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Kenyan AIDS Patients Seek To Overturn Anti-Counterfeiting Law As Unconstitutional
by Gakuru Alex 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

7 July 2009 NAIROBI - Three HIV/AIDS patients in Kenya announced Tuesday they will petition the country’s Constitutional Court to declare a new anti-counterfeiting act illegal because it could deny them access to generic medicines. The move, which has the support of public health groups across the country, seeks to have the 2008 Anti-Counterfeiting Act made unconstitutional on the grounds that it could rob them of their right to life. The anti-counterfeiting law, which is aimed at cracking down on the fake batteries, pens, drugs and cosmetics flooding into Kenya, has been criticised by the NGO community and importers of generic drugs because of the way it defines counterfeit products. They say its definition is so vague that it could include generic drugs. The act could also allow a pharmaceutical company to charge patent infringement in Kenya even if its patent is not registered there. ”Generic medicines are legitimate exact copies of their brand-name original. They are not counterfeits,” the three said in a statement read out at a news conference. “They should not be confused with counterfeits. The manufacturing of generic medicines is not a criminal offence.” ”We believe our government should combat counterfeiters and counterfeit goods, including medicines,” the statement said. “But not at the expense of our health and our right to life.” ... http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/07/07/kenyan-aids-patients-seek-to-over…

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Linux command line applications
by Dennis Kioko 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

I am using command line programs like Aria2c and mplayer. the problem is that when i launch them from gnome, they do not display console output, as is the case when you open them directly in console. How can you use "open with" such that mplayer will launch in a terminal and not be silent during its usage? -- with Regards: The Chilling stories of Armed robberies with rape in mid/low income ares in Nairobi that will not be part of your prime time news. At my blog: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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URGENT NOKIA N70 BVB-H
by chege boniface 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hi Skunk workers, How can I activate DVB-H on My Nokia N70,..Is it supported?And are there softwares for this particular Phone that can stream online TVs like Aljazeera.Also are there softwares for DVB-H?? Regards, Boniface.

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Qmail SMTP (MTA) Server - Have you installed
by Joram Gachuiri 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hi Guys; Has any of you installed a Mail Transfer Agent server ? If yes contact me offlist Hardware Requirements The MTA hardware comprises two SUN X2100 entry-level servers. Model: A75-BFB1-H-2GB-FA8 *Description*: 1 * AMD Opteron Model 175 dual core processor, 2 * 1 GB un-buffered ECC PC3200 DDR-400 memory, 1 80 GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA hard drive, no DVD, 2 * 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 6 * USB 2.0 ports, 1 * PCI-Express x8 slot, Java Enterprise System and Solaris 10 Pre-Installed. Power requirements: Max 400 Watt per server. Sofware As MTA software, it is recommended to use Qmail for external MTA set up. Qmail is an Internet Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) for UNIX-like operating systems. It's a drop-in replacement for the Sendmail system provided with UNIX operating systems. Qmail uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to exchange messages with MTA's on other systems. Regards

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School Management System (SMS) - Archives
by muskiv 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Skunkers, A while ago there was a thread on School Management Systems. I visited skunkworks archives with a view to retrieving the threads on this subject but failed. The downloaded .gz file yielded nothing. Could someone kindly provide me with contacts of local providers with a robust SMS. Many thanks. MusKiv.

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Backing up Ubuntu
by Daudi Were 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Good afternoon mzalendo. My installation of Ubuntu is behaving like it is on the point of cracking so I am thinking backups! What do you use to back up your Ubuntu system? So far Synkron http://sites.google.com/site/synkrondocumentation/main and Time Vault https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TimeVault look interesting but I would like to hear what you good people use or would recommend. I am on Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were(a)gmail.com> skype: d.were

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Netbeans acting up!
by Paul Mathu 07 Jul '09

