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Me Oh Me Oh My, Malda Gets Married

For those of you who remember one of our most famous stories, the culmination of said event has happened. The team, plus other friends gathered in scenic Las Vegas this past weekend. The wedding happened on Sunday, 4:11 local time (would have been 4 sharp, 'cept the cabbie bringing the bride got lost). For those of you are nice, you can send congrats to Rob at wedding@malda.org or be a big meanie, like me, and send it to his regular address, like he has done to me. More detail below for other ways - and you can tell Kathleen what a mistake she's made *grin*. And pictures are found online, along with some video.

Wedding was held at the Excalibur Hotel, which was nice. If you want to send postal congrats/bundt cake/fondue pots/yet more place mats, I've included the postal address.

Rob and Kathleen Malda
PO Box 192
Dexter MI 48130-0192

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  1. *ponder* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This could be my chance to get rid of that never-before-used fondue set sitting in my basement.

    But then again, I bet CowboyNeal would appreciate it more!

  2. Cab? by billh · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Cab? Where was Roblimo?

  3. Please.. by Doomrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..for the love of all that is holy, - reduce the size of those JPEGs!

    1. Re:Please.. by BiOFH · · Score: 5, Funny

      No shit!
      I mean... for fuck's sake this site goes on and on about Ogg compression and blah blah blah barf barf and we get these _huge_ JPEGs of Malda's wedding??? And don't be crying about loss, they're already grainy even at ludicrous size!

      What're ya thinkin man! ;)

      (but errrr I'm done bitching so 'congrats rob and kathleen!')

      --
      - I am made of meat.
    2. Re:Please.. by Doomrat · · Score: 5, Funny

      4. Children 5. PROFIT!

    3. Re:Please.. by jamis · · Score: 5, Funny

      And gotta love those mpg's burning up the bandwidth.

      goonandkissthebride.mpg 09-Dec-2002 01:26 5.2M

      Hmmm... I wonder about the double meaning here...

      go on and kiss the bride

      -or-

      goon kiss the bride

    4. Re:Please.. by gorilla · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's actually Taco's spelling of 'Groom'

    5. Re:Please.. by rat7307 · · Score: 4, Funny

      timothy did the grammar

      --
      Burma?
  4. bah! by RobertTaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    would have been 4 sharp, 'cept the cabbie bringing the bride got lost

    Cabbie? You tight fisted git!

    1. Re:bah! by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
      > > > would have been 4 sharp, 'cept the cabbie bringing the bride got lost
      > > Cabbie? You tight fisted git!
      >
      > No kidding! Had a cab pulled up to pick up my wife at our wedding, there would not have been a wedding!

      So the wedding was at 411 because the bride was 404?

      And yeah, I don't blame your wife. I mean, if I was standing at the altar, about to get married, and my wife suddenly showed up in a cab, I'd probably get a big 403 from the both of 'em. (Unless I was in Utah, where that sorta thing goes on all the time. )

  5. Congrats on the wedding, but... by little+alfalfa · · Score: 5, Funny

    White tube socks with a TUX?!?!

    1. Re:Congrats on the wedding, but... by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 5, Funny

      What are you talking about? What other color would socks be?

      --

      It hurts when I pee.
  6. not a vegas wedding ... by WPIDalamar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not a vegas wedding without Elvis presiding over the ceremony :)

  7. Great... by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> the culmination of said event has happened

    That was way, way, way more than I needed to know.

  8. Welp by iomud · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well at least we dont have to wonder who's getting first post. ;]

    1. Re:Welp by PrimeNumber · · Score: 4, Funny

      Just hope there is no need for the lameness filter.

  9. Congratulations! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dear Taco,

    Congratulations! We may not always agree with your opinions/story selection/spelling/etc, but none of that is important in the long run. Marriage is one of those things that's truly important, and today we unite to wish you and Kathleen a long and happy life together.

    Love,
    Slashdot

  10. Obligatory poll by selderrr · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long till first kid ?

    1 day
    1 month
    9 months
    5 years
    never
    allready done
    kid from who ? KidBoyNeal ?

  11. Happy marrage day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a rare event when someone who visits Slashdot gets married!

    Live long and be happy!

    1. Re:Happy marrage day! by cperciva · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a rare event when someone who visits Slashdot gets married

      Yes, but the editors don't actually visit Slashdot. That's why there are so many duplicate stories.

  12. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  13. So how does it feel to finally be... by BinBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...slashdotted! hehe

  14. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  15. Oops... by OldStash · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think we broke your wedding album. Sorry... We promise we won't slashdot it the next time this post appears.

  16. Yay! by Thakandar2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Congrats to Malda on the happiest day of his life, and my greatest sympathy for Kathleen during this trying time.

