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  • Using RSS Feeds for Posts from Websites

    tamara.harpster
    17 Nov 2022

    I'd like to share an additional way to keep up with news of people. If a person has a website there is a good chance they also have something called an RSS feed.

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  • Theory versus Reality: Team Building and All of the Required Skills - #301 - November 2022

    tamara.harpster
    11 Nov 2022

    I'm starting with a look at teams and team building in companies. Effective teams are considered an important part of businesses yet business practices seemed designed to hobble the people who are working together. Specifically, I want to look at the assumptions people make when using these business practices. Based on my observation and anecdotal evidence, when people don't understand the assumptions of a business practice, they may apply those practices to problems that don't fit them well.

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  • Stopping Point for Series about Computers and How They Operate - #300 - October 2022

    tamara.harpster
    23 Oct 2022

    I've now completed my series about the basic functions of computers. My intent was to share information about the stack of technology that is used to perform modern computing. As part of the process I learned some new facts about the history of computers and reminded myself of the basic concepts that underly the current set of computers.

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  • October 13 - Theory versus Reality: Do Real Business Practices Match the Theory?

    tamara.harpster
    12 Oct 2022

    The skyline of Spokane Washington at night. There are several lighted buildings of the downtown area.

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  • Grandparent Poem

    tamara.harpster
    3 Oct 2022

    The world needs more grandmothers
    (grandfathers too)
    Old people with time to visit
    In comfortable rooms with younger people.
    Offering a cup of coffee or tea
    Perhaps a shot of whiskey
    Along with cookies or a slice of bread from a loaf fresh from the oven.

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  • September 27 2022 - Without Operating Systems Computer Use Would be a Nightmare

    tamara.harpster
    26 Sep 2022

    Operating systems are the final piece that ties everything together for a computer. An operating system manages access to hardware devices, the software programs on our computer and how we interface with them. In this article I provide a very high level overview of operating systems and how they work. I also provide my opinions on the impact operating systems have on the way we use computers.

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  • September 15 - How Software Language and Structure Plays a Part in Our Use of Computers

    tamara.harpster
    14 Sep 2022

    Software languages allow people to create systems that can react to input and change the behavior of the systems. This is different from hardware that has fixed functions which cannot be changed after the system is built. Firmware is somewhere in between this, it can be updated but requires special hardware to change the code. Software languages can be changed and stored on a hard drive which make software programs easier to update.

    This article provides a high level overview of software languages and the role they play in how computers work.

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  • August 28 - Number Systems and Computers - Binary, Octal, Decimal and Hexadecimal

    tamara.harpster
    28 Aug 2022

    While numbering systems are not part of the hardware of a computer, understanding numbering systems is helpful for programming computers. This article provides some basic explanation of numbering systems and why the use of different numbering systems are helpful in understanding how computers work. A heads up, I like math and this article contains a lot of math stuff in it. If you aren't into math, feel free to skip to the section about the usefulness of numbering systems for computer programming and usage.

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  • August 15 - Display and Red, Green, Blue (RGB) colors

    tamara.harpster
    14 Aug 2022

    Screen Saver in Linux - a spiral display of colors around a center of a pink

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  • August 1 - Machine and Assembly Language

    tamara.harpster
    1 Aug 2022

    Machine and Assembly Language are the base languages for computers. In this article I will provide a high level overview of both languages and how they work with the computer.

    Computer monitor displaying terminal screens of hex dumps

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