NOTE I'm trying to find the most optimal fav/touch icon setup for my use-cases. Nothing new here. Read Mathias Bynens' articles on re-shortcut-icon and touch icons, a FAQ or a Cheat Sheet for all the details.
I'd like to hear how you approach this: @valuedstandards or comment on this gist.
You have to include a boatload of link
elements pointing to many different images to provide (mobile) devices with a 'favicon' or 'touch icon':