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Omerify.com 2.0 - Linden release is live

Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0300

I have been using WordPress for my website for years. My first encounter with it goes all the way back to 2006. I am quite satisfied with it, too. I still use it on another website of mine. It holds a very important place in where the web is today. But with the emergence of artificial intelligence in the last few years and blogging being on its last legs, it has gradually started to lose its former importance for people like me. Especially with the general public’s reluctance to write/read long articles, the proliferation of “microblog”, “video”, and “visual content” platforms has pushed these valuable contents into the background. For me, personal platforms are far, far more valuable—that’s another story—but generally, people prefer to be in crowded places. And that is the absolute truth.

First Adjustments

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0300

Making the first adjustments.

Unboxing

Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0300

While setting up the site and searching for suitable content for new episodes, the “unboxing” sound is quite fitting for a podcast episode. Now it’s time to unbox it.

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Venting anger at AI is free, but what's next?

Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:00:00 +0300

As far as I understand, technology publishers and content creators in our country didn’t like artificial intelligence very much. I was surprised to see some of them venting their anger on Twitter at GPT-4, which was recently introduced by OpenAI. I tried to understand why these people, whose tech coverage I have followed for years, approached a technology that marks the beginning of a new era and could significantly change everyone’s life in this way. Consequently, this article emerged, discussing the impact not only on publishers but on all of us.

Eyüp Sultan Mosque

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0300

A shot from Eyüp Sultan Mosque.

Better than VR: Hacking Dreams

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:00:00 +0300

Although some say that dreams do not affect our lives and continue their lives without caring, a small team at MIT thinks otherwise and is working on technologies that can explore the subconscious to prove the value of dreams.

A team of researchers at the MIT Dream Lab, founded in 2017, is working on an open-source wearable device that can track and interact with dreams in various ways, including giving you new control over the content of your dreams.

Is the Future of Social Media a Digital Dictatorship?

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 20:00:00 +0300

If asked who the most powerful or influential person in the world is, I guess an ordinary person like me would say the President of the United States. There is a fact that no one can deny: whether we like it or not, the USA is the most powerful country. But think about it, even the US president’s Twitter account can be suspended. Maybe he tried to stage a coup in his own country, targeted the Congress to his supporters and so on, but he was actually continuing to do what he had been doing for years. For years, he had been posting lawless, autocratic, divisive, and targeting tweets. Now there is only one thing that has changed: he no longer has influence and power as the ‘President of the United States’.

The Covid-19 Pandemic and What It Made Me Think

Sun, 24 May 2020 20:00:00 +0300

Covid-19 pandemic, or in other words, coronavirus. From my perspective, it is the invisible danger that makes visible the rotten pit into which humanity has fallen.

The coronavirus disease, which was officially announced in Turkey on March 10, 2020 with the Minister of Health’s statement that ‘the first case has been detected’, quickly spread globally after appearing in the city of Wuhan, China in the final days of 2019 (December 12) due to its highly contagious nature. It didn’t take long for the World Health Organization to declare a global pandemic, which was declared on March 11. But this is not my topic. I decided to write this post to talk about what I saw from my own perspective and our spiritual diseases. Besides, it wouldn’t do if I kept a blog and didn’t write anything about a disaster like Covid-19 that comes once in a hundred years.

The Youth Wondering About the Gender of Angels While the Knowledge Economy Surrounds

Sun, 29 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0300

If I had as much energy and determination as those who try every possible way not to bring out new inventions, maybe I wouldn’t have felt forced to write these lines today. The fact that there are hidden treasures among the hidden traps of life managed to remain hidden from me for a long time. I now know what I should think, but I don’t know what I should do. Yes, you can congratulate yourself, oh supreme wise person!

Your, My, His/Her Story: The Brain

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 20:00:00 +0300

David Eagleman’s Incognito book after reading, I thought I should also read the book titled ‘The Brain’ by a neurologist. Obviously, I did well. Actually, there is also a documentary of the book The Brain and I had watched it before. But the effect of watching on TV - no matter how important the topic is - cannot go beyond a fun show and its effect is limited.

Where is Artificial Intelligence Going, Where Are We Going

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0300

For a long time, I have been encountering news about artificial intelligence, machine learning, neural networks, and deep learning, and even cybersecurity in traditional media and websites. Especially towards the end of 2017, news about this subject entered our lives increasingly. I haven’t even fully gotten used to Apple’s Siri or Google’s Google Now as the artificial intelligence products we all know yet. You know when you sit in a cafe and suddenly look back and notice someone watching you, well, a voice inside me says that artificial intelligence has already started watching us.

