Tag: database

HOW TO FIND ME IN THE READER …

The ONLY way you can find me is by typing in the address of my blog. https://teepee12.com/

MY MENTORS – Marilyn Armstrong

I actually did have a few over the years, although not in the usual sense. They weren't people who "advanced" me professionally, but they were the ones who sat with me and taught me. Tsvi, back in Rehovot -- Thank you very much for teaching me systems analysis -- and somehow getting it done in … Continue reading MY MENTORS – Marilyn Armstrong

WHAT’S THE ANTONYM FOR PROGRESS? Marilyn Armstrong

Someone commented that "working on a problem" was, for WordPress, their version of progress. So I got to thinking. What is the opposite word -- the antonym as it were -- of progress? And after considerable research I discovered there is no antonym because "progress" is a contextual word and what is means depends on … Continue reading WHAT’S THE ANTONYM FOR PROGRESS? Marilyn Armstrong

FRETTING WHEN YOUR NAME DISAPPEARS IN WORDPRESS’S SEARCH ENGINE? – Marilyn Armstrong

Fretting? Why would I be fretting? After all -- the "Happiness Engineers" are still working on solving "my" problem! It's comforting to hear that "our team" is continuing  to "work" on this issue or are they working on it again. Or "still"? It's hard to know since they have yet to get my name or … Continue reading FRETTING WHEN YOUR NAME DISAPPEARS IN WORDPRESS’S SEARCH ENGINE? – Marilyn Armstrong

BREAKING NEWS? HOW ABOUT A BROKEN WORDPRESS SEARCH ENGINE? – MARILYN ARMSTRONG

Not exactly luminescent. More like the exact opposite.   If you are on your dashboard and you go to Reader (I don't know what dashboard you are using because they keep "fixing it" and this latest fix has REALLY fixed it but good). Open Reader, go down to "Search" and type in your name. See what … Continue reading BREAKING NEWS? HOW ABOUT A BROKEN WORDPRESS SEARCH ENGINE? – MARILYN ARMSTRONG

THEY’RE SPYING ON US … DOES IT MATTER?

THEY ARE ALL OUT TO GET YOU. OR TRYING, ANYHOW. Google is spying on you. So is the government. And Amazon, and almost every single website you visit ... even if you don't actually visit it but just pass briefly through a photo that's linked to the site. Every bit of raw data is collected … Continue reading THEY’RE SPYING ON US … DOES IT MATTER?

WHEN FEASTING ON CROW INCLUDE THE FEATHERS

Hola! Daily Prompt! We did jealousy last week. Really. Exactly one week ago, on May 8th, 2015. It was a good one too and I invite all of you to read "DON'T COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ASS." And if that's not enough, you can also read my original response from August 2013, "MONEY CAN'T BUY IT."  Instead of … Continue reading WHEN FEASTING ON CROW INCLUDE THE FEATHERS

WINNING

SWEEPING MOTIONS: My desk and bedroom are fine. Even our car is tidy. I'm sure I have a messy closet somewhere. It's my brain which could use a thorough tidying. Here's a great memory moment from the clutter of my brain. One of my favorites. In the mid 1980s in Israel, I worked at the Weizmann Institute … Continue reading WINNING

OBSOLETE? I THINK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ME!

Going Obsolete Of the technologies that have become extinct in your lifetime, which do you miss most? I was declared obsolete about 6 years ago. I had been getting progressively less relevant for quite a while, but after the dot coms went down in flames, the high-tech world changed dramatically. Venture capital disappeared and with it, the exciting … Continue reading OBSOLETE? I THINK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT ME!

A WIN FOR WOMEN

In the mid 1980s in Israel, I worked at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot with the team developing DB1, the first relational database. Those familiar with databases and their history should go "Ooh, aah." Feel free to be awed. These are my bona fides certifying my "original geekhood." I was not a developer of course. … Continue reading A WIN FOR WOMEN