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Foster school's global social entrepreneurship competition (GSEC)
by Brian Munyao Longwe 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

UW's foster business school is accepting applications for the GSEC, the deadline is Nov 4th. http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/gbc/globalsocialentrepreneurshipco… -- Brian Munyao Longwe e-mail: blongwe(a)gmail.com cell: + 254 722 518 744 blog : http://zinjlog.blogspot.com meta-blog: http://mashilingi.blogspot.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] vacancies - 3 linux sys admins
by Steve Obbayi 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Actually @Imelda, you are right, it depends on where you work... everything in this world depends on another thing, doesn't it? A grad will see this as an opportunity to gain experience (it could be a good experience or a bad experience). No argument there. We all need to live, eat n play. Yeah the salary covers that... these are young minds, the brains behind the future innovation of Kenya. This is not just a Kenya problem... Imelda I get lots of college students emailing me to pay me to do their C++ and Assembly assignments for them. Seriously!!! These are simple problems. What happens when these guys hit reality claiming they know C++ or assembly and they charged to build critical systems. Then what? Yet their papers show they got al A's. It happens here a lots where programmers are hired to do a job and are let go coz they just cant hack it. Based on this Ad there is no experience that will be gained here unless the applicant takes up side projects. Here's why... Doing C++ project on linux, the guy needs to be competent with stuff like Make configurations, Linkers, compiler optimizations, Data structures, threading, memory, probably CPU optimizations 32/64bit, address spaces, The list goes on and on... someone with all that already has the experience and would not make sense doing this job to gain experience. In short i can guarantee you that the applicants will never write a single line of code in C++. they sould have asked for python or some other script. Steve Obbayi @Steve depends where you work at the end of the day , well for all the fresh graduates please apply and ignore the arrongance , trust me half of them are earning just slightly more than that (sorry i had to go there ) On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: The problem is here employers don't value the work techies do. Simple and clear. That's not the worst part. The wost is that we techies have been infected too and have lost value and pride in ourselves and in our work. Steve Obbayi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Ngure" < brian(a)pixie.co.ke > To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:56:09 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] vacancies - 3 linux sys admins There will always be people desperate enough to take those jobs. That is what many employers count on. On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Okechukwu < okechukwu(a)gmail.com > wrote: I still maintain - that skill set Linux + Programming and you want to pay 25k - you better drop dead coz you will not get. Its high time techies in this industry realize there worth, and @Imelda if you want to do the job at that pay, please go ahead and apply. .../Ok3ch On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve(a)sobbayi.com > wrote: > Programming C++? for that amount? Are these guys going to be witting "Hello > World!" applications all day? C++ is a VERY BIG and VERY COMPLICATED > language. There's a lot that goes into developing a decent C++ program and > it can take years of active development to master C++. Yeah theory can be > learned in a couple of weeks and a simple app that asks your name and > displays it can be built on your first day. That means nothing as far C++ is > concerned, so don't start calling yourself a C++ programer just yet. > > So sking for a C++ programmer in that age bracket and that amount in this > day an age is crazy as this generation has practically no production code > experience in C++. If it were PHP, JAVA, C# thats another story but not with > C++. > > my 2cents > > Steve Obbayi > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Njuki" < njukey(a)gmail.com > > To: "Skunkworks Mailing List" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:59:26 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] vacancies - 3 linux sys admins > > IMO if it is serious work just hire one experienced Linux admin and pay > him/her the total sum paid to all the three "rookies" being sought after coz > frankly I think with such job adverts that will lead people to eventually > undermine Linux admins and what they are actually worth, Look at web design > nowadays, you got every quack of tom, dick and harry doing it and charging > meagre fees. > > > -- > ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ > 'spɹɐƃǝɹ > ıʞnɾu pıʌɐp > > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ > Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… > ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic...php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… > ------------ > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co...ke -- Regards Brian Ngure _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co..ke -- The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1… ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke

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Limited Options | What do the other telco players do
by [ Brainiac ] 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

I would like, for a purely business management perspective to hear what you guys would do if you were in the feet of Orange Kenya and Yu Essar in view of rough waters. This should be a good discussion on strategy and adaptation in IT business., -- Posted on 100% recycled electrons

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<ADVERT> Dell Inspiron N5010---Top shelf Notebook.Plenty of processing prowess for Business & Pleasure @ $771. Now with Powerful Intel Core i3 Processor & 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics Card
by Alvin Jason Ochieng 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

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BROKEN DOWN HARD DRIVE.
by Dave Kirirah 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Any one who has a FUJITSU 500GB 2.5" | TYPE G2 (TOSHIBA COOPORATION) Model MJA2500BH | SATA. with a working board i can borrow to extract data from a mulfunctioned drive of a similar kind. Please share if you do or know someone who deals with this drives all the time. Thanks.