07 Jul '09

Hi I recently upgraded my netbeans from 6.0 to 6.5.1 n man this thing seems not to recognise where the Sun Java(TM) Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 for CLDC is.. i hav tried unstalling and reinstalling everything but wapi! am even thinking of reverting back to my good old 6.0. Anyone has a work around? -- Regards Mathu http://sojjar.blogspot.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] Netbeans acting up!
by wesley kiriinya 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Did u install the version with Mobility (or something like that)? Somewhere on the tools menu (or one of those menus where configurations are set) you should be able to point it to the path of the wireless toolkit. But I think if u installed the one with Mobility then it should have picked the path automatically during installation because that path is in your System's PATH settings. 6.5.1 is better than 6. Atleast it's faster in response. --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Paul Mathu <mails.mathu(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Paul Mathu <mails.mathu(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] Netbeans acting up! To: skunkworks(a)my.co.ke Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 5:43 PM Hi I recently upgraded my netbeans from 6.0 to 6.5.1 n man this thing seems not to recognise where the Sun Java(TM) Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 for CLDC is.. i hav tried unstalling and reinstalling everything but wapi! am even thinking of reverting back to my good old 6.0. Anyone has a work around? -- Regards Mathu http://sojjar.blogspot.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Introducing twyka.com beta
by Kevin Ouma 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

I wish to invite you all tohttp://www.twyka.com twyka.com's aim is to bring people in Africa closer together by enabling them to have conversations without being lost in the crowd. It offers a way to connect with the people you care about by sharing updates with them on the Web, IM, and SMS - as well as through third-party applications built by other developers . We do not seek to drive users away from other popular social or microblogging platforms, but indeed complement these other popular social networks that many have by now become accustomed to. It will therefore be possible to cross post to twitter and ( facebook -coming in 2 weeks) from our site and facebook application. You will also be able to use popular desktop tools such as twihirl to update your posts. Whats more, we will now be able to have trending topics that are relevant to us while still being part of global conversations in other social media. We believe that by virtue of the messaging nature that microblogging offers ( 140 characters) there is a huge potential in Africa for a Platform such as this owing to the high penetration of mobile phones in comparision to computers. It is my hope that through twyka we will share anything from traffic updates, reporting elections, village news, produce prices, classifieds... the list is endless. Finally it is our plan that in a few months time we will be integrating with the mobile networks that will enable you to receive twyts ( thats how we call our alerts) as an sms message on your phone. I have created a skunkworks group accessible on http://twyka.com/group/skunkworks . To post to it any topic to the groups attention on twyka you simply use !skunkworks and this automatically updates to the group. Like any application this is a WIP and any bugs or issues noted are welcome. Looking forward to your participation as we build the community. Kevin

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Off Topic : just sharing a concern
by aki 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

my thots.. skunk(ettes). while reading the daily nation today, I came across this device. I'm not going to name it since it would become searchable ( classified page 37, under misc. top right hand corner ). I remember we had an online discussion ( thread about RF and etc ) and I find it a more than a coincidence that someone may have picked up on our techie discussions. While ours has always been about techie stuff, that knowledge in the wrong hands is not a good idea. The authorities need to look into the advert. I hope some day the authorities will have some volunteer time slots for ICT Crime Watch, am sure many skunks will help. Hence forth, I'd be limiting my contributions to normal tech stuff only. If anyone has details, I'd like to join the skunks chat site. Cheers. Best Rgds.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Do you know Dave?
by Oj G 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dave? sounds like a clawn with a tomato motherboard... The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole. --- On Sun, 7/5/09, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Do you know Dave? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 11:29 AM I'm surprised that there are people who don't know Dave!!! And to make the matters worse, they claim to be techies... So sad. :-( 2009/7/5 chuks Jonia <chuksjonia(a)gmail.com> How come you dont know him? On 7/4/09, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > hehehe! > > On 04/07/2009, Okechukwu <okechukwu(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> hehehe, everone know Dave >> >> ./Ok3ch >> >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Areba Collins >> <arebacollins(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> he he he >>> I know dave too..... >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Tech List Kenya<techlistkenya(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > I dont get it :( >>> > >>> > On 7/3/09, ndungu stephen <ndungustephen(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> Seriously , who the f is dave ?? >>> >> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Skunkworks mailing list >>> > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> > Other lists >>> > ------------- >>> > Skunkworks announce: >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >>> > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >>> > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples >>> then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea >>> and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will >>> have two ideas. >>> >>> George Bernard Shaw >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> Other lists >>> ------------- >>> Skunkworks announce: >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >>> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >>> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >>> >> > > > -- > Solomon Mburu > P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi > Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 > > Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all > the same way to the side of a hill! > > AND > > It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous generosity! > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- -- Gichuki John Ndirangu, C.E.H , C.P.T.P, O.S.C.P I.T Security Analyst and Penetration Tester infosigmer(a)inbox.com {FORUM}http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/ http://nspkenya.blogspot.com/ http://chuksjonia.blogspot.com/ http://www.kamongo.co.ke/ _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- שִׁמְעוֹן -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Video Tutorial Citrix
by Trey 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi Guys, Anyone feels Citrix Presentation Server 4 might be helpful contact me offlist. Thanks Contents: - Introduction to Citrix and the CCA - Applied and Architectural Concepts for Presentation Server - Installing Presentation Server - Configuring Licensing & Farm Settings - Configuring Policies & Citrix Connection Configuration - Installing & Configuring the Citrix Client - Installing Applications to Presentation Server - Publishing Applications and Content (free video!) - Deploying Applications with Installation Manager - Managing Loads and Load Balancing - Managing Resources with Resource Manager - Configuring Printing - Enabling Web Access - Securing Citrix Communication - Command Line Tools & Exam Review

