Everybody has probably noticed by now: this yeas is not abbreviated with two figures (like ’06), but with three: ’007. So much for branding’s influence on our language.
Of all the number associations in the mail this year, I liked this one best. It came from Szönyei György in Hungary, the designer of FF Archian. I have no idea why his alarm clock has cyrillic letters on it, but I’m glad he pressed the button on his camera at the right moment. This will work until 2059, and then again from 2100. If you have no better idea, you could simply sit down with a camera in front of one of the many digital timers in your home and wait for the right moment. Unless your VCR looks like mine: it has been blinking 12:00 ever since I bought it. And now it has become an antique.