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How to make blog post images responsive in Blogger

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This is how you can make all your blog post images responsive to the different screen sizes. Add this line into your Blogger custom CSS section: .post-body img { width: 100%; height: auto }

How to use dumb charger to charge rechargeable batteries

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Charging my Ikea rechargeable batteries with RM7 Mr D.I.Y. dumb charger This is how I charge my rechargeable batteries using a cheap dumb charger. Basically these chargers have very low charging current (100mA) and they charge really slow. Dumb chargers does not know when the batteries are full, so the charger will keep on charging even though the batteries are fully charged.  By using a 24 hour timer, I set the charge to charge intervals of 1 hour with 15 mins of rest to let the batteries cool down in between. How long should the full charging period be, depends on the capacity of the rechargeable batteries. For example; using a 100mA charger (check the specs of your charger for this) to charge 900mAH batteries, you will need 9 hours (900mAH/100mA) to fully charge the batteries. Some people would recommend to charge longer to make sure not to under charge. So the rule of thumb is to use 1.2 as the multiplier. For this case would be 1.2(900mAH/100mA) ~= 11 hours. My personal preference

How to get hourly vibration on your Samsung Gear Fit

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Samsung Gear Fit This is how you can get hourly vibration notifications on your Samsung Gear Fit. The Samsung Gear Fit does not have sound notifications instead it has vibration notifications. You can use it to notify you when the clock strikes an hour. It's a great way to keep track of time just like using a traditional digital watch hour chime feature. 1. Download  Gear Fit KokoClock Sun&Moon  from Google Play Store. 2. Run "Gear Fit Manager". 3. Go to "Home screen styler". Gear Fit Manager's Home screen styler 4. Go to "Clock" tab. 5. Scroll down till you see KokoClock Sun&Moon. 4. Go to it's settings. 5. Make sure the "o'clock alarm" is checked. You don't have to use the KokoClock Sun & Moon watch face to get the hourly vibration alert / notifications. You can still use other watch face and get the hourly vibration.

Samsung Gear Fit Reviews

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Samsung Gear Fit This is a collection of Samsung Gear Fit reviews worth reading before you decide on getting the Samsung Gear Fit for yourself. Most of the reviews that I have listed here are from forums. The reason that I favour reviews from forums is that the writers are owners of Samsung Gear Fit that actually bought the device with their own money. I felt that these writers are more honest with their opinions and verdicts. I've also included some forum threads that discussed about known issues and the workarounds. I've also included customer reviews from Amazon as I felt those reviews are really valuable in helping you making a purchase decision. The Samsung Gear Fit was released in April 2014 and since then, there are a number of improvement made to the device firmware and the Gear Fit Manager Android app. So I've dated the review to give you a sense of time when the reviews were written. XDA Developers : Gear Fit Review - Thoughts and Observations here (7 April 2014)