Did you ever notice "big" or "wide" ends on your cables? These cables are parallel and transmit/receive data/info/signals, many "bits" at a time. Therefore, parallel communication needs many cables/wires and consequently more connections, at its port.

U.S.B. ports and cables are smaller. Just pop around to back of your P.C., and you will immediately notice difference. On machine that I am currently working on, I noticed that printer has both types of ports and that parallel port and cabling is option that technician used. The serial option would have worked just same, at this level, where transmission speeds are of little relevance.

In summary, Plug 'n Play is welcomed and embraced by everyone and is a major step towards "user-friendly" computing.

I chose my domain name: thepowerofeverythingthatis.com. It’s my own name-no one else on Earth can have it. I own it. I picked a nice picture out for background-it looks really sweet, much better than a blank sheet in a diary. I got it from a site that gives photos out without charging a royalty (the first few): www.istockphoto.com.

I just want you to know great feeling I got when I first typed in my domain name and my site came up! It was equivalent to a person who’s afraid of heights being accepted into an astronaut’s mission into outer space. Or maybe it was like a turtle driving a Ferrari 300km per hour. Possibly it was like all ants in world getting together for peace talks.

It’s a real blast having this blog. I can write on it any time, anywhere, from my laptop, at an Internet café etc. I can write as much as I want, and I’m hoping one day my writing may inspire others to communicate with me about subjects that I’m interested in.

Look, if you like writing about anything, and want to have your thoughts and opinions on Internet, maybe meeting others similar to yourself in progress; you have to get a blog and get it now. Don’t be afraid any longer, world is in palm of your hands; it’s time to get on!