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Re: [Skunkworks] GOD and the Programmer...
by wesley kiriinya 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

ROFL 8~D --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Paul Mathu <mails.mathu(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Paul Mathu <mails.mathu(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] GOD and the Programmer... To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 12:08 PM IN THE BEGINNING In the beginning GOD created the Bit and the Byte. And from those he created the Word. And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good. And God said – Let the Data be; And so it happened. And God said – Let the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. And God said – Let the computers be, so there would be a place to put floppy disks and compact disks. Then God created computers and called them hardware. And there was no software yet. But God created programs; small and big... And told them _ Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the Memory. And God said – I will create the programmer; And the Programmer will make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data. And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center; And God showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said: You can use all the volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows. And God said – It is not good for the Programmer to be alone. He took a bone from the Programmer’s body and created a creature that would look up at the Programmer; and love the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature: the User. And the programmer and the user were left under the naked DOS and it was Good. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God. And Bill said to the User – Did God really tell you not to run any programs? And the user answered – God told us that we can use every program and every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die. And Bill said to the User – How can you talk about something you did not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to God. You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of your mouse. And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge that was useless-since Windows could replace it. So the User installed the Windows on her computer and said to the programmer that it was good. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And God asked him – What are you looking for? And the Programmer answered – I am looking for new drivers because I can not find them in the DOS. And God said – Who told you you need drivers? Did you run Windows? And the Programmer said – It was Bill who told us to ! And God said to Bill – Because of what you did you will be hated by all the creatures. And the user will always be unhappy with you. And you will always sell Windows. And God said to the User – Because of what you did, the Windows will disappoint you and eat up all of your resources; And you will have to use lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help. And God said to the Programmer – Because you listened to the User you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time. And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and secured it with a password. GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT` hav a windows free week..... ;) -- Regards Mathu http://sojjar.blogspot.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Meeting Reminder *Afya Project; Today, 6.00pm, Coco Lounge*
by Phares Kariuki 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Followup meeting on the same at Coco Lounge from 6.00 pm. Contact me for any clarifications etc as belwo. Thanks. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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piratebay might be up for sale........and turn legit
by saich 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

http://www.techtree.com/India/News/The_PirateBay_Sold_Might_Go_Legitimate/5…

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dmbuvi@gmail.com has sent you an article from PCWorld.com
by dmbuvi＠gmail.com 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

This story, which was originally posted at PCWorld.com, has been recommended to you by dmbuvi(a)gmail.com. Online Scams Jump as More Africans Go Online Cybercrooks are targeting new Internet users within Africa, along with the longstanding Nigerian money scams. The complete story can be found here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,167876/article.html We hope you will find this story interesting and informative. PC World, an IDG publication, has been providing independent, unbiased, reviews, news, and information about technology since 1983.

