Chronicles of a Wandering Mind

Interesting links for June 22nd through June 25th:

• Theocracy and Its Discontents | Newsweek International | Newsweek.com – RT @GreatDismal: Theocracy and its Discontents, Fareed Zakaria http://tinyurl.com/nu9rxy [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2332184076]
• JavaScript Toolkit for Rich Web Mapping Applications — GeoExt v0.5 – GeoExt brings together the geospatial know how of OpenLayers with ExtJS to build powerful GIS apps on the web with js http://www.geoext.org/ [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2296416778]
• DataflowConcurrency – gparallelizer – Dataflow concurrency offers an alternative concurrency model, which is inherently safe and robust. – Google Code – RT @glaforge: Nice: Dataflow concurrency with #groovy's GParallelizer: http://code.google.com/p/gparallelizer/wiki/DataflowConcurrency [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2277260266]

Interesting links for June 16th through June 21st:

• Flex on Grails ‎(flexongrails)‎ – Flex on Grails Book to be released with Creative commons license http://sites.google.com/site/flexongrails/ http://ff.im/-4fDpj [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2265957275]
• Flex on Grails Book to be released with Creative… – berkay – FriendFeed – Flex on Grails Book to be released with Creative commons license http://sites.google.com/site/flexongrails/ http://ff.im/-4fDpj [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2265957275]
• FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Iran Does Have Some Fishy Numbers – RT @monkchips: RT @timbray If Nate Silver says the election was bogus, that's good enough for me: http://is.gd/12Ace #iranelection [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2190534964]
• Atlassian Developer Blog – Agile Context Switching with "The Disturbed" – Agile Context Switching with "The Disturbed" http://bit.ly/7G6Uu [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2189830715]

Interesting links for June 15th from 22:48 to 23:14:

• Berkay Mollamustafaoglu – Switzerland | Facebook – just for the record, I got my facebook username as well http://www.facebook.com/berkay [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2155146631]
• wingsuit base jumping on Vimeo – birds got nothing on these guys! http://vimeo.com/1778399 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2130112688]
• Freeriding, participation and another modest proposal | carlodaffara.conecta.it – Good analysis "Freeriding, participation in open source and another modest proposal" http://bit.ly/1uCCkr via @jgehlbach @cdaffara [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2103349091]
• PROJECT DOES NOT EXIST – iFountain Tracking System – @robinharwani Can you open an issue with the error msg http://www.ifountain.org/jira/browse/SUP. Also, in RI, you can see hist. events [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/2084405066]

Interesting links for June 15th from 01:54 to 06:05:

• Escaping quotes in Groovy strings – Messages from mrhaki – simple pain relief, why Groovy just rocks: "Escaping quotes in groovy strings" http://bitly.com/HnPaf [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1637893675]
• Atlassian Developer Blog – Setting up JIRA and Confluence in minutes – Atlassian is on a roll! Good blog post on how a software company can make it easy for customer to use Amazon EC2 http://bitly.com/yvUzj [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1567621129]
• Putting the Toothpaste Back into the Tube… – berkay – FriendFeed – Putting the Toothpaste Back into the Tube… http://ff.im/-2f0d3 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1566931072]
• Judith Hurwitz’s Weblog – RT @jhurwitz: Just published new blog on Oracle acquisition of Sun __ http://tiny.cc/BdzIp [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1565816390]
• Atlassian Stimulus Package – 5 user lic for Confluence/JIRA for $5 for charity! sure I can use it for smthing! – http://www.atlassian.com/starter/ via @mcannonbrookes [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1563981404]
• Brain Myths—Busted – MSN Health & Fitness – Health Topics – Brain Myths—Busted http://tinyurl.com/d6ocqs http://ff.im/-2cc1t [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1549161826]

Interesting links for June 15th from 00:48 to 00:49:

• Brain Myths—Busted… – berkay – FriendFeed – Brain Myths—Busted http://tinyurl.com/d6ocqs http://ff.im/-2cc1t [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1549161826]
• iFountain.com – Stop the presses! RapidInsight wins EMC Smarts 2008 Offering of the Year Award http://bitly.com/msHda http://ff.im/-2b9pL [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1541907118]
• Stop the presses! RapidInsight wins EMC Smarts… – berkay – FriendFeed – Stop the presses! RapidInsight wins EMC Smarts 2008 Offering of the Year Award http://bitly.com/msHda http://ff.im/-2b9pL [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1541907118]
• The Civil Heretic – Freeman Dyson – Profile – NYTimes.com – The Civil Heretic: Freeman Dyson http://tr.im/iY52 http://ff.im/-29PF6 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1534441221]
• The Civil Heretic: Freeman Dyson http://tr.im/iY52 – berkay – FriendFeed – The Civil Heretic: Freeman Dyson http://tr.im/iY52 http://ff.im/-29PF6 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1534441221]
• Mashup, Not Smashups! – IT Management 2.0 – RT @SuzySpaatz: RT @EMCITManagement: Mashup, Not Smashups! http://twurl.nl/mkuzfr — if you are interested in Service Management, read this [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1532940564]

