Valentine`s Day Gift Guide: Technical Gifts for Your Sweetheart

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So, once again you have left your gift shopping to the last second and you need to find a Valentine's Day gift for your significant other. If you had the time to go to the store in the first place you wouldn’t be in this mess to begin with, and now you probably need something that can come to you. That means shopping online. Fortunately for you, we have some advice.

Here's the bad news: you are going to have to pay shipping and, depending on how close you have cut it, even overnight shipping. On the bright side, when you shop on the web you have a wider range of options, and with a little bit of savvy shopping, you may even get a better price than you would had you gone the brick-and-mortar route.

If your sweetie is a technophile or a web head, have no fear, you will be able to find a gift here. You will notice below that these gifts are broken down into categories based on your relationship with your beau. That way you end up with a suitably romantic gift that is appropriate to your relationship. Those are, of course, just general guidelines; feel free to move up or down the list as your heart or wallet demands.

The Crush 

You like this person. You think that they might like you too, but you don't want to go too far out on a limb to find out. With these small but special gifts you can stay in the safety zone.

A Custom Notebook (http://photos.walmart.com/storepage/storePageId=Notebooks) 

No, we don't mean the electronic kind of notebook; we mean the more old-fashioned type. Make it special by getting one with a custom image on it. It could be his/her favorite band or an amazing nature shot; whatever you want. You can get a standard notebook, a blank one if your crush is more into sketching than writing, and a planner for those type A personalities. 

A custom CD 

Set up some great tunes and burn a disk. You could pay for a disk on the Wal-Mart site (http://customcd.walmart.com/onehour/servlet/MainServlet) or you can burn it all by yourself for free. Just get a good jewel case and make a nice listing of the songs for the cover.  

Astronaut Ice Cream (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/9e07/) 

A favorite childhood treat from many field trips to science museums and fairs. You can get this inexpensive novelty online. Best of all, you can give to your crush without getting out the big heart-shaped box of candy that is so cliché. 

Circuit Board Coasters (http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/mugs/5d28/) 

Keep their place looking good, and let them show off their geek pride with coasters that were once the insides of a computer. They come in a set of six, and you will never really know what pattern you are going to get until they arrive.  

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