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iphone valentine’s day card: will you hold my hand(held)?

technabob — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:55:52 +0000

If you haven’t already bought a Valentine’s card for your sweetie, you’re probably screwed. But if you’re looking for an idea for next V-Day, check out this amusing iPhone inspired greeting card.

Crafter yummypocket created this clever Valentine designed to look vaguely like an actual iPhone. It measures roughly the size of the real deal, and is made from black foam, blue card stock and grey vinyl.

While the only app it runs is “I love you”, it’s also a whole lot cheaper than a real iPhone. Want to stock up for next year? Head on over to yummypocket’s Etsy shop and place your order now.

[Memo to tech geeks: If you get one of these for your girlfriend and she's not a gadget-o-phile, it might send the message that you love your tech toys more than her. Caveat Emptor.]

8-bit dynamic life shirts: you are my potion

lambert v. — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:52:57 +0000

Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and what better way for us geeks to show our love than with another geeky shirt? But the 8-bit Dynamic Life shirt isn’t just any geek shirt; it’s specially made to show your loved one that you’re more alive with them around. When the wearers are far apart, the heart containers are depleted, with only 2 and a half hearts filled up.

But if the wearers get within “hugging distance” of each other, all of the heart containers fill up! Awwwwwwwwwwww, what a cute way of getting you to buy two shirts at once. Love (and radio frequency detection) at work.

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You can get the 8-bit Dynamic Life shirts at ThinkGeek for $18 to $25 (USD) per shirt (price varies depending on size); in addition to everlasting love, you need to 3 AAA batteries for each shirt. But what if your special someone is a something? ThinkGeek’s got you covered – instead of buying another shirt, you can get a Transmitter Pack. Place it near your blow-up doll favorite object and watch your life max out when you get near it.

[via Kotaku]

chocomiis, for the wii lover’s valentine

alisha k. — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:48:13 +0000

Nothing says love like biting into a chocolate rendering of your significant other! Paul Pape Design’s Chocomiis took geek Valentine’s Day by storm last year, though they had no real name and apparently no real boxes, but now the Wii avatar chocolates are attempting to make a comeback.

For those who missed them last year, Chocomiis are just chocolate replicas of Nintendo Wii avatars, set in a base that resembles the shape of the console. Each figure is a full two ounces of white, milk, or dark chocolate and comes with a little candy heart affixed to their chests. You can pick up a pair–in any combination of genders–for $19.95. Unfortunately, the press release is so full of the changes made from last year that there’s no mention of how the Mii design is to be transferred to them!

Luckily, Paul Pape Designs also makes Mii models and wedding cake toppers, and so the instructions about shooting pictures of your Miis are elsewhere on their site.

[Paul Pape Designs]

happy v-day: love you more than xbox

alisha k. — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:18:47 +0000

If your significant other is starting to suspect you may care more about Master Chief and Major Nelson’s Twitter, it might be time to offer tangible (and hilarious) proof to the contrary. Especially with Valentine’s Day coming up and all.

This card tells it like it is (or like you want ‘em to believe) with a simple message: I love you more than Xbox. It doesn’t get more straightforward than that, and it might just buy you a Saturday night of Left 4 Dead campaigning. Maybe pick up a few and save them for those moments when you just aren’t quite ready to stop playing and wash the dishes.

And, hey, if you want to vary the message (you can probably get “I love you more than Halo” or “I love you more than Rock Band”), Storeyshop’s Etsy marketplace offers personalized greeting cards. Whatever you need to get yourself out of the doghouse, buddy.