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Mobile Internet-Getting the best of all worlds.
by wesley kiriinya 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Thought I wud share on the great dilema of internet bundle offers from various telcos. I bought a YU line yesterday and at 100 bob I get to keep my older number but with the YU prefix. I got the line primarily for internet coz their bundle seems to be the cheapest. I tried it out for about an hour and I was a satisfied customer. One may wonder why I would rather use my phone than buy a modem from any of the networks (in this case Orange, $afcom, YU). Although it's more expensive, probably twice the cost, it's far more reliable and the bandwidth seems to be higher. On $afcom there are very few instances when I couldn't log on the net via my phone and each time downloads speeds are about 26KB/s (Note KB not Kb). On the other hand my experience with the modem has been miserable, actually I can't remember when I've connected to the net using the modem. I'm testing YU next week and I might as well get an Orange line. More on that on the next paragraph. So I now have a YU line and a $afcom line and one phone. New plan is to buy a dual sim phone (around 4,500) and buy an Orange SIM. So when I'm surfing using one line, the rest of the two lines can be in the dual SIM line. So guys can still call me on any of my lines and I can surf the net using any of the lines. Onto one of the most important items, costs: I would say that for someone who needs a reliable net connection via mobile then the modems might be a disappointment. Using a 3G/Edge enabled phone to connect *may cost more* but the value outweighs the savings if using a modem bundle. (Clarifications needed from other people's experiences). Estimating the costs for someone who wants to start from Scratch: A 3G/Edge enabled phone would be around 15K, a dual SIM phone would be around 4,500 so lets round the cost to 20K for both (u have to buy the 3 lines:Orange, $afcom, YU and put some credit). Let me estimate 4,500 per modem which comes to around 14K for the 3 modems. The saving here is 6K. However note that with the phones one can make cheaper phone calls, and with all these promotions and the competition I believe the 6K will be easily offset. So what is left are the monthly costs: If one is using data (which I assume is the main reason you've read this far) then the telco with cheapest data rate makes most sense to use which in this case is YU @ 3bob/MB. If in a day one mainly opens web pages and chats, an average of 3MB, and once in a while downloads an average of 4MB then usage in a day is around 7MB, but lets double that and make it 14MB. So in a day that's 42 bob and in 20 working days, why not even make it 30 days, it's 1,260 bob. That sounds good! For those once in a while big downloads of 30MB or more, an internet cafe/hot spot might suffice. This assumes 3bob/MB which can change and go up. With cheaper bandwidth and the competition in the market I don't see it going up past 5 bob/MB. The telcos with more than 5 bob/MB will likely bring it down. So there it is. Anyone doing the same, I (we) would appreciate your input. 8~)

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GOD and the Programmer...
by Paul Mathu 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

