October 2009 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Ignorance question on Web design..
by aki 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Listers, my apology for the comments if they seem ignorant. ( if you followed my thread on asp hosting, I have a little experience on .asp... ) So I decided to check out some sites and to be amazed by all the developments in the sector, afterall I took a 5 year break and never did a commercial site. So I come across a site that does corporate business web design. Nicely done it is and has all the presentations. I decided to look at source..... and I could not believe it. CSS templates and one can download the templates as a rar files ( usual sites... ) . And source is html.... woaa! I was under the impression that everyone went to .php but seems not. Web design and development is like games development. Needs 2 different talents i.e Web Developer and Graphics artist. So I guess Graphics artist has been replaced by .rar files as templates. My question is : On skunks, are there any web developers / artists and why do they not contribute to the list? As an inspiration to others, where are their works or sites that one can visit and admire? Just wondering... :-)

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Government Webmaster JD
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

The Nation on Page 40 has a very interesting KPI for a webmaster/administrator. No. 5 Keeping records of expiry dates of Software: Mdaemon E-Mail Server ... LOL No. 9 .... Mdaemon server is running (emails are going in and out normally) Surely you don't have to include this in a JD not unless there's a process failure, what in the world are they doing with M-daemon? Who uses nowadays? A linux-based exim or postfix can solve this. If any skunk takes up this job you know what to do ;-) Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right (in Finland)
by Christopher Kiagiri 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Speaking of "haki yetu" ... http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/10/1mb_broadband_access_becomes_legal_right…<http://yle.fi/uutiset/news/2009/10/1mb_broadband_access_becomes_legal_right…> 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right published today 03:15 PM Image: YLE Keski-Suomi / Petteri Juuti Starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to a one-megabit broadband connection, says the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Finland is the world's first country to create laws guaranteeing broadband access. The government had already decided to make a 100 Mb broadband connection a legal right by the end of 2015. On Wednesday, the Ministry announced the new goal as an intermediary step. Some variation will be allowed, if connectivity can be arranged through mobile phone networks. YLE

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wiping out BB
by Dickson Kimathi 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hi Skunkers,Am trying to wipe out a BB and it seems unable to do so. Its been stuck at a scrubbing stage of wiping for quite sometime now. and keeps restarting the process all over again.Anybody with an idea. Good Day all! -- "Aim for the top. It is less crowded there." www.freewebs.com/dkimathi

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Re: [Skunkworks] la vita e bella
by James Wachira 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

*I Like!!! * On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:36 AM, James Wachira <jwaciira(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I like!!! > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM, saidimu apale <saidimu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Who knew life could be this bella? >> >> http://www.dna11.com/ >> >> Saidi >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > > -- > Best Regards > James Wachira > Nairobi .ke > tel:+254 728 024 897 | twitter: jwaciira | yahoo: jwaciira | gtalk: > jwaciira > -- Best Regards James Wachira Nairobi .ke tel:+254 728 024 897 | twitter: jwaciira | yahoo: jwaciira | gtalk: jwaciira

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FREE PAYROLL - SUGGEST A NAME
by bernard kioko 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

If you read my post the other day, this should not sound new...... So the decision to make a free payroll system (geared towards kenyan market) has been made.....a coding team will be put together soon. We are looking for people with knowledge on payroll processing who are willing to contribute by giving us requirements and testing the same.....mainly on email and chat. Developers interested (we will mainly use PHP and MYSQL).....please email me directly.... But even before we start.......we need a name (or codename)........ Please send in some suggestions......am sure we will credit you in the final product...... Haya..... Regards Kioko

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BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
by Paul Roy 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

