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Fwd: SIP Trunk Providers - KE
by Odhiambo Washington 27 Jun '18

27 Jun '18

FYI I got this in my personal Inbox after the post. Perhaps some of you would like to comment about their experience with SimbaNET SIP Trunks. I never knew they existed. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dragan Dincic <dragan(a)simbanet.co.ke> Date: 20 August 2013 17:08 Subject: RE: [Skunkworks] SIP Trunk Providers - KE To: odhiambo(a)gmail.com SimbaNET provides SimbaTRUNK service.**** ** ** This services gives you a free Nairobi number and SIP trunk for 20$ a month for 30 channels. Local termination rates are like 2.99 Ksh for mobile and 2.39 Ksh for fixed. Most of the international destinations go for 2.33 Ksh (UK, USA, India, Europe) …**** ** ** SimbaTRUNK is on the market for at least last 6 months …**** ** ** ** ** Regards,**** [image: Dragan - SimbaNet Email Signature]**** ------------------------------ Wananchi Group Disclaimer and Confidentiality Note **** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. The views expressed herein are those of the sender and not of the Wananchi Group. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. *http://www.zuku.co.ke***** ** ** -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."

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Bitcoins
by Mark Mwangi 17 Jan '18

17 Jan '18

Is anyone here minting bitcoins? 1 is trading now for 60 dollars. I am regretting why I did not start minting years ago when they had just been launched. http://bitcoin.org/ -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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CERN NEWS : Are we there yet on the search for the Higgs boson ?
by Martin Chiteri 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Video on youtube [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U9VyT5zevc ] There shall be a special seminar broadcast on the 4th of July, 2012 at [ http://webcast.web.cern.ch ] The Higgs' boson explained, Comic strip: [ http://vimeo.com/41038445 ] Martin.

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Definitive How to for ZTE orange on ubuntu..
by [Brainiac] 15 Dec '16

15 Dec '16

Hello good people, if any of you have been successful in configuring the ZTE 3G+ modems on ubuntu, kindly share the procedure. Cheers. -- *“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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Home Theatres comparison
by Dennis Kioko 08 Nov '16

08 Nov '16

So, After more than 6 years of listening to music on my Creative SBS A300s and Logitec/Sennheiser earphones , I think I'm becoming deaf and therefore no longer in a position to appreciate the bass in the Creatives. I would like to replace them with a hometheatre that offers some great sound reproduction in the 50 Hz range upwards. However, I am surprised that most of what I am seeing here ( http://www.jumia.co.ke/home-theatre/) does not offer bluetooth pairing or even DNLA. I thought stuff in this age should even have a mobile app to control the damn thing? Are the Koreans and Japanese running out of steam? -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>

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Penetration Testing Companies
by Wilson Bandi 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi Skunks, Kindly advice on any Pen-Test companies to contact me urgently. Thank you. -- Kind Regards, Wilson B.

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Farm management software
by Ian Macharia 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi Skunks, I am looking for a software(preferably open source) to manage farm operations this should include but not limited to: - inventory of farm inputs both for plants (seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, labour,) and animals (medicine, dairy feed, vet costs). - inventory of outputs from plants(harvest volumes) and animals(milk volumes, meat volumes). - inventory of farm machinery(tractors, generators, pumps, cars, trucks, etc). - records of farm machinery maintenance like fuel, service, parts. Thanks and regards, Ian

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Request Tracker Ticketing System
by Humphrey Forum 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Hello, Anybody out there who can assist in giving details on how to configure Request Tracker Ticketing System. The system has been written in Perl. I have managed to intall it but have been unable to configure it to pop E-Mails. Your assistance will be appreciated. Regards, Humphrey

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help desk software
by Jacinta Gugu 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Does anyone know of a good opens source helpdesk software, where clients report their issues to the IT team to be worked on ..

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USSD App
by Dennis Mureithi 30 Sep '15

30 Sep '15

Dear Skunks, I have created a web service to manage sessions for a USSD application. What is the process of taking it to production? Precisely, can I acquire a short-code directly from mobile service provider or do i have to get that from a PRSP? Second, if I have to use a PRSP do I have to host the webservice with the or can I host it at my own server? Kindly advise. Kind regards -- * To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.* *- Zen Poem*

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Bulk E-Mailing
by Ken Muturi 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

I want to write a bulk emailing app (PHP/MYSQL), am worried about server loads and host guy blocking my site ?? Which is the best/appropriate approach for writing this app.

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OT - CITY COUNCIL OF NAIROBI WEBSITE
by Ken Teyie 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

The City Council of Nairobi or the Town Clerk must be a sleeping lot. Their 'official' site http://www.nairobicity.org still recognizes Dick Wathika as the Mayor and John Gakuo as the town clerk. Or do they have another site? Which one is it? Anyone knows? -- KT, M: +254 722 28 98 04 www.mondeas.com “When you are busy making excuses, you are not making money, making friends, or making the world a better place. Every loser out there has an excuse as to why they’re not a winner – but at the end of the day, they’re still a loser with an excuse.” -Tana Goertz

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Re: [Skunkworks] Samsung SSD EVO840
by dwahome＠gmail.com 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

what capacity and at what cost? R D ----- Reply message ----- From: "Watson Kambo" <wkwats(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Subject: [Skunkworks] Samsung SSD EVO840 Date: Fri, May 9, 2014 10:00 Hello All, I finally got my hands on the SSD drive did the clone for my laptop and I can tell you am impressed, the boot up time has halved, loading my programs is much quicker and searching my files is a bliss. Guys this is it I love it, I do not need to upgrade my Core i5 an time soon, and having suffered a great loss recently when my Laptops Hard drive and my Backup disk both failed (My laptop bag had a slight accident :-)). I hope this at-least helps in case. Oh and the laptop is much much quieter. BR// -- Watson Kambo

