Guide to a Unique Valentine's Gift: Part III

So how many unique gifts can you think of? There are millions out there! The possibilities are endless if you just use your imagination. So far we have covered writing in the sky, baking, naming a star, naming an operating system, building a website, and making a video presentation. Read on for more!

7.) Make a computer based home theater for your loved one.

Why buy a $ 2,000.00 media center when you can make one yourself? A media center is nothing more but an ordinary computer that his been programmed not to look like a computer as to make things simpler for the end user. If you have an old PC lying around, you could make a media center out of it. If you are a Microsoft fan you can try out Media Portal which is an open source, windows based media center software. You can install the software in your pc, throw in a T.V capture card and a video card with T.V out and then you have fully capable media center. If you are adventurous you could choose to have a Linux based media center. You need to install a Linux distribution first. Then you could either

use MythTV, Knoppmyth or Freevo. Buying a media center for your loved one may be a good gift, but building one yourself may be the best way to express your love.

8.) Make your own valentines card

Move over Hallmark, the best valentine card that you can give this valentine day will probably be one that you made yourself. You can use your imagination and create unique designs for your valentine's card. You can choose to use a variety of materials in order to make your card unique. If you do not have the penchant for cutting stuff and gluing them together, you can go digital and make your designs over the computer and print them. Either way the most important thing is that you exercised your creativity and put some effort in making your card.

9.) Write a novel and have it published

Perhaps you are good with words and you wish to express the love you feel for your loved one by writing a novel about your love story or by just writing a fiction love story and dedicating it to your loved one. Can't find a publisher? No problem, with the abundance of today's internet based self publishing company you can publish a book within minutes. There are no set-up fees and no minimum order. You keep control of the rights, you set your own price, each book is printed as it is ordered and there is no excess inventory on your part. There are several on demand self publishing companies online today. One of the best probably is lulu.com. So why don't you hammer your keyboard away and write your first novel for your loved one? Who knows it might hit the New York Time's best seller list someday.