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Acer LAPTOP 5742 casing/Chassis + Keyboard
by Thuo Wilson 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hello People, Kindly let me know if anyone of you has the chassis/casing (bottom) or whole for Acer laptop 5742. New or used so long as in good condition. I would also be interested if you have the keyboard for the same - used but also in very good condition. Kind Regards, Wilson./

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Mpesa and IE restriction
by Job Muriuki 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

Hello, I have never understood why Mpesa web platform only uses IE for certificate request but with the migration of the servers to Kenya I hoped that would be sorted. So am wondering if anyone managed to request the certificate from another browser? Regards, Job Muriuki, Skype: heviejob

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Linux/Network IT Engineer
by Tom Musau 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Dear All, Am looking for a Linux/Network IT Engineer preferably with CCNA and IT degree. Email CV offlst Kind Regards Tom

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MPesa coming home
by Peter Muchemi 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

There was a very good article on the team that brought mpesa home in yesterday's nation. 2 questions that were not answered by the said article are 1. Does Safaricom now own the IP + Source code or is it still under IBM or was it transfered to huawei? 2. With the "acknowledge" prowess of local developers, why did they have to do in china (my presumption). Regards -- Peter Muchemi Software Developer

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Safaricom SMS
by Thomas Kibui 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hi, Is there something wring with Safaricom SMS today ?

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Re: [Skunkworks] Daily Nation ePaper - Download Script [Linux/OSX]
by maina kibui 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

These scripts are everywhere I am using this python one. https://gist.github.com/ninenine/4a21305fac528c2ed6e5 Found it here : http://utafitini.com/home/post/1654/download-a-digital-copy-of-the-newspape… Sent on the run from mobile E&OE. On 24 Apr 2015 20:01, "Joseph Maina via skunkworks" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: Making hay while sun shines... On Apr 23, 2015 1:24 PM, "Njoroge Tito via skunkworks" < skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > The more people talk about this, the more likely that the freebies will > end.. Someone somewhere will discover it, and pap it will be fixed. > > Just saying.. > > On 23 April 2015 at 01:09, Morgan Emali via skunkworks < > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > >> So if I were to share this on a public domain, would that be deemed as >> illegal? >> >> Emali Morgan >> Team Leader Webonmobi.com >> Physical Address: AAYMCA Building 2nd Floor, State House Cresent, Nairobi >> Mobile: 0719510136 >> Website: www.webonmobi.com >> Blog: ww.webonmobi.com/blog >> Facebook: Facebook.com/webonmobi >> Twitter: twitter.com/webonmobiseo >> Internet Marketing, Website Development >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Tusker 21 via skunkworks < >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: >> >>> Thank You >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Lloyd N. via skunkworks < >>> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi skunks, >>>> >>>> Sadly, it took me the the better part of 15 minutes to resolve why i >>>> was getting a "404 Error" whilst trying to download today's ePaper. A minor >>>> oversight of the date's suffix on the download link thus having the date >>>> parsed as "21th" instead of "21st". "Garbage In - Garbage Out" indeed. >>>> >>>> I've decided a small bash script is in order. One that: - >>>> >>>> a) Looks up the machine's current day/month/year and stores them in >>>> variables. >>>> b) Appends the correct suffix/ (i.e 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) to the >>>> respective day's date. >>>> c) Passes the variables in the URL, automatically downloading the >>>> ePaper via 'wget' command. >>>> >>>> In case you are on Linux/OSX and prefer to skip the daily URL edit >>>> ritual, feel free to download it. >>>> i. Make it executable. ~$ chmod +x daily >>>> ii. Run it via terminal. ~$ ./daily >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> Lloyd Njunge. >>>> Cell: +254 723 739 733 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: [Skunkworks] Looking for POS software
by Kinpro Computers-All IT soutions 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hi We ve got one.Kindly see your Inbox for more details. -- Regards, Nicholas Peter.* Kinpro Computers.* *Box:*16954,Arusha. *Tel :*+255 732 972287. *Mobile**:* +255 754 914652 *Email: *kinprocomputers(a)gmail.com =============================================== Products: Software systems for :School management, Point of Sale > ---------------------------- > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2015 11:01:08 +0300 > From: nadhir mohamed <nadhir67(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks Mailing List <Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [Skunkworks] Looking for POS software > Message-ID: > < > CAJOamfWB28E8t0bpQ_wVy-GiM2L1g40WEJJQs4w_8U7Cg+iHag(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > am looking for a good POS! any leads > > > > ------------------------------

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CAT 5 Ethernet Cable Kshs. 2000/= per carton.
by Laban Jacobs 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

I have 40 Boxes of CAT 5 Ethernet Cable. AICO brand.

