Comedian Stephen Fry Gets Guardian Column on Gadgets

Jason Chen — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:45:15 EDT

Hoping to put us out of a job, The Guardian gave British comedian Stephen Fry his own column about gadgets. You'll remember that we wrote about Fry's huge rant on smartphones (the same rant that got him this job), taking to task just about every manufacturer (including Apple) for sub-par work. In his new column, which we're sure will be better than any gadget blog on the net (including this one) he'll focus on not just smartphones, but general gadgetry, which includes computers, music players, game consoles, and so forth. Good thing for us his columns only appear once a week. [Guardian via Wired]

Robot Fights in Osaka, Where Referees Talk to Things Without Ears

Addy Dugdale — Thu, 17 May 2007 06:47:29 EDT

Dum-da-duuuuuuum! I wish I had some fabulously portentious-sounding music to play you, complete with booming timpani, to announce some mano a mano between a bunch of Robotos and their crazy machines. Oh, hold on. Play that video and you'll have it. This is a recent Robot Fight, which took place in Osaka between a bunch of machines from the Two-Footed category. They're quite a bunch of Wacky Racers, IMHO.

There were 92 entries for the two categories (Super Regulation Class and Over Regulation Class) and we've got our hands on clips from both the finals. Super Digger took on Guardian—and won—in the SRC, and Dr GIY vs. Ivre (which means "drunk" in French, useless-fact fans) got up close and personal in the ORC. Check out the crazy referee who looks like he is talking to the 'Bots as they grapple away like a pair of rutting Meccano sets.

Another video and a weird weird robot warrior lineup after the boink.

Someone needs to grease these last two up with baby oil and throw them in a paddling pool. – Ad Dugdale

Battle two foot walking robot competition meeting [PC Watch]

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Comedian Stephen Fry Gets Guardian Column on Gadgets

Robot Fights in Osaka, Where Referees Talk to Things Without Ears