June 2010 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Safaricom7s Streaming Live online all weekend
by Daudi Were 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

Skunks, We're streaming the Safaricom7s live from RFUEA, Ngong Road at http://safarisevens.com <http://safarisevens.com/> Check out the link and the speeds and let me know how it looks from your side. -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were(a)gmail.com> skype: d.were

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BigBlueButton: a video/audio conferencing system with desktop sharing...
by saidimu apale 06 Jun '10

06 Jun '10

An uber-cool open-source system on par with (or better than) Cisco's WebEx, GoToMeeting, DimDim etc. http://www.bigbluebutton.org/ Skunkworks-KE meetings can now be attended remotely... (fingers crossed). saidi

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E-WASTE WORKSHOP
by Kathu 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

Hi, CCK will be facilitating a 2 day workshop on E-waste. Limited slots available. For those interested details available at http://www.cck.go.ke/links/public_notices/2010/Ewaste_workshop.pdf kathu

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OT: Lacie Multimedia HDD
by Bernard Mwagiru 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Lacie Multimedia HDD for sale.Contact me offlist. www.lacie.com Specs: Interface : USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible) Maximum Resolution : Up to 1920x1080i (via component interface) Supported File Systems : NTFS, FAT32, HFS+ non journaled (Mac®), FAT32 (Mac/Windows) Video Codecs : MPEG-1, MPEG-2 / HD, MPEG-4, DIVX, DIVX HD, XVID, H.264 HD, WMV9 HD, VC-1, AVC/AVCHD (a majority of AVC/AVCHD formats have been tested and are compatible). Video Format : AVI, MP4, MKV, WMV, DivX, DAT, MOV**, MPEG, VOB, ASF, TS, TP, TRP, M2TS, DVR-MS, DVD-Video (ISO, Video_TS)*** Audio Format : MP3, WMA, WAV/PCM/LPCM, AAC*, OGG, FLAC, AC3, MP4, MKA (*supports iTunes-encoded) Subtitles : SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI, PSB, ASS Interface Languages : English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Nederlands, Greek, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean Subtitle Languages : Western Europe, Central Europe (Windows-1250), Central Europe (ISO), Traditional Chinese (Big5), Simplified Chinese (GB18030), Japanese (Shift-JIS), Korean (EUC-KR), Cyrillic (Windows-1251), Cyrillic (KOI8-R), Turkish, Greek (Windows-1253), Greek (ISO) Playlist : PLS, M3U, WPL (Windows Media Player, Winamp compatible) Digital Audio : Multichannel decoding via Optical audio and HDMI to digital home amplifier DTS® : DTS, DTS-HD: Pass-Through via optical audio Dolby® : Dolby 2.0: Decode, Dolby 5.1: Downmixing and Decode Photo : JPEG*, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF/TIF (*excluding progressive jpeg) Output : Video: Composite (CVBS), RCA | Audio: Optical, Stereo Box contents: LaCinema CD External power adapter Remote control (includes 2 x AAA batteries) Composite audio video cable USB 2.0 cable Ethernet (network) cable ./bernard

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Fwd: [FOSSFA-Members] Please forward to your networks
by Judy Okite 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

FYI, Kind Regards, ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nnenna <nne75(a)yahoo.com> Date: Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM Subject: [FOSSFA-Members] Please forward to your networks To: members(a)fossfa.net Cc: Nigeria Community Radio Discussion List < nigeriacommunityradio(a)panosaudio.org>, ACSIS <africa(a)wsis-cs.org>, africa_net(a)yahoogroupes.fr, Naija_IT_Professionals(a)yahoogroups.com FOSSFA is looking for an enthusiastic African, currently living in Africa to serve the Foundation as Project Manager. Location for FOSSFA project Manager is preferably Accra, Ghana. Manager may however opt to work from his or her home base. TERM:12 months of initial contract. Renewable Full information : http://fossfa.net/node/106 _______________________________________________ Members mailing list Members(a)fossfa.net http://fossfa.net/mailman/listinfo/members_fossfa.net -- “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Annan

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Cash gone by G4S again
by ndungu stephen 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

News just in shows G4S has lost another Ksh 8 Million yet this firm has engaged on publicity in Papers <Kisumu ?> Mabbe someone shed a light as to what is happening at G4$ ?? There could be more than meets the eye <could it be money siphoning because the insurance will pay back? > Or is it a case of *'coming of age'* after watching numerous intelligent heist movies ? <Prison Break, Armored, Italian Job, Entrapment, Ocean 11 etc > ==

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OT: HTC hero
by Bernard Mwagiru 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

HTC hero for sale at US $450. Contact me offlist. ./bernard

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O.T Selling Orange BB Credit of 5999 @ 5200
by joe mwirigi 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Hi good people, am re-selling an orange broadband credit (ksh.5,999) - new and sealed - at ksh.5,200. Please if any one is interested, u can contact me offlist on 0721804390. Thanks and much rgds. #! /usr/bin/hope -w #$file: angel.mine script use strict; #Keep Going # become s good child my $pid = fork(); print $pid,"\n"; while(1) { sleep(never); }

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Jobs
by Moses 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Dear all, A local IT company is looking to recruit the new members with the following specifications. If you have a friend that qualifies, please ask them to send their CVs to the email address cvs(a)ad-tel.com. 1. System administrator. Requirements: - BSc in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical & Electronics Engineering or equivalent qualifications. - Minimum three (3) years experience in system administration. - Advanced and broad IT Knowledge in operating systems, network design and system auditing. - Linux System Administration. - Database Administration - Mysql, PostGres, MSSQL & Oracle. - At least four years work experience. - Knowledge in advanced routing and switching added advantage. - Professional Qualification in Advanced Network Administrator/CCNA/RHCE/RHCVA/RHCDS/MCSE/related certificates will be an added advantage. 2. Corporate sales executive. Requirements: • Familiarity with the Information Technology and technology services. • Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. . Excellent networking skills. • Thorough understanding of the sales process. . Familiarity with software solutions. • Team player but also be able to take charge of additional responsibilities and excel with minimum supervision. • Fast learner and ability to stay current in a fast paced industry.

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Interesting read....
by Geoffrey Mimano 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Now, if you'd like to keep your jobs writing useful programs BUT in some delicate unmaintainable manner (so you can never be fired because the day you are out the systems are gone), try this: http://mindprod.com/jgloss/unmain.html -- Mimano G. Muthondu, Software Developer skype : gmimano Mobile : +254 723 615 206

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