tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17816401.post-25310658794154706682008-02-11T12:18:00.000-08:002008-02-11T12:27:48.625-08:00<span class="byline-author">Posted by James Yum (Google Desktop Team)</span><br /><br />When I was a kid, Valentine's Day meant a lunch bag full of chalky candies and paper cutouts. While candy and paper hearts are still options, now you can celebrate digitally with Desktop gadgets. Here's a romantic rundown of some sugar-free recent additions.<div> <table id="rn_u" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="50%"> <div id="kenb" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/images/daisygadget_teominat.gif" /> </div><br /></td> <td width="50%"><a id="r9lf" title="Daisy-gadget" href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/daisygadget_teominat.html"><b>Daisy-gadget </b></a><br /><b>By Teodor Filimon</b><br /><br />This gadget brought back childhood memories of playing "she loves me, she loves me not" in the schoolyard. It's pretty accurate — she loves me not. :( But if I choose the "Always perfect ending" mode from the Options dialog, then she loves me, after all.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Windows </span></td></tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <div id="nptc" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/images/love_quotes.gif" /> </div><br /></td> <td width="50%"><a id="qsj1" title="Love Quotes" href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/lovequotes.html"><b>Love Quotes</b></a> <br /><b>By Bijoy Thangaraj and Narasimhan DL</b><br /><br />Warm your heart this Valentine's Day with<span class="st" id="st" name="st"> inspirational love</span> <span class="st" id="st" name="st">quotes</span>. My favorite: "Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence."<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Mac, Windows </span></td></tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <div id="tr9z" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/images/love_onlinevishnu.gif" /> </div><br /></td> <td width="50%"><a id="p23." title="Love Meter" href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/love_onlinevishnu.html"><b>Love Meter</b></a><br /><b><b>B</b></b><b>y Vishnu.S</b><br /><br />Type in two names, and the gadget calculates a love compatibility score.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Mac, Windows</span></td></tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <div id="eh-3" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/images/sweethearts_bijoy.gif" /> </div><br /></td> <td width="50%"><a id="gc95" title="Sweethearts!" href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/sweethearts_bijoy.html"><b>Sweethearts!</b></a> <br /><b>By Bijoy Thangaraj and Narasimhan DL</b><br /><br />A lovely photo frame for you and your sweetheart.<br /><br />Drag and drop your pictures onto the gadget. Watch what happens when you fill the frames!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Windows</span></td></tr> <tr> <td width="50%"> <div id="qy-c" style="padding: 1em 0pt; text-align: left;"><img style="width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/images/valentinesdaycountdo.gif" /> </div><br /></td> <td width="50%"><b><a id="pn0k" title="Valentine's Day Countdown" href="http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/valentinesdaycountdo.html">Valentine's Day Countdown</a> </b><br /><b>By Vishnu.S</b><br /><br />This gadget is for you lucky people with big plans this February 14th.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Mac, Windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div>For yet more gadgets, see <a id="br7n" title="last year's Valentine's Day post" href="http://googledesktop.blogspot.com/2007/02/more-holiday-gadgets-valentines-day.html">last year's Valentine's Day post</a>. Happy Valentine's Day from the Google Desktop Team!Kathy Walrath [GD Team]http://www.blogger.com/profile/07294353425227507519noreply@blogger.com