    Hey, it had to be said, I just posted it first...

  17. Where are the photos of the bride? by delfstrom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So we get a bunch of shots of Malda striking poses for the camera before the ceremony, but no pictures of the bride at all. There is a handheld shaky video taken as she walks down the aisle, but it's hard to see what she looks like. And in the other video (goonandkissthebride.mpg) we see the back of her head!

    Isn't the bride supposed to be the focal point at a wedding? Shouldn't she at least get equal billing?

    Come on, show us how beautiful she is!

    1. Re:Where are the photos of the bride? by Hemos · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Look at the videos. :)

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      Yeah, I'm that guy.
  18. Who's ready to start stalking? by sam_handelman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The first person to drive the beautiful Mrs. Malda to file for a restraining order gets their name in a slashdot story.

    Or.... is that how Rob met his better half?

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    The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
  19. I think the bachelor's party must have been fun. by idiotnot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If today's poll is any indication, perhaps tbere's some guilt goin' on there, boys?

    Hmm?

  20. Re:Congratulations! by Otter · · Score: 4, Funny
    Geez, a "Congratulations!" post gets two instantaneous "Offtopic" mods? C'mon, Michael, get in the spirit of the event!

    I can't find a link to it, but my fondest CmdrTaco memory is his story "Hemos got married today at noon. I was in the wedding party." and the resulting posts: "Uh, Rob? If you were in a wedding party at noon, how did you manage to post that video card story at 11:50 am? I have a mental image of Hemos trying to shove you down the aisle while you're going 'Wait! AnandTech has benchmarks for the new GeForce!'"

    I think that's actually what Hemos had intended to link to when he referred to Rob posting his real address, as opposed to the proposal link I'm getting now.

  21. Re:money to burn? by Hemos · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not when I was uploading directly from the camera... :)

    --
    Yeah, I'm that guy.
  22. Re:I SAW ROB! by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sAw ROB tOo. Except when I saw hIM, my keyboard didn't PUT random CAPS IN the MSG.

    Yeah, I know your's were perfectly ok, but it looked funny, ya know?

    Hey Rob...congrats. Why would anyone want to send you email though is beyond me.

    I can see it now.
    mailto:malda@slashdot.org

    Hi Rob, It's Em. I just wanted to congratulate you on your wedding. Oh, you dont remember me? I'm user 452530?? Remember, I once got first post on that article about that thing? Remember? Oh. Well, congrats anyway.

    --
    Sent from your iPad.
  23. Coming soon to Slashdot by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 5, Funny

    A list of upcoming features:

    - Coordinated color schemes, heavy on earth tones and pastels. White is out as a background color this season, and those BSD colors have got to go.
    - New moderation options: +1 Sweet, +1 Thoughtful, +1 Caring, and -1 You Don't Smile Like That To Me Anymore.
    - A new built-in calendaring system with an auto-reminder app, featuring reminders for Valentines Day, Our First Date, and That Time You Said I Love You For No Reason.
    - Moderation will now include an "Express Your Feelings" textbox, where the moderator must explain and justify their moderation in 250 or more words before they are counted. All Moderations will still be subject to Meta-Moderation, which will itself include a "We Need to Talk" textbox for similar purpose.

    --

    It hurts when I pee.
    1. Re:Coming soon to Slashdot by Captain+Nitpick · · Score: 5, Funny
      - New moderation options: +1 Sweet, +1 Thoughtful, +1 Caring, and -1 You Don't Smile Like That To Me Anymore.

      On the plus side, we also finally get the -1 Wrong option so many of us have wanted. Unfortunately, it can only be applied by female readers to male posters, and cannot be overridden, even when the male is in fact right.

      --
      But then again, I could be wrong.
    2. Re:Coming soon to Slashdot by Mandi+Walls · · Score: 5, Funny
      ...and cannot be overridden, even when the male is in fact right.

      Which, of course, is never.

      Unless you wanna sleep on the couch...

      --mandi

  24. Congrats to... by Alethes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cmdr and Mrs. Taco. Soon to follow, their children, Fish, Beef and Soft.

  25. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Kathleen Fent marries YOU!

    (Much love for Rob and Kathleen from the SlashTroll community, even if some can't say it)

  26. Three Picture/Movie Mirrors by redink1 · · Score: 5, Informative
    As the link to the pictures and movies seems to be going slow (if that), here are three mirrors. Hopefully one will survive.

    Mirror 1: No movies

    Mirror 2

    Mirror 3

  27. philosophically speaking.... by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hemos, Hemos, Hemos...

    You missed a golden chance to ask a question that's been plagueing mankind (ok well this mankind) for almost 10 minutes now.

