|
Written by John Frazier
|
|
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:00 |
|
Joomla! is a free open source framework and content publishing system designed for quickly creating highly interactive multi-language Web sites, online communities, media portals, blogs and eCommerce applications.
 Joomla! provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface that simplifies the management and publishing of large volumes of content including HTML, documents, and rich media. Joomla! is used by organisations of all sizes for intranets and extranets and is supported by a community of tens of thousands of users.
|
|
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 August 2008 10:00 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Written by John Frazier
|
|
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 |
|
The Joomla Core Team and Working Group members are volunteer developers, designers, administrators and managers who have worked together to take Joomla! to new heights in its relatively short life. Joomla! has some wonderfully talented people taking Open Source concepts to the forefront of industry standards. Joomla! 1.5 is a major leap forward and represents the most exciting Joomla! release in the history of the project. |
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 )
|
|
Written by John Frazier
|
|
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 |
|
The Joomla! team has millions of good reasons to be smiling about the Joomla! 1.5. In its current incarnation, it's had millions of downloads, taking it to an unprecedented level of popularity. The new code base is almost an entire re-factor of the old code base. The user experience is still extremely slick but for developers the API is a dream. A proper framework for real PHP architects seeking the best of the best. If you're a former Mambo User or a 1.0 series Joomla! User, 1.5 is the future of CMSs for a number of reasons. It's more powerful, more flexible, more secure, and intuitive. Our developers and interface designers have worked countless hours to make this the most exciting release in the content management system sphere. Go on ... get your FREE copy of Joomla! today and spread the word about this benchmark project. |
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 )
|
|
|
Joomla! Security Strike Team |
 |
 |
 |
|
Written by John Frazier
|
|
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 |
|
The Joomla! Project has assembled a top-notch team of experts to form the new Joomla! Security Strike Team. This new team will solely focus on investigating and resolving security issues. Instead of working in relative secrecy, the JSST will have a strong public-facing presence at the Joomla! Security Center. |
|
Last Updated ( Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 )
|
|
Read more...
|
|
REVIEW: Atomic Li-Po Battery Charge Adapter DN-007 |
|
|
|
|
Written by John Frazier
|
|
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 |
|
So I am gonna review this thing since I just got my box of them. I'm gonna start out with the positive points (i.e. what atomic does right). At the end you will see the one major flaw and my easy fix.
As I mentioned before, these charger stands are nice because you can chain multiple batteries and balance charge (with the right charger and plugs) as a multi cell pack. With my new charger I am pretty sure I could chain 10 of these together and charge them ALL AT ONCE!!
Here you can see the standard device with the sticker. All of the pics I have seen so far look like it has a white background but it is actually silver and not too bad.
Regardless, I ditched the stickers and these stands look very nice without them. If you peel slowly, these stickers come off clean without residue. Here's the clean look.
The best part is the batteries "plug" into place unlike the crappy stock charger that has plenty of connectivity issues. I also have some older batteries that have corroded connections and are not shiny anymore. I slid one of these in and the plugging action was enough to make a good contact and was recognized instantly. The stock charger doesn't rely on friction so much to make the contact but more gravity of the weight of a battery to overcome the spring tension. This Atomic stand plugs the battery in so it makes a real contact.
Nice weighting and no-slip gripper to keep it in place on your table.
Those are the good things. Now for the...
FATAL FLAW: The first one I opened and tried was DOA (Dead On Arrival) and my charger showed "Connection Break". Got out my digital voltmeter and sure enough measuring resistance from the input to output showed the positive side (+) was not contacting. After peeling back the no-slip cover and enough testing, I realized the battery contacts and tubes are separate items relying on spring tension to contact. The two 3mm allen screws are of no help here to adjust because the contacts and tubes were indeed touching already; just not making electrical contact!!!
Easy solution... solder it and replace the no-slip and it will always make a good contact. I measured the resistance and it is great. I am really glad the first one was DOA right off the bat 'cause I took all of them out and soldered them up... DIALED!
|
|
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 October 2009 18:24 )
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home 
Feed Entries