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OpenFlashCharts + Codeigniter
by Isaak Mogetutu 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hi Gurus, I need some help fixing labels on a pie chart generated by openflashcharts I have managed to get the segments populated but the labels are not working. Ideas are welcomed public function get_data_pie() { $this->load->plugin('ofc2'); $title = new title( $title ); $pie = new pie(); $pie->set_alpha(0.6); $pie->set_start_angle( 35 ); $pie->add_animation( new pie_fade() ); $pie->set_tooltip( '#val# of #total#<br>#percent# of 100%' ); $pie->set_colours( array('#1C9E05','#FF368D') ); $sql = mysql_query("SELECT gender, count(gender) AS number FROM students GROUP BY gender"); $max = 0; while($row = mysql_fetch_array($sql)) { $data[] = (intval($row['number'])); $label[] = (intval($row['gender'])); to show "Male","Female" Labels on the respective segments } $pie->set_values( array(new pie_value($data,$label) ); this segment is what needs a patch $chart = new open_flash_chart(); $chart->set_title( $title ); $chart->add_element( $pie ); * * * * $chart->x_axis = null; echo $chart->toPrettyString(); } -- Isaak Mogetutu

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20 Kenyan Web & Tech Innovations Worth Watching - Thoughts?
by Mark Kaigwa 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

By no means an exhaustive <http://bit.ly/dhWLNx>list, Here's the list as appeared on Memeburn.Com It includes: - Whive - Wazua - KenyanLyrics - Mocality - Eat Out Kenya - PataUza Link - memeburn.com/2010/08/20/20-kenyan-start-ups-worth-watching<http://bit.ly/dhWLNx> Thoughts? Mark Kaigwa Creative Director | Digital Media Strategist Kenya: +254-722-905-553 | +254-714-278-846 South Africa: +27-76- 884-9931 Twitter: http://twitter.com/MKaigwa Schedule: http://tungle.me/MarkK Blogs: http://africandigitalart.com | http://afrinnovator.com | http://gotissuez.com

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KDN
by michael wambua 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

KDN support what's happening The net is down since morning On 8/13/10, Samuel Wachira <wachirasam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Blonde walks into a doctor's office. > "Doctor, my whole body hurts" > She touches her leg, "Ouch!" yells. > She touches her earlobe, "ouch!" she cries > She touches her hair, "Ouch!" she screams. > > > The doctor tells her, > "Madam, yo've got a broken finger" > > > Made my day.. > > Sam > -- Sent from my mobile device Michael Wambua +254 712710697 info(a)michaelwambua.com www.michaelwambua.com

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Vacancies : Network Engineers
by Nick Muttai 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

To all interested Skunks, A company is looking for the the above. The requirements are below: The Network Engineer position oversees the installation, configuration and maintenance of networked information systems. *Responsibilities:* 1. Install all new hardware, systems, and software for networks. 2. Install, configure, and maintain network services, equipment and devices. 3. Supports administration of servers and server clusters. 4. Manages all system back-up and restore protocol. 5. Plans and supports network and computing infrastructure. 6. Perform troubleshooting analysis of routers, servers, workstations and associated systems. 7. Documents network problems and resolution for future reference. 8. Monitors system performance and implements performance tuning. 9. Requires a thorough knowledge of networking essentials. 10. Oversee software and network security. 11. Strong analytical abilities and professional office experience needed. *Technical Skills and Requirements:* 1. Certifications: MCSE and/or CCNA, CCNP 2. Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar from a recognized institution 3. Systems: Windows, Cisco Systems, UNIX, Linux 4. Experience in networking including cisco switches, routers and firewalls, 5. Setup, implementation and maintenance of mail servers, DNS servers, web servers, anti-virus, anti-spam 6. Experience and knowledge of WANs, TCP/IP, DNS, VoIP, QoS, EIGRP, BGP, OSPF Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Send your résumé <r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9> and application letter to *jobs(a)commcarrier.com* <jobs(a)commcarrier.com> -- Mwafrika

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HOW COMES NO ONE IS
by Dave Kirirah 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

How comes no one is answering my HARD DRIVE post. I really need ur assistance techies....

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