Sick of sending boring standard post cards to relatives when you are on holiday? Or buying them, writing them but never sending them? Well PrintYourLife.com has devised an iPhone app called goPostal which allows you to take a photo, write a message and select a recipient to have an actual post card printed and delivered by post for anywhere in the US for $1.29.

I love the idea of remote postal services - no need to hope and pray that the Guatemalan/Cambodian/Cook Islander/Royal Mail post people don't misplace your messages. Ok, so you don't get the exciting foreign stamp, but you do get something more tangible than an emailed photo.