Dom Joly: 'I can't live without my PlayStation'

My name is Dom Joly and I'm (deep breath)... a gadgetaholic. There, I've said it. And since every journey starts with one small step, maybe there's hope. I've loved gadgets ever since I was a little boy. I distinctly remember some time in the mid-1970s visiting some friends of my elder sister outside Oxford. I didn't want to be there and made my views quite plain to my poor sibling. Things suddenly changed when we went inside. The man we were visiting was a Jordanian and, like many Arabs, had a love of technology. Sitting on a small table in front of his television was a curious little silver box with what looked like a light switch on it. It was a very primitive remote control. All you could do was change the channels ? and there were only three available. This didn't deter me. I spent all afternoon flicking up and down through the channels. My sister was mortified, but the Jordanian didn't mind. He recognised a kinship deep within us ? a love of shiny, sleek gadgetry.