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The differences between a prawn and a shrimp

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Ever wonder if there are differences between a prawn and a shrimp? I did thought that it was just the term used in different regions. Now i know.

How to enable "Developer Options" in Android Jelly Bean Version 4.2

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In Android Jelly Bean version 4.2, the "Developer Options" is missing from the settings menu. Google had hide this setting from the mass consumers. For Android developers and those who loves to tinker around with Android OS, you can do this to re-enable back the "Developer Options" in the settings menu: Go to Settings>About Phone Tap the "Build Number" seven times to re-enable the "Developer Options" in the settings menu. References, Sources and Credits: http://developer.android.com/about/versions/jelly-bean.html#42-dev-options

How to selectively show and hide widgets based on the types of pages in Blogger

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As the title of this post state, you can customize your Blogger template to show or hide specific widgets based on the types of Blogger pages the widgets being loaded into. Not only the types of pages, you can also show or hide the widgets based on specific url addresses of your blog page being loaded into. Steps: 1. Go to the "Template" section of your Blogger blog dashboard. 2. Click "Edit HTML" button. 3. Check the check box for "Expand Widget Templates". 4. Look for your widget codes section by using your browser search function to search for your widget name. Lets take an example that you are trying to customize a widget that has a title name of "Recent Posts". You should see something like this: <b:widget id='HTML1' locked='false' title='Recent Posts' type='HTML'> <b:includable id='main'> <!-- only display title if it's non-empty --> <b:if cond='data:title != ""&

The Making of Open Jet Alcohol Stove

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Alcohol stoves are light and they are great to have for hiking trips and camping. They are cheap and easy to make yourself. There are several commercial types of alcohol stoves in the market with Trangia taking the top spot of all the alcohol stoves out there. Over the weekends i took some time to make one for myself. After a few tries and tests, i finally learned how to make a good alcohol stove. There are many types of alcohol stove constructions and the type i am making is the Open Jet type. There are few things i learned from my experiments: Make sure the jet holes are small enough. How small, you need to try it out by tests. I felt that 16 holes are good enough. More than that, the jet flames will start ignite slower due to slow pressure build up in the inner wall chamber and the jet flames might not look powerful. 8 holes will make the jet flames to blow further. Inserting a wick in between the walls will help to absorb almost all the alcohol into the chamber. The reason of doin