UK newspaper The Guardian has put together a handy list of all the big geek news from the past year: "Batteries, Wii, spam: you must remember 2006". Great if you were in a coma for most of 2006, or just want a recap of the year's IT events.

If you're back at work, staring wistfully out the window (Why is it sunny now? Why? Whyyyy?!?!) while you wait for your fuzzy holiday brain to rejoin you at your desk, we've found 15 great places for you to spend some quality time. You can't be expected to actually do anything when all your colleagues are still on holidays, can you?