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#“Greatest Cake Evah” via pocket-lint.com Whoever made this is a total genius. »

#“RTE should mark this day” I know I know, I do the early adopter crap all the time. "Broadcast TV is dead", "Shows will all be single-purchase via IPTV in 2 years" "I don't even know who presents the News on RTE now" "Late Late What?".But the average punter is still tuning in and watching the same old stuff, maybe a bit time-delayed by Sky+, but that's it.So, as always, we have to look at what the kids are doing to see what's really coming next. »

#“What browsing the web using RockMelt feels like” I suffer enough distraction problems without constantly updating buttons telling me who is doing what on Twitter/Facebook whilst I'm online banking. I see RockMelt and the first word that comes into my head is Cuil. »

#“Love it - How iPhone, Android and BlackBerry users see each other” via csectioncomics.com Hat tip to IntoMobile »

#“Sharing Family Videos using Amazon Cloudfront, CloudBerry, JWPlayer and Wordpress” We have tons of old video going back to 1997 that I have been capturing as MPG files over the past few years with WinTV boxes. They then sat unloved on a harddrive until now. We have recently got family requests for copies of some of the videos and it prompted me to finally do something. I had considered burning DVDs but they are just going to get lost/scratched and I've always found generating them to be a complete pain. »

#“The Importance of Interfaces” I've recently been thinking about how interfaces and standards are so important. One challenge we have as a family with a huge number of kids is playing media when we visit various grandparents or in-laws. During the winter this is even more important. There are only so many DS games, episodes of iCarly or y8.com games they will play. The same is true when I'm travelling and I want to chill out with a movie in a hotel and not be gouged. »

#“HTC Desire Playing Nice with iGo Stowaway Keyboard” I got an iGo Stowaway Keyboard nearly three years ago for my Nokia N95-8GB and N770 at a knock-down price. I still think it is one of the greatest pieces of industrial design out there. It never got huge use but was invaluable when I really needed it. For the past few months I've used it as the keyboard for our Boxee PC. »

#“Has group buying jumped the shark?” After all, if you're a consumer, another great deal is always around the corner, so why ever pay full price? Other local businesses offering the same products or services will always have deals of their own. Just wait a few days. Further, as more and more businesses discount for the likes of Groupon, they erode their own perceived value, and destroy their own pricing power. »

#“Interesting way to order "impossible" things from abroad” I spotted this on one of the Android forums earlier. It's a way of ordering things from abroad from vendors who won't ship outside of their own country. I've heard of similar in the US for years but I didn't know it was here in Europe too. The service is called Borderlinx and appears to be facilitated by DHL. So you order something from the UK and give the Borderlinx UK address for delivery. »

#“A tablet I’d actually buy” My feelings about the iPad remain little-changed since launch despite having played with one several times. Having said that, if I had lots of disposable income and bought XBox360s, PS3s or the latest laptop on a whim, I'm sure I'd have dipped my toe in. But as a must-have device, it ticks no boxes for me. The one area where tablets make complete sense for me is with kids. »