September 2009 - skunkworks

Gmat and Toefl
by Job Muriuki 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

I need to do the abouve exams. Where can I get them and at what cost. Preferably within the CBD.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Buying a domain
by Rahim Kara 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hi, Need to buy a domain, how do i get a .com domain locally? Rahim.

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http://nyerionline.com/
by Alex Wanjohi 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Hi Guys, According to Alexa, the above site is the 4th most trafficked Kenyan site.. Here's the listing (top 5) <http://nation.co.ke/> 1. http://nation.co.ke/ 2. http://standardmedia.co.ke/ 3. http://eastandard.net/ 4. *http://nyerionline.com/* <http://nyerionline.com/> 5. http://haiya.co.ke/ Now, someone in the know please explain to me what would make this so (am not trying to hate) - All the others have (according to me) got content to propel them to top 5. Regards Alex

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Google adds support for push Gmail via Exchange ActiveSync
by Paul Roy 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Worth noting... http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/google-adds-support-for-push-gmail-via-e… -- "Change is slow and gradual. It requires hardwork, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice and a lot of patience."

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Bringing HTML5 and other open web technologies to Internet Explorer...
by Glenn Sequeira 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

... with Google Chrome frame. http://blog.chromium.org/2009/09/introducing-google-chrome-frame.html ~gms

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KPLC email query
by Solomon Mburu 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Listers, I know this is an off-list, but I can't help wonder more. I don't know whether I'm seeing my own things or there are others with the same experience When you send your electricity query to bill(a)kplc.co.ke. it gives out the amount you owe KPLC, though is not detailed as the snail mail. If you send the query, say, on 14th of September, you'll get your bill status including the due date. The same is reflected when the snail mail arrives. Now does that mean the snail mail bill we get is just an estimate? I jail to understand how a bill checked a week before remains the actual bill! -- Solomon Mburu P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! blog: http://desires-and-dreams.blogspot.com

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Fwd: [Rising Voices] Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Call for Proposals
by Solomon Mburu 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Sasaki <osopecoso(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/9/22 Subject: [Rising Voices] Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Call for Proposals To: Rising Voices <risingvoices(a)googlegroups.com> This came from the MobileActive <http://mobileactive.org/> mailing list. From: Erwin Alampay [erwin_alampay(a)yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 1:47 PM To: research.ict(a)gmail.com Subject: Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Call for Proposals Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of the Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program to Assess the Impact of Public Access to ICTs. Up to 12 Research Fellowships will be awarded, each providing a grant of up to 22,000 € and specialized guidance to enable emerging scholars to carry out their own new and original research study examining the impact of public access to information and communication technologies (ICT).. Emerging developing country researchers from Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific region and Latin America and the Caribbean are invited to apply for a Fellowship. They may submit their application and conduct their research in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. The deadline for applying is Midnight Eastern Standard Time, 31 December 2009. The Program is an eighteen-months project sponsored by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and managed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, in collaboration with scholars from Undersidad de San Andres, Argentina and the University of the Philippines. Detailed information is available at www.upf.edu/amymahan/. The Frequently Asked Questions section is comprehensive and a good starting place to learn more about the Program. Until her passing on 5 March 2009, Amy Mahan was active in ICT for Development as a researcher and an activist. The Amy Mahan Research Fellowship Program is one of three important initiatives honoring our friend and colleague, Amy Mahan. The other two are: The Amy Mahan Young Researcher Fellowship in Pro-poor pro-market telecommunications inclusion policies. www.dirsi.pertinent.website APCs Global Information Society Watch 2009 ( http://www.apc.org/en/projects/global-information-society-watch-2009) Kindly disseminate this announcement to other researchers and scholars who might be interested in ICT for development research. Erwin A. Alampay Program Partner and Associate Professor UP-NCPAG -- Solomon Mburu P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all the same way to the side of a hill! AND It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! blog: http://desires-and-dreams.blogspot.com Sent from Nairobi, Kenya

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Safaricom Modem,
by James Wachira 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Looking to dispose my Safcon modem [for 2900]. Its just been sitting there gathering dust. If interested please send me an email. -- With Regards, James W, Nairobi, .ke |tel: +254 728 024 897 | gtalk: jwaciira | yahoo: jwaciira | twitter: jwaciira | ----------------------------- The Geek shall inherit the earth. - Linus 5:5

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Actionscript Link
by Ogure Obunga 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

Hi, I'm working with ActionScript 3. I want to make a link to an external HTML page through a button I created. The code getURL("path") does not work. When I try using the longer code that incorpoates a function, URLRequest is not recognized! What I'm wondering is if I have to include another class that includes the function URLRequest. Regards Obunga Ouya var url:String = "http://site"; var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url); try { navigateToURL(request, '_blank'); // second argument is target } catch (e:Error) { trace("Error occurred!"); }

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Fwd: [ke-internetusers] Internet charges to be regulated
by Gakuru Alex 22 Sep '09

22 Sep '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:59 PM Subject: [ke-internetusers] Internet charges to be regulated To: ke-users <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> BY Evelyne Njoroge Updated 20 minutes ago NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 22- The government has warned that it would be forced to step in and regulate internet connectivity charges if the prices will not come down significantly in the next one month. Information Permanent Secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo said on Tuesday that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were still making obscene profits from the high cost of bandwidth despite the operationalisation of the fibre optic cables. “They are being mischievous. We have been talking about $6000 per Megabyte, telling us that they are lowering to $600 which from our calculation their payback would be in less than six months that is not what we want,” he stressed. It was widely believed that with the coming live of the SEACOM and The East African Marine System (TEAMS) cable, the cost of bandwidth would come down significantly but this has not happened. The cost of one megabyte of bandwidth locally has been going for between Sh298, 000 and Sh445, 000 ($4000-$6000) until recently when the fibre optic cables landed. Many ISPs say they have reduced this to Sh45, 000 ($600) but the government wants this lowered to Sh15, 000 ($200). “We have many options but it’s always good to leave the competition to push the pricing down, but it doesn’t the regulator (Communication Commission of Kenya), would step in,” the PS emphasised. He said the argument that the providers have increased capacity for the same pricing is not valid since majority of Kenyans cannot access affordable and after internet connectivity. “That is nonsense. If Kenyans are not able to afford, then I’m not happy because for me to ensure that the economy grows it is to make broadband available to Kenyans. But now it cannot be used, not many people have this in their homes,” he complained. The providers have been accused of behaving like a cartel but they have defended themselves arguing that they need to recoup their investments which have been dependent expensive satellite links. ... http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/Kenyabusiness/Internet-charges-to-be-re…> _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers

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