macmerc.com — Sometime after sunrise in Manhattan, outside the shiny new Apple Store, an unknown man stood in front of the webcam Apple had set up, he expressed his love for someone named Uschi Lang and proposed marriage.
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Closed AccountMay 20, 2006
i sure hope she said no
kismacMay 20, 2006
holy freakin crap, this story has been submitted 40 freakin times, search before you post, please for the love of god and all that is holy.
kopaka649May 20, 2006
dupe
methodshopJul 30, 2006
So after watching this video, your first question will probably be "Did she say yes?" According to Jason Kottke from kottke.org, Uschi Lang did indeed say yes. Apparently Uschi and her fianc?, James (that's his name by the way), were both in line earlier that night for the Apple Store grand opening. While in line, James noticed the camera and got the webcam proposal idea. While Uschi was sound asleep, James snuck out of bed around 4:30 am, grabbed some giant pieces of paper and went back to the Apple Store. He then held up his 3 signs for 5 minutes each to make sure that they were captured on video. Those were probably some of the longest minutes in his life. If you watch the video carefully, you can see several people staring at him like he's nuts.So was Uschi watching the webcam at 5am when James was holding up the signs? If not, how did he present the video to her? After hundreds of blogs starting speculating on the rest of this story, Uschi decided to send another email to kottke.org with some more of the details: "... a few days later, James set up a romantic trail of candles leading up to his G5, showed Uschi the video -- which she had not seen despite some coverage on the web -- and she of course said yes."And there you have it. The full story behind the Apple Store webcam wedding proposal. Was it nerdy? Yes, but it was also timeless, opportunistic and creative. Let's just hope that James and Uschi have a long and happy marriage. Not everyone gets their wedding proposal forever preserved in a time lapse video on Apple.com. Not to mention that it was immortalized online by thousands of bloggers.