tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192739122024-03-14T00:42:13.687+03:00ulash or trashFew comments by Ulas Ergin on Java, Russia, travel, arts, books, movies, music, Dutch...Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-29380637265054891472024-03-03T17:47:00.003+03:002024-03-03T17:47:43.000+03:00Good Reads Since I started using goodreads for my book reviews, the blog will be even more silent.Here is my goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/76262523-ulas-erginUlas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-90276209777499854422023-11-26T00:32:00.005+03:002023-11-26T00:34:03.008+03:00Book Review: Een kleine geschiedenis van RuslandThe author paid great attention to the early Rus and following Russian Empire but fails to reflect the Soviet Era which contributed greatly to modern Russia and the formation of modern Russian society and norms.Post Soviet period is even worse. The 2008 and 2014 Russian wars were mentioned in 1 line.The author fails to give background info and reasoning about that is going on (RU-UA) war.If you Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-19625716205394930722023-11-12T02:22:00.006+03:002023-12-18T18:49:26.861+03:00Nice TV Series on NPO (in Dutch) After I watched several Dutch-Language series on Netflix, I wanted to switch to something else, since the series on Netflix were mainly Drama or Comedy while I like action/adventure the most so I became a NPO Plus member and started watching crime series on NPO. Here is a list of some series that i liked:Flikken RotterdamFlikken MaastrichtSmerisNOODPenozaIk weet wie je bentKlemRed Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-47675788275891126792022-07-28T16:10:00.006+03:002022-11-23T19:17:46.139+03:00Dutch Language Movies on Neflix Here are some on the Dutch Language movies that I watched during my Dutch journey.RiphagenThe Resistance BankerThe Forgotten BattleSuskindElvy's Wereld So Ibiza!MisfitMisfit 2Misfit : De FinaleDe Boskampi'sDe StormDikTomKruimeltjePietje BellDe schippers van de KameloonKameloon 2Zwaar Verliefd!MeskinaWat is dan liefdeMarokaanse BruiloftPenozaHerri in Huize GerriCaptain NovaDe Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-18076150349788950502022-07-28T14:27:00.012+03:002023-12-18T18:59:52.526+03:00Dutch TV Series on Netflix After a very long time, I decided to make one more post about the Dutch TV Series on Netflix.I have been trying to learn Dutch for the last 2 years and I try to watch series/films in Dutch to practice. Unfortunately most of the Dutch series on Netflix are in drama/comedy genre while I like thrillers/action/detective. Luckily Belgian content on Netflix has more of thriller/ action Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-40165705312551530192014-01-03T09:03:00.002+02:002014-01-03T23:38:34.497+02:00Java WebSocket SampleI have not been updating this blog for some time but I was unsatisfied with my search on Java Websockets topic on the client implementation in Java and configuration so I decided to post one.
There is valuable info on several blogs and presentation slides on Java WebSockets, but generally the samples are about the implementation of server side and websocket client is implemented on html/Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-2987776729206073952010-10-24T14:39:00.000+03:002010-10-24T14:53:42.113+03:00Vor- Thief (1997)This movie was nominated as the Best Foreign Language Movie in Oscar, European Film Awards, Golden Globe and many others, see the IMDB page for all list. It has a total o 7 awards in several organizations.It is a nice and warm movie, Sanya's father is dead, they meet a soldier on a train with her mother, romance starts between the soldier and mother and they start to live together but it appears Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-37479565532560280642010-10-24T14:30:00.000+03:002010-10-24T14:42:14.843+03:00Voditel dlya Very -A Driver for Vera (2004)This nice movie reminded me the Turkish movies of 60s, a young soldier is assigned as a driver for a Soviet Army General in 1962 in Sevastopol, Crimea, General's daughter is physically disabled and has a hard-spoilt personality but later a romance starts between these two...Doesn't it remind you Ayhan Isik and Belgin Doruk concept:)it was a nice movie, I can recommend this one to everybody.Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-46022690595820894542010-10-24T14:20:00.000+03:002010-10-24T14:31:20.089+03:004 (2005)I did not understand much from this movie, this might be another sample representing that i am not an arts guy:) because it has several awardssee IMDB linkUlas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-28868462713799994382010-10-06T23:01:00.000+03:002010-10-06T23:13:15.464+03:00Sorok Pervy -The Forty-First (1956)During Russian Civil war, a Red Army unit captures an important white officer who is believed to carry important information from Kolcak to Denikin [both are white commanders].The only female member of the team is a sniper who has shot 40 whites already but misses this 41th but takes him prisoner...after many events a romance occurs between this two..DVD of this movie is also sold on amazon.com Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-25547434067396603042010-09-15T23:15:00.001+03:002010-09-17T20:28:38.561+03:00Mimino(1977)This Georgian comedy Mimino(means Falcon) is a nice watch, it is funny and warm. I would recommend it but I must say that it is not completely in Russian, some parts are in Georgian.More info here.Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-19739861177193492912010-09-05T11:39:00.002+03:002010-09-17T20:28:52.208+03:00Little Moscow(2008)Great! movie,I liked this one very much. Highly recommended!!Mała Moskwa is set in the 1960s in the southwestern Polish city of Legnica, where Krzystek(the director of this movie) was born in 1953. Legnica was the headquarters of the Soviet forces stationed in Poland from 1945 until 1990 and much of the city was a Soviet enclave closed to outsiders, including Polish citizens, during this time. Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-4341967144653178742010-09-04T22:45:00.005+03:002010-09-17T20:28:58.924+03:00The Ascent (1977) - VoskhozhdeniyeYet another famous Soviet Movie, The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye ) is listed in the 20 Must See Films list of Russian Life magazine (20 Must See Russian Films of course :) )Two soviet partisans separate from their group to go yo the nearest village and find some food but they are captured by the Germans, you can feel the cold and freezing snow ..one more time remember how wild and cruel is the war, Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-17961400867166080022010-09-04T21:55:00.002+03:002010-09-17T20:29:06.520+03:00Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1964)Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors(Tini zabutykh predkiv) is another famous Soviet movie, but I personally did not enjoy it very much, maybe I did not get the implications or symbols. The movie has 8.1/10 on IMDB.The only good thing about this movie is you can see the daily village life, clothes, music in the Carpathian region.Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-23037217206092911002010-08-22T13:04:00.004+03:002010-10-06T22:50:46.084+03:00Igla (1988)This '88 Soviet Movie is in fact not very interesting, its only point is the main actor is Victor Tsoi and this makes this movie important, worth seeing.For those who do not know him: He is one of the pioneers of Russian Rock with his group Kino during Perestroika years. You can watch his song "A star called sun" I personally did not like his songs in the movie very much, but for some reasons I Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-22110123131155433952010-08-21T19:54:00.004+03:002010-08-21T21:02:42.644+03:00Some Russian SongsOther than Инфинити, there are several very good Russian pop songs, I would like to share some of them with you.ВИНТАЖ is a very good group, here are some songs of the group that I like.От Москвы до Нью-ЙоркаЕваПлохая девочкаМама МияI came into this X-Mode & DJ Nil in my 2005 trip to Moscow, their album is for sale on amazon.com but unfortunately their music videos are not widely available Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-56661179616593390462010-08-18T21:44:00.002+03:002010-08-21T20:55:14.928+03:00Инфинити(Infiniti)I love Инфинити !!!.This must be my first sentence of a topic on Инфинити, because I have their both albums "Где ты" and Я так хочу(2010) and they are great!. They are both excellent, all the songs, yes all songs with no exception are great in these albums.Both albums are very very good.Try to find them both.The official site of Инфинити is http://www.infiniti-music.ru/ and you can listen Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-23290691205230875962010-08-15T13:50:00.003+03:002010-08-15T13:54:01.451+03:00Юленька (2009)Not a superb movie, but still can be seen to spend some time. Note the small girl's(Darya Balabanova) acting skills.I am quoting the plot from IMDB : "A university professor, who wants to slow down a little, moves with his wife and daughter, from the big city to a small town and starts a new job as a teacher in a girls' gymnasium. Something weird is happening with the class, they seem to hide Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-49341073629712770822010-08-15T13:43:00.003+03:002010-08-15T13:49:57.385+03:001612: Khroniki smutnogo vremeni (2007)The Time of Troubles (Russian: Смутное время, Smutnoye Vremya) was a period of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar Feodor Ivanovich of the Rurik Dynasty in 1598 and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 1613. At the time, Russia was occupied by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Dymytriads, and suffered from civil uprisings, Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-73143559950626736912010-08-15T13:31:00.005+03:002010-09-17T20:29:29.581+03:00BuzkiranAnother anti-soviet propaganda book, the author which is himself a KGB officer also, claims that Russians forced Germans to attack them.He claims that due to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Hitler had confidence in Russia that there won't be a war among these two.But Stalin planned to attack Germans suddenly and made preparations for this purpose, Germans sensed this an prepared a sudden counter Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-18743413607487299172010-08-15T13:25:00.002+03:002010-08-15T13:30:49.043+03:00A Sister's Kiss - Potseluy sestry (2007)A 50mins Russian Drama,I am quoting the plot from its IMDB page:Masha, 16, meets Anya, 14, after a difficult breakup with her boyfriend. Anya is friendless, lonely, finding Masha more experienced and seductive. The two see a strange connection in each other which becomes an intense love-affair. Too late, the girls find out the fathers who have been missing from their lives are one and the Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-32884716006991725602010-08-15T13:20:00.005+03:002010-08-15T17:15:06.097+03:0019. Yüzyıl Siyasi Tarihi - Fahir Armaoglu1200 pages of 19th Century Political History, read the contention among England, Germany, France, Austria and Russia for world politics and specifically for the great lands of Ottoman Empire that is just about to collapse.The very thick book is in hard-cover with a very low price compared to its value.See the details here. I am planning to start the next volume of 1200 pages, 20th century Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-39249236829745572142010-06-07T23:46:00.003+03:002010-06-07T23:50:26.633+03:00Back in town: @IBTECHToday,I started working again at IBTECH, the IT company of Finansbank where I worked between 2000 and 2006.Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-12678047638512917472010-03-25T22:34:00.010+02:002010-03-25T22:59:18.961+02:00Again in Moscow,after a yearI was in Moscow last month, for two weeks.It's been more than one year since my last visit and I really missed this city.Moscow has a mystical affect on me, I don't think the city is beautiful,but i still miss it,I miss the cold air, gray city, Cyrillic letters,metro and even the smell in the metro stations.This visit was art oriented:) I visited 'Picasso in Moscow' exhibition at Pushkin's Ulas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19273912.post-8672899922437877372010-02-21T21:51:00.003+02:002010-02-21T21:57:17.477+02:00Romanovlar - Bir Hanedanin SonuI guess the book title tells everything: Romanovs- End of a Dynasty . The books starts with days even before Nicholas ascends to throne, the political and economical background is presented, then tells the Nicholas rule, his wife Alexandra, Rasputin, internal politics, his resistance to forming Duma-parliament, and the end of him and his family.This is the only book among many that I read tellingUlas Erginhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17927658949819945356noreply@blogger.com0