China Has Conducted Numerous Studies to Produce Superhumans

Thu, 29 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0300

A secret document recently revealed through the Freedom of Information Act shows that the Chinese government has conducted large-scale research on superhuman powers such as telepathy, psychokinesis, approbation(?), aerokinesis (controlling air and weather events), clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc. It is known that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) also evaluated these studies and may have conducted similar research by hiding the results from the public.

The document titled “Chronology of Recent Interest in Exceptional Functions of the Human Body in the People’s Republic of China” can be found on the CIA’s website. It states that the Chinese government and other agencies funded thousands of children to be extensively researched and tested for superhuman abilities.

Body Language and Mentalism

Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:00:00 +0300

Simple tips that will change your life

I don’t know if you’ve ever watched the Mentalist series, but I strongly recommend you take a look. The difference between this detective series starring Simon Baker and Robin Tunney and others is that they solve the cases by utilizing the abilities of the CBI consultant who is a Mentalist . At the beginning of the series, the following explanation is made as the meaning of the word Mentalist.

The Illusion of Freedom and Social Media

Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0300

Twitter bans have completed their first week. By banning YouTube a few days ago, we put another notch on the board of bans. Rumor has it that Facebook is next. But who knows, maybe just as it was banned all of a sudden, all problems will be resolved in a day and we will get our ‘freedom’ back.

Personally, I am against bans. In fact, I wrote a post offering various methods to log in to Twitter for this. I didn’t see the need to write for YouTube, because our experienced people already have expertise on the subject 🙂

Bloggers, You Are in Big Trouble, My Friend

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0300

Not a day goes by in my lonely and beautiful country without someone getting into trouble out of nowhere, my friend. At an unexpected time, your head may ache regarding various issues about your past in connection with some laws.

Why?

Maybe your style isn’t good enough.
Maybe someone wants to fill their spare time.
Maybe you really are a rascal.

My hair stood on end after the post here published by Webrazzi. Let me explain better what I mean with a short quote.

New Internet Publishing with Medium.com

Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:00:00 +0300

In recent years, developments in the blog world consisted of only improving the services offered. While it was a matter of curiosity what the next big thing for bloggers could be, I came across Medium. As I got to know it a bit, I couldn’t help asking myself, “Could a new era of publishing or blogging begin with Medium?” and searched for some answers.

In August 2012, Medium (meaning medium/channel) was launched under the leadership of Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone . Its purpose was like an answer to those who criticized Twitter’s 140-character limit. I hadn’t realized before that it could be something more than just a pure blog platform with a comfortable writing experience, away from annoying things. As its features developed (mobile device support, editing your posts with others, improvements in post collections, and the iPhone application coming soon), I started to think that it could become a publishing culture rather than just a blog platform. The initiative called Matter has a lot of influence on this thought of mine. The Kickstarter campaign called ReadMatter succeeded, opening the doors of independent, original, high-quality writings and journalism. Open the ReadMatter medium page, and if you have English, start reading an article. If you want, you can also start with the most read posts on the homepage. If you are a person who loves reading, I don’t think you will regret it.

I am Turkish, I am Honest, I am Partisan

Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:00:00 +0300

As someone who lived through the eighties and nineties, politicians or those who deal with politics always seem to be lying to me. Like secret boxes whose real purpose we do not know. People who direct and use people with different methods to achieve their good or bad ambitions. This is my perspective on politics and politicians!

The reason I am writing this post is not the politicians, but the situation of the public. In my beautiful country, my nation is divided into certain sides, watching the deficits of the opposing sides, and has turned into snakes ready to vomit all their poison when they find the opportunity. Yes, we, who are the continuation of thousands of years of Turkish civilization, are exactly in this state. Some of us do this with cartoons, some with graffiti, some with street movements, and some through social media. We are the ones who voice hate speech (I am not a saint either).

11-12-13-14-15-16

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:00:00 +0300

Today is December 11, 2013. In other words, it corresponds to a date that we can abbreviate as 11.12.13. If we add the time 14.15:16 to this, we get a result like this: 11.12.13–14:15:16. In shorter terms, we come across the number sequence 11–12–13–14–15–16, and it was said that we have to wait another 90 years for this event to repeat. In fact, maybe a few of the people currently living will have the chance to experience this again.

Unknown Facts About the Water We Know (Video)

Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:00:00 +0300

Frankly, I have a special interest in water. My sun, moon, and rising signs are all water group signs. I studied maritime at university and spent my years on the sea. Even though after these few years I realized that I like looking at the sea from land, the sea has a special place for me.

Update: Unfortunately, the video ( https://vimeo.com/76283661 ) has been deleted. Fortunately, my notes from the documentary are available in the post.