IN THE BEGINNING 1. In the beginning GOD created the Bit and the Byte. And from those he created the Word. 2. And there were two Bytes in the Word; and nothing else existed. And God separated the One from the Zero; and he saw it was good. 3. And God said – Let the Data be; And so it happened. And God said – Let the Data go to their proper places. And he created floppy disks and hard disks and compact disks. 4. And God said – Let the computers be, so there would be a place to put floppy disks and compact disks. Then God created computers and called them hardware. 5. And there was no software yet. But God created programs; small and big... And told them _ Go and multiply yourselves and fill all the Memory. 6. And God said – I will create the programmer; And the Programmer will make new programs and govern over the computers and programs and Data. 7. And God created the Programmer; and put him at Data Center; And God showed the Programmer the Catalog Tree and said: You can use all the volumes and subvolumes but DO NOT USE Windows. 8. And God said – It is not good for the Programmer to be alone. He took a bone from the Programmer’s body and created a creature that would look up at the Programmer; and love the things the Programmer does; And God called the creature: the User. 9. And the programmer and the user were left under the naked DOS and it was Good. 10. But Bill was smarter than all the other creatures of God. And Bill said to the User – Did God really tell you not to run any programs? 11. And the user answered – God told us that we can use every program and every piece of Data but told us not to run Windows or we will die. 12. And Bill said to the User – How can you talk about something you did not even try. The moment you run Windows you will become equal to God. You will be able to create anything you like by a simple click of your mouse. 13. And the User saw that the fruits of the Windows were nicer and easier to use. And the User saw that any knowledge that was useless-since Windows could replace it. 14. So the User installed the Windows on her computer and said to the programmer that it was good. 15. And the Programmer immediately started to look for new drivers. And God asked him – What are you looking for? And the Programmer answered – I am looking for new drivers because I can not find them in the DOS. And God said – Who told you you need drivers? Did you run Windows? And the Programmer said – It was Bill who told us to ! 16. And God said to Bill – Because of what you did you will be hated by all the creatures. And the user will always be unhappy with you. And you will always sell Windows. 17. And God said to the User – Because of what you did, the Windows will disappoint you and eat up all of your resources; And you will have to use lousy programs; and you will always rely on the Programmers help. 18. And God said to the Programmer – Because you listened to the User you will never be happy. All your programs will have errors and you will have to fix them and fix them to the end of time. 19. And God threw them out of the Data Center and locked the door and secured it with a password. 20. GENERAL PROTECTION FAULT` hav a windows free week..... ;) -- Regards Mathu http://sojjar.blogspot.com

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British Spy M16 Chief exposed on facebook....lesson on how missing the privacy setting on facebook can totally mess up ua life
by saich 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Dear skukner if you are leading a secret life be sure to check out your privacy options or else... http://www.techtree.com/India/News/New_MI6_Chief_Exposed_on_Facebook/551-10…

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Re: [Skunkworks] [Fwd: [Security Forum] AFR0W00T HACKERS CONVENTION, CALL FOR PAPERS PLANNED BY NSPKENYA]
by wesley kiriinya 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Interesting. Let us know the details. Who are InfoSec members? Who is NSP "We have a hacker convention that NSP has been planning ..."? --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Patrick Kariuki <patrick.kariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Patrick Kariuki <patrick.kariuki(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] [Fwd: [Security Forum] AFR0W00T HACKERS CONVENTION, CALL FOR PAPERS PLANNED BY NSPKENYA] To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 11:38 AM What about the black hats? Any challenges, cash prizes? That would be the group in jeans and t-shirts occupying the back seats. :-) On 7/6/09, chuks Jonia <chuksjonia(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi guys. > > We are inviting InfoSec members as we take Exploitation tools on > steroids up the highways of Nairobi, in a Hacker Convention this > August. > > More Discussions at Security forums/Mailists, Link for Archives: > http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/2009-July/thread.html > > See you there soon. > > ./Chuks > > > -- > -- > Gichuki John Ndirangu, C.E.H , C.P.T.P, O.S.C.P > I.T Security Analyst and Penetration Tester > infosigmer(a)inbox.com > > {FORUM}http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/ > http://nspkenya.blogspot.com/ > http://chuksjonia.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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[Fwd: [Security Forum] AFR0W00T HACKERS CONVENTION, CALL FOR PAPERS PLANNED BY NSPKENYA]
by chuks Jonia 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi guys. We are inviting InfoSec members as we take Exploitation tools on steroids up the highways of Nairobi, in a Hacker Convention this August. More Discussions at Security forums/Mailists, Link for Archives: http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/2009-July/thread.html See you there soon. ./Chuks -- -- Gichuki John Ndirangu, C.E.H , C.P.T.P, O.S.C.P I.T Security Analyst and Penetration Tester infosigmer(a)inbox.com {FORUM}http://lists.my.co.ke/pipermail/security/ http://nspkenya.blogspot.com/ http://chuksjonia.blogspot.com/

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KDN Fibre Lands In Kampala
by Kevin K. Kamonye 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/220/686891 http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/-/1006/618944/-/iiuitjz/-/index.html -- K. K. Kamonye

