Getting "No server JVM" exception while using STS's Eclipse-Grails plugin

If you are using STS's Grails Eclipse plugin and receive an exception like:

Error: No 'server' JVM at ...

this is mainly because of Eclipse instance's "Installed JREs" setting is pointing a JRE not a JDK. There two possible solutions for this error:

• Select a JDK directory for "Installed JREs" setting
• Copy "/jre/bin/server" directory from a JDK installation to "/jre/bin" directory of a JRE installation
  

New Year presents to Google employees

I read an article in NYTimes mentioning about Google's tradition of giving new year presents to its employees. 2007: an Android phone, 2008: $1000 in cash net of taxes, 2009: Nexus One

I think I am going to start worshiping Google soon :)

AR in Windows Mobile 7

In my previous blogs, I mentioned about Microsoft's movements in AR domain. A few days ago in a meeting I had a small talk with a manager from Microsoft Turkey, and he mentioned that in Windows Mobile 7 we will see bundled AR applications (he didnt give much information but my guess is the AR application(s) will probably integrated with Bing).

Why Google is so successfull?

I think the answer can be found easily in the following sentence:

"Over the past three years a team at Google has studied how problems such as recognizing an object in an image or learning to make an optimal decision based on example data can be made amenable to solution by quantum algorithms"

Nexus One

All the world  is talking about Nexus One these days (ok ok, I know I am a little bit exaggerating); about its photos, specs, Google's motivation behind it -let me remind you 700 MHz spectrum auction- etc but for me the funniest thing about it is its name.

As SF fans already recognized, the name "Nexus" is used in  Philip K. Dick's wonderful novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and the related movie "Blade Runner" for the model of replicants produced by Tyrell Corp (which somehow reminds me of Google). The models range from Nexus-1 to Nexus-6, so I wonder what will be the Google's Nexus Two?

The Year 2010 Is The Android's Year?

I just published a post about the Android predictions in 2010 and Android platform's effects on mobile operators at http://www.yazarbozar.com/2009/12/15/2010-androidin-yili-olacak-mi/. The post is in Turkish, but I will translate it in English and post here soon.

Game Theory With Benjamin Polak

I think the most fascinating thing on iTunes is the "iTunes U" part, where you can get sound/video recordings of hundreds of courses from several universities/education centers all around the world (you can find all these items through the net, but in "iTunes U" its all grouped and packaged in a wonderful way).

These days I am listening the Benjamin Polak's Game Theory lesson at Yale (at long shuttle hours to/from work) and I can easily say he is a great instructor. He talks about all main topics through the courses in an easily understandable way with interesting examples that takes your attention immediately. And also he has a great sense of humor, don't be surprised if you find yourself laughing loudly while listening his lessons. 

Last words, if you are interested in "Game Theory" dont miss this chance. 

Gestures On Android

If you are one of the guys like me that haven't tried the Gestures API on Android yet (which comes with 1.6), Romain Guy published a good post about it in Android Developer's blog:

Romain Guy's Gesture API post

Microserfs in Turkish

David Coupland's cult novel (at least for geeks :) at last translated to Turkish. If you haven't read it, don't miss this opportunity

Nerds over focus. I guess that's the problem. But it's precisely the ability to narrow-focus that makes them so good at code writing: one line at a time, one line in a strand of millions.

http://www.idefix.com/kitap/mikroserfler-douglas-coupland/tanim.asp?sid=AK461D3XY0QQELCQBY07

What's happening at Microsoft?

There are some interesting things happening at Microsoft. They first bought the 3DVSystems, then transferred Georg Klein, and last Saturday marketing division head of Microsoft Turkey declared in a seminar I was attending that next year Microsoft will provide another way to see the real world.

I think it will be wise to keep an eye on them.

Android Development Tutorial in Turkish

Looking for a Turkish Android development tutorial? Just check for www.yazarbozar.com for some tutorials I had wrote.

Picture2Contact

I just published my first Android application, Picture2Contact, in Android Market.

What is Deckjockey ?

Deckjockey means an expert cyberdeck user, usually a specialist and covertly accessing and stealing from corporate databases in cyberpunk terminology