2024 Thoughts
✦ April
Calendar types in Watches
Mechanical watches that can show a date correctly are pretty rare, and the ones that do are very expensive (starting at $10k). But why? Let me explain.
Thoughts
2024 Thoughts
✦ April
Review of the MoErgo Glove80 keyboard
It's time for another keyboard review. I've been using Glove80 for several weeks, so let's examine its pros and cons.
2024 Thoughts
✦ April
Faculty of Architecture, METU Ankara
The Faculty of Architecture of the METU (one of Turkey's elite universities) was always something that piqued my interest. It was built in 1960's, during the Brutalism era. It's one of the most sophisticated and well-known brutalist buildings in Turkey, especially in Ankara.
2024 Thoughts
✦ April
My feelings about X (formerly Twitter)
This will be short, but I just wanted to rant and vent here because this is my space. I'
2024 Thoughts
✦ January
Tesla Model Y: My 6 months impressions
I have the Model Y now for 6 months. Here is what I think about it after six months of daily drive.
2023 Thoughts
✦ December
A review of the Nomos Metro neomatik 41 Update
I always wanted to wear a mechanical watch not just for engineering purposes but also for its romantic parts, such
2023 Thoughts
✦ November
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.
2023 Thoughts
✦ November
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.
2023 Thoughts
✦ November
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.
2023 Thoughts
✦ July
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
2023 Thoughts
✦ May
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.
2023 Thoughts
✦ March
Die Notizen No. 2
Hello! I'm Fatih Arslan, and this is “Die Notizen”: an irregular series of notes about design, photography, technology,
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
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
2023 Thoughts
✦ February
Die Notizen No. 1
Notiz: /noˈtiːʦ/. Genitive, singular Notiz | nominative, plural Notizen. The German word for “Note”.
This post is an experiment, and it
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
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
2023 Thoughts
✦ January
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.