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The man who could be King
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Congratulations to Dr. Julius Kipng'etich CEO of KWS, for winning CEO of the year at the 2009 COYA (Company Of the Year Award) Award. He is an excellent IT professional who has gone ahead to accomplish wonders in the corporate field and doing so with integrity and character. His unblemished and his track record speaks for itself. I cant help but wonder could he be our ideal Presidential Candidate for 2012, Imagine with me for a while what would happen if we had an IT Savvy Head of State. I wonder what it'd take to convince him to run for the top job. My mind is contemplating a good thing, could this man be king? David Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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Dell XPS
by Emmanuel Kala 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Anyone know of a local Dell XPS vendor? Please contact me off the list. Regards, Emmanuel Kala -- Judgement comes from experience, experience comes from poor judgement

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FreeBSD and/or Solaris OS needed urgently.
by nyarotho kennedy 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi happy people, hope all is well. I am in urgent need of the above two OS but cant use the mirror sites coz of poor latencies on my side. If you have any of the above please make me a copy asap and let me know where i can collect it, or i come with blanks and make me copies in the skunks spirit. And could there be anyone operating servers with HP-IX/HP-UNIX, check me offlist 4 some critical info i need.Thanks and God bless y'all. Nyarotho Ken. -- People should know when they are conquered.

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Afya Project Deliberations etc
by Phares Kariuki 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

Hi, Meeting has been held at Prestige Plaza, So far the development platform has been selected. What is needed are the following A project manager; Good communication skills needed. (Two names were proposed) Two software developers (Given that the work will be on a part time basis it has been suggested that more software developers are needed. Bias PHP) UI Designer - One. I have the skills database that people were kind enough to fill out. Anyone else interested kindly shoot kiti.chigiri(a)gmail.com Next meeting is at Coco Lifestyle Lounge, behind Nakumatt Lifestyle, downstairs. Apparently free WIFI is offered at this establishment. Thanks. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Re: [Skunkworks] SETTING UP A MAILING LIST
by SAMUEL EYINDA M. 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

Thank you Tony, That was very helpful. I'm already up and running. http://edsamich.blogspot.com --- On Sun, 7/5/09, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] SETTING UP A MAILING LIST To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Sunday, July 5, 2009, 8:35 AM Hi Sam,For the simplest mailing list (presumably for communication only) you may be interested in setting up a *group.Common examples are googlegroups and yahoogroups :) Check this: http://www.ehow.com/how_4505623_set-up-google-group.html -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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SETTING UP A MAILING LIST
by SAMUEL EYINDA M. 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

Hallo skunks, I wish to set up a mailing list just like the skunk works one for the purpose of communication between members of the ROBOCON team U.O.N. Any ideas how i can go about this? Regards, Samuel Eyinda http://edsamich.blogspot.com

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Obama’s New Media Strategies for Ghana
by Gakuru Alex 05 Jul '09

05 Jul '09

What Kenyan bloggers will miss http://whiteafrican.com/2009/07/02/obamas-new-media-strategies-for-ghana/ Daudi?

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Proposals to force new "non-disclaimable" warranties on software licensors
by Joseph Wayodi 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi people, Check out these articles: < http://www.freelock.com/blog/john-locke/1/software-be-bug-free-guaranteed>; < http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/05/microsoft-linux-foundation-…>; and <http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.com/blog/?p=240>; which talk about proposals by the American Law Institute (in their "Principles of the Law of Software Contracts" project) to, in essence, force new "non-disclaimable" warranties on software licensors (and arguably, also on contributors). The warranties would, in addition to making software licensors (and developers?) liable for infringing on patents and copyrights, also make them liable for material defects in the software. Is this a tsunami in the offing? Joseph. NB: The Principles of the Law of Software Contracts project "presents legal principles to guide courts in deciding disputes involving transactions in software and to guide those drafting software contracts": < http://www.ali.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=projects.proj_ip&projectid=9>.

