BenWoodall(dot)Com

All My Junk — In One Place

Cleaning – The Rubber Blade removes any excess toner which drops into the debris cavity. The eraser lamp that removes any excess charge off the photosensitive drum. This leaves the drum with a charge of 0 Volts

Conditioning – The primary corona (High Voltage Wire) adds a negative charge of around -600 volts to – 1000 volts

Writing – The laser light hits the photosensitive drum, where the light hits the drum it dissapates the negative charge to the centre of the drum which is grounded. This then leaves sections of the drum with a voltage of -100 volts

Developing – The drum rolls through a supply of negativly charged toner particles (Particles are -200 Volts to -500 Volts)

Where the drum hasnt been touched by the laser light a lower negative charge is still there, so the particles are not attracted to this section of the photosensitive drum.

Transfer – A strong positive charge is applied the the paper, the particles of toner are attracted to the paper.

Fusing – The toner that is on the paper is heated and pressurised, the toner becomes bonded to the paper.

Mnemonic to remember:

Cool Cowboys Will Drive Their Fords

via http://www.proprofs.com/forums/index.php?cmd=showentry&eid=30&blogid=1&autocom=blog

via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vector_Video_Standards2.svg

The official Gowalla app finally came out for the Android operating system yesterday and I’ve been waiting to write a Gowalla vs Foursquare post for a while now.  However, after using the Gowalla app for a day, I’ve decided I can’t REALLY write anything on it because it sucks so horribly bad.  I hate that too.  I’ve been rooting for the Gowalla app team for a while now and every now and then, I’ll even use the mobile site, m.gowalla.com.  Their design is a lot cleaner than Foursquare and I like the way it shows local venues.

But… The Gowalla app has COMPLETELY locked up my Droid 3 times now.  The whole thing just shuts down and I have to do a battery removal.  Also, Auto Wi-Fi use.  Why can’t it just use the GPS system like EVERY OTHER APP ON THE MARKET?  For some reason, it turns on my Wi-Fi connection in an attempt to better find my location.  This was probably my biggest irk for the Gowalla app.  I won’t write an official VS post until a newer app comes out…it’s just not a fair fight.

In the mean time…here are some Gowalla Mobile vs Foursquare pics.

Everyone keeps speculating what Cupertino’s problem with adding Adobe Flash to their iPhone and the upcoming iPad is.  Most side with Apple with the thought that Flash is just too great a resource hog to run on the phone. Of course, I don’t know if this is true or not, but I do know that my Motorola Droid runs on a processor that’s 50mHz slower and it multitasks and transitions with no hick-ups.  I really don’t think that a bogged down processor is the problem

The fact is that if Flash was allowed on the phone, Apple’s closed source, closed market would falter because at least 80% of the apps are available for free in Flash format.

Why would someone pay for Apple’s top selling apps  Bejeweled 2($2.99)  or even Tetris ($4.99!) when you can surf over to Goriya or OnlineFlashGames?  There are plenty of apps that Flash can replace for free.

….seriously? $4.99 for Tetris?…

Top iPhone app downloads via The Apple Blog

Here’s a chart I’ve made for Socket Types and the supported processors.