January 07, 2007

Orhan Pamuk edits today's Radikal....

Radikal Here is his editorial in Turkish.... * BBC: Turkish writer attacks oppression Milliyet started a campaign in which it claims that it is the most visited news site in Turkey. Because it provides news videos. I have doubts....
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October 18, 2006

"E-learning-and-collaboration-with-free-web-tools...

Writing & the Digital Life comments on Google intervention on Writely: Writely is dead. Long live Google Docs and Spreadsheets and describes it Another perfect reporters tool and Where's Google Going? In the mean time, "Karen Nakamura, who was recently...
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October 06, 2006

Prof. Veiga on the Armenian Question

Fransisco Veiga started his posts on the Armenian-Turkish relations in a historical perspective. Most of the first post is devoted to a critique of Robert Fisk's book on The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East ....
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September 29, 2006

A night full of football

Besiktas was about to manage the most difficult thing and get eliminated from the UEFA Cup. Fortunately, in the extra time, BJK players scored twice and triumphed over CSKA Sophia. Before the extra time started, I was seriously thinking...
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September 10, 2006

Star Trek at 40 (September 8, 1966)

"It was the new television season, just like any other, and NBC was about to debut their new science fiction show. That in itself wasn't a novel idea: CBS had Lost in Space, ABC had contemporary shows like The...
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August 29, 2006

50,000th visit to my blog!

I have just received the 50,000th visit since June 12, 2005. That's when I started using SiteMeter. Thank y'all visiting my blog and giving direct or indirect feedback. The visitor that happened to perform the fifty thousandth visit fell into...
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May 03, 2006

The Boston University Self-Help Guide to Computer Workstations

THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY SELF-HELP GUIDE TO COMPUTER WORKSTATION ...For those computer slaves! Here is the source. In the mean time: * 'Can Newspaper Journalism Survive Blogs, Fox News, and Karl Rove?' * Errors, blogs, Web and other musings by JOHN...
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February 07, 2006

Erkan's Intro to the Turkish Judicial System

Dutch member of the European Parliament, Joost Lagendijk, arrives at a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006, to attend the trial of Turkish journalists. The trial of five prominent Turkish journalists charged with insulting the country's courts...
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December 28, 2005

European Union launches first satellite in Galileo navigation program- Update 1

A handout picture released by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows a Soyuz rocket carrying the GIOVE-A Galileo satellite on the launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan December 28, 2005. The European Union launched its first Galileo...
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December 26, 2005

Recommended News Gear for 2006

According to CyberJournalist.Net Ifra has announced the winners of its annual NewsGear evaluation of advanced newsgathering technology, recommending two dozen pieces of cutting-edge digital gadgetry in NewsGear 2006. Ifra recommends the iRiver T30 MP3 Player/Recorder, calling it a “portable...
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