Crazy About You

Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:00:00 +0300

How strange it is that humans know the value of everything only after losing it. Knowing the value of health before sickness, wealth before poverty, working before unemployment is really very difficult for people like me who do not know the value of the moment. Yes, I am sick today and I am writing this post just out of boredom. While everyone has taken a path and is going, just staring at life… being sick serves to think a little, grieve a little, and rest a little…

Our Secret Universe: The Hidden Life of Cells

Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:00:00 +0300

The story of this cell is the story of renewal, the story of the universe in the cell.

Notes from the Video:

(Unfortunately, the link where the documentary was published has broken)

Whether we are aware of it or not, the war with viruses continues every second in 7 billion bodies.
Through this war, we change and develop each other.
There are 120 trillion cells in the human body, each different from one another.
There are approximately 23,000 genes in the human cell nucleus.
There is an incredible information processing, reading, and execution system inside the cell.
Everything in the cell world serves a grand plan.
In each gende, there is information, a command to create a specific protein.
The DNA in each cell in the body is 1.8 meters long.
If all DNA were stretched out and lined up in a straight line, it would be long enough to go to the Moon and back thousands of times.
The ongoing war in the cell, the arms race, and the magnificent immune system.
How do viruses know how to invade our cells?
Once infected, when the cell makes antibodies for this infection, it is stored in the bone marrow for the rest of your life.
If you get infected by the same virus again, the immune system knows how to react. The system also knows which antibody to make. It reacts very quickly, preventing you from getting sick.

Les Misérables

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:00:00 +0300

People trapped in miserable lives always talking about escaping. Few actually do it. It is easier just to close your eyes and pretend that misery does not exist.

From the series The Mentalist (S02E04)

My Lonely and Beautiful Country

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0300

On one hand, the terrorist organization kidnaps the Nation’s representative. On the other hand, without exception, all of our neighbors are running wild right next to us as elements of threat. While blood is running in torrents in the Middle East on one hand, Europe, which we have been tearing our asses to enter for years, is digging our grave on the other.

Everyone is aware of the whole truth. Everyone knows who is doing what, what they are thinking. They place their pawns, knights, queens carefully…

What Does a Bored Person Do?

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:00:00 +0300

Here is the nonsense that a bored person can do.


Photo: Ömer Serdar Ören / omerify.com

Today is the Day We Switched to IPv6

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:00:00 +0300

IPv4, which we have used until today, allowed about 4.3 billion IP addresses. With today’s launch, this number, the number of IPv6, will increase to 340 trillion trillion trillion. In other words, it can be expressed as 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. It stands out as a number that seems quite sufficient for the foreseeable future. Although I do not know exactly what it means, I think something nice happened.

The video above is taken from google.com/ipv6 and contains detailed explanations.

Twitchings and Their Meanings from Marifetname

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:00:00 +0300

Information about the meanings and signs of body twitching from Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakki’s work named Marifetname. It reports the twitchings of the general organs from head to toe.

Twitchings, which happen to all of us and can sometimes last for days, can occur in various parts of our body. Have you ever wondered what their meanings could be? The following information, taken from the great work Marifetname by Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakki (may his secret be sanctified), can always be useful. On this occasion, let us not withhold a Fatiha (prayer) for his soul for the sake of Allah.

From the Form of Words to the Evolution of Form

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0300

They asked Confucius;
What is the first thing you would do if you became the head of a country?
Confucius replied: The first thing I would do is to correct the language and literature of that country.

I don’t know if words are really that important, but sometimes when you change the form of words, new meanings can emerge. The other day, while starting a sentence with “the world as I perceive it,” a lightning bolt struck.

Is this a dream?

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:00:00 +0300

Although according to some points of view, the life we live is a dream, we are living through days that make people say: this is too much! History is being written all over the world. Countries that are divided, fragmented, multiplied, movements started in front of social media on the internet, experts of unknown origin, and many more. All of this is happening right in the middle of our geography. I have been following newspapers and news (local, foreign) seriously for the last week. Right now, I’m about to go crazy! I can’t understand how politicians endure it. Everyone is chasing calculations, forty foxes are mating in our heads, we are tearing our asses for money, fame, glory, house, car… (Everyone I know, including myself) Where are we going? If this is a “dream,” we need to wake up and wake up from the moral, conscientious, mental depression that humanity is in. No… If this is not a dream; WE ARE SCREWED! In days when it seems impossible for us to understand who is “WHITE” and who is “BLACK”; a saying that the most superior human, the Messenger of Allah, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said for the days approaching doomsday comes to my mind.

Shaping Thoughts and Life by Writing

Mon, 30 May 2011 20:00:00 +0300

I’ve just started blogging, you could say. Before, due to working at sea, I had tried to write blogs for short, disconnected periods. In this post, I will talk about the situation I noticed when I started blogging regularly.

