Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:06:14 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/ Klynton.com en-gb http://www.klynton.com/images/www.klynton.com/logo.gif http://www.klynton.com/ klynton@klynton.com http://www.klynton.com/Article57.html So I decided after enjoying playing with the PS2 at Christmas I would splash out and buy a PS3, and I have to say I've been impressed. The graphics are very good (which you would expect from a next gen platform) but it's the extra abilities that really swayed me in forking out the money. Rather than just a gaming device, which the PS1/2 were, the PS3 is more justly defined as a computer. You can install an OS on it (Various Linux distro's) and it allow you to do so much more. Click on full article for more info on additional features it has / can have. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:06:14 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article56.html So last weekend I finally bought a car. Peugeot 206 Hopefully soon you'll be able to click on the link above and view pictures of it, but for now you'll have to make do with the description. Metallic Green, 1.4 LX, 5 Door. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:25:50 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article55.html Well it's been some time since the last update, so where have I been? Prague. Yes away on another holiday, 2nd one in three weeks (well contractor so take them when you can). Lots of fun times and, somewhat unsurprisingly, drunk times. I may do a more in depth write-up on some nights out, but for now we'll leave it unsaid. Pictures will be up soon(ish), hoping to get all of them from the others who accompanied me. So they'll go up in the relevant section... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:55:27 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article54.html Does searching for car insurance drive you crazy?.... Well no, but I do find it tediously dull. Yes that's right, car hunting time. Having spent far too long looking at different insurance rates / companies for various cars I'm almost ready to shell out the cash on a car. My problem has always been a complete indifference to cars. What make / model / engine size / etc are largely irrelevant issues, just having a car is the end goal. Which admittedly makes it very easy to ensure is the eventual outcome.... Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:58:37 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article53.html I was recently sent a reactivation trial for my old EVE Online account, after much musing I decided it'd be a waste not to have a look at how it's changed in the 1.5ish years since I last played, so I reinstalled it and away I went. Big Mistake. It has now suckered me back into the world of MMORPGs that I had bravely escaped from but 11 months ago, previously being a World of Warcraft addict, lured by it's new features and due to the economy having crashed a bit. When I left I was a non-poor (but by no means rich) player, hunting pirates as it was pretty much that or the monotonous mining game. When I returned however the meagre amount of ISK (Currency of EVE) allowed me to almost straight away buy a nice big Brutix Battle Cruiser. Alas poor social life I knew him well..... Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:59:14 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article52.html So after having been told by over 20 different people that I should join Facebook 'to keep in touch', clearly not noticing the huge site here for just that purpose, I finally relented and (repressing the giddy feeling that I was a 13 year old kid again) set up an account. Immediately upon 'inviting' friends to accept me into their exclusive groups I was asked why I only had 1 photo up. Yet the mere suggestion that it is pointless to put them up again, on facebook, when they are hosted here just fell on deaf ears.... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:55:08 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article51.html Added a forum and 'contact me' page for people to get in touch (well, if they want to anyway). Finally after 3 years I've put a forum back up, of course some of the other subsites have had one for ages, but this one is a personal forum. The link is above at the top of the page. Also the link to 'contact me' is at the top of the page, some slight editing still needs to be done for changes to wording, but it works fine. Wed, 04 Jul 2007 07:26:15 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article26.html Hi everyone, I've updated the Pictures page with my Canada 2005 and Amsterdam 2006 photos. There are a lot from Canada so it may be slower to load the page. Also updated the Blog with most of the entries going back to 2002 (although there are significant gaps). Anyway have fun. Tue, 03 Jul 2007 07:31:13 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article3.html Most of the old content from the original site should now be up and working, still testing how best to implement some of it. Just looking for interesting icons to use now for the site, rather than boring standard ones. Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:44:50 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article1.html Welcome everyone, long time since the last update, but I hope it's worth it. I've been creating a new website design and content format to make it far easier for me to administer this website, so hopefully it'll be updated far more regulary from now on. Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:19:09 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article4.html 06/02/06 Been so long since last update I guess you all thought I'd died.... or at least you hoped so. But alas not, I have been busy, working.... then on holiday, then more holidays (well fit them in when you can) and now I'm back in the country and looking for more work. Mon, 06 Feb 2006 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article5.html 23/01/05 So no progress for almost a month, where have I been? Well after new years eve and that, I've been collapsed helpless in a field just outside Manchester. But to be more accurate, working. This work thing eats up alot of time, almost removing the time required for the hard-core gaming. However I can find some time to fit it into my busy schedule. Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article6.html 25/12/04 The world be covered in white gold, as far as the eye can see! And in a kitchen out of the cold, the cat went after the turkey! Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a good time. Here the cat almost spoilt everything, but we caught him in time. I seemed to open more and more alcohol related presents as the day went on, from bottles of whiskey and 2.5 pint glasses to complete drinking games. But if was good fun. Sat, 25 Dec 2004 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article7.html 06/12/04 Just a quick update message about a site I found. http://theinquirer.org/?article=17469 this site contains a review I wrote about my MP3 player (the Feper KR7110). Which amused me greatly when I found it. Not sure how big or popular the site is, but it's nice to be randomly mentioned. Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article8.html 03/12/04 So it's almost Christmas, all my decorations have been put up, for some reason there are 4 trees, but nevermind eh? Whole family is getting together this Christmas, so will be good. Fri, 03 Dec 2004 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article9.html 23/11/04 Well as any anyone who has visited over the last few days will be aware, my webhost had some problems. Meaning that the hard drive that this site was stored on died a dramatic death, and they had no back-up data for the files. So over the last few days I have been reuploading the original files. Everything should be back as it should be, however if you see any dead links or differences please let me know. Also the data for the forum was lost, so I have recreated it, and am setting up an auto backup function at the moment. Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article10.html 07/11/04 I have a new toy, as shown by the picture. It's a 1GB USB Flash Disk, which has some nice features, but for me it's just a large (but small) disk that I can carry around with me. Very very useful, and was rather cheap. The casing is fine, metal, the writing on the metal is slowly wearing off due to being kept with my keys and change but as long as the disk remains intact I don't care. Sun, 07 Nov 2004 23:05:00 +0000 http://www.klynton.com/Article11.html 07/10/04 Well we're long overdue for an update, poor old Klynton has been busy (talking in the third person is meant to be the fashion, or so Klynton has been told), so here it is. I've been up in Newcastle for the great north run (no I didn't take part, don't be stupid) but rather went up there to see my sister compete. She did rather well. Was good fun, huge race 50'000 runners or some such stupidly large number. Some photos may go up at a later date but as I didn't take my camera with me they have been taken by me. What else have I been upto? Well some gardening, took aload of trees in the garden down (pruned) rather than completely exhumed. Then after we'd done that the next door neighbour (new) decided to have all the trees taken out on his side, so lots of sun now.... almost to much sun. Thu, 07 Oct 2004 10:35:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article14.html 30/08/04 So.... no update for a long time. Explanation? Been busy. Applying for jobs, going out, being lathargic, but most importantly having a 56K connection here. And of course the fact that the PC downstairs crashes about every hour and I can't be bothered to rip it to pieces to see whats wrong. Got my graduation photos back. Will probably scan them in and add then to the pictures section at some point. Nice cheesy grin on the paid for one. Also I might try out this boots print your photo thing, although I have found no information on prices anywhere. Mon, 30 Aug 2004 13:00:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article15.html 21/07/04 Well I'm off back to rainy Manchester on Friday. Lease runs out at this house so until I get a job and vacate to a random part of the UK (or beyond?) I'll be doing something in back in the home village of Disley. Still it'll be good to get out of Hull, away to the countryside. So I guess updates will be less frequent due to the badness of the 56KB modem. For this updates picture I thought I'd introduce you all to my new tech toy. I'll probably do a write up on it later as it is rather cool. But for now here it is. It's a Feper KR7110 MP3 and USB Card Reader (click on link for review and info). So in a few words it's a really small little device that playes MP3s and also reads memory cards. Not bad for £20. Will see me fine through those long train journeys, and means I can carry presentations around on it as well. Wed, 21 Jul 2004 10:15:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article13.html 17/07/04 So I decided to try out Star Wars Galaxies. Free 14 day trial, and after trying out asherons call 2 a few weeks back I thought 'kick ass a MMORG in the star wars universe'. So I download it 1.9GB, rather large but never mind. Install (few initial problems but soon sorted). Then set it loading....... 2 minutes later I leave to go cook some food. When I returned it had finished loading and I started playing, initial reaction was 'k00l I know all these creatures and species and it will rock'. Gave it two hours, after two hours of AC2 I had gone up numerous levels and gained lots of equipment, after 2 hours of SWG I had barely done fuck all. I was bored irritated and frustrated. I found no place to buy a better hand to hand weapon. The combat is apauling, when I double clicked to attack, my character went into his prone attack pose. He made no attempt to actually get close to the creature. I had to do this manually. After 3-4 hours it was officially binned. Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:20:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article12.html 15/07/04 As you can see from the photo I have now officially graduated, and am now Mr Klynton Tate Fowler BSc. As with all graduations it was rather boring standing about for a long time watching other people and listenting to the big wigs at the university pratter on, however we got a little treat in our graduation in an honorary degree was awarded to Italian referee Pierluigi Collina. So we all got to hear his reaction and this helped alot in staving the boredom. He was very appreciative of his award, and lets all hope that after his retirement he'll move over here and referee in the Premiership. Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:30:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article16.html 12/07/04 T in the Fucking park ! Yes it was very very good. Lots of great bands, and some amazing performances, most notably by The Strokes / Franz Ferdinand / Zutons / British Sea Power. The lead singer of Strokes was completely wasted as he tried to perform ,and had to resort to the playlist taped to the floor in front of him to remember some of the names of their own songs. Which of course added to the fun. I even found the time to buy a cheap knock off t-shirt. Dirty dirty Mancunian! I'll take some photos of it at a later date, but for now photos of the event are up on the pictures page, or click here some very good ones, some very crap ones. But hey I was holding the thing up in the air and hoping. Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:00:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article17.html 04/07/04 Quick note to say doubt I'll be updating the site much as I'm going to visit the parents for the next week. Then on to Kinross for 'T in the Park', so updates look doubtful. However when I get back I should have a shitload of photo's to add. So just hold on....... Oh actually try searching for 'Klyntion' in google, it now asks if you meant Klynton. Rock on! Sun, 04 Jul 2004 11:45:00 +0100 http://www.klynton.com/Article20.html 03/07/04 OK I've neglected this page for a while now, as after the updates the front page became a better way of keeping track of what I had been doing, so I guess I'll slowly be moving everything over to this page to match the front, so this will be more of a record of what I have done in the past. Still never mind. Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:00:00 +0100