June 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Hand Held Barcode readers a
by Joseph McDonald 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

I have a client who needs hand held barcode readers with the related hardware and software. If you have this solution please send me your quote. Include name of company,where you are situated and telephone. Best price quotes only. contact me offline mcdonaldoj(a)gmail.com Thanks

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Ipod repair
by James Mutuku 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hellos, Anyone who knows where I can take my ipod for repair? -- Best Regards, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke mutuku.wordpress.com Has your organization implemented a customer relationship management (CRM)system? visit http://www.agile.co.ke/crm.php and find out how our CRM can help you achieve better customer satisfaction and sales

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Hard Disk Recovery
by Amarjit Labhuram 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hellow skunks and skunkettes, Anyone know someone or a company that can perform data recovery from a failed hard disk? The disk does not get recognized or picked by the machine so chkdsk scan does not work nor could i use tools like recovery disk or HIREN tools to scan the disk. The hard disk only has a clicking sound when the machine is booted and nothing else. Really need advice and help to recover the data. Have a great day! Warm regards, Amarjit Singh Labhuram.

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Intensive due diligence is the backbone of any partnerships or investments?
by aki 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Have been reading about the TKL/Orange situation, there are many lessons to be learnt from the current saga. The problem is due diligence based on financial records may not be enough to justify partnerships. Books can be cooked, assets can be over-estimated/under-estimated as is the case with each parties case etc. Due diligence should also be based on performance, management and a proven track record to deliver. Which takes me to the next point : When local public companies take on board members, who performs the due diligence on such people? What criteria is used to say " ok, so and so is a top manager/ceo at so place and is therefore a candidate for the board position who will take the public entity to a new level "? Rgds. ( Am away for some weeks, so reading mails very randomly.)

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Our "Consumer Habits" holding the Economy at Ransom?
by Lloyd Njunge 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Loyalty however admirable it may be... is there such a thing as too much of it with regards to the Consumer? If there is one indisputable fact about "History"... it does have a nasty habit of repeating itself. That being said, call me a pessimist but its only a matter of time before the same sort of financial fiasco that hit "Wall Street" and caused an unprecedented ripple effect across the globe hits home. If anything, the Nyagah Stock Brokers collapse was a feeble warning shot. WHEN? That we cannot determine. HOW? Like with everything else that goes wrong as far as financial matters are at stake, greed, irresponsibility in other words, the wrong individuals in all the right places literally gambling with (Public/Private) funds and with a complete disregard for consequence. The collapse of American giants Enron, Leyman Bros etc was never even once thought of but the fact of the matter remains, it happened. WHY? Allow me to break that down into two parts: - 1. Non-Existent safeguards and/or stringent enough laws put in place by the goverment, this is the Kenyan Goverment we are talking about after all. 2. By consumers unsuspectingly putting ourselves in a position to exponentially catalyze an Economic crunch. Example: - Via "excessive" consumer loyalty to a brand and unyielding stubbornness as far as CHANGE with regards to our spending habits is concerned we have placed one Communications Service Provider (Safaricom Ltd) in a position to rake in tens of billions of shillings annualy and dominate 80% plus of a market share in which there are 3 other players. Don't get me wrong, from one standpoint it is indeed a commendable not to mention impressive achievement as far as corporate strategy and success is concerned. However,bear in mind it is a publicly listed company, hypothetically throw in a national/regional economic meltdown causing mass collapse in stock & local currency values and ask yourself, would Kenya really be able to come back from that? Throw in the same scenario but in this case the subscriber Market Share and hence profits are much more evenly distributed amongst all the 4 existing CSPs in the country. Im no "Economic/Financial Expert" but im going to go out on a limb here and state that this second scenario would have a softer blow on the economy. If for no other reason, i think consumers should realize how much power they collectively hold. They can make or break institutions via their spending habits. Some rhetoric for you to consider, "How do you plan on holding yourself accountable?"

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Nexus One gets USB host driver from a dude with an oscilloscope
by Christopher Kiagiri 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/04/nexus-one-gets-usb-host-driver-from-a-du… For Sven Killig, running Android 2.2 wasn't enough. No sir, this dude wanted even more power for his Nexus One, so he went ahead and penned a few lines of code that have allowed his Googlephone to act as a USB host. As a result, he can now do cutting edge stuff like plugging in USB keyboards and webcams, as well as more useful things like watching movies off USB sticks or connecting to a monitor via a DisplayLink USB-to-DVI adapter. All these features are demonstrated in the video after the break, and you'll find the downloadable binaries at the source -- Sven expects them to work on Android 2.1 as well.

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Barcamp Nairobi/Wherecamp Africa
by Phares Kariuki 07 Jun '10

07 Jun '10

Hi, Event is 55% booked. Kindly register for planning purposes. http://www.barcampnairobi.com/?page_id=21 <http://www.barcampnairobi.com/?page_id=21>Thanks, -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Adobe Photoshop CS5
by Anthony Mutua 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Hello guys, I'm looking for Adobe Photoshop CS5. Could anyone tell me how much it costs and where i can get one. Regards, Tony

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OT: Automatic World Cup Reminder
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Breaking Story: There's a World Cup taking place in exactly 7 Days and if you feel nothing for soccer please ignore this message. Here are some recommended steps to make sure you don't miss the action ;-) 1) Go to http://www.markthisdate.com/calendar/World_Cup_Football_Complete_Match_Sche… and download the calendar of ALL the games and save the calendar on the local drive. 2) If you have M$ Outlook go to import click on import an icalendar or vcalendar file (.vcs) and import all the matches into your calendar click on the games you dont want to miss and add a pop reminder. Hopefully it'll synch with your fone ;-) 3) If you are a gmail user, go into your account, and click on Calendar > Settings > Calendar Settings > Calendars. Below you'll see a link for import calendar. Select the .ics file you downloaded from the link above. After successfully importing the schedule click on Notifications in order to set a default reminder on all the games. You can choose a reminder on pop-up, email or sms and the duration of notification (uber kool) If you have an Android fone (but do I say) send a verification code which will allow your fone calendar to be synched to that of your mail calendar. Donnow if the facility works on other mail systems and fones (Nokia Mpo?) , go ahead give it a try. Seat back and wait for the tournament to start and be sure not to miss any game. Kiania D.

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Hotsopt
by kris njoroge 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

A friend of mine is setting up a coffee shop in town and would like to give free internet. For those on list who offer the service of setting up would like quotes but before that can be done, what would you need to enable you make an informed quote? -- "Humility grows a little more each time i genuinely listen to the experience of another human being". Brahma Kumaris

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