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This Tasker profile will make your Android smartphone read out the SMS content when received. Tasker Recipe Profile: Read SMS When Received (24) Event: Received Text [ Type:SMS Sender:* Content:* ] Enter: Read SMS (23) A1: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:2 Minutes:0 Hours:0 Days:0 ] A2: Say [ Text:You have received a text message. The message says: %SMSRB Engine:Voice:default:default Stream:3 Pitch:5 Speed:5 Continue Task Immediately:Off ] Download Tasker Profile

This Tasker project will enable your Android smartphone to automatically lock your screen when you close your leather flip cover over your Android phone. It doesn't lock immediately as it will wait for 10 seconds before it lock. This is to provide a buffer time in case you might need to use the phone again right after you have close it. Download Tasker Project

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This is a Tasker profile description of how you can use Tasker to text or SMS your girlfriend randomly between a specified hour time. Not only you can send the message randomly between the hour you can also send random set of message you have defined. This is to make your girlfriend believe that you are always thinking of her and message her with wishes. Tasker Recipe Profile: Randomly Text My Gf Every Morning In Random Time Between 8am And 9am (6) Time: 08:00 Enter: Good Morning SMS (4) A1: Variable Randomize [ Name:%msgindex Min:1 Max:5 ] A2: Variable Set [ Name:%msg1 To:Msg Text Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A3: Variable Set [ Name:%msg2 To:Msg Text  Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A4: Variable Set [ Name:%msg3 To:Msg Text Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A5: Variable Set [ Name:%msg4 To:Msg Text Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A6: Variable Set [ Name:%msg5 To:Msg Text Do Maths:Off Append:Off ] A7: Variable Randomize [ Name:%waitsecs Min:0 Max:3600 ] A8: Wait [ MS:0 Seconds:%waitsecs Minutes:0 Hours:0 Day

This was my trip itinerary to Ao Nang beach in Krabi, Thailand. It was a free and easy trip with lots of time to relax and enjoy the beauty of Krabi. Feel free to share. Activities Day 1 Commuting to Ao Nang, free and easy the rest of the day. Day 2 Phi Phi Islands Tour (Full day including lunch) Time: 9am to 4pm Duration: 7 hours Cost: 1200 Baht Essentials: Sunblock, sunglasses, waterproof camera and waterproof bag. Basically the trip is islands hopping and snorkeling. If you are using smartphone to take photos, try to get those transparent waterproof pouch for your smartphone at the roadside shop. Please bargain for the price. You will not regret buying that.  Day 3 Canoeing at Ao Tha Lane (Half day including lunch) Time: 9am to 2pm Duration: 5 hours Cost: 600 Baht Essentials: Sunblock, sunglasses, waterproof camera, waterproof bag, extra bottle of fresh water to feed the monkeys. You are not allowed to feed the monkeys with food but fresh water is allowed. Keep all your belonging

With the advancement of camera quality of smartphones, the usage of smartphone cameras have increase over the years. As with all cameras, to take nice photos or even videos you will need a tripod. With a tripod, you can take better night shots, less shaky videos or time lapses photos. With a RM5 smartphone holder, epoxy and a few nuts, it's easy to make a mount for tripod so that you can mount your smartphone on a tripod. Below are the photos of my finished product.

The sucker of my car smartphone holder finally gave up after 3 years. Other parts of the holder are still in good condition. So instead of throwing it away, I modified it so that it can fit into a cup holder of my car. So previously with a sucker, my Samsung Galaxy Nexus positioned at the windshield but this time I can place the holder it into one of my two cup holder located just below the air conditioning control panel. Below are the photos of what I did with it and how it looks like after modifications. The plastic part that connected to the rubber sucker is broken. I used a plastic jam cup as the base of the holder. Using epoxy, glue the base of the holder to the side of the cup. And finally the finished product looked like this.