posted by Alpay filed under Life,
blogging
What else can you do when you have setup your blog again, configured analytics and keep checking how many people arriving to your blog every day? Well, you got to create some time and write a new blog post. Becoming a full-time Ph.D student after recognizing in horror that I am wasting my time to an undeniable and scary deadline,
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posted by Alpay filed under Life
Everytime I fire up a soundtrack in my iTunes I keep thinking: "Something is missing, this is not the same song I have listened in the movie theater". Well obviously something is missing.
The experience we have at the movie theaters is a combination of lights, sounds and a concept. The atmosphere is very much sealed with the darkness and sound
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posted by Alpay filed under Life
Today I received an e-mail from my dad about a site near ?anl?urfa (southeast Turkey) called Göbekli Tepe. Findings there suggest dates back to 9000 BC, and predates all farming activities known. It is important because up to now scientists had thought that people who are only dependent on hunting/gathering could not build monuments and temples. However these ruins show
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posted by Alpay filed under Life
Today I had my share of funny help desk chat and I have been the unfortunate victim. We were having a cup of coffee at Starbucks. The reason of our choice was the existence of a wireless hotspot provided free of charge to Turkish Telecom ADSL subscribers - I happen to be one of them. However there seemed to be
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posted by Alpay filed under Life
I just can't understand the madness associated with digital A/C in cars. These things doesn't work. You hop in to your car, start it. The A/C is set to 21 degrees and outside temp is like 30 so it blows like crazy and makes such a noise that even hearing the stereo is impossible. Then you arrive at your destination
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