do with money, and Elon Musk's lack thereof.

Netscape Billionaire to Wed Supermodel This Weekend

Owen Thomas · 03/20/09 05:59PM

Giving geeks everywhere hope, Jim Clark, cofounder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape, is marrying swimsuit model Kristy Hinze this weekend on Richard Branson's Necker Island — also the site of Google founder Larry Page's nuptials.