[Andrew Stephens]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technolog..._a_gadget.html

So, when did this happen. Stephen Fry, UK comedian, TV host and presenter apparently has developed the power to kill a gadget, in this case the Blackberry Bold, stone cold dead. Well, so people (apart from Stephen Fry) are saying.

His podcast is one of iTunes biggest downloads and he is a long standing Mac owner (he bought Mac number 2 in the UK, behind Douglas Adams), but he doesn't like the new Bold, and this is thought to be a real problem for Blackberry in the UK.

I'm not sure myself, he's well regarded here, but not in the technology sphere so far, however maybe he's turning into some kind of über netceleb.

[philm]

He has >20,000 'followers' on Twitter. I see the BBC are championing Twitter too. I have an account, although I'm still not quite sure what it's all about - a sort of mobile, geeky Facebook status type of application it seems.

[philm]

..and here's his Twitter URL. Looks like he's in the US at present.

http://twitter.com/stephenfry

[Andrew Stephens]

At least he obviously writes his own tweets. Yes I'm lookin' at YOU Britney.

[Chuckit]

You read Britney's tweets?

[Ghoser777]

I can't believe tweet is now a term not involving this character:

[Laminar]

Originally Posted by Ghoser777 

I can't believe tweet is now a term not involving this character:

http://www.jldfineart.com/images/tweety_bird.JPG

I didn't know it ever was.

[NobleMatt]

yer i read this last week, just go's to show you the power of a trusted celebrity.

[amazing]

you have to think that it's not Stephen Fry you're trusting, it's Jeeves.

Jeeves knows all, solves all difficulties.

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by amazing 

you have to think that it's not Stephen Fry you're trusting, it's Jeeves.

Jeeves knows all, solves all difficulties.

Indeed, just Ask Jeeves, er or just Ask, er, or maybe just google it.

[NobleMatt]

Originally Posted by amazing 

you have to think that it's not Stephen Fry you're trusting, it's Jeeves.

Jeeves knows all, solves all difficulties.

i think i might be too young for this one, is that the character he played in the show with Hugh Laurie?

[amazing]

ah well, if you haven't seen the "Jeeves and Wooster" series, then you in for a treat--if you feel like watching some light-hearted comedy. I know reading is a dying art, but you could also read the P G Wodehouse novels.

Point being, he's trusted because he "embodied" a trusted character, the quintessentially superior butler. Much like the stature accorded to Charlton Heston, based on a movie role...

[NobleMatt]

is it worth checking out cause i love Hugh Laurie and i do quite like Stephen Fry?

[amazing]

definitely worth checking out, lots of laughs in a world that presently seems to have too few.

[Andrew Stephens]

Originally Posted by amazing 

definitely worth checking out, lots of laughs in a world that presently seems to have too few.

Also try to dig out episodes of quiz show QI that SF hosts. Depending on guests it can be really funny, and informative too. Any episodes with David Mitchell in too are normally good value.

Also old old eps of his and Hugh Lauries sketch show "A Litle BIt of Fry and Laurie" funnier than most of these type of shoes and generall stands up well to the passage of time due to the intelligence of the scripts.

And of course General Melchett in Blackadder 4

[Brien]

I miss Fry and Laurie.

I could care less about the BB Storm.

[mattyb]

Possibly NSFW (swear words) on Mr Fry's latest Vista experineces.

http://gizmodo.com/5103966/the-unfla...ped-over-vista

[Timo]

^ heh, that was kinda funny

[NobleMatt]

Originally Posted by amazing 

definitely worth checking out, lots of laughs in a world that presently seems to have too few.

downloaded seaosn 1, almost finished it, fantastic! hasnt suffered through dating either