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Setting Blogger blog post text to be dark black colour

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Recently, while browsing on my Android Samsung M21 mobile, I noted that the About page on my spiritual blog, https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/p/about-ravi-s-iyer.html was showing in a lighter black colour than a post on my software development blog, https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2024/03/ravi-s-iyer-software-field-biodata.html . I think I had fixed an issue like this in the past but something I did later on seems to have broken it. I could not find a post explaining how to fix this issue and do did some experimentation, and then got the fix. This post provides the fix in case the dark text setting for blog posts gets inadvertently changed (again?), along with info. about fix for quoted text shown large in Contempo Light theme.  To change the text in blog post to dark black colour, choose Theme -> Customize -> (left panel) Advanced. This will show blog post text in right panel provided window width is large enough. Now click on the dark black colour in 'Theme Colors'. The b...

Quick relook at H96 Max Android TV box

Readers may want to see: List of my posts related to H96Max (H96 Max) Android TV box, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2024/06/list-of-my-posts-related-to-h96max-h96.html  , 26th Jun. 2024 Summary H96 Max worked as expected in recent tests. It can be used as a decent speed but unsafe for private or sensitive data, Android based Internet browsing device run on voltage stabilizer, with its core OS functionality not being impacted by sudden power loss. For package updates, UPS may be necessary to ensure normal shutdown if mains power is cut. But UPS will not be needed for using H96 Max with currently installed versions of its software packages. The big issue with H96 Max is it being a rooted Android device and so being vulnerable to various malware including keylogging software. A keylogger could help malicious agents to crack some userid password typed in the device. That’s the big risk, I think. And so one should not use any of one's regular ids on H96 Max. Accessing some sites an...

Quick relook at Thinvent Micro 5 Linux mini PC

Readers may want to see: List of my posts related to Thinvent Micro 5, a low-cost Linux mini PC based on Tanix TX 3 Android TV box,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/08/list-of-my-posts-related-to-thinvent.html , 8th Aug. 2022 Summary Micro5 worked as expected in recent tests. It can be used as a safe but slow Linux based Internet browsing device run on voltage stabilizer, with its core OS functionality (root filesystem) not being impacted by sudden power loss, unless default mounting of root filesystem is changed from read-only to read-write. Typing in data on local files is fast though local data may be lost/corrupted on sudden powercut. For software upgrades, root filesystem will have to be mounted as read-write and so UPS will be necessary then to ensure normal shutdown if mains power is cut. But UPS will not be needed for using Micro5 with currently installed versions of its software packages. Detailed Notes 22 Jun. 2024 After many months, I removed the Thinvent Micro ...

5V 2A Mini UPS possibility for Thinvent Micro 5 Linux mini PC and H96 Max Android TV box

Note: Readers may want to see:  List of my posts related to H96Max (H96 Max) Android TV box, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2024/06/list-of-my-posts-related-to-h96max-h96.html , 26 Jun. 2024 List of my posts related to Thinvent Micro 5, a low-cost Linux mini PC based on Tanix TX 3 Android TV box, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/08/list-of-my-posts-related-to-thinvent.html , 8 Aug. 2022 Micro5 AC adapter output is 5V 2A (5VDC - 2Amp.) H96Max AC adapter output is 5V 2A. The standard mini-UPS models seem to be 12V or 9V DC types which are used for routers.  But there seems to be at least one 5V DC option too: Starwatt 5V 2A Mini UPS – Uninterrupted Power Backup for WiFi Routers, Cameras, Biometrics, Arduino & More | 3-10 Hours Backup | Replaceable Battery, https://starwatt.in/product/5v-2a-mini-ups/ . It is priced at Rs.1499, with 1 yr warranty, and its replacement battery is advertised at Rs.899 “With Reverse-Pickup across India”. I saw a strange video of a pow...

List of my posts related to H96Max (H96 Max) Android TV box

Quick relook at H96 Max Android TV box,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2024/06/quick-relook-at-h96-max-android-tv-box.html , 26 Jun. 2024. 5V 2A Mini UPS possibility for Thinvent Micro 5 Linux mini PC and H96 Max Android TV box,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2024/06/5v-2a-mini-ups-possibility-for-thinvent.html , 26 Jun. 2024. Some thoughts on low-cost Android devices (incl. H96 Max) and teaching computer usage on them to children from poor rural communities in India, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2022/08/aakash-rs3000-failed-indian-govt.html , published 13 Aug. 2022 Screen mirroring from Samsung M21 phone to H96Max display using ‘Smart View’ app on M21 (not Samsung Smart View feature) and AirScreen on H96Max, https://ravisiyer.wordpress.com/2022/07/14/screen-mirroring-from-m21-to-h96max/ , July 2022 Short review of H96 Max Android TV box: rooted Android (and so less safe), RK3318 Quad-core Cortex-A53, 4 GB RAM, 32 GB Storage, Android V11 and EU plug, costin...

