Author Archives: Turker

Orhan Pamuk on Charlie Rose

By Turker | Published: November 24, 2008

Charlie Rose’s interview with Orhan Pamuk from 2007 but enjoyable nevertheless:

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Saying What You Know When Everyone Else Is Laughing At You

By Turker | Published: November 15, 2008
I didn't know who Peter Schiff was and I don't particularly like predictions when it comes to economy but I found the following video very valuable. Peter Schiff predicts correctly almost every single issue in the current financial crisis from 2006 and everyone else around him is laughing at him.
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Book Meme

By Turker | Published: November 13, 2008
Just saw the book meme at Kemal's blog and found it interesting enough to join in. The book that was closest to me was Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein. Here is the fifth sentence from page 56:
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Election Night Parody: Voting Machines Elects Own President

By Turker | Published: November 4, 2008

Thanks to Rex Hammock I discovered this hillarious piece from the Onion where  “Voting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President“:


Voting Machines Elect One Of Their Own As President

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Xing Buys cember.net

By Turker | Published: January 23, 2008
The social networking site Xing bought the Turkish professional networking site cember.net for a reported $6.4 million. cember.net is the market leader in professional networking in Turkey.
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Gnome-Do: A Launcher Like Quicksilver

By Turker | Published: December 8, 2007
Today I found out about a great Gnome application while reading Russell Beattie. The application is called Gnome-Do and it works like the famed OS X launcher called Quicksilver. I have never used a Mac or Quicksilver but what I had seen before seemed like a very useful application.
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