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Re: [Skunkworks] TV Card that is digital compliant
by William Muriithi 19 Jun '15

19 Jun '15

> > > > I am looking for a tv card for my laptop that is digital/analog, > > preferably external, I have asked in CBD but guys have analogue only TV > > cards. This set-top box thing is going to stress me. > > A TV card for laptop, never seen a TV laptop but you may have luck with pcie desktop cards. Subscribe to a mythTV user group somewhere and you will get a solid answer. > > Any ideas where I can get one? > > > > _______________ Muriithi ________________________________ > > skunkworks mailing list > > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > ------------ > > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > ------------ > > > > Skunkworks Rules > > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > > ------------ > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Odhiambo WASHINGTON, > Nairobi,KE > +254733744121/+254722743223 > "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler." >

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president website
by Oliver Ndegwa 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Someone help, this site has been like this for weeks now. I dont know if the admin is waiting for Uhuru Kenyatta to come fix it himself. Save the president such embarrassments. Someone needs to be fired. http://www.president.go.ke/www/en/index.php Oliver

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LIVE NSE FEED
by Michael Marosi 30 Apr '15

30 Apr '15

Hello all, I building a Wordpress website and would like to include a live NSE feed preferably as a news ticker and if possible an additional display similar to the one on wazua (http://www.wazua.co.ke/investor/livefeedfull.aspx) Would appreciate: i) Contacts of any such data vendors ii) Your experience both positive and negative working with such data vendors iii) Costs involved iv) Any other relevant info on possible data vendors of this service -- Regards, Michael Marosi +254716522195

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Popcorn time Hollywoods worst nightmare
by Kevin Omondi 20 Mar '15

20 Mar '15

Skunks I cam across this article about Popocorn time, a Netflix like service for streaming torrents. by the I had it installed and by this morning boom..it had been shut down. Anyway this article explains the disruption that would have been had this service not been stopped :- http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/17/popcorn-time-is-hollywoods-worst-nightmare…

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How Im now getting hulu and netflix in Kenya
by Kevin Omondi 14 Mar '15

14 Mar '15

Skunks I wish to share this process how I now get US TV on my TV at home. First I got subscribed to hotspot shield lite package ( costs about 4.99 USD per month) The package includes 3 devices. Next I set my ipad to the US app store ( using I and M card) and using a US based address. I downloaded Hulu Plus and Netflix on ipad. I subscribed online for the packages ( Impressively the prepaid I and M card being accepted) Next I stream from my Ipad to apple TV ( works with my unlimited Orange modem that have hooked up to a wifi router) and this have connected to my TV via HDMI. ( Apple TV is about 11k at Diamond plaza) I think it will work with the Chromecast from my Android device. Works perfect ( though sometimes Netflix degrades depending on connection but it never buffers) So in essence I get all this for 1600 kshs a month ( Netflix 8 USD and Hulu Plus 7.99 USD) I also want to get Sky Go app for EPL and just switch the VPN to UK or BBC Iplayer and will be able to watch Live EPL on IPAD. Next question I'm now asking is why I need Zuku Satellite ? Thanks Kevin

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Safaricom Post Pay
by Mark Mwangi 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

Hey, I am told Safaricom are no longer accepting Postpaid subscriptions. Any truth to this? -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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Help desk management systems
by nelson kinoti 04 Jan '15

04 Jan '15

can any one give me link to a site or someone you has a help desk support system

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Talk of a nice Mpesa-Android app
by Tusker 21 05 Dec '14

05 Dec '14

Talk of a nice android app for managing Mpesa transaction. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ddsafricaltd.mledgerBusin… Guys have gone the extra mile that lets you upload transactions online and finally, you can delete the Mpesa SMS from your phone regards, T21

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oDesk - Local Funds Transfer
by Kennedy Kairu Kariuki 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Can anyone who has used the above to move funds to local bank e.g. to equity advice if there are any charges by the local banks for receiving the cash. oDesk charges you USD. 3.99 per local transfer transaction * *

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Show Skunkworks - Please Try OkHi Android App
by Timbo Drayson 07 Nov '14

07 Nov '14

Hi all, OkHi is a tech startup based in Nairobi that's trying to solve the lack of physical address system in Kenya and beyond. OkHi will help you get people to your house without the annoying phone calls, or help you get to an external business meeting without getting lost. I would love your help by downloading the app from: http://goo.gl/1mnE2v Also, please send any thoughts, comments, feedback directly to me. Thanks so much for your help, Timbo

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Liquid Telecom
by Odhiambo Washington 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

So, anyone who has dealt with this company on technical issues? Do you know someone in particular I can talk to to get an IP address removed from their blacklist? This is their own IP blacklisted without any good reason. Calling them, you get this impression of a company that changed names, but retained the same staff that we taking it south. You write an e-mail to their address - ipsol(a)liquidtelecom.co.ke and almost 1 month nothing happens, despite several follow up phone calls handled by annoying fellows... -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 "I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."

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Kenya Power Prepaid units
by Mark Mwangi 22 Sep '14

22 Sep '14

Hey all, I am rather confused by the rates used by Kenya Power for issuing power units. 2000 /- does not get you a consistent no. of units yet the exchange rate is rather stable. Just this morning 2,000 bob got me 117 units which lasts about 12 days at 10 units a day. How much do listers get? Is it consistent? I also think they have zones with Westlands paying way more than Eastlands. -- Regards, Mark Mwangi markmwangi.me.ke

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