The ups and downs with my Apple Watch
I recently collected all my Quartz watches that were lying around and replaced their batteries to wear them again. Since then, I haven't worn my Apple Watch for the past four weeks, as I wanted to see how it would shape my day-to-day life.
Ulus, the old town of Ankara
Last year, I had an off day (November 2022). I picked up my Fuji X100V and walked with my wife through the old town of Ankara, Ulus. These are the photos from that day.
Braun AW 50
The AW 50 is one of the only two analog watches designed by Dieter Rams. Released in 1991, it reflects Dieter Ram's vision still today.
Tesla Model Y: First Impressions
I got a new Tesla Model Y (2023, made in Gigafactory Berlin) yesterday. Because I live in Turkey, I had
The benefits of using a single configuration file
Using a single init.lua or vimrc configuration file for (Neo)Vim file is better than a multi folder/file layout approach. Let me tell why that is the case.
Die Notizen No. 2
Hello! I'm Fatih Arslan, and this is “Die Notizen”: an irregular series of notes about design, photography, technology,
How I backup my Photos
This will be a short topic, but I wanted to get it out of my mind. I have 62K photos
Die Notizen No. 1
Notiz: /noˈtiːʦ/. Genitive, singular Notiz | nominative, plural Notizen. The German word for “Note”.
This post is an experiment, and it
A review of My Mind (a second brain tool)
These are my initial impressions of using https://mymind.com/, a bookmarking/second brain tool. Let’s start with why
From Fujifilm to Leica: My Experience with the M11
My journey from using Fujifilm cameras for a decade to using Leica's latest digital Rangefinder, the M11.
Recap Year 2022
It's been four years since I wrote a recap. I wrote an update about my life two years
Functional table-driven tests in Go
There are numerous blog posts about table-driven tests in Go. In this blog post, I want to show a technique
Keyboards I’ve used in the past two decades
I have used many keyboards over the years. Some of those were standard OEM keyboards you would probably have seen
Coffee in Seoul
My wife and I recently traveled to South Korea and stayed in Seoul for a week. Seoul is heaven for
Reflections on my relationship with social media
Today marks my 30th day of not using any Social Media. I didn't like a single tweet, didn&
Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional
The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split,
