December 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

A Good read for the Sluggish holoday season......
by kiiru polly 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=546&tag=mantle_skin%3Bcontent Have a good day & Take Care God Bless Polly

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aaargh!!!
by David Njuguna 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

There is a special place in hell for people who decide and write features for IE.

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OT: Is this a safe business? - www.paintballkenya.com
by Claire Njoki 15 Dec '10

15 Dec '10

Guys, I've just seen this advert on facebook for Paintball... http://www.paintballkenya.com I was just wondering... 1. Is it safe to run such a business in Kenya? 2. How does one actually import those "guns" and "bazookas" or "Paintball Rocket Launcher"...etc... 3. Don't you think that if our overzealous police catch you playing with such guns you will be arrested and charged with training a "militia" ...? I ask this because I want to start such a business huko ushago...considering that the areas is infested with ex-mungiki...it might be a bit tricky because this might tempt them to go back to their life of crime... Don't you think it might be a bit alarming to fill an Import Declaration Form indicating that I am importing 2 rocket launchers, 20 grenades, 15 bazookas, etc... Claire.

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Re: [Skunkworks] SEO .htaccess rewrite rule
by Steve Obbayi 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Yeah that should work. Unless you are running the .htaccess from the root then the Rewitebase below might be unintentionally taking you back to the the root folder which will ofcourse give you are error. If you are getting a page cannot be found (404) then the number of parameters in the rule may be conflicting. Other than that your htaccess file is okay. Steve Obbayi Software Developer http://sobbayi.com ----- "jamo njoroge" <patjayke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Here's a copy of the .htaccess file i simply see no reason why it's not working. > Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On Rewritebase / RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)$ index.php?category=$1&searchKey=$2 > Options All -Indexes > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Ndungi Kyalo < ndungi(a)gmail.com > wrote: > jamo, > > a link is a link is a link. static or dynamic, it should work as obbayi says. > > > > On 14 December 2010 02:06, jamo njoroge < patjayke(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Thanks again Steve i think i might know where the issue is, correct me if im wrong but i dont think the rewrite rules work on hard coded link do they? i.e static links? > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Ndungi Kyalo < ndungi(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Check that .htaccess directives are allowed to override apache's httpd.conf settings. Specifically, look up the directive "AllowOverride" as pertains to your document root directory and set it to "All". Restart apache and try again. > > > On 14 December 2010 01:43, jamo njoroge < patjayke(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Thanks Steve, The module is setup ok as i have a rule the forces www.mydomain.com instead of mydomain.com and it works fine but for some reason the rule you gave me does not work. > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: > > RewriteEngine On > > RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)$ index.php?category=$1&mykey=$2 > > > If your module is actually set up okay the rule above should work for your link > > -- > Steve Obbayi > Software Developer > http://sobbayi.com > > ----- "jamo njoroge" < patjayke(a)gmail.com > wrote: > > Hi skunks, i have been struggling on how to create a rewrite rule for this link on the htaccess file on my root folder anyone out there has a clue? Ive been to many online rewrite rule sir\tes where i feed this link and the resultant rule is simply not picked up by the mod_rewirite apache module. http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?category=mycategory&mykey=mykey >

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Any one know about Open Casts Labs -
by Oliver Ndegwa 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

http://www.opencastlabs.com/2010/07/opencast-labs-process-factory-business.… Great work, nice resource for project managers, finance guys and data analysts. If you need to learn business intelligence and forecasting and KPIs you name it. Well done Kandie and team

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Andriod 2.3
by Watchman 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

It's out. check it @android.com -- ...and I shall shed my light over dark evil. For the dark things cannot stand the light.

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OT: Why do we let this creepy company called Google spy on our emails?
by Claire Njoki 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Well...I am a google user....but... here something to think about: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1337837/Google-Why-let-creepy-com…

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Mac Book Pro, AlienWare thread discussion: Add Toshiba Qosmio X500 as a serious contender
by aki 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Sharing some thots. Just finished setting the Toshiba Qosmio X500 laptop for someone and this machine is mad! Specs are Corei7 quad core CPU, 8GB RAM, total 1.2TB hdds and a whooping 18.4inch screen which no other laptop manufacturer besides Asus has come up with. The Toshiba laptop is definately on my wish list. In windows task mananger, you can see the 4X2 cores so you get the display of 8 processors. Amazing sound, full length keyboard, blu-ray, hdmi etc etc. ships with W7HE, 64bit. Downside is the battery life of max 3hrs and 4.6Kgs of weight. A huge upside side is a desktop specs machine thats a portable.

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Cisco ASA 5505
by Boniface 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

Afternoon Skunks, Does anyone have a Cisco 5505 in store currently. Contact me offlist with the pricing. Regards Bonz/

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Re: [Skunkworks] Orange Money users? FEEDBACK
by Odhiambo Washington 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Daudi Were <daudi.were(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 10 December 2010 18:59, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wash, suppose I want to send KShs. 4135 to Assange, I am in the middle of >>> nowhere with nothing but my phone. I want to know how much I will be charged >>> for sending and how much he will be charged for withdrawing so that I can >>> include it in the amount I send, a website in this would be really helpful. >>> >> >> > > I agree with Peter. > It is very very easy and very very basic to put MPesa rates on the > Safaricom without forcing us to download a pdf? > Wash, even if you can see no reason why this would be useful allow yourself > to ponder that it could be useful for someone else. > Peter gives one example. I am sitting at my desk and I want to send some > money via MPesa. How do I know how much to add so they can withdraw the full > amount? One way would be to post the information in an easily accessible > format on their website. It is ridiculous to assume that every MPesa > transaction occurs near one of their posters. > > I have asked someone at Safaricom who referred me to someone else who pointed me to this: M-Pesa Tarrifs: 1. http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=255 2. Look for "For the Full List of our M-PESA Tariff, please click on the link below". Click the hyperlink below it for the PDF!! Safaricom is now off the hook! Whose door do we knock at next?:-) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!

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