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  It's just me, me, me...

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  Chalfont St Giles by Night Most of the time I live in a quiet little village called Chalfont St Giles (pictured left) in south Buckinghamshire, just west of London, but I can often be seen lurking in the suburbs of Helsinki, Finland and occasionally in Ruka, Northern Finland. When I'm not eating, sleeping, travelling, or searching for new satellite TV channels, I design quality web sites and host them at an affordable price. ;o)

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Name: Timo Newton-Syms Timo  
Sex: Male
Age: 34
Occupation: Running a web design business
Education: Chalfonts College, Chalfont St. Peter, UK
International School of Helsinki, Finland
University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
Interests: Satellite TV, radio, electronics, cycling, walking, travelling, photography, setting up webcams, glow worms, skiing, snooker & pool
Favourite foods: Pizzas, pepper steaks, lamb chops, KitKats, Froot Loops, Dr Pepper, Woolworth's Cream Soda (a bright green drink found in South Africa)
Favourite music: Jazzy/soulful drum & bass, jungle, oldskool hardcore, trance, euro dance, hip hop, 80's classic rock, chillout, and more
Favourite TV programmes: US comedies such as Frasier and Seinfeld, David Letterman, 24, Heroes, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Mythbusters plus any good documentaries
Favourite music radio stations: UK radio can be a bit boring so I prefer more "exotic" things like Sunshine Live (Germany), Radio FG (France), NRK mP3 (Norway), Radio 538 (Netherlands), and Basso (Finland).
Favourite chat radio shows: Nick Abbot (LBC 97.3), Iain Lee (Virgin Radio), Ian Crewe (702 & Cape Talk), The Urban Sofa (ICR FM), Carol McGiffin, Neal Veglio
IM: I sometimes use Yahoo! Messenger:
 

 
The (slightly old) Photo Album

Me and my walkie talkie (2002)

The old office
(2006)

My pool table (2004)

Me in our student house (1998)

W2-S at Rutherford, UKC (1998)

Katriina & Ari's wedding (2004)

Me filming the wedding (2004)

A wet English summer (2004)

My mushrooms (2004)

Repairing my Sky receivers (2004)

Old house in Switzerland (2003)

Old house in Switzerland (2003)

Parents' house in Helsinki (2001)

Helsinki garden in the snow (2001)

Christmas in Helsinki (2002)

Arabella, my sister's cat (2002)

Old house in S.Africa (1998)

Two of my UK sat dishes (2004)

Our Helsinki sat dishes (2003)

The garden fountain (2005)
Lots more (current) pictures by me can be found on my Flickr Gallery
 

 
Video Clips

A female glow worm, Loudwater, Bucks, UK (2006)
MPEG 11.6MB

Our winter holiday in Ruka, Finland (2005)
MPEG 16.9MB

Downhill skiing in Ruka, Finland (2004)
Flash 3.43MB

Sledging in Tampere, Finland (2004)
Flash 1.24MB

Downhill skiing in Switzerland
(2003)
MPEG 5.11MB

Sledging in Helsinki, Finland
(2003)
MPEG 1.58MB
Please note, some of these videos are quite large and may take some time to download. You may also find some more of my videos on my YouTube account
 

 
Sound Bites
A few years ago I used to call a couple of radio phone-in shows and even hosted my own music show. These days I tend to just listen as I've run out of things to say. Anyway, here are a few of my favourite bits. (Right click the link and select 'Save Target As...' to download)

Jungle Pressure - UKCR Timo's Radio Show
Jungle Pressure on UKCR 107.3FM (1996 RSL - 2.18MB MP3)
A compilation of bits from my old dnb radio show on UKCR, broadcasting to Canterbury
and East Kent.


Jungle Pressure Theme Tune (1995-96 - 1.58MB MP3)
The opening theme music to my radio shows produced by Strict9.

Jungle Pressure Show 5 [ 1st Hour ] (19.6MB MP3) [ 2nd hour ] (19.6MB MP3)
A mellow mix of jungle/dnb first broadcast on 9.11.95 with guest DJ Jim Wright for the first hour and a half on UKCR 999AM.

Radio Phone-ins
How to avoid clipboard people (Nick Abbot, Real Radio, Sept 2002 - 132KB MP3)
Don't you just hate being harassed by researchers while out shopping? Here's an idea for you...

Getting stopped by the police (Nick Abbot, Real Radio, Sept 2002 - 290KB MP3)
Talking to Nick about being stopped by the police while out walking in the middle of no-where.

My mushroom problem (Nick Abbot, Key 103 Manchester, Oct 2001 - 224KB MP3)
It was only a month after 9/11 and Nick's comedy phone-in was getting call after call about the war in Afghanistan and terrorism, so I thought I'd call up and lighten the mood a bit.

Talking about South Bucks (Harddriver, StormLive, May 2001 - 518KB MP3)
I think this might have been the last ever call taken on StormLive as the following day the station sacked all their DJs citing financial difficulties.

Making fun of Timo (Harddriver, StormLive, Autumn 2000 - 933KB MP3)
Harddriver gets all upset when I email him to say he sounds a bit like Nick Abbot but his assistant sounds nice. Listen to him take the piss out of my web site and call me "a freak, a web designer with no life." ;-)

Going to South Africa (Nick Abbot, Virgin Radio, Aug 2000 - 385KB MP3)
A chat about going to "the most lawless place on God's blue Earth," according to Nick.

Crushing sugar (Nick Abbot, LBC 1152, Aug 1999 - 378KB MP3)
Nick is shocked to hear on a Saturday night I sit in a dark cupboard crushing sugar and opening envelopes for fun. Includes a follow-up call from another listener.

Radio Ads
www.NickAbbot.com Real Radio Advert 1 clip (Real Radio, Aug 2002 - 368KB MP3)
Real Radio Advert 2 clip (Real Radio, Aug 2002 - 332KB MP3)
A couple of Nick Abbot ads with small clips from my calls amongst others.

 

  Right, that's enough about me. Some might even say that was more than enough about me. Hang on - are you still reading this?! Uh oh, stalker and slasher alert!
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