December 2011 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

Infrared or Bluetooth?
by aki 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Since am old school, I find that most of hardware manufacturers use irDA implementations for devices like remote controls. And these devices work very well. On Phone handsets I can agree that irDA will not work due to line of sight issues and therefore BT is much better suited. But BT is just a very small sector compared to irDA. However, I'd invite @James Nzomo to write more about BlueTooth and whether it at all is catching up to the irDA market devices, why manufacturers still prefer irDA and what extra processes are needed to sustain a BT service. Rgds.

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ps2 converter to USB (joseph karanja)
by joseph karanja 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

@ Aki, Thanks for the advice. -- Sincerely, Joseph Karanja Director of Sales and Marketing, Olivine Technology. Ojijo Plaza,Plums Lane, Off Ojijo Road, Parklands (Near Parklands Sports Club). www.olivinetech.com P.o. Box 14149-00800 Telephone:020-2667603 Mobile: 0720499322 Skype: karanja1984 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is intended for the use of the stated recipient only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Any views or opinions presented herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Olivine Technology Limited. Nairobi, Kenya

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More Stanford classes
by Laban Mwangi 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

http://www.class-central.com/

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Interesting setup
by Laban Mwangi 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/13649370142/what-powers-instag…

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Interesting Business card
by Kevin Omondi 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Skunks, I came across this business card on Google Plus and thought I could share it. Very original I must say.

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A TV DVB card question
by [ Brainiac ] 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hello skunks, I have the following: 1: The small DSTV decoder connected to a sony TV, a PC with a TV card running Debian, and a long Coax cable that can connect the TV card in the computer to <tv out?, DSTV out? > I am trying to: 1: Watch tv from my computer. 2: Watch top gear when they <no names> are watching soaps on local TV which seem to be running 2-4-7 3: Record some stuff onto my hard drive. Is there something i could do short of buy another TV and enable multi view on my DSTV? -- *“The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy”* ~ Alex Carey ~ Tel No: 0x2af23696

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Integration of virtuemart to pesapal
by amarjit.labhuram＠gmail.com 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Hey guys, Anyone managed to do the above said integration or to any other local e-commerce gateway. More suggestions would be well appreciated. Share suggestions here for all and as for the integration you can contact me offlist. Thanks. Regards, Amarjit S. Labhuram Sent from my BlackBerry®

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hp-probook 4330s to buy
by mwei gideon 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Hi Techies I'm looking for hp-probook 4330s to buy, any seller or advice please contact me! > 0720577723

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ps2 converter to USB
by joseph karanja 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

@ Skunkworks I have a posiflex cd2860 ccd scanner that uses a serial ps2 port. I have attached a usb converter to the ps2 port, plugged it into my laptop, however, when I scan a barcode the barcode number is not displayed. What could be the possible problem/solution? -- Sincerely, Joseph Karanja Director of Sales and Marketing, Olivine Technology. Ojijo Plaza,Plums Lane, Off Ojijo Road, Parklands (Near Parklands Sports Club). www.olivinetech.com P.o. Box 14149-00800 Telephone:020-2667603 Mobile: 0720499322 Skype: karanja1984 DISCLAIMER: The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is intended for the use of the stated recipient only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Any views or opinions presented herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Olivine Technology Limited. Nairobi, Kenya

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Gps tracking
by Nicholas Mutinda 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Is there a software out there which can be installed on a non gps enabled phone, that can track the movement of the phone user and upload on google maps? If not, is there a device that can do tracking offline and upload tracking information onto google maps Sent from my android mobile device

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