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#“Genus Aves Iratus (Angry Birds)” via zero-lives.blogspot.com Utter fabulousness. Darwin would be proud. »

#“Loo Books” My October Loo Book was Mark Kermode's "It's Only a Movie"My November one was the book accompaniment to the movie "Food Inc"My December one will be Gladwell's "What The Dog Saw" Any other Loo Book recommendations for me? »

#“Google Account Transition - Argggghhhhhhhh” I have long complained about the fact that Google Apps Accounts can't do the same things as normal Google Accounts. The problem was exacerbated by Google allowing people to create half-assed Google Accounts with the same email address as their Google Apps account but which were in fact completely different. Google is rightly now trying to clean this mess up and I don't envy them but gawd it's a complete pain in the arse. »

#“The big problem with Google Places and now Hotpot” First off, big disclaimer, I have a strong vested interest in this topic, since I run a customer reviews solutions company. But it also means I have some insight and knowledge of this topic. Google Search has always been about automatically indexing content and trying to make the best content bubble to the top. And that is why it became the most successful search engine, period. »

#“Google Calendar Borked?” First time ever to get this error from them. »

#“You want one. You know you do.” I think I'll put it on eBay. A Sugru design classic. »

#“GMail Killer? No way in hell.” Every time in the past two years that Facebook launches something, they have knocked my socks off. I just don't know how they execute that quickly with such a small team and such a gigantic user-base. Seeing Google struggle to keep up is frightening. But lets be realistic about theannouncementtoday that many people are saying will be a GMail killer. If Facebook launches an email app that is functionally superior to GMail today, I'll watch the Late Late Show and a football match this week. »

#“Android Fanboi Aged 72” I wrote about theincrediblycheap Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade) while back. It's a really good Android phone for 100 PAYG in the UK. I couldn't resist when I was in London recently and grabbed one in Bayswater. Even the young lad in the shop thought Orange was crazy with the low pricing. The phone itself is far far better than you could expect it to be for the price. »

#“My Latest Sugru Invention” A hook for my Skype phone. Reinforced with a paper clip. Rather proud of it I must say. I'll upload the horror that is the back of our Sky+ controls later (3 colours!)   »

#“Finally, an update to Swype” via forum.swype.com After being a complete Swype fanatic since I first got my hands on it, I actually had to uninstall it recently. It was getting more words wrong than right. It looks like they have fixed that problem so off I go to re-install now. »