February 2011 - skunkworks - Skunkworks Site

VAT on Locally developed Software
by joseph karanja 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Hello Skunkworks, I would like to find out if Value Added Tax is applied on locally developed software. Reason I ask is because I've noted that 'imported' softwares e.g. quickbooks, kaspersky etc do not attract VAT. If possible can we get someone from KRA or the media personalities to push this question to the relevant authorities for clarification. -- Regards, Joseph Karanja Sales & Marketing Director 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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Code Jam Africa update - 5 Kenyan participants, 1 qualified for next round
by Christopher Kiagiri 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Kudos to all the 5 .ke participants in this year's Google Code Jam Africa<http://code.google.com/codejam/africa_arabia/> . In particular, congratulations to Erick Njenga, the lone Kenyan who made it past the qualification round! (here's the scoreboard<http://code.google.com/codejam/contest/scoreboard?c=837485#sp=201> ). Good luck in the final next week! Cheers, - Chris

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Re: [Skunkworks] [ke-internetusers] activating internet on airtel/zain?
by wesley kirinya 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

I called their customer care line and got directs to send SMS to 234. I sent message, "All" to 234, got the settings, stored them, made sure phone's configuration points to it, restarted phone (without removing battery) and nothing! The phone's network says Zain. A different Sim card says Airtel and has net connectivity. Phone Model: Nokia 2680s. 8~( --- On Sun, 2/20/11, Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [ke-internetusers] activating internet on airtel/zain? To: "wesley kirinya" <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> Cc: "ke-users" <ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net> Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:17 PM On list services providers can correct me but the last time I checked the various settings were: On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru(a)gmail.com> wrote: Zain: Kindly use the settings below to configure your phone manually to ZainGPRS/EDGE. Go to service, Wap, settings, Link settings, select a profile and key in the settings below: Profile Name: Zain access Homepage: in.wap.yahoo.com Security: None or off APN: ke.celtel.com Connection type: HTTP Proxy IP: 000.000.000.000 PORT: 9201 Username: Leave blank Password: Leave blank Authentication: Normal Select DONE And activate the profile OR Go to services, select Data Account, Pick any empty account from the list and edit as follows. Account Name: Zain internet APN: ke.celtel.com Username: blank Password: blank Authentication Type: Normal Go back to services, select WAP, settings, select edit profile, activate the profile and edit as follows: Rename Profile: Zain access Homepage: google.co.ke Data Account:GPRS, Zain internet Connection Type: HTTP IP address: 000.000.000.000 Proxy Port: 9201 Username: blank Password: blank Safaricom: SAFARICOM KENYA WAP/GPRS/EDGE SETTINGS (set this as default connection for both default web browser and your operamini or any other internet application) 1.PROFILE NAME: Safaricom Internet 2.PORT: 8080 3.USERNAME: saf 4.PASSWORD: data 5.I.P ADDRESS: 172.22.2.38 6.SERVER URL: http://kenyawap.xtgem.com 7.APN/GATEWAY: safaricom 8.DATA BEARER: GPRS SAFARICOM KENYA MMS SETTINGS 1.PROFILE NAME: SAFARICOM MMS 1.DATA BEARER: GPRS 1.USERNAME: saf 1.PASSWORD: data 2.HOMEPAGE: http://mms.gprs.safaricom.com 3.IP ADDRESS: 172.22.2.38 3.MMS SERVER: mms.gprs.safaricom.com 5.APN: safaricom Orange: Orange GPRS settings APN: bew.orange.co.ke Username: orange Password: orange Security settings for the internet connection: Authentication Type: PAP(Point Authentication Protocol). NB: Do NOT configure it to use MS-CHAP(Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol).PAP should do. Hope they work for you. On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 5:04 PM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hey guys, How do I activate internet on Airtel/Zain? Surprisingly I cant find the info on their website: http://africa.airtel.com/kenya/ _______________________________________________ ke-internetusers mailing list ke-internetusers(a)bdix.net http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers

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E-75 cover
by george 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

Afternoon Skunks, Any one knows where to get a Nokia -E75 cover? Regards, George.

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Premium Property Leads -Daily updates
by thea maina 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

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Fwd: [afnog] AfNOG 2011 Advanced Routing Workshop
by Michuki Mwangi 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [afnog] AfNOG 2011 Advanced Routing Workshop Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:31:31 +1000 From: Philip Smith <pfs(a)cisco.com> Organization: Cisco Systems To: AfNOG List <afnog(a)afnog.org> Hi everyone, In case you have not been reading the AfNOG 2011 announcements from Nancy, I'd like to let you know about one *new* workshop being offered at AfNOG 2011 this year. For many years folks have been asking for more detailed BGP training than was possible to fit into the Scalable Infrastructure workshop. Well, your requests have been answered, and Mark Tinka and I will be leading the Advanced Routing workshop in Dar es Salaam. We'll be teaching ISIS and BGP. Including iBGP, eBGP, and especially how to implement BGP policies for Multihoming. The workshop will include IPv4 and IPv6 Routing as well. (I've attached the workshop synopsis.) If you are interested, please sign up for the workshop. The sooner you do the better, so that AfNOG Secretariat can plan properly for the event. Applications: http://www.afnog.org/application.html Thanks!! philip -- Advanced Routing The workshop is a mix of lectures and hands-on training in a well-equipped classroom over a five-day period to teach skills required for the configuration and operation of large scale Networks that make up the Internet. Who should attend: Technical staff who are now building or operating a wide area service provider network or Internet Exchange point, with international and/or multi provider connectivity. Participants are required to bring laptops. Pre-requisites: Successful completion of a previous AfNOG Scalable Infrastructure Workshop or similar training. Alternatively, participants must demonstrate acceptable knowledge of or their experience with a router configuration language. Experience of interior routing protocols such as OSPF or ISIS is also necessary, and participants must have used BGP. Some user level Unix experience would be advantageous. Workshop Contents: * Introduction to the ISIS Routing protocol * Introduction to IPv6 * BGP refresher, including attributes, policies, communities and best practices. * BGP scaling techniques, including Route Reflectors and peer-groups * Techniques and strategies for multihoming using BGP. * Introduction to peering and Internet Exchange Points. * Best practices for Internet operations. -- _______________________________________________ afnog mailing list http://afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afnog

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(no subject)
by ndunda eric 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

..It�s so cool and wonderful to do shopping on-line sitting at home! http://kumlai.free.fr/2011.php?s=1767 -- skype:zigzagah87 ericmakau(a)swiftweb.co.ke ndunda_eric(a)yahoo.com http://mambokenya.blogspot.com

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(no subject)
by Nicholas Mutinda 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

.What is love? http://www.cleanmachine.de/2011.php?ID=9089

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Re: [Skunkworks] 6
by susan muthui 21 Feb '11

21 Feb '11

...As everyone knows shopping is the most interesting pastime in the world. http://www.clubmedian.hu/2011.php?hotmailID=6124

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Ace (Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor) and Cloud9 IDE
by Joseph Wayodi 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Hey people, For the JavaScript developers out there, check out the Ace (Ajax.org Cloud9 Editor) and Cloud9 IDE projects. You can find a live demo of Ace here: < http://ajaxorg.github.com/ace/build/editor.html>. Joseph.

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