Yet another URL shortening service. UrlDo - http://urldo.com
Built it for my friend. But I am very satisfied with the tagline 'do your urls, big time!'. Its PG13 but hey, I got a bit too creative!

Wow, today was my first day at the university The university is 30 minutes away from my place. I reached there by 2 PM, did the registration and hung around. I was asked to get back at 6 PM for the dinner. So instead of going back home, I went to the London bridge, roamed around, had food and they got back to the university. There they served a really awesome dinner! Met a lot of international students from Europe, Asia, Africa.. (the dinner was for intl. students only). Tomorrow the university opens official to all.

Now talking about the university, its huge Huge campus, dozens and dozens of old British style buildings and also a bunch of modern ones. But what I liked the most is the newly built 'Sheppard library'. Its really AWESOME, huge building, hi-tech stuff. The inside looked really futuristic.

Anyway, I haven't been able to see the university fully, but I'll get to see in the coming days. Classes start the coming Monday, till then, various programmes like tours, sightseeing, parties and all.

So long.. !

A lot of people asked me how London's treating me. Well, London's been pretty nice to me, atleast till now. Its been just two weeks, so not yet time to draw any conclusions. One thing I like is that we can see all kind of people here, from different cultures, from different parts of the world; and they are everywhere! Second thing is the freedome one has. Everyone's busy, trying to keep their lives running, so they dont really have time to bother others. When in a crowded street, you can experience it. Everyone's walking/running very fast, not even looking at the sides. Tourists are an exception And not to ask about the climate. Its really dull, you dont see the sun much. Its already very cold, and to add to the dullness, it rains sometimes! Soon winter will be taking its toll and the sun would then be coming! Eagerly waiting for that..

Anyway, its really weird that I haven't taken any good photos yet. Maybe its time I should start clicking them and putting them online.

Its been so long.. Things (online) have been going pretty bad. Server died, sites drowned, a lot of data lost. I've been working to get things back online for the past two weeks or so. Finally, things have settled down and the sites are back online. (A lot of data lost, including this blog's).

Anyway, I had already posted this earlier (but lost). I am in London right now and will be here for three+ years for my studies. I've joined the Middlesex university here for my undergraduate studies [ Bsc.(Hons) Computer Science ] and I am currently staying at 'Woodgreen'.

Thats all for now!

All you Indian bloggers out there, here is a good chance to get some exposure. Checkout IndianBloggers.com, a directory (+ a ranking system) of Indian blogs. The better your blog and your blogging skills, the more you rank the wider your blog reaches.
Considering the fact that I am a part of this new site, I would recommend all you Indian bloggers to join the system Honestly, I haven't seen much blogs from India, maybe a dozen or so. But this could be a place or even a community where Indian bloggers could interact and share thoughts. So please spread the word,

http://indianbloggers.com

If you have a Symbian series 60 phone, you *must* be having these freeware apps.

Opera
The popular Opera web browser. The latest version is 8.5
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/products/?os=series60

Fexplorer
File manager (like Windows explorer). Its the most popular one and its my favorite. Has advanced features like edit/preview/cut/copy/paste..
http://www.gosymbian.com

Bemused
An app that allows you to control various PC applications via bluetooth. Supports Winamp, Windows Media player and powerpoint. (I am not sure whether the latest versions of these apps are supported)
http://bemused.sourceforge.net

Forward
Foward is a simple program that allows you to forwward on (by bluetooth, MMS etc.) that have been received via bluetooth, MMS, infrared etc and are in the Inbox. It also allows you to save files in the inbox elsewhere on the phone
http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~ashley/

Real Player
The most popular mobile audio/video player. It comes preinstalled on most of the Series 60 phones
http://symbian.helixcommunity.org

Task Spy
A task manager similar to the Windows task manger
http://www.pushl.com/taskspy

Calcium
An advanced calculater with a nice set of features
http://mtvoid.com

The future VINE site - http://getvine.com