Why Python?
Why Python? I have been thinking and asking myself why I have chosen python while there are so many programming languages. Is it powerful, scientific, elegant, community, different??? You can find all of it in any programming language (or platform) so, what is it? Yesterday, I found something that can help to answer this question. The Python Paradox article written by Paul Graham. He says:
“… Python programmers are smart. It’s a lot of work to learn a new programming language. And people don’t learn Python because it will get them a job; they learn it because they genuinely like to program and aren’t satisfied with the languages they already know…”
Neither java nor c# describes me, the closest one is python.
Me, Myself and İstanbul
Instead of sitting in front of my computer, I spent my last Saturday (that is yesterday) at Ortaköy with eating Kumpir and enjoying the spectacular view of İstanbul Bosphorus. To whom don’t know what a Kumpir is; made by potato and mixed with cheese and some stuff including mayonnaise …etc. This is what I ate yesterday:
And those who don’t know how the Bosphorus is seen at Ortaköy:
I know it is weird but this year I feel something wrong with this city and me. I never thought that I’d be living somewhere else until this year. I feel like this is the last year with İstanbul and I may not have a chance to return back. That’s why, I don’t want to miss this spring and summer in İstanbul. I’m going to try to enjoy İstanbul as much as I can.
Challenging Talks From TED
For the last few days I have been watching TED talks at ted.com and fascinated by Emily Levine and Sir Ken Robinson’s performance. I have marked some of them as my favorites and also, they are interesting and funny ones. I recommend you to watch at least one of them.
Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Emily Levine: A trickster’s theory of everything.
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin: Tour the AlloSphere, a stunning new way to see scientific data.
John Wooden: Coaching for people, not points.
Am I Depressed?
One million dollar question, “Am I Depressed?” Last few days or weeks I’m not doing what I’m supposed to do, it is like my life is weird. Some facts;
- I don’t want to go work
- I don’t want to read anything
- I want to blog but I don’t
- I watch TV Shows whole night
- I don’t want to go out. I’m living the most spectacular place in the world, in İstanbul
- Listening Turkish songs (seems ok but my favorite Turkish singers are popular with their slow songs)
- Lots of things that I wanted to do about my semantic web but I’m not doing
Strange thing is I used to love those things but I don’t want to do them now. I just stay at my room and my computer that is it.
I need to do something which will change my mood, if not I’ll be someone blogging about being overweight and obese …etc
I have two options to change my life; one is a new place, city, country and second one is an outdoor hobby.
Yes Man Yesss
“I want you to invite yes into your lives… When you say yes to things, you embrace the possible. You gobble up all of life’s energies and you excrete the waste…”
I have seen “Yes Man” twice and it is kind a different for a comedy movie.
Main theme is saying yes brings opportunities and makes you live the life. In brief, I’m impressed. I like Jim Carrey‘s perform and Zooey Deschanel as Allison is really cute. She made me watch it twice. If you haven’t seen it yet, it is worth to see.
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A Short Journey to My Hometown
Tonight I’m flying to my hometown. Planning to spend time with my family and younger sister; she has been waiting for me to play games. Also, I want to see my old friends, so I may not be online whole weekend.
This Sunday Turkey is going to vote for local elections and so do I. I hope our country will get the management it deserves.
I have to be at work by week starts, so I already booked tickets for Monday morning.
Happy weekend.