Interesting links for June 13th from 07:34 to 11:07:

• YouTube – Centraal Station Antwerpen gaat uit zijn dak! – RT @yourdon: Another amazing train-station "impromptu" dance: this one in Antwerpen's Centraal Station. http://bit.ly/bSfiP [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1505891525]
• Groovy web console – RT @glaforge: Toying with a #Groovy web console on #gae –> http://groovyconsole.appspot.com/ [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1494721919]
• Write your Google App Engine applications in Groovy | SpringSource Team Blog – RT @glaforge: The news is on the street: Groovy support in Google App Engine! http://tinyurl.com/groovy-appengine [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1474856114]
• Compass 2.2.0 GA Released | KimchyBlog – RT @kimchy: Compass 2.2.0 GA Released: http://www.kimchy.org/compass-220-ga-released/ [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1469123096]
• Blog.ControlTier: New Whitepaper: Achieving Fully Automated Provisioning – RT @damonedwards: Web Ops 2.0:Fully Automated Prov. with Open Source Tools (plus ControlTier&Puppet integration) http://bit.ly/37tKtu [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1446261336]
• Simple consistent interfaces to external systems | iFountain.com – new blog post: What we mean by simple interfaces in IT management http://tr.im/icx6 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1445498894]
• SourceForge.net: ControlTier – controltier – @damonedwards I think I finally may have understood what ControlTier does & how it relates to Puppet Good explanation! http://tr.im/iaD8 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1441332522]
• WeFollow: A User Powered Twitter Directory – Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #itmanagement #software #startup [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1439824643]
• Document Not Found – not sure about using Remedy and low M&O cost in the same sentence but good post on what to ask when evaluating via @matt_L http://is.gd/q2IJ [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1430908678]
• JOURNEY OF MANKIND – The Peopling of the World – Journey of Mankind. Interactive trail adapted from "Out of Eden"/"The Real Eve" http://ff.im/-1NrsG [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1412892391]
• Why Cisco, Not IBM, Should Buy Sun – I'm with Om, Cisco should not let IBM swallow SUN. http://tinyurl.com/ceqp67 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1350379463]
• Grails – CodeEditor Plugin – RT @graemerocher: Nuts, a Grails web based IDE: http://grails.org/CodeEditor+Plugin – [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1342738908]
• Botchagalupe – Cramer v Stewart – just watched Jon Stewart's Jim Cramer interview. Hats off Jon! http://ff.im/-1×9dg [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1333527021]

Interesting links for June 13th from 04:52 to 04:52:

• Compass – Dynamic Properties | KimchyBlog – Compass keeps getting better. http://tinyurl.com/ca2y54 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1271101334]
• Help Desk and ITIL Service Management software from EMC Infra – @jacksonps4 Haven't used it but EMC Infra looked nice http://www.infra-corp.com/ [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1269773372]
• Cloud Computing: Its Evolution Depends on Economics — Seeking Alpha – RT @Padmasree: Interesting analysis on Cloud Computing http://tinyurl.com/atcros -> high quality analysis indeed. [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1269420601]

Interesting links for June 11th from 11:13 to 14:00:

• Just noticed that after Wordpress upgrade all old… – berkay – FriendFeed – Just noticed that after Wordpress upgrade all old posts showed up in my reader. http://ff.im/-192eR [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1230503705]
• wordpress upgrade was so smooth, impressive! – berkay – FriendFeed – wordpress upgrade was so smooth, impressive! http://ff.im/-18XCV [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1230234437]
• Banned Dutch MP flies in… and is sent straight home again | Mail Online – Dutch MP calls Kuran a "fascist book" and then calls for the book to be banned! Oh the irony.. http://ff.im/-11yWz [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1202457353]
• Business | New Untouchables Of India: Impoverished Children — Millions Died Last Year In Largest Democracy | Seattle Times Newspaper – Last year, nearly 4 million children under age 5 died in India. That's more than the entire population of Los Angeles http://ff.im/-XD57 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1189449385]
• FT.com / Comment / Analysis – The game changer – RT @timoreilly: RT @moia: Soros on "The Game Changer" in the FT http://tinyurl.com/basrox (So Soros at least isn't afraid to name names.) [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1164220651]
• BSM: Identity Crisis — dougmcclure.net – RT @dmcclure: Published a new post: BSM: Identity Crisis. http://cli.gs/AQU0hV [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1150324142]
• Free the facts! – RT @littleidea: Science is Broken… Free the Facts http://is.gd/hbHo [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1147376272]
• How and Why Glue is Using Amazon SimpleDB instead of a Relational Database – RT @alexiskold: New Blog Post: How and Why Glue is Using Amazon SimpleDB instead of a Relational Database. http://tinyurl.com/8h6jsq [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1136729568]
• Coders Recession Guide | KimchyBlog – RT @kimchy: New blog post: Coders Recession Guide http://tinyurl.com/7ys9te [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1135864996]
• Twilio: Web Service API for Making and Receiving Phone Calls, building hosted IVR and PBX telephone applications – REST api to create voice apps? twilio looks very interesting indeed. http://www.twilio.com/how-twilio-works [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1113343780]
• view from Jura looking at Mt Blanc. unfortunately… – berkay – FriendFeed – view from Jura looking at Mt Blanc. unfortunately we live under the cloud cover seen down there. http://ff.im/-yJhR [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1109368231]
• Terracotta Doesn’t Want to Kill Your Database, Just Maim It – @ikarzali thanks! refers to Terracotta article on Gigaom with comments here's the link: http://tinyurl.com/4pn3eq [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1072686121]
• heading out to Crozet for a (late) day of skiing…. – berkay – FriendFeed – heading out to Crozet for a (late) day of skiing. It sure is cold enough! http://ff.im/lE5V [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1068806809]
• Comment on: Do U E-Fax? – berkay – FriendFeed – Comment on: Do U E-Fax? http://ff.im/lrct [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1068172944]
• Compass JBUG Presentation | KimchyBlog – RT @kimchy: New blog post: Compass JBUG Presentation http://tinyurl.com/3m48bf [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1068001854]

Interesting links for May 8th through June 11th:

• back from ambassador's Christmas party. Maya… – berkay – FriendFeed – back from ambassador's Christmas party. Maya welcomed the present but said no to sitting on Santa's lap. Happy father… http://ff.im/jmAk [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1061135426]
• aarrgh. where did the day/week go. still need to… – berkay – FriendFeed – aarrgh. where did the day/week go. still need to write a post and finish the doc for a customer. I just want to get… http://ff.im/h6hf [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1053721543]
• twitter to ff sync app spotted. via @dalmaer. Now… – berkay – FriendFeed – twitter to ff sync app spotted. via @dalmaer. Now If only it could create imaginary friends in ff for twitter users… http://ff.im/gTYa [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1053086004]
• Validation of my thoughts on Netuitive and the Predictive/Proactive Management Space — dougmcclure.net – RT @dmcclure Published a new post: Validation of my thoughts on Netuitive & the Predictive/Proactive Management Space http://cli.gs/6HWUvz [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1049954094]
• Economic Scene – Figure Skews Debate of a Bailout… – berkay – FriendFeed – Economic Scene – Figure Skews Debate of a Bailout for Detroit – NYTimes.com http://ff.im/g444 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1049946480]
• Photos of Venice under water. What strikes me the… – berkay – FriendFeed – Photos of Venice under water. What strikes me the most is the "business as usual" demeanor impression people faces as… http://ff.im/ef5U [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1044082645]
• Just picked up my dad, my brother, his wife and… – berkay – FriendFeed – Just picked up my dad, my brother, his wife and son. Full house! Will be a fun week. http://ff.im/dOSM [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1042195203]
• amazon recommendation disappoint. The first 5… – berkay – FriendFeed – amazon recommendation disappoint. The first 5 books in the list are due to a book I just added to cart. Hello,… http://ff.im/dLbm [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1041995161]
• Got a phone call from a mobile satellite phone at… – berkay – FriendFeed – Got a phone call from a mobile satellite phone at 2am. both home & mobile. weird! http://ff.im/dGy5 [from http://twitter.com/berkay/statuses/1041803850]
• Intalio, The Open Source Business Process Platform Company » Open Source – Intalio|BPP Enteprise Edition is licensed under the Commercial Open Source Model (COSMO) originally created by Intalio. This model gives customers the following benefits: access to 100% of the source code, rights to modify the original source code without having to contribute any modifications back to the community, and rights to use the original source code in perpetuity after the first year of subscription, even if the subscription is not renewed.
• Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) Support Tip of the Week #11 — dougmcclure.net –

Interesting links for April 23rd through April 30th:

• OpenNMS User conference presentations – The first OpenNMS User Conference was held in Frankfurt/Main, 14th March 2009.
• Storage made easy with S3 – Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a publicly available service that Web application developers can use for storing digital assets such as images, video, music, and documents. S3 provides a RESTful API for interacting with the service programmatically. Learn how to use the open source JetS3t library to leverage Amazon's S3 cloud service for storing and retrieving data.
• Perf4J 0.9.9 – Developer Guide – This guide describes how to incorporate Perf4J timing statements into your code, and how to use and enable various Perf4J tools to analyze and visualize the generated performance data.