Referral: Blogger Blog Feed to HTML Book; Useful for Recent Posts HTML backup and Searching Posts

I have been using the web app:  https://bloggerfeedtobook.netlify.app/  mentioned in my post given below, for a few months now. I find it useful for creating HTML backup of recent posts, and for searching through posts in a blog in a single HTML page of matching posts. The app is quite stable now. The post: Blogger Blog Feed to HTML Book; Useful for Recent Posts HTML backup and Searching Posts,  https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2024/04/barebones-blogger-blog-feed-to-html.html  . 

Referral: Updated Roadmap and Extensive and Well Organized Notes for Learning Full Stack (MERN) Web Development ...

Readers may want to see my recent blog post on another blog of mine: Updated Roadmap and Extensive and Well Organized Notes for Learning Full Stack (MERN) Web Development Beginner Level through Free Online Tutorials,  https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2024/03/updated-roadmap-and-extensive-and-well.html . 

Referral: Upskilling to MERN web developer: Finished 2nd round of Roadmap to Learning Full Stack Web Development

Readers may want to have a look at my recent post in another blog of mine: Upskilling to MERN web developer: Finished 2nd round of Roadmap to Learning Full Stack Web Development, https://raviswdev.blogspot.com/2024/03/upskilling-to-mern-web-developer.html .

Notes about Blogger and WordPress web feed requests and feed formats

Last updated on 31 Mar. 2024 Common web feed formats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed states that the following are the common web feed formats: Atom,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(web_standard) JSON Feed,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON_Feed   RSS,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS Blogger uses Atom 1.0 feed format by default Complete Guide to RSS Feed on Blogspot,  https://www.innateblogger.com/2021/08/rss-feed-on-blogspot.html states that a feed URL like https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default will use Atom 1.0 format. To make it use RSS 2.0 format, ?alt=rss has to be added to end of URL like https://ravisiyer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss .  Hmm. I did not know or did not recall that it was so simple to get Blogger blog feeds in RSS 2.0, which is the default format used by WordPress. Blogger Reference Guide, https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/2.0/reference has the " Blogger query parameters reference "...

Latest versions of my Blogger & WordPress Blog Book Gen programs

I recently created a shortcuts directory on my desktop for me to be able to easily access the latest versions of my Blogger and WordPress blog book gen(erator) programs. I then wrote an info.txt file explaining what the shortcuts are and how to use them. While these shortcuts are meaningful only on desktop, I thought I should put up this blog post version of the info.txt file where I replace the desktop directory and file names data with links to related Google Drive directory and file names. For Blogger blogs A) Generate Blog Book From Blogger Export/Backup XML file: VB.Net program location (info.txt file has the github link for the source code):  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zxJOGtFWXeKqH0LaJNnwMktnpo1BsDbK   Minor known issue: The footer in output file refers to an older post. It should instead refer to post mentioned below. Related blog post: Ported ExportFileFilterAndGenBook and ExportFileFilterByIndexList from VBA to BlogBackupToBook VB.Net single project of V...

VBA program to create recent posts' HTML blog books of (my) WordPress and Blogger blogs

Quick-Info WPBlogFeedToBook VBA program for WordPress blogs' RSS feed:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vGqaEQJmnfwpWPeEOuryW7ZhSqvm05kS?usp=drive_link BloggerBlogFeedToBook VBA program for Blogger blogs' RSS feed:  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_DEvH8MHiXXMe-3htCPhnOB5nE0lSfN-?usp=drive_link Above programs may work for any WordPress and Blogger blogs respectively but I have tested them only for my blogs as that is my need. ------------------------ It would be convenient for me to be able to periodically create an HTML blog book of my recent posts in my ravisiyer.wordpress.com blog. This would be a useful backup file for me. The XML backup/export file for the whole blog is vital but it is for the whole blog and is not easily readable content. I can create a blogbook for the whole blog using a VBA program I had created some months ago  but that is more stuff than required in such cases. As of now, I do not have a filter program that filters the WordPress ...

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