alpayerturkmen's posterous http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com Most recent posts at alpayerturkmen's posterous posterous.com Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:12:55 -0800 Mouse problems with VmWare Fusion http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/mouse-problems-with-vmware-fusion http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/mouse-problems-with-vmware-fusion If you are, like me, having problems with your mouse clicks on your
Windows virtual machines running under VmWare Fusion and luckily
haven't installed Vmware Fusion 2.0.6 update or the new 3.0 then go
ahead and update because those versions promise to fix your problems.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:31:31 -0700 this is the first time I have seen this error in twitter http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/this-is-the-first-time-i-have-seen-this-error http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/this-is-the-first-time-i-have-seen-this-error

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Sat, 19 Sep 2009 03:43:01 -0700 Untitled http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/4212585 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/4212585

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:06:56 -0700 posterous'tan twitter'a deneme 123 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/posteroustan-twittera-deneme-123 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/posteroustan-twittera-deneme-123

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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:36:10 -0700 Karışık birşey http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/karsk-birsey http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/karsk-birsey

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Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:04:05 -0700 Paypal Türk hesaplarını desteklemeye başladı http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/paypal-turk-hesaplarn-destekle http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/paypal-turk-hesaplarn-destekle Bugün Paypal'den bir e-mail aldım. E-mailde artık Türkiye'deki
hesaplarımızı Paypal ile kullanabileceğimiz müjdesi vardı. Eskiden
kredi kartları ile bile çalışamazken bu gerçekten çok iyi bir haber.
Henüz hesabımı bağlamayı ve işlem yapmayı denemedim ama, herhangi bir
problem olacağını sanmıyorum. Internet üzerinden iş yapanlar,
bloglarıyla geçinenler ve yurtdışından alışveriş yapanlar için gayet
iyi bir haber.

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:07:10 -0700 Missing iphone tips http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/missing-iphone-tips http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/missing-iphone-tips http://www.wezm.net/2008/07/15/iphone-tips-from-the-user-guide/
 
 
Alpay (mobil/mobile)

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Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:06:41 -0700 WezM.net http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/wezmnet http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/wezmnet http://www.wezm.net/2008/07/15/iphone-tips-from-the-user-guide/
 
 
Alpay (mobil/mobile)

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:22:29 -0700 Fantastico-Wordpress Türkçe karakter problemi http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/fantastico-wordpress-turkce-ka http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/fantastico-wordpress-turkce-ka Dün, blog'a ilk mesajı posterous üzerinden attığımda türkçe
karakterlerin Wordpress üzerinde gözükmediğini farkettim. Tabii daha
önceden wordpress ile türkçe yazılar yazdığım için problemin
posterous'tan kaynaklandığını düşünüp durumu bildiren bir mail attım.
 
Daha sonradan dikkatle baktığımda, problemin posterous'tan değil de
wordpress'ten kaynaklandığını, yazıların veritabanında bile yanlış
saklandığını gördüm. Temel sebep şu imiş:
Wordpress kurulumu sırasında varsayılan veritabanı encoding'i utf8.
Fakat eğer wordpress kurulumunuzu hosting hizmetinizin size sunduğu
arayüzdeki fantastico adındaki bir yazılım ile yaparsanız, bu
uygulamanın varsayılan ayarları yüzünden veritabanlarınız latin1
encoding'i ile yaratılıyor. Bu problemin birinci çözümü wordpress'i el
ile kurmak. benim aklıma bu gelmediği için (!) şöyle bir yol izledim:
Önce wordpress kurulumun yaptım. Daha sonra veritabanımı SQL
formatında phpmyadmin kullanarak export ettim. Bu SQL dosyası
içerisinde latin1 olan bütün encoding'leri utf8'e çevirdim. Daha
sonra, veritabanımın default encoding'ini utf8'e çevirip tüm tabloları
sildim. SQL export'u tekrar import ederek veritabanımı oluşturdum.
Şimdi bu yazıyı yollayacağım. Doğru şekilde gözükürse mutlu olacağım.

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Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:52:39 -0700 Posterous http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/posterous-1202 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/posterous-1202 Posterous, e-mail ile birçok servise (örn. twitter, facebook, blogunuz
vs.) mesaj yollamanızı sağlayan bir sistem. Birden fazla blog
tanımladığınızda bunu gerçekleştirmek için ise URL'inizdeki bir
kelimeyi #durumbu şeklinde filtrelemek. Mesajı bu özelliği denemek
için atıyorum.