*http://software.silicon.com/os/0%2c39024651%2c39559864%2c00.htm * *BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off* Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. Speaking at a Microsoft customer event in London this week, BAA CIO Philip Langsdale said the company has been testing Windows 7 and now plans to roll it out across the company. BAA owns and operates seven UK airports, including Heathrow, which handle more than 200 million passengers per year. Langsdale said BAA is planning to invest £60m in IT systems and infrastructure between 2008 and 2012 which will feed into a company-wide effort to reduce operation expenditure by £114m over the same period. [image: BAA's Heathrow airport with Terminal 5 in the foreground] *BAA's Heathrow airport with Terminal 5 in the foreground (Photo credit: BAA)* A new operating system is part of this IT investment and Windows 7 has been chosen to replace BAA's generally Windows Vista environment for a number of reasons. "The main purpose is usability - it's less clunky [than Vista] and it's easier for people to use," Langsdale told silicon.com. He added that so far Windows 7 has proved to be reliable and secure, resulting in a lower number of support requests to his IT team, which also has an impact on cost. "The evidence so far suggests it will reduce costs. We haven't done the maths but early indications are that [the number of] helpdesk calls have gone down," he explained. Bringing the whole company onto Windows 7 is also intended to simplify the technology platform across the business so that it can be better managed and fits with BAA's strict governance requirements. BAA still has a lot of work to do with its Windows 7 roll out as it discovered that 95 per cent of its desktop and laptop estate were below the spec required to run the operating system. Langsdale said the company knew a significant hardware refresh was required and so the Windows 7 implementation will be carried out in a phased fashion to fit with this. Langsdale added the company needs to take a "cautious" approach to the Windows 7 roll out due to financial constraints. "We're going to replace [hardware] over a period of 15 months," he said. Langsdale's team has been testing Windows 7 using virtualisation technology from Citrix, which they found works well, and the team plans to use it for the wider roll out work. Langsdale told delegates at the Microsoft customer event: "Generally is has been a very good and easy migration." -- "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience." Roy.

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Skunkworks-announce
by Samuel Waithaka 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Got this from Skunkworks-announce after posting. What to expect? I think it's much longer that average response times; assuming there's something happening in the first place.. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <skunkworks-announce-bounces(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:52 PM Subject: Your message to Skunkworks-announce awaits moderator approval To: samwaithaka(a)gmail.com Your mail to 'Skunkworks-announce' with the subject [Subject] Is being held until the list moderator can review it for approval. The reason it is being held: Post to moderated list Either the message will get posted to the list, or you will receive notification of the moderator's decision. If you would like to cancel this posting, please visit the following URL: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/confirm/skunkworks-announce/********** -- Samuel Waithaka http://www.linkedin.com/in/waithaka http://twitter.com/samwaithaka

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Internet Access Restriction
by Simon Mbuthia 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hi guys, I'm looking for an application that I can install on my server to restrict internet access. Something that works kinda like.. users 1-10, except user 9, only access the internet before or after working hours. User 9 only has access to a certain website at all hours. I have tried googling but what I'm getting isn't really helping, so I thought to turn to the list. Any advice? P.S. I have installed AnalogX proxy, but I don't think it has all that capability. Thanks, S. -- שִׁמְעוֹן

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Cisco 4500 VLAN ACL
by cwahome＠jambo.co.ke 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

Hi All, I have 5 VLANs in my network configured in my L3 switch 4500. currently all VLANs can ping and reach each others, means 192.168.3.100 host in my vlan2 can reach 192.168.1.100 which is vlan3. I want to create an ACL in my L3 switch to deny the Vlans to access or ping each other, I just want them to access my servers 172.16.1.10 - 172.16.1.30 which are in the default Vlan1. can someone advise me which the commands and where to apply them in the L3 switch. Thanks interface Vlan2 ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0 ip helper-address 192.168.16.10 ! interface Vlan3 ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 ip helper-address 192.168.16.10 ! interface Vlan4 ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0 ip helper-address 192.168.16.10 ! interface Vlan5 ip address 192.168.6.1 255.255.255.0 ip helper-address 192.168.16.10 ! interface Vlan6 ip address 192.168.7.1 255.255.255.0 ip helper-address 192.168.16.10 ! ---------------------------------------------- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Jambo MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. --------------------------------------------- "easy access to the world"

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