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Looking for HTC Repair
by Evans Ikua 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hi Skunks, My HTC One just went blank last evening for no apparent reason. Just like that! It wont show anything and it wont restart. Just dead, although the green light keeps blinking, indicating there is an alert. Its hardly a year old. Does anyone know anyone who does phone repair? Any good leads will be highly appreciated. -- *----------------------------------------------------Kind Regards,Evans Ikua,* Skype: evans.ikua Twitter: @ikuae Cell: +254-722-955831

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CISCO SWITCHES
by Eric Muita 25 Apr '15

25 Apr '15

Hello Listers, Anyone who supplies Cisco Switches. Kindly contact me offlist. Eric Muita Sent From My Android™ Phone

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Link Aggregation
by Lloyd N. 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi Skunks, Has anyone here ever deployed Multiple Link Aggregation? If so, what type of setup they deploy. Did it involve any specialized hardware? Router? Or something else? Increase in throughput is the primary goal, utilizing bandwidth from two (WiMax) links concurrently. Redundancy in case of one link's failure is a secondary "added advantage". -- Kind Regards Lloyd Njunge. Cell: +254 723 739 733

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Daily Nation ePaper - Download Script [Linux/OSX]
by Lloyd N. 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Hi skunks, Sadly, it took me the the better part of 15 minutes to resolve why i was getting a "404 Error" whilst trying to download today's ePaper. A minor oversight of the date's suffix on the download link thus having the date parsed as "21th" instead of "21st". "Garbage In - Garbage Out" indeed. I've decided a small bash script is in order. One that: - a) Looks up the machine's current day/month/year and stores them in variables. b) Appends the correct suffix/ (i.e 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) to the respective day's date. c) Passes the variables in the URL, automatically downloading the ePaper via 'wget' command. In case you are on Linux/OSX and prefer to skip the daily URL edit ritual, feel free to download it. i. Make it executable. ~$ chmod +x daily ii. Run it via terminal. ~$ ./daily -- Kind Regards, Lloyd Njunge. Cell: +254 723 739 733

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KODAK i2600 Scanner.
by Peter Muchemi 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Dear All, Am looking for a KODAK i2600 Scanner. Anyone selling? -- Peter Muchemi Software Developer

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FW: Deveint is Hiring - Circulate in Your Circles
by Norman Boinett 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anthony Nandaa <profnandaa(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 7:16 PM Subject: Deveint is Hiring - Circulate in Your Circles To: "Devs@Deveint" <devs(a)deveint.com> Cc: Norman Boinett <nboinett(a)gmail.com> We are welcoming direct referrals for these roles, from the internals. Send me the emails of the referrals and I will be on it. These are the roles: - 1 .NET developer – senior developer, at least 2 years of experience developing on .NET - 1 .NET developer Intern – junior developer, at least 1 year experience developing on .NET - 1 Android Developer Intern - at least 1 year experience developing Android apps - 1 PHP fullstack developer Intern – experience with PHP frameworks (CodeIgniter, Zend or Yii) - 1 Designer – 2+ years experience with AI and Ps; HTML/CSS will be an added advantage. For more details and how to apply: - http://blog.kaziplus.com/2015/04/deveint-is-hiring-1/ Rgds, Nandaa -- *Nandaa Anthony,* *Software Architect, Serial Founder & Mentor.**Twitter/Github: *@profnandaa <http://twitter.com/profnandaa> *Blog: *www.nandaa.com <http://nandaa.com/> *Quick Links:* labs.beyon.de | www.deveint.com | www.gdgnairobi.info -- *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to introduce a new order of things; for he whointroduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . . . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.”* (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition, 1984, p. 21.)

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AfricaHackon Conference - Call for Papers
by christian kisutsa 24 Apr '15

24 Apr '15

Greetings all, We are pleased to invite you to submit your papers for the AfricaHackon Conference on 31st July, 2015. All submissions will be reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity. Kind Regards, Christian Kisutsa

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Download your Google Search History
by Tony Likhanga 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

This got me thinking....whenever military technology gets released for civilian use...the military is definitely onto something bigger. Or am I simply a sorry conspiracist? http://venturebeat.com/2015/04/20/google-now-lets-you-export-your-search-hi… Tony

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Cross site scripting in drupal7
by harry amwayi 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Hello All i am looking for ideas on how i can secure my drupal 7 website against Cross site scripting -- Kind Regards Harry Amwayi

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KENIC WEBSITE
by Cynthia Wahome 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Hello All Does anyone know who currently manages the Kenic website. The site is rarely up and its become really frustrating Regards Cynthia

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Two Men Hospitalised in Smartphone OS Fight
by Kinuthia Ngugi 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

This topic never fails to excite; http://www.cellular-news.com/story/67450.php?s=h&utm_campaign=newsemail&utm…

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Training on ISO 27001
by James Kagwe 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Skunks, Kindly contact me if you offer training on the subject or you know a reliable trainer. The trainers I banked on are suffering from quorum syndrome. regards, James Kagwe

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Your opinions on a web app
by Tony Muthamia 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Hi people, i would like your honest opinion on a web app i am working on www.gradeyangu.com its a java spring app with mysql5.5 db, feel free to criticize. Thanks. Tony M.

