GeekXperts
GeekXperts:
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The idea is to put hints about the most needed software applications for windows/linux/mac, new gadgets, iphone apps, and more. Tell me what you’d like to see there please.
Dropbox
Dropbox: One of the best inventions. It synchronizes your files online, and keeps versions for 30 days for free. It is extremely easy to use: After installation it creates a Dropbox folder. Just copy any files you want to that folder, and they are synchronized. You don’t need to change anything, just change the folder name you use.
Join through this link for extra 250MB free space (on top of 2GB)
https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTIxODM4MjM5
Important trick: For using it under linux with no root access, download it from (or find a newer build in the forums)
http://forums.getdropbox.com/topic.php?id=12922&replies=67#post-81845
Unzip, untar and run
~/.dropbox-dist/dropbox
Hacı Bektaş Veli
Hacı Bektaş Veli’den seçme şiirler. Az sayıdalar ama güzeller…
Big mistake of AT&T
A while ago, I stopped receiving SMS text messages. Later, I realized I could not even send one. When I called AT&T and they sent me a text message through their system, I received it. But their system apparently overrides all calling plan settings, and they are not aware of this. After that, I found out that, without me requesting for that, they disabled any SMS plan on my phone line. How stupid…
Physics lectures by Richard Feynman
Unbelievably valuable physics lectures given by Richard Feynman himself at Cornell University in 1964. It is a must see for everyone regardless of the knowledge of physics.
Linux Mint
Based on Ubuntu/Debian, Linux Mint is designed for ease-of-use. Give it a try (possibly on Sun VirtualBox).
Sun VirtualBox
Free VMWare alternative from Sun: VirtualBox
Try the latest Open Solaris on it or obtain already installed images here.
Karacaoğlan
Karac’oğlan şiirleri de koymaya başladım. Again, poems are in Turkish only.
ask.com
I was looking for an alternative to google for a long time, and I finally found it
www.ask.com
First of all, the search results are good enough and very similar to google. Also, try to search for the following to have fun:
“washington dc weather”
“seattle wa events”
“what is the height of mount everest”
“europe news”
or perform a video search for “obama” and see their built-in player
Lastly, go and explore city.ask.com
Tip: perform a regular web search for “providence ri movies” on ask.com and let it show you the cinemas and time table on the map.
Turkish-English translators needed
Hey,
As you probably have noticed from my earlier posts, I am putting some very nice poems online. To be able to reach more people, they should be translated to English. Some of the poems already have translations (which we need to find out), but some others don’t.
If you are interested in this voluntary translation effort, leave a comment.
Mevlana
Mevlana Celaleddin (Jalaluddin) Rumi’den seçmeler:
MicroID broken
Chris Erway, one of my friends and colleagues, one day approached me and said there’s this MicroID thing which reveals users’ email addresses on some web sites (which at one point included Digg and Last.fm). He has written a nice article about how MicroID is harmful to users’ privacy here:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/~cce/microid/
Have a look at it. It’s sad to see that such things can even become an IETF draft. Luckily, due to his pressure, most of those sites stopped integrating MicroID. Thanks!
Fıkralar
Sevdiğim bazı fıkraları bir araya toplamaya başladım. Canınız sıkıldıkça girip
adresinden bakabilirsiniz. Kafama estikçe yenilerini ekleyeceğim.
Ömer Hayyam
Ömer Hayyam’dan seçtiğim şiirleri
http://omerhayyamdansecmeler.wordpress.com/
adresinde bulabilirsiniz. Böyle büyük insanları gerçekten takdir ediyorum.
Turkey – Euro 2008 (continued)
So, last time I said it was luck. Yesterday, it wasn’t. We played really well against Germany, with 9 players either injured or suspended. I really believed that we’d win. But alas, this time they were the lucky side. I cannot complain.
But I’m not sorry. It’s like Galatasaray in the year 2000. Every game we play, I believe in my team that they’ll win. I don’t have doubts. This is soccer, you may lose from time to time. But once you get the feeling that you’ll win, it’s so hard for your opponent.
Turkey – Euro 2008
An early comment, I know. But I couldn’t resist the temptation, while everybody I know was writing about this.
The past week was a wonderful one. Actually, it was full of wonders.
Boston Celtics became the NBA champion, after a win that made into the NBA history.
But this week’s topic is Turkey in Euro 2008.
Why? OK, let’s see. The game against Switzerland was good, winning in the second half. I always believed that’d be the case.
The game against Check Republic was unbelievable, although I always believed we’d win. But winning in the last 15 minutes, not even the penalty shoot-outs… It never occurred to me.
Finally, the game against Croatia. What else can be done. They scored at the 118th minute, and we scored in the 122nd. Of course, they couldn’t win during the penalty shoot-outs with that low morale.
Yes, it’s a combination of mostly luck and Turkishness. Turkish people know what I mean. That belief, that last minute try, that coming out stronger from anything that doesn’t kill us…
I cannot describe it (neither in Turkish 
)
hulu
I just discovered this new web site that let’s you watch some TV shows and movies for free. It is legal since it puts 30 second ads during the shows and movies. This is perfectly reasonable. Check it out:
Portal PC Game
This game is incredible. I have played hundreds of games in my life. And Portal easily made to my top 10 or maybe top 5 list. I had so much fun, not only playing, but also listening. You’ll see what I mean if you play it.
I’d like to thank the developers for coming up with such an innovative game when all the game design was reduced to cool graphics. Play Portal.
Summary of Yunus Emre’s philosophy
İlim kendin bilmektir
Sen elif dersin hoca, manisi ne demektir
Hepisinden iyice, bir gönüle girmektir
Knowledge is to understand who you are
You say “alpha” (incomprehensible), preacher, what can it possibly mean?
The best thing is a visit to one’s heart
The philosophy of my life
A saying states “Do not leave today’s business for tomorrow.”
One of my friends say “Do not do tomorrow’s business today.”
Combining these, one of my relatives say “If we manage to satisfactorily accomplish today’s business, we need neither to worry about the future, nor to question the past.”
Yunus Emre
GALATASARAY
It is the best Turkish soccer team on the Earth. There is no debate about it. It was once one of the best in the whole Europe too. Due to poor management, it suffered lots of performance losses. Also, being far away made me forget supporting my team.
I’m going back to my old days, hoping that my team will return back to its glorious days. The greatest champion: GALATASARAY!!!
iobit
This is an interesting company. They have very few but very nice products. I strongly recommend them. At the moment, I’m waiting to see their spyware defender program too.
musicopat.com
I had this idea, and as in many other things, other people with possibly more resources implemented it before me. Nevertheless, I waited a long time for this web site, and it’s pretty cool. Check it out:
It is FREE and LEGAL music that cannot be downloaded but played online. Most importantly, they have almost all the Turkish labels. Let’s support them.
Yunus Emre
Yunus Emre hakkında pek çok şey koyacağım buraya. Bu ilki.
I’ll put some Yunus Emre poems here, but I cannot translate the poems. I’ll try to translate some other related info though. So, let’s start with this one.
Sabahattin Eyüboğlu says the following about Yunus Emre:
“Despite all his religious personality and devotion to Islam, Yunus was not a man from any religion, any sect; he was not even a man of the religion. On the contrary, he was beyond all different religions, mosques, churches, sanctuaries; he was especially against strict religious people. His religion did not have a book, a worship ritual or direction. The only rule, dogma of his belief was love: the widest, limitless, the most humanist love; pure love. When you asked Yunus about his religion, his God, he would say nothing but LOVE, ATTACHMENT, and COMPANIONSHIP.”
