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Edible Geek: Helio Ocean Cake

GeekSugar — Tue, 29 May 2007 09:04:58 -0700

I must admit, I had a little warning that LilPeaPod was planning on making her boyfriend a special Helio Ocean Cake so it was all I could think about this weekend. It turned out a bajillion times more beautiful than I dreamed and certainly outdoes the Rubik's Cube cake, matching his and her TiVo cakes and even an assortment of geeky wedding cakes. "I wanted to do something really special for the BBQ we were having in his honor," said LilPeaPod. "After tossing around ideas of gifts, I came up empty handed. He has everything that he wants! What could top his Helio Ocean?! That's right my friends, A Helio Ocean CAKE!!! My Mom helped me with the details, walked me through frosting the cake, how to use fondant, painting the pieces with food coloring and four point five hours later we had this masterpiece."

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"Needless to say my boyfriend was blown away and I got kudos from all his tech loving pals," added LilLeaPod. "And food coloring stains on my new Yumsugar apron. Finally broke it in."

Helio Ocean Now Available

GeekSugar — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:00:15 -0700

As a thank you for their sponsorship I would like to take the opportunity to explain that there is a reason behind the Helio "Don't call us a phone company" ads. The devices aren't just phones, they actually are mobile, talking and messaging machines. Case in point: The Helio Ocean device released earlier this month is a dual-slider with both a numeric keyboard and a separate QWERTY keyboard.

The device merges instant messaging, text messaging, picture messages and e-mails with over-the-air music downloads, video-on-demand, a camera, HTML browser, GPS-enabled Google Maps, photo caller ID and audio with stereo bluetooth. It also features Myspace for Helio and Helio Music. If the device's features weren't enough to convince you, check out the Helio Ocean Cake one of our readers made as an ode to hers.

The Ocean is available for $295 at Helio Stories or Helio Online.

This Week On Geeksugar - Dually Talented Human Ghetto Blaster

GeekSugar — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:16:41 -0700

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I must admit, I had a little warning that LilPeaPod was planning on making her boyfriend a special Helio Ocean Cake so it was all I could think about this weekend. It turned out a bajillion times more beautiful than I dreamed and certainly outdoes the Rubik's Cube cake, matching his and her TiVo cakes and even an assortment of geeky wedding cakes. Edible Geek: Helio Ocean Cake

Totally Geeky or Geek Chic? 'Geek' Inspired Cakes

GeekSugar — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:00:46 -0700

We've all had more than our fair share of edible geek items in recent months, or at the very least ogled them, so I figured it was high time we settle this debate once and for all. From Rubik's Cube cakes, TiVo cakes, Helio Ocean cakes and even meticulously planned Super Mario and Zelda bride and groom cakes - there isn't a slice we haven't seen. Or at least so I thought, until I happened upon the Max Webo cake. Webo was a breaking point for me because it was so geeky I didn't remember know who it was. Yes, that's right I didn't know that Webo performed for Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi. So what do you think: Has this edible geek phase gone too far or is it only the beginning?

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