For many, many years now my father and I have been involved in a never-ending but enjoyable discussion about the origin and essence of the universe. My father believes in what he calls an “architect” who designed the complex and diverse structures of nature. My father comes from Eastern Turkey and I am proud of the fact that he managed to develop his views from an origin of orthodox religion to a relatively progressive blend between religion and science.

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In my younger days the post-adolescent hormonal turbulence sometimes forced me to write poetry attempts. Even though these days I have turned into a cynical old fart, my heart is still warmed when I read these souvenirs from a delightfully naive chapter in my life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
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Published on the first version of Metinseven.com in January 2005

Next Limit’s Maxwell renderer offers a very interesting approach to the setup and rendering of 3D CG scenes. To approximate reality as close as possible every available Maxwell element carefully imitates its real-life equivalent. In other words: a camera offers shutterspeed and diaphragm settings, light calculations are performed in spectral colorspace in stead of limited RGB space, physically correct outdoor lighting conditions are determined by specifying a desired date, time and location, and so on. The virtual world has never before been this close to the real world.
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