According to the first, rather incoherent installment in Stephen Fry’s new Guardian technology column, he was only the second person in Europe to purchase a Macintosh personal computer. I had no idea Stephen Fry had anything to do with technology whatsoever. The whole thing is odd. The first owner of a Macintosh in Europe was Douglas Adams. Douglas Adams and Stephen Fry are two of my favourite Europeans. Coincidence? Yes.