The first two days back in London were lovely, mostly sunny and comfortable (it's raining today though) so I did a lot of walking. The path from my housing to the LSE campus is on the long side but as it's thru the City it includes many nice sites - the Bank of England and St. Paul's are all on the way.

I've just being doing chores like buying things for my little studio and registering so far. 

For any doubters. . . 

This place's reputation is obviously overblown.

A quick gadget recommendation - I finally picked up a Bluetooth headset before I left. I took a gamble and purchased a refurbished pair of Sennheisers because I wanted something would sound decent but I wasn't willing to pay for it. It's great to lose the wires, though be ready for some hiccups in the connection when walking in crowds, no doubt due to interference with the countless other 2.4 Ghz Bluetooth waves in the air. Oh and users of Apple products should be aware that iOS 4.1 that was just released finally added the AVRCP profile so you can change tracks and so forth with the headset controls.

Interesting reads:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/22/zuckerberg-interview-facebook-phone/

Interesting interview with Zuckerberg. You can't say the kid doesn't have lofty goals. Lofty goals and more money than Steve Jobs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11395824

World's largest wind farm just started production off the coast of Kent. 

http://nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/68086/

Nice profile on Jon Stewart and the Daily Show.

I decided to go with a simple posterous site for this relaunch of nickjsaunders.com

Nothing fancy.

I leave for London and my graduate studies at the London School of Economics on Monday September 20, arriving early Tuesday morning. I am anxious to return to London and higher education. I'll be living in E1 and can't wait to explore the area.