| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 22, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| BITS & BYTES
Flowers, Candy--and an E-Valentine READY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY? Maybe the Martha Stewarts of the world have been hard at work creating heart-shaped cards out of homemade paper dyed with crushed cranberries. But for the rest of us, the fast-approaching holiday is causing a jolt of panic. Breathe easy. There's a bounty of Web offerings that can keep you out of the doghouse. Hallmark.com has 90 love-related ''cards''--from sappy to steamy. They can be delivered electronically just minutes after they are ordered, even on the big day itself. On a shoestring budget? Check out Blue Mountain Arts (www.bluemountain.com). This site offers animated, musical electronic cards, which can be personalized and sent for free. Maybe you're a secret admirer hoping not to leave a trail. If so, try Sparks.com (www.sparks.com), where employees wearing surgical gloves will inscribe, address, and mail real-world Valentine's cards, with or without a return address. For an action-packed alternative, check out Cupid's Corner on the Disney.com site (disney.go.com). It lets you send your sweetie on a virtual Valentine's tour of the most romantic sites on the Web. When it's this easy, you haven't an excuse in the earthly or cyberworld. By Jeanette Brown EDITED BY HEATHER GREEN _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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