You speak four languages and want to visit every country before you die. He uses an analog compass when you go hiking and had to add extra visa pages to his passport. This relationship is going somewhere.

Paper Plane Brooch or Tie Chain, $60
The gift that says, “someday I’ll surprise you with tickets somewhere warm.”

Moleskine Folio Digital Tablet Cover for Apple iPad, $84
He seems so much more erudite when his iPad looks like a notebook. Also, so much less likely to get mugged.

Go Clean Lingerie Bag, $20
You were planning to get her inappropriate underwear for Valentine’s Day anyway. Wrapping it in this increases the odds that she’ll actually put it on. Perhaps in Belize.

ts01 Earphones, $65 (via Rena Tom)
He hates it when strangers try to talk to him on the plane.

Pelle California Handmade Leather Travel Journal, $40
Paper faithfully records your journeys for posterity, and lacks privacy policies that change at the whim of a 27-year-old CEO.

Sleeping Beauty Eye Mask, $20
Use it for sleeping on flights. Or not sleeping in the hotel room.

Transit Issue Travel Candle, $30
Once you’re home, the travel candle just smells like Bali.

Ari Marcopolous Camera Bag, $200
She should probably stop wrapping her DSLR in a hotel towel and shoving it in her purse.

Nineteen13 One-Hand Vacuum Mug, $28 (via Rena Tom)
He laughs in the face of jetlag.

Scratch Personalized World Map Poster, $17
Get one for each of you. See who wins.

I have a new post up at Lifescoop: Thoughtfulness Automated.

You’d like to be a person who marks birthdays with timely cards or sends unexpected gifts, but seriously? You have stuff to do. So much stuff. Instead of setting countless reminders on your calendars and phone, consider developing a system to help with the small gestures that show loved ones you care.

Here are some easy ways to automate thoughtfulness… (Read more)

You met in the math room. Your first date was a Mystery Science Theater 3000 marathon, and the soundtrack? Your eyeglass frames clicking against one another while you made out. Go forth, smart people, procreate. Raise your children to care about the space program.

1. Power Button Valentine

2. If Then Valentine
(via Nerd Valentine)

3. Vader/Death Cab Valentine

4. Daleks in Love Valentine

5. NPR Valentine

6. Bacon Math Valentine

7. iPhone Valentine

8. HTML Heart Valentine

9. Typography Valentine

10. Han Solo and Leia Valentine

I haven’t been able to get Kimbra’s “Settle Down” out of my head for days and days and days. (BOOM!Ba-boomBA!)

Kimbra is the woman featured on Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Love,” which — according to the comments — is everyone’s new favorite song.

Also, I’m meh on the song, but this video for “Cameo Lover” is trippy-twee fantastic. Have a look.

How to Write a Thank You Note, by Leslie Harpold
“I’m not going to go all Miss Manners on your ass and get into the social intricacies and delicate situations that surround thank-you note writing, as I was taught that a solid thank-you note will transcend all complicated situations—and I have seen no evidence to the contrary.”

How to Give a Eulogy by Tom Chiarella
“You were selected. You get to stand, face the group, the family, the world, and add it up. You’re being asked to do something at the very moment when nothing can be done. You get the last word in the attempt to define the outlines of a life. I don’t care what you say, bub: That is a gift.”