Posts Tagged ‘photos’
Valentine’s Day 2011: Photo Book
How many digital photos do you have of your valentine? Apple makes it easy to turn those JPEGs into wonderful hard-cover or soft-cover books with iPhoto ’11. For Valentine’s Day, I gave my wife a hard-cover, 60-page coffee table book of our wedding photos. If you don’t have a Mac, consider using Shutterfly or Picaboo for your next photo book gift.
And for a twist on chocolates, give your Valentine what my wife gave me: a large tin of Godiva chocolate pretzels.
Tags: books, chocolate+candy, for her, gift ideas, photos, valentine's day, wedding
Every year on December 31, my wife greets me with a “Hap-py birthday!” — said just like Frosty the Snowman when he magically comes to life. And I am happy. I received two cool techie birthday gifts today. First, she gave me a cast-metal at‑sign (@) paperweight. It’s the ubiquitous at-sign that makes e-mail addresses and Twitter replies possible. Finished in weathered zinc, this hefty, four-inch-high at-sign is from Restoration Hardware’s cast-metal letters collection.
Next, I became the proud owner of the new, second-generation Apple TV. I connected this black box to the new 32-inch Toshiba HDTV/DVD combo
Tags: birthday, for dad, gadgets, gift ideas, guy gifts, movies, music, photos, television shows
I don’t know what hooked my 10-year-old niece on my iPad. Was it unlocking a challenging level of Angry Birds? Or playing the hidden object game Little Things? Watching the movie version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid
When I see her tomorrow on Thanksgiving, I have an Apple gift card for her birthday that should close the gap. And if she buys the iPad on Black Friday, chances are, she can get a once-a-year discount.
Tags: gadgets, games, gift cards, gift ideas, movies, music, photos
This decade is almost done. As a year 2000 bride and groom, my wife and I exchanged nearly a decade’s worth of anniversary gifts. Most of the time, we followed the traditional anniversary gift themes. To round up the gift count to ten, I’ve included our wedding day gifts.
The Zero Anniversary (Wedding Day)
- Hers: Tiffany & Co. Elsa Peretti Bean pendant in platinum (pictured)
- His: Palm Vx personal data assistant (today, this device would be the Apple iPhone)
First Anniversary (Paper is the traditional gift)
- Hers: 30 additional 8×10 black-and-white photos from our wedding
- His: Framed share of Apple stock from Oneshare.com
- Ours: Bed and breakfast weekend
Second Anniversary (Cotton is the traditional gift)
- Hers: Victoria’s Secret terry robe
- His: Williams Sonoma personalized denim apron
- Ours: Door County, Wisconsin getaway
Third Anniversary (Leather is the traditional gift)
- Hers: “Reading in bed” theme: Barnes & Noble leather book weight, Restoration Hardware lap desk with faux leather padding, The Wedding
by Nicholas Sparks, and two lapis blue chenille throws
- His: Restoration Hardware leather bedroom valet and leather desk accessories
- Ours: Under the Tuscan Sun
at the movie theater
Fourth Anniversary (Fruit or flowers is the traditional gift)
- Hers: A dozen roses sent to work
- His: Floral bouquet from 1-800Flowers.com and America (The Book)
by Jon Stewart
- Ours: Bed and breakfast weekend
Fifth Anniversary (Wood is the traditional gift)
- Hers: Wood-fired steaks at a local bistro and Tiffany & Co. diamond earrings
- His: L.L. Bean Oak Mission Bookcase
Sixth Anniversary (Candy or iron is the traditional gift)
- Hers: Mauna Loa chocolate-covered macadamias
- His: Fireplace irons
- Ours: Second honeymoon in Hawaii
Seventh Anniversary (Wool or copper is the traditional gift — read the blog post)
- Hers: Burberry fringed cashmere scarf from Nordstroms.com, a mission style copper vase from Cobre Hand-Hammered Copper, and copper garden labels to mark perennials.
- His: Ugg sheepskin-lined leather slippers from Zappos.com
Eighth Anniversary (Bronze or pottery is the traditional gift —read the blog post)
- Hers: Handmade mixing bowl in rustic yellow from Little Bit of Bybee pottery, a set of four bronze-beaded placemats and bronze-beaded coasters from Z Gallerie, and a dozen fall-colored roses delivered to work in a pottery vase.
- His: A 37-inch Samsung LCD High-definition TV and a giant gourmet fortune cookie drizzled in chocolate from Good Fortunes.
Ninth Anniversary (Pottery or willow is the traditional gift — read the blog post)
- Hers: A painting of a willow tree from Etsy, a Pampered Chef baking stone and seven other gifts.
- His: Filet mignon at a hibachi restaurant
Tags: anniversary, books, chocolate+candy, clothing, dining, flowers, gift ideas, jewelry, movies, photos, stock
I needed a good excuse to wander over to the Apple Store today. Fortunately, June 19 is World Sauntering Day, an annual celebration of strolling. So I leisurely walked into my local Apple Store and gave myself the gift of a new iPhone 3GS (16 gigabytes in black). Since I owned the original iPhone, the upgrade cost $199, plus an $18 AT&T charge.
The speed difference with the 3G network is dramatic. In the last two years, I tolerated the Edge network on my old iPhone because I’m almost always near a wireless network. However, today I spent the day shopping with my wife, away from wi-fi. The Safari browser was impressively fast. And we took crisp photos during our shopping travels, thanks to the new 3-megapixel camera with built-in autofocus.
Where will my first-generation, 8-gigabyte iPhone go? Gadget reseller Gazelle will trade an Amazon.com gift card worth $131 for my old iPhone. In the next few days, I’ll receive a Gazelle shipping box with prepaid postage. I’ll ship my old iPhone, headphones, dock charger and power adapter. Gazelle will verify the condition of my iPhone and, within 10 business days, issue my Amazon.com gift card via e-mail. While I wiped my data from the iPhone, Gazelle also verifies that no personal data remains.
Tags: gadgets, gift cards, gift ideas, photos