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Fwd: Re: Daily Nation ePaper - Download Script [Linux/OSX]
by Lloyd N. 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Daily Nation ePaper - Download Script [Linux/OSX] Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:52:38 +0300 From: Lloyd N. <njungelloyd(a)gmail.com> To: Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu(a)gmail.com> I believe a good analogy here would be "bit torrent" clients and more specifically the Piratebay saga. The site's owners where liable for providing a platform where pirated/copyright infringed material could available online and were subsequently charged. Not once did i hear bit torrent client companies mentioned from a liable stand point. NMG have sub contracted "Real View Technologies" to offer their e-products online. However For a company whose portfolio of clients allegedly involves fortune 500 companies, they have done a shoddy job of it (ie. Paywall implementation) and thus content to the link is publicly available and as thus, public domain. Liabilty of loss from NMG's standpoint if and when this comes to their attention would rest with Real View Technology for not offering what they promised in their contractual agreement. Then theres the issue of not directly accessing NMG's personal infrastructure, but Real View Tech. On 04/22/2015 03:12 PM, Peter Karunyu wrote: > > Guys, I explained the scenario to a lawyer, he said specifically you > Lloyd, are liable. But for everyone else who used your script, it is > not so clear cut. > > You could confirm from another lawyer. > > On Apr 22, 2015 3:00 PM, "Lloyd N." <njungelloyd(a)gmail.com > <mailto:njungelloyd@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I believe Brian took the words right out of my mouth. > > On 04/22/2015 02:02 PM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks wrote: >> >> @Lloyd, I am told that you can be liable for aiding and abetting >> a crime. >> >> On Apr 22, 2015 9:51 AM, "Joseph Maina via skunkworks" >> <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> na hata taifa leo na East african ziko hapo.. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Okechukwu via skunkworks >> <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> http://downloads.realviewtechnologies.com/Nation%20Media/Business%20Daily/A… >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Brian Maiyo >> <kipropbrian(a)gmail.com <mailto:kipropbrian@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Whats the URL for the business daily. >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Okechukwu via >> skunkworks <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> Well, to each his own: I simply do a >> >> #curl -O URL >> >> Put this on cron and with an if (it fails) I get >> a notification, edit date and voila! >> >> ./Ok3ch >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Alex Ngatia via >> skunkworks <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Lloyd. I will not confirm nor deny >> that I will use this script. >> >> Regards, >> >> Alex >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Kelvin via >> skunkworks <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> Excellent, thanks! >> >> >> >> Kelvin >> _www.jayanoris.com >> <http://www.jayanoris.com>_ >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Lloyd N. >> via skunkworks <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>> wrote: >> >> Hi skunks, >> >> Sadly, it took me the the better part >> of 15 minutes to resolve why i was >> getting a "404 Error" whilst trying >> to download today's ePaper. A minor >> oversight of the date's suffix on the >> download link thus having the date >> parsed as "21th" instead of "21st". >> "Garbage In - Garbage Out" indeed. >> >> I've decided a small bash script is >> in order. One that: - >> >> a) Looks up the machine's current >> day/month/year and stores them in >> variables. >> b) Appends the correct suffix/ (i.e >> 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc) to the respective >> day's date. >> c) Passes the variables in the URL, >> automatically downloading the ePaper >> via 'wget' command. >> >> In case you are on Linux/OSX and >> prefer to skip the daily URL edit >> ritual, feel free to download it. >> i. Make it executable. ~$ chmod +x daily >> ii. Run it via terminal. ~$ ./daily >> >> -- >> Kind Regards, >> >> >> Lloyd Njunge. >> Cell: +254 723 739 733 >> <tel:%2B254%20723%20739%20733> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke <mailto:skunkworks@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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> skunkworks mailing list >> skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke <mailto:skunkworks@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 > > -- > Kind Regards, > > > Lloyd Njunge. > Cell: +254 723 739 733 > -- Kind Regards, Lloyd Njunge. Cell: +254 723 739 733

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Linux to the rescue!
by James Mutuma 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2147063/linux-to-the-rescue-how-ubuntu-can-h… -- James Mutuma Mwangi Intellicom Systems (K) Limited P. O. Box 13381-00100 NAIROBI T: +254 724 220219/+254 788 185005 intellisyskenya(a)gmail.com http://intellisyskenya.wix.com/intellicomsyskenya

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<OT> walbro 255lph fuel pump
by Brian Echesa 22 Apr '15

22 Apr '15

Hello People, Any leads on where I can get the pump locally ? thanks, Brian

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Norway will be first country to move from FM to Digital Audio Broadcasting
by Mouz 21 Apr '15

21 Apr '15

Good stuff! TV first then radio. This anwers a question I asked about one year ago i.e 'Is there anything like digital radio broadcast and are we going to move radio after moving TV' http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/19/8453165/norway-end-fm-radio-2017 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Broadcasting -- ./mouz

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