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Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:51:19 -0700 The iphone os 3.0 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/the-iphone-os-30 http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/the-iphone-os-30 The talk of the day is the preview of the new version of iphone os. Apple will have an event in 24 hours.
What is the big deal? A new os for a gadgey? Copy and paste? Well it is bigger than that. We are expecting apple's take on the netbook boom lately and we believe apple will show us the details of the os that will power the device bridging the gap between the iphone and macbook.
An apple tablet similar to nokia's seems very likely with advanced power management (up to a day of battery power), multitouch and 3g connectivity.
So i am eager to see the os that will power it and enhance my dear iphone.
Alpay (mobil/mobile)

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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:12:49 -0700 My new, shiny, social-web silence inducing toy http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/my-new-shiny-social-web-silenc http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/my-new-shiny-social-web-silenc So... The dust have settled and i am back. As you may or may not have noticed, i have bought a new iphone 3g. This is the reason I have not been able to blog or tweet for the last 2 weeks.
I have been busy admiring, jumping from app to app to app store and definitely charging this little monster.
What i will do from now on is to try something different. I will try to run my blog mostly through the iphone.
I know it is harder to write on this screen, but it is always with me. This has been my biggest gripe lately. I had some things to say which went away until i found some comfortable place i found. Also i don't write 500 word editorials. So i will go ahead and try this.
I am planning to write about the phone itself then advance into some posts about the apps etc.
All for today...
 
Alpay from the iphone

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Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:33:57 -0800 Fun Facebook Game http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/fun-facebook-game http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/fun-facebook-game I have read this in a friend's facebook profile. Unfortunately I don't
know who created it. So please let me know if you do know:
 
To Do This
1 - Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
 
2 - Go to "Random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the
title of your first album.
 
3 - Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
 
4 - Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.
 
5 - Post it to FB with this text in the "caption" and TAG the friends
you want to join in. (you can untag yourself if you don't want this
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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:48:56 -0800 Google is on a roll http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/google-is-on-a-roll http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/google-is-on-a-roll Google has gathered steam and has been releasing and updating products. I have greeted these latest products (Offline Gmail, most probably offline Calendar, Google Sync etc.) with a sense of satisfaction, joy and an occasional tear in my eyes.
Fortunately I am not those guys who believe that the billion-dollar giant corporation is after a few personal bit of data from a mere nerd who blogs and twits bullshit on the web. On the contrary I embrace the things has given me for free and try to enjoy every minute of using it.
These series of releases made Gmail the ultimate e-mail experience, online and offline, with the ability to manage several e-mail accounts over POP. I have ditched Apple's mail for my personal use and increasingly use Gmail for my business use. I can access Gmail from my WinMo phone both online and offline. With the current release of Google Sync I can change whatever I like on Google's server and get moving with my phone in my hand.
I am not sure what have triggered Google's recent releases but I gladly appreciate it. They seem to follow Apple's philosophy here. Simple design with core functionality in a product that works. Kudos and thanks to Google.

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Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:43:45 -0800 Why Do I Want a Netbook? http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/why-do-i-want-a-netbook http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/why-do-i-want-a-netbook The latest hype in the technological circles is to own a netbook which is a portable computer with a much smaller form factor then the current generation of consumer notebooks. There is a fundamental difference between current netbooks and notebooks: price. Netbooks are significantly cheaper than regular notebooks in a smaller packaging. Thus they offer slower processors, less memory and harddisk space and smaller screens.
They are underpowered, they are tiny and they are cheap. These attributes define netbooks. So why I want a netbook? First of all they are really cute, toy-cute. They are much smaller then a notebook but offer enough power to perform many of the tasks an average user does in their daily routine. They are a perfect fit for surfing the web, e-mailing, instant messaging etc.
I believe netbooks are not competitors to regular notebooks. Rather they are located in the same market space as the high-end smartphones. This is the reason some people are not getting what netbooks offer. If you compare a netbook with a notebook, then netbooks are in trouble. However, when you compare a netbook with a smartphone there are important advantages.
Netbooks provide a full QWERTY keyboard, a minimum of 7 inch LCD screen and widely-used operating systems like Windows and Linux. This is a clear advantage over smartphones which run on constrained operating systems like the Windows Mobile, iPhone OS (whatever it is), Symbian, Blackberry OS and Palm's new Web OS.
I own a Windows Mobile based PDA, which is OK for most online tasks like e-mail, IMs and Twitter. The phone however have problems with office applications, MP3s, videos and etc. The screen is small and input is problematic at best.
This old and used PDA can on the other hand, run for a full work-day without needing battery charge, at the same time providing regular phone features, and a permanent Internet connection wherever applicable.
Owning a netbook and a high-end smartphone while a full-fledged notebook is absolutely necessary for your daily work seems to be impractical. Currently the best solution for me is to get a netbook that can be always online through a 3G card or a 3G-enabled bluetooth phone. The only catch is the battery life. 3 hours is not enough for anyone.

