December 2011 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Battle 2012: Animation
by Allan O. 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hey, Just stumbled upon this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8LcybdCNdA&feature=player_embedded#%21 Its an awesome depiction of the 2012 race. I think its awesome (better than some cartoons in the kulahappy ad)...a game could be more awesome? It is definitely progress in terms of animation in KE. Regards, Allay.

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Deploying/push office 2010
by wallace ngene 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

hi, I am working on an upgrade project of microsoft office from 2007 to 2010 and would like to know how i can deploy this from a central location to workstation machines. Any ideas? -- WALLACE NGENE TARURU wallacengene(a)gmail.com

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Make MySQL Scale
by Bernard Mwagiru 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Great info on how Facebook scales past 60 million queries per second! http://goo.gl/LhNAn

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Internet Consulting Opportunity in Sierra Leone
by Brian Munyao Longwe 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi skunks, I have received the following request. Anyone who has the skillset described below - there is an opportunity. Please email me off-list so that I can introduce you? -------------------------- I work for an ISP in Freetown, Sierra Leone and we are looking for a Mikrotik engineer to run our NOC. I wondered if you might know anyone who the position would suit? The role would also involve training up our local guys in Mikrotik and they must also have experience in VSATs, IP routing, network management, WiMax and WiFi Hotspots. -------------------------- -- 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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HP DV 6000 BATTERY REPLACEMENT
by Tusker 21 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Where can i get a HP battery replacement. Spare Part number *441425-001?*

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Re: [Skunkworks] Skunkworks Digest, Vol 22, Issue 117
by Josh Handley 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

We have been testing out RSupport (www.*rsupport*.com/)//which works over wifi or 3g with no restrictions on the subnet. So far looks pretty good. Only downside is that unless you have one of the very few supported phones you have to root your device. We are trying to work with them and Huawei to get the Ideos officially supported. Josh On 08/12/11 1:50 PM, skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke wrote: > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 13:49:37 +0300 > From: Juggy Boy<am.mambo(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks Mailing List<skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] airdroid a useful app for remotely accessing > and controlling your device > Message-ID: > <CANeWb1MpT00-+kysUbzS2cE+z+N0SDkba9GoB1owScv-9j2hNQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Not helpful at all. You have to be in the same subnet. I need to access > mine from different networks.

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Brand yourself with a .me.ke domain name
by David I. Wambua 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

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Enable Sony Home Theatre play and recognize proprietary formats
by TheMburu George 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hey Skunks Got a sony home theater (DAV 610) that does not play some video formats except AVI and VOB on dvd, it does not recognize anything except mp3 file on USB drive. Is there any place or a way to fix this or enable it to support this format. Ideas,,, suggestions ./TheMburu -- Conservatism is the adherence to the old tried against the new untried.

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airdroid a useful app for remotely accessing and controlling your device
by Kevin Omondi 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

There will be situations where you’ll be away from your Android phone but would nevertheless like to do some housekeeping or other tasks on it. AirDroid <https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sand.airdroid> is an app that enables you to remotely access and control your device from almost any modern web browser. Now you don’t have to get up from the desktop you’re currently working on to carry out some typical routine you would manually need to do on the phone itself. One limitation about this program is that it requires both Android phone and PC to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. This is fortunately off-set by the fact that you don’t need to install a client on the PC-side of this synchronization which means you can do everything on the browser and don’t have to be tied down to one desktop. *Make the connection.* AirDroid was made for the average user. There are no complicated router configurations involved. The first time you activate the app on your mobile device, the main screen displays an IP address and network port which is what you paste on the browser’s address bar later on to establish the sync. There will also be a random password which you’ll need to log in when you’re on the desktop’s browser. You can change this password and establish other setting at this point. For example you can set the app to automatically launch after boot up or keep the network connection active while you’re logged in. *Accomplish tasks remotely.* After you navigate to the given IP address and network port on your desktop’s browser and enter the password, you’ll be greeted with a fairly organized UI. There are shortcut icons with labels like Messages, Files, Contacts, Apps, etc. These basically define and group together the kind of operations you can carry out. So if you want to send or delete SMS just click on Messages or if you want peek into your SD card you then select the Files icon. Not surprisingly there’s also an Android Market icon which means you can download and install new apps to your device via the desktop. *Monitor your device’s status.* Over on the right side of the UI displayed on the browser is a small box that displays your Android device’s info – model and current internal and removable storage capacity. Clicking on the Details button, will open up a window where you can again navigate through all the files on your device from contacts to photos. This is where you can do more refined memory management and other housekeeping tasks for optimizing your device’s performance. A really useful function included in AirDroid is batch selection. The feature works for most of the types of tasks that the app allows. This way you can for example send several messages simultaneously or cut, copy, or paste any number of files. The categories of operations found on the browser are also displayed on the app as tabs. You can actually do the same tasks directly on your device. So even without a situation that calls for remote access and control, you can still use the app as a simple device management utility.

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And what will the jamaas who sell chips funga do?
by Timothy Mutugi 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Dear eSkunks, I have been trying to read the ePaper version of the Standard. But I find it very very very difficult since I have to zoom in and zoom out and then scroll left and scroll right and then scroll up and then down so as to read the damn paper. I think all this movement of my wrist and eyeballs will eventually cause some repetitive stress damage... I am just wondering, must an ePaper be an exact replica of the actual newspaper? Why can't Standard media just post the full newspaper's content on the website in plain html plus images. They can also have the adverts and classifieds annexed therein. This content can still be restricted to paid subscribers. But, WTF (please excuse my Kimeru), must it look exactly as the newspaper...damn I have a 15" screen...! Perhaps a jamaa in the diaspora, who is homesick, can struggle with this unnecessary movements, but for me, I think it is better to just buy the real thing. Can someone on the list can tell us how other implementations of ePapers have been done...for example, how has Rupert Murdoch done it? Are they replicas of the real thing? And what will the jamaas who sell chips funga do? eTimo.

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