While blogging, I witnessed the irregular flow of my thoughts and realized that as I continued, I started writing better. Furthermore, it didn’t take me long to realize that my thoughts were becoming clearer day by day. After this awareness, questions like “Can we guide our thoughts in the direction we want by writing? Can we reorganize life this way?” came to my mind.

Am I Stupid?

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:00:00 +0300

Is being smart a privilege? Do logic and reason show us the right way? Sometimes the answer to these questions being “No” feels more logical than being “Yes.”

The way to achieve success in life is actually very simple. In order: dreaming, praying and wanting, working hard, self-confidence, and patience. The rest is just details (planning, positive attitude, a good team, etc.). What confuses my mind is how success is defined today and what we do for this success. And questioning how natural what we do is compared to our environment today and the environment up to a century ago.

Internet Chaos

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:00:00 +0300

On April 3rd, that is last night, Okan Bayülgen’s program Muhabbet Kralı (King of Conversation) was held. In general, internet, the effect of the internet on youth, and the effect of the internet on the new media order were discussed. I must state that although I watch the KingoDisco program from time to time, I prefer Muhabbet Kralı at the cost of losing sleep. People who have made a place for themselves on the internet took part in the program. As usual, there were academic personalities too. I believe that topics of interest to Turkey were discussed in an unusual way in conventional media. In fact, while watching, I realized I had taken notes on the notebook under my hand without realizing it.

New Media Order and Social Media

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:00:00 +0300

“New Media Order” has become a term we have acquired quite a lot of ear familiarity with, especially recently. It has settled into the vocabulary of the youth living within the internet. Those who have the opportunity to directly follow the source of the news can instantly create content with their own internet publishing tools. Thanks to blogs, dictionaries, and sharing sites (Facebook, Twitter), they easily reach people. These tools open new channels. The spread of mobile communication tools allows sharing literally simultaneously. Even though it is often exposed to lies, gossip, and disinformation, it seems that it cannot be prevented from being the preferred source of information.

11-11-11

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0300

As I mentioned before in the post titled 11–02–20–11, this year is very lucky in terms of numbers. Filmmakers, seeing this as an opportunity, have already started shooting a horror movie for November. The director of the movie of the same name, which is expected to be released on 11.11.11, Darren Lynn Bousman, published the first teaser of the film on his blog. On the site where you can also find photos from the movie 11 11 11, the director aims to bring horror and suspense to their peaks. I conclude the post with the slogan on the film’s poster and look forward to November.

11-02-20-11

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:00:00 +0300

Today is 11.02.2011 and reading this date backward points to the exact same format, which is today. This is apparently called a palindrome date. On this date, when the reflection in the mirror is equal to the one reflected, I wanted to reflect the World to the world in my own way with a post.

Technological and scientific developments reflect our own intelligence to us, making us admire ourselves. Incredible communication opportunities play a key role in the globalizing world and are becoming capable of affecting money, love, work, friendship, and even social drives. It seems that it will continue to increase. The uprisings in Egypt and the political waves formed in Africa before that seem like the harbingers of the new world order. We now need to realize that we are in times sensitive enough that the fragile structure of society can change in just days. This sensitivity can be observed everywhere, whether in developed or developing countries.

Inner Discovery

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0300

A few days ago, while I was riding the bus and listening to music with my headphones on, a voice inside me spoke to me like this.

The mind says: If you own this as well, it will be very good for you. Yes, it was right…
The mind says: If you were there, you would be more comfortable. Yes, it was right.
The mind says: If you were next to that person/thing, it would be wonderful for you. Yes, it was right.

What is Reality?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0300

The only question asked since the beginning of humanity and yet remains unanswered: What is reality?

The strange question we all ask ourselves from time to time, and after the sour taste we feel immediately following it, we continue our daily lives without even thinking of the answer.

In old legends, our hero sets off on a journey for a great treasure. After many troubles he goes through, he reaches the treasure. However, this treasure does not attract him as much as it used to. The thought of finding his own inner true treasure becomes his greatest support.

Hello World

Thu, 08 May 2008 20:00:00 +0300

Every good deed starts with the name of Allah, the Almighty. I also intended to start the first post of this site with the name of Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger, the last prophet who was sent as a mercy to the worlds, our master Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and his family and companions. May He make us among those who follow the path of His beloved servants.

About

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omerify.com is a blog and a personal website. There is no specific topic categorization on the site. Generally, you can find all kinds of amateur-produced content here. It’s essentially an activity done for fun, archiving, and passing the time.

I love recording photos, videos, sounds from my life, and writing. I do this in the style of a blog and as personal posts. Because I believe that even things that seem very simple can carry great meaning years later.

Contact

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The best option for communication is my email address below, but I also check my social media accounts when I have time.

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