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:53:38 -0800 no.7 is the best: "http://www.splitreason.com/topsellers.php" http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/no7-is-the-best-httpwwwsplitre http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/no7-is-the-best-httpwwwsplitre

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Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:31:43 -0800 Getting more traffic http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/getting-more-traffic http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/getting-more-traffic It is wild to see that, without writing anything on this blog, I get almost 300 hits per week. Yes, I do have the weekly tweets digest on the blog. I also post occasional technical problems I ran into and provide solutions for them but it is insane that at this dark and lonely end of the web universe there are "you" guys wandering around my blog.
I have much to talk about and I do spit out them daily to those poor souls that happen to be my friends. I, unfortunately, do not spare enough time to myself to write 300 words so to have a much larger audience. This happens to be my new years resolution for the past few years. Sadly, I have realized that my new year's resolutions have always remained unresolved. Let's see if I would best who I am now and reach out.

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Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:11:21 -0800 woke up early to work on my ph.d. paper http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/woke-up-early-to-work-on-my-ph http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/woke-up-early-to-work-on-my-ph

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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:38:23 -0800 12 ways to act like stupid on the Web http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/12-ways-to-act-like-stupid-on http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/12-ways-to-act-like-stupid-on 1. Swear on YouTube comments with a racist/obscene tone.
2. Tweet useless messages including when did you wake up, what have you eaten, who you have seen and what you have told them.
3. Create a blog, write an introductory message full of optimistic resolutions.
4. Never write anything else in that blog.
5. Post meaningless comments on other posts and finish them with "Visit my blog at myuselessblog.blogspot.com".
6. Upload drunk or naked pictures/videos of your friends on facebook (or any other social network), who will retaliate with yours.
7. Add everybody who have sent you a friend request on social networks.
8. Create meaningless wall posts of your friends.
9. Use an e-mail address containing words like pony, pink, funky and sexy. Do not forget to add numbers. Never register any e-mail address related to your name.
10. Open all e-mails sent to you, download the attachments and run them.
11. Click on every link in every e-mail message sent to you.
12. Give your e-mail, banking and social network passwords (which should be the same) to every webpage/e-mail requesting it.

Note: This is an incomplete list, feel free to submit yours in the comments.

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Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:42:29 -0800 Change brings awareness http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/change-brings-awareness http://alpayerturkmen.posterous.com/change-brings-awareness It has really been bugging me lately, how change brings awareness to your life. We (I at least) are drowned in a monotonous set of rituals that we call our daily routines. We (I) really enjoy them and think that they are what defines us (me). 

I have been having a time in my life, where some things that I have to do seems so out of place, so alien to me that I have to change how I do stuff. This change brings insights into what I have been doing and why.

I had some strict deadlines to finish some and some to start new ones. It is where you have been pushing hard to finish a stage in an arcade game, you reach the boss fight and you are bored to death. But I have to finish the bad guy off to see the next stage, play through it and enjoy extensively.

That is why I have to divert all my attention to the boss fight and leave what distracts me. This is what I have been doing these days.

I left aside my PSP so besides not playing it, I am not spending my time looking for games, reviews and new apps for the gadget. 

I unsubscribed from all the RSS feeds that were not relevant to me, and found out that almost half of them was useless. I subscribed to podcasts indeed and that made me keep up with things in my spare (driving) time. I am no longer trying to follow even some of my tweets as it started to take much time.

From now on, I will try to blog regularly instead of consuming all the things I got used to. I will try to be the influencer for a while, not an influencer as I have been.

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