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A suitcase of cables (7)
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Stephen Fry explains the suitcase of cables he takes with him when travelling Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 18th October 2008 in The Guardian “Dork Talk” - The Guardian headline. It’s farewell for quite a few months, I fear, as I head off to Africa, Mauritius, Indonesia, New Zealand and the Sea of Cortez to make a documentary about disappearing species. I shall be out of reach of broadband, mobile phone and even landlines ...
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Grant Fitzgerald said:
"It’s farewell for quite a few months, I fear, as I head off to Africa, Mauritius, Indonesia, New Zealand and the Sea of Cortez to make a documentary about disappearing species. I shall be out of reach of broadband, mobile phone and even landlines for much of the time. That will not stop me from taking a suitcase full of cables, chargers, memory cards and connectors, however, and I thought I might, by way of valediction, give you an inventory of what this particular dork packs when he travels."
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Stephen Fry explores the high-end of digital music technology Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 11th October 2008 in The Guardian “Dork Talk Listen to this” - The Guardian headline. Mankind’s hunger for what Emerson called “a better mousetrap” is unquenchable. I can think of few technological solutions perfect enough to force inventors and innovators to proclaim, “Right, that’s it. Problem solved. Let’s move on.” The Screwpull came along in the 80s and was declared ...
URC: Universal Remote Control or Useless Rotten Crud (1)
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Stephen Fry on one of the most frustrating and useless gadgets devised by man, the so-called Universal Remote Control Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 27th September 2008 in The Guardian “URC: Universal Remote Control or Useless Rotten Crud” - The Guardian headline. I yield to few in my love of gadgets: let a new gizmo arrive in the post or be brought back from the shops and you will see me fall on it ...
Wii is a kind of magic (1)
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Stephen Fry is wowed by Nintendo’s magical Wii Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 30th August 2008 in The Guardian “Dork Talk - A kind of magic” - The Guardian headline Last week I looked at the remarkable rebirth in the fortunes of Nintendo, a renaissance engendered by two products - the DS, a pocket gaming device, and the Wii, a larger living-room machine. The Wii arrived in Europe last year and demand has been ...
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Stephen Fry on sprightly camcorders the size of a packet of Rothmans. They’re cheap, they’re light and they’re fun. Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 2nd Auguest 2008 in The Guardian “Barebones recording” - The Guardian headline Dork Talk on YouTube Video. Your mobile phone might be capable of it, your compact digital camera almost certainly is and there are dozens of dedicated camcorders available that can write moving picture information to all kinds of ...
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“Ah, but mine can do this! will soon be heard in every cafe and bar.” Stephen Fry is back with an extended review of the iPhone 3G and its downloadable apps Column “Dork Talk” published on Saturday 26th July 2008 in The Guardian “Well worth the wait” - The Guardian headline I’m so happy to be back. My thanks to all those who were kind enough to be in touch to say that you missed ...
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Stephen Fry shows you how to enhance your browsing experience with a few simple alterations to your set-up. Technical types are free to look away and snort gently. Go on, take Firefox for a test drive. Column published on Saturday December 8th 2007 in The Guardian “…on pimping your browser” - The Guardian headline Dork Talk will devote itself over the next two weeks to those of you who regularly browse the web but don’t ...
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The UK's music industry, including organisations such as the BPI, has united under the banner UK Music.Shared by Dom (20)Contribute comment
