Saturday 12 January 2008 7 little pills

Friday 11 January 2008 7 HTTP error codes I've never seen in the wild

  1. 010 - Check word not found
  2. 300 - Multiple Choices
  3. 303 - See other
  4. 305 - Use proxy
  5. 410 - Gone
  6. 416 - Requested Range not satisfiable
  7. 417 - Expectation failed

Thursday 10 January 2008 7 facts about Toblerones

  1. In 1932 Tobler made the first filled bars of chocolate, the Tobler-O-rum.
  2. The product's name is a portmanteau combining Mr. Tobler's name with the Italian word torrone (a type of nougat).
  3. A single piece of Toblerone is known as an "Alp".
  4. There is a hidden bear in the Matterhorn mountain on the Toblerone logo.
  5. The shape of an "Alp" is registered as a trademark.
  6. The largest Toblerone you can buy weighs 4.5 kg and has 12 peaks.
  7. Toblerone is a Kosher food!

Wednesday 9 January 2008 7 gadgets 'Gadget-Man' has bought recently

  1. SD based video recorder
  2. In car sandwich toaster
  3. Under sofa lighting
  4. UPS for a video recorder
  5. Under pillow speaker
  6. Wi-Fi T-Shirt
  7. Remote control kettle

Tuesday 8 January 2008 7 days in January

  1. 1st - Went for a walk in Ashridge Forest, along with half the local populace it seemed!
  2. 2nd - Went shopping and Bekie managed to get a massive static charge in her hair turning it into Medussa hair before discharging the shock into me!
  3. 3rd - Sorted out a complete power cut in my works server room traced eventually to a 80amp fuse
  4. 4th - Went to the Royal Opera House to see the Beatrix Potter ballet
  5. 5th - Trip (the long way round) to Milton Keynes to buy stuff in the sales
  6. 6th - Lazy day, making roast and playing Scrabble
  7. 7th - Installed EGroupware on the company mail server as an 'Experiment'

Monday 7 January 2008 7 things I didn't know last month

  1. You can use your 'Nectar Card' in Debenhams
  2. There is a bear in the mountain on the side of a Toblerone bar
  3. The Italian language is almost completely phonetic
  4. Our cat will eat vegetable soup
  5. The 'Royal Opera House (Covent Garden) has listening only seats with no view of the stage
  6. You can buy microwave ovens with LCD screens on the front
  7. The most difficult language to learn is Irish Gaelic

Sunday 6 January 2008 7 desserts seen on menus around the world

  1. Pleasant aftertaste (China)
  2. Pyjama swelt (Majorca)
  3. Rape, sailor style (Spain)
  4. Tarts for your election (Spain)
  5. Ice cream with rubber chocolate (Bulgaria)
  6. Turkish sweat of the day (Erzerum)
  7. Creeps Suzette (Madeira)