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On swine flu screening - A rant
by Lmwangi 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi, On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Phares Kariuki<pkariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > fibre, which GoK had to be kicked from the back and pulled from the front to > implement, what else is going on? Not much.... As an aside, you should see the half comical, half hysterical and not useful at all way of screening for swine flu at JKIA. When you get to customs, you bump into a bunch of people milling about, filling forms on the floor, or using the walls as a writing surface. These poor souls are squinting at forms photocopied to death and illegibility (I presume there's a toner scarcity). So you being a good person, you get your form from a health official who's shouting, has a mask covering her mouth but her nose is exposed and is doing everything in her power to be frightful. In calculus-speak as her audio output increases, the more convinced you are that she's a banshee. Anyway, you look for your spot in the milling crowd to sit, practice the arcane arts of esotropia/strabismus and finally fill the form. The questions are - Name - DOB - Physical address - Postal address - Phone - Are you suffering from fever(NO),coughing(HELL NO), joint paints (The cabin was cramped)... etc Of course am not going to say Yes to any of the above. I mean, agreeing to any of these might cause a stampede and I definitely do not want blood on my hands. So off you go to customs, get your passport stamped and give the passport ctrl officer the form whereupon the kindly lady tells you that you were supposed to give the form to the health officials back there. (Oh! So I could have just walked out... How silly of me for being a conformist). Anyway, Amble back to the HO, give the guy a form he doesn't look at, he rips my (?counterfoil?) part of it using his hands and gives it to me. I walk out free... That's the swine flu screening going on. If it was up to me? I'd - Get 20-30 digital thermometers, - Have 6 HO's stand 3 layers deep - As you get your passport stamped, get a temp reading - 2 reserves sterilize the used thermometers. - If you have a fever, go to a quarantine section for further tests FAIL! : http://www.get.co.ke/files/get/43

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Removing Viruses on flash
by Mr. Lawi 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi Guys, I thought I should post something about removing viruses: Step 1: Run the virus scan on the flash drive. If you dont have an av or feel that it missed something, proceed to step 2 Step 2: The rest There is this virus family that hides all folders in a flash and creates new files with the original folder name and appending a .exe. So if you had a folder called Docs, u will see Docs.exe. If you have not enabled display of file extensions, the .exe part will not be seen. So all you will see is Docs. You double click it thinking its your folder, and that executes the virus. This is what I do: I DO NOT double click on a flash drive directly in My Computer - (actually that's what I do not do) After ascertaining the drive letter (lets say its G:), go to Start -> Run -> cmd C:\Documents and Settings\etc>G: Move to the root of the flash G:\> Type dir /a This shows all the folders (like ls -a in Linux) including hidden ones If you do see autorun.inf you can check what file it activates by typing G:\>more autorun.if (There is more in windows, yey! No less, though :)) >From the output you can see the file/virus being called by the autorun.inf. Autorun.inf gets executed when u double click on the drive letter on my computer. Remove the autorun.inf G:\>attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf This removes s(ystem), r(ead only) and h(idden) attributes. On Linux/cygwin, u can do chmod 777 autorun.inf G:\>del autorun.inf Removing the 'fake' .exe folders dir *.exe - This will list all .exes You can delete all of them by using del *.exe. However, deleting one by one is recommended since you might have a valid .exe file on your flash - like firefox_3.05.exe G:\>del Docs.exe Access Denied If u get the Access Denied error, its most probably of file attributes - sometimes the virus sets them as system files or read only This command resets all the attributes G:\>attrib -h -r -s Docs.exe del Docs.exe should now work Do the same for all .exes Again, if using cygwin (or if removing from linux), chmod 777, then rm -i *.exe should do. Next Step: Displaying hidden folders The folders in the flash were set to attrib s by the virus hence making them hidden from normal view. To see them, do a dir /a. A better way is to a dir /a:s This will show all files with attribute s(ystem) Again, do a reset of attributes for all folders: G:\>attrib -s -h -r <foldername> Guys running cygwin can do this using the chmod 777 -R <foldername> Summary: G:\>dir /a G:\>more autorun.if G:\>attrib -h -r -s autorun.inf G:\>del autorun.inf G:\>attrib -h -r -s <filename>.exe G:\>del <filename>.exe G:\>dir /a:s G:\>attrib -s -h -r <foldername> There are other stuff to consider like SYSTEM, RECYCLER, RECYCLED,etc folders: Going into these will make an already long mail too long. Feel free to explore there and search and delete virus files. Do not delete the RECYCLER folder Disclaimer: The set of instructions mostly work for flash disks. They might work on hdds as well but if a virus is already on a hdd then most probably there is a service/daemon/dll that is running in memory regenerating the virus files. Thats what anti-viruses are for. But they can be removed - manually. It covers only a very small sub-set of viruses/trojans/worms - they mean the same to me:( so an antivirus is still the better option.

