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Bits and bytes

I am getting more and more amazed that people, especially those in the computer industry and even teachers and academics, do not know the difference between Megabits (Mb) and MegaBytes (MB). I keep seeing things like "This computer has a 120Gb hard disk" when it should be 120GB. There is a big difference. If it was 120Gb, then in real terms it is only a 15GB drive. People get it sorted, Bytes is a big B, bits is a little b and Bytes is for storage and bits for transmission.

What If: Space Race

The Space Race was a competition, not in the traditional sense, between United States and the Soviet Union to get in to space. The Soviets launched Sputnik 1 on 4th October 1957 into Earth orbit. This was the first time a man-made object had been launched from the Earth’s surface and placed into space.

PSD Themes

Anyone who follows what I do will know that I have been converting HTML templates to Drupal for a while. I ahve also been converting PSD themes to XHTML and Drupal, but have only just found a good source for FREE themes. If you have not heard of it yet, take a look at PSDThemes.com.

PSDThemes

TV/Film Review: Blue Planet

Blue Planet DVD coverDespite 75% of the Earth being covered in water, we know very little about the creatures and plant life in the Seas.

Useful: W3Schools

There are many HTML (and associated technologies) websites available. For the beginer they all look good and valid.  Some of these though are written by people who really do not have a clue, have not proof-read, have not their work or simply do not understand the language.