    Post those pictures on Slashdot and you would get...

    If Slashdot gets /.'d, would anyone be able to find it?

    Congrats to the newlyweds!

    --
    People in cars cause accidents....accidents in cars cause people :-D
  28. Re:Please..Corrected statement. by Doomrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it was meant to be read as:

    4-Children
    5-Sell Children
    6-PROFIT!

    but I thought it best to leave to people's own imaginations.

  29. Congratulations! by Xpilot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know this is gonna get buried in a pile of similar comments, but congrats from me to Rob and Kathleen.

    Now CmdrTaco, I asked before and I asked again... how does one go about getting a girl to like geeks like us, let alone marry us?

    --
    "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
  30. Images of Kathleen by sverrehu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Searching for Kathleen Fent on Google images gives just two pictures: One joystick, and a security lock. Could someone please explain the symbols?

  31. My Big Fat Geek Wedding by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not a vegas wedding without Elvis presiding over the ceremony :)

    True, but... consider who these people are. It seems more appropriate if the vows went something like this:

    "Do you, Rob, take all Kathleen base?"

    "I do."

    "Do you, Kathleen, imagine a beowulf cluster of little Robs and Kathleens?"

    "I do."

    "No repeat after me.. with this token ring I thee wed..."

    --

    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
    1. Re:My Big Fat Geek Wedding by mstyne · · Score: 4, Funny

      and in the darkness bind them

      Kinky!

      --
      mstyne: real name, no gimmicks
  32. MS wins... by Espectr0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that taco has gone propietary with this wife, he has sucumbed to microsoft and left the open source community (a.k.a other girls) alone

  33. heh by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny

    'but i HAVE to post pictures on the web!'
    'well ok, but at least make them ridiculously large and serve them off of a 486 in the closet, that way no one can actually _see_ them'
    'yes dear'
    ;)

  34. Re:To Hemos and the whole /, team by Hemos · · Score: 5, Informative
    Uh, the machine is still running. There's a wonderful thing called max clients in Apache. So, while the machine may be slow to you, it's running fine for me, logged into it.

    So, no, I don't feel any different about it.

    --
    Yeah, I'm that guy.
  35. And in other news... by SupahVee · · Score: 4, Funny
    Blockstackers was taken offline for not paying their bandwidth bill after the royal slashdotting it received when 1Meg photo downloads reduced it to a pile of steaming silicon. Some likened the /.'ing of Blockstackers to act of eating one's own leg.


    Thinkgeek was also rumored to be entertaining the idea of geek-themed lingerie, with tacos on them.

    --
    "See, we plan ahead! That way, we never have to do anything now."
  36. Re:I SAW ROB! by JabberWokky · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hey, I figure I'll toss out a congrats to both of them. I may have never met them, but between Geeks in Space and the various Blockstackers projects I can at least say I know a bit about Rob. So I'm posting this.

    I can imagine the conversation when they get back from their honeymoon:

    "Dear, look - 426 posts congratulating us." "Yes, and only six have that link".

    --
    Evan "First time I linked to there, and first time I've mentioned Rob and honeymoon in the same post. Coincidence? Hopefully. ;)"

    --
    "$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
  37. smaller pics by Black+Copter+Control · · Score: 4, Informative
    Grr... I did this for Hemos's wedding too.... It's silly that they can't do this themselves.

    BTW: This isn't a job for GIMP... mogrify does a really nice job of bulk translation...

    Once you've saved the (massive) jpeg files, you can do the following: mogrify -resize 14.6666% *.jpg
    mkdir smaller
    for i in *.mgk ; do mv $i smaller/${i%mgk}jpg ; done
    cd smaller
    ls | sed '%s_.*_<a href="http://spiderling.blockstackers.com/\~hemos/ wedding/&"><IMG src="&">&</a><BR>_' > index.html

    in the sed script, I'm using _ instead of / for obvious reasons (there are slashes all over the edit string). The result should be your own index with smaller pictures (you might want to change the 14.6666% to 33.333 or 50%......

    I put the result on my ISPs personal web service
    Larger versions (33%) of the pics are there too. Mogrify also seems to do a pretty good job of JPEG compression overall....

    I leave it as an exercise for the reader to rotate the thinker image right side up (gotta get to work).

    Feel free to make your own mirrors (not like it's my copyright...). I have no idea as to if/when Telus (my ISP) will cut off the page for bandwidth usage.. Hemos... PLEASE feel free to put a copy on your site.

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    OS Software is like love: The best way to make it grow is to give it away.
  38. WOW you slashdotted your own wedding! by Augusto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this a first?

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    - sigs are for wimps.