" My son won't let me touch my iPod"

Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:04 am

What's your favourite piece of technology?
At the moment mine would be the iPod Touch

How has it improved your life?
It's improved my life in two ways. First of all, after watching Minority Report I wanted something that's very futuristic that I could use with my fingers. Then I realised there was something else I could do with it – download TV shows off iTunes. Then my 2-year-old son got hold of it and started working it himself. Next thing I knew it became a great device for him, and for me to have lunches, or concentrate on some work while he was sitting in the corner playing with that. Then it became his – so in a way I lost it, but gained some free time.

When was the last time you used it, and what for?
I used it about a week ago – I managed to get it off my son – and I took it on set with me, on a movie I was shooting. I had a five-hour gap, so I used it to watch some classic TV I had uploaded – the Andy Griffith show, I think it was. And an episode of Bear Grylls Survival.

What additional features would you add if you could?
It's got pretty much everything at the moment – it's got Wi-Fi., so you can check your email etc. If it came with a stylus, like a little pen thing, it would be easier to write notes on it, along the lines of the Nintendo DS Lite. I like to take notes when I've got comedy ideas, and if I could use it to write on the Touch and then plug it in via USB and print it out, that would be perfect.

Do you think it will be obsolete in 10 years' time?
Possibly, but then I think most things will be. It could come out in 10 years' time as: "
Hey, it's the Classic iPod Touch!"
So yeah, I think it will be.

What one tip would you give to non-iPod Touch users?
Get one, and make sure to get a cover for it to protect the screen. And if you really want it for yourself and you have 2-year-old kids, don't show it to them.

Do you consider yourself to be a luddite or a nerd?
I'm not sure what a luddite is, and I'm definitely not a nerd. I guess I'm somewhere in the middle.

What's the most expensive piece of technology you've ever owned?
My Sony Vaio. It's the first laptop I bought, and it was when they first came out, so it was a big thing. I just went into the shop and said: "
I'll have the biggest one you've got."
I call it the Battlestar Galactica now – I've still got it – but I can't really take it around with me, it's too big.

Mac or PC?
I'm PC. I think about going Mac, but I'm just a bit too scared;
then I look at the PCs and they're really shiny now with lots of extra features, so I'm kinda torn.

What song is at the top of your iPod's top 25 most played?
That would be The Humans Are Dead, by the Flight of the Conchords – the robot song.

Will robots rule the world?
Yes, definitely, I think we're getting closer and closer to that. I'm going to make a prediction: I'd say 18 months' time, it's all over. Humans are slaves;
the ones that are lucky to get away are down in the sewers, trying to plot a way to get back. And up above, on the surface of the Earth, robots are walking around, basically farming us.

What piece of technology would you most like to own?
My own jet pack. I know they're available – I can't quite afford one yet – and I'm waiting until the flight time is a little bit more than 35 minutes. That's what I want.

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