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Valentine's Day Gift Guide -- Part 2

Morning, everyone! The blogosphere is on fire with news about Amazon.com's Kindle 2, and we've got your round-up of the best stories.

But first is Part 2 of our Byte-Sized Valentine's Day Gift Guide!

Making your sweetie a mix tape has never been easier! Break out the old cassettes (you know you still have them hidden in a drawer in your home office), boot up that new laptop you got for Christmas and get going with this audio converter for tapes!

Or, if you've already done the conversion to digital and keep all your tunes on the PC, how about a super-cute, retro way to make a mix tape for your sweetie? Download the playlist onto this Fred Flare tape-flavored USB device (pictured above) and just wait for the appreciative smooches.

As far as songs ... may I make a few suggestions? Skip the ultra-sappy tunes and rock her (or him) out with something form this generation. My fave, and I'm not embarrassed to admit it, is Love Story by Taylor Swift. Shakespeare hasn't sounded this good since Leo and Claire.

With all the creativity out there in the world of cake-making, maybe you should can the plans to cook a meal from home and instead wow her with with of these creations: An Apple-inspired Apple pie, a chic Tivo treat, a pink iPod, Super Mario Bros. level cake. And, of course, do not forget my absolute favorite: The Mario-cart/Galaxy-inspired cake that I have a picture of on my desk.

If you're not in the money enough to afford one of these, do what I've done a few times -- call up your supermarket and ask them what they can do. I made my husband a three-tiered white cake with the Zelda tri-force on it, and for his 30th birthday rocked the house with a Voltron cake. No pics of those, though, sorry!

Ladies, looking to do something fab for your guys? Check out this list from our friends at Digital Trends of their 'top 10 gadgets for guys'! Not a single one is affordable -- well, except for this one, which I want so badly I'm willing to rearrange the budget!

OK, on to the headlines...

The Kindle 2 is on fire around the web, with commentary ranging from 'best product ever' to 'not work it's price tag.' Here's a story defending it's $359 tag (eek, that'll take me a bit to save up for), and this link has a ton of great information on the e-reader, including a comparison with Sony's e-reader. I could talk about the Kindle and it's new baby brother all day... Hit up our friends at BlogKindle for all the latest updates, or our parents at USAToday for
at-a-glance impressions.

Think you're in love? Check out this story to understand what that really means in terms of cutting-edge science.

I've found the only person in the blogosphere that enjoyed the Seinfeld-Gates Microsoft commercials -- CNet columnist Don Reisinger. And, he makes a good argument for them. Microsoft should maybe hire him for PR -- he's pretty convincing.

Bless DigitalTrends and its hilarious lists. Here is one that will have you laughing at your desk -- the top 10 weirdest Japanese gadgets. It's amazing some of the awesome, completely useless things we've come up with, as humans, to amuse ourselves...

Speaking of which, stay tuned -- I may have an exciting announcement coming soon about a new Byte-Sized Spring Cleaning Giveaway that's in the works!

Check back here Friday for part 3 of the Byte-Sized Valentine's Day Gift Guide -- in case you missed it, here's Part 1.











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