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Meeting Announcement; Afya Project
by Phares Kariuki 04 Jul '09

04 Jul '09

Hi, Guys interested in the project can meetup at Prestige Plaza tomorrow from 2? You can call me when you get there, contacts as below. Thanks. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Google Trends (July-2-2009) - VB - PHP - C#
by Murigi Muraya 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

To my shock Kenya is no.1 for search term queries on 'vb programming' on Google Trends as of today (July-2-2009) http://www.google.com/trends?q=vb+programming&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0 After organizing the 1st Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) C# training in Kenya over 5 years ago this is very distressing to me. It clearly did not catch on. Thought Kenya deserved a better programming reputation but it seems we have more work to do so ... India tops with most search queries for most programming languages (including the term 'VB.Net'). Interestingly, Pakistan tops 'c++ programming' beating even India. South Africa (RSA) is no.7 (Iran is 6th and Egypt is 9th) for 'c++ programming' queries. Could be their geeks write device drivers for (weaponry?) electronics manufactured in their nations. India tops queries for 'c programming' - RSA is no.8 on this one. Indonesia tops 'PHP'. India comes 2nd here. Czech Republic tops Python. USA tops Ruby. The most interesting thing about the query tem 'C#' is that small but Innovative Israel is no.2 as far as interest in (querying) 'C#' goes. China did not show (top 10) interest in the terms: 'Java', 'VB.Net', 'Php', 'Python' or Ruby. Could be something to do with their language(s) - alphabet. China did however show interest in C# and 'J2EE'. On Queries for 'C# Programming' Pakistan tops, India - 2nd, Iran - 3rd, RSA - 4th, Singapore - 5th, Egypt - 8th. _________________________ Wonder who in the world will take us more seriously because of our VB and PHP (JOOMLA) projects?

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Interview skills from the slopes - have a laugh :-)
by Mbugua Njihia 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe. 5000 candidates assembled in a large room. One candidate was Njoroge a Kenyan living in USA . . Bill Gates thanked all the candidates for coming and asking those who do not know JAVA programming to leave, 2000 people left. Njoroge said to himself, "I do not know JAVA, but I have nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try'". . Bill Gates asked the candidates who never had experience of managing more than 100 people to leave, 2000 people left and Njoroge said to himself "I never managed anybody by myself, but I have nothing to lose if I stay. What can happen to me?" So he stayed behind again. . Then Bill Gates asked candidates who didn't have a minimum of a Masters in Business Management to leave. 500 people left the room. Njoroge said to himself, "I left school at 15, grade 7, but what have I got to lose?" So, he stayed in the room. . Lastly, Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak Serb-Croat to leave. 498 people left the room. Njoroge says to himself, "I do not speak one word of Serb-Croat but what do I have to lose?" So he stayed and finds himself with one other candidate. . EVERYONE ELSE HAS GONE. . Bill Gates joined them and said, "Apparently you are the only two candidates who have all the required qualifications & experience I am looking for and speak Serb-Croat, so I'd now like to hear you have a conversation together in that language. And........" . Calmly, Njoroge turned to the other candidate and in a horse voice said "We mwega mundu wa nyumba?" The other candidate answered softly but clearly saying "Gutiri na oru, no gwethera ciana mutu. . . !!" symbiotic_logo Mbugua Njihia - CEO SYMBIOTIC MEDIA CONSORTIUM | Design:Develop:Deploy [a] Muringa Court - Suite B2:Kilimani- Junction of Kirichwa and Muringa Road [