Showing posts with label Atatürk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atatürk. Show all posts

21 April 2007

Greatest Living American

Now it is official - Stephen Colbert is the Greatest Living American. If you doubt it - ask google. Actually this is a Google Bomb by Colbert Report writers like the previous act "Truth has become a commodity".

More over about the last weeks parade in Ankara, another one is announced to be held in Istanbul on April,29 - which is next sunday - at Caglayan square/Sisli. See you there =)

Returning back to my boring life, I was stuck on JLIST's, wasn't able to change a value on a Jlist - solution is as follows, put the values on a vector, send the vector to the jlist and then the scroll pane and then the parenting panel. And to modify the values, change the value in the vector, resend it to jlist, resend jlist to the scroll pane, and repaint the jPanel. It is a lame job to do these each time you change a value but - it is how java spins this thing.

Because that my college friends are graduating this year - I have a lot of write-ups
to write for the year book and I haven't started yet. I must start any time soon.

The surprise of yesterday was that Prof. Isil Bozma (also known my project advisor) skipped our weekly project meeting. I feel like she doesn't have right to skip a meeting when she is a professor. Probably something important have happened.

On Wednesday me, my sister and some friends went to Taksim for a live performance of the Group Badem. Actually I wasn't expecting much but we had fun.

Have you checked out the new Command & Conquer 3 a.k.a Tiberium Wars. The game is fantastic, you should try it with a good pc - the modelings and effects are magnificent.

One more thing before I go to sleep, Defrag your pc! I just looked and there is 60% fragmentation.

I couldn't sleep well last night so I'll have a little nap.. may be I add some more


*For those who doesn't know Stephen Colbert - he is hosting his own television show The Colbert Report which is a Comedy Central program watched by 1.2m viewers per night.
Some quotes from Stephen Colbert in White House Correspondents' Association Dinner:
I believe in democracy. I believe democracy is our greatest export. At least until China figures out a way to stamp it out of plastic for three cents a unit. As a matter of fact, Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong, welcome. Your great country makes our Happy Meals possible. I said it's a celebration.
The point is it is the heart-warming story of a man who was repeatedly punched in the face, so don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say that 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing?
I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least. And by these standards, we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.

15 April 2007

Turkey demonstrates the power of secularism

Yesterday Turkey had a massive rally. Official records show that 370,000 people attended but most of the Turkish newspapers and Tv channels even didn't bother to publish. At most they put a minor headline and a picture. On the other hand International news agencies labeled it as the most important event of the day.

It seems to me that some people are trying to bury this event. Maybe the people at Anıtkabir were right (some people were shouting "satılmış medya" meaning media is supporting the current government) I really hope they are wrong but in any case, we MUST keep this topic alive.

On the other hand there is a probability that I maybe working with Turkcell on a project. The subject is mobile control and intelligence of smart houses. That will be interesting but there is a chance that our proposal may be rejected because of my early graduation. Turkcell is trying to support a master thesis which will last for 2 years - not 8 months.

Have you seen the movie Renaissance? It is an animation film in French. I'm really looking forward to watch it but couldn't find a buddy for the movie. If you would like to watch it to message me ASAP.

By the way if you are using a Windows Mobile 5 device, you should definitely check this out. With Minilyrics you can download the synchronized lyrics of the specific song with your favorite media player, embed the lyrics to the id3 tags of the songs and listen and sing with your Windows mobile device. It is really amazing. It always asks you to buy the software but the trial never expires.


Europe trip

The photos from my trip to europe - 4 countries in 15 days, pretty good huh =) hope you enjoy
1-frankfurt
2-goteborg
3-oslo
4-goteborg
5-marseille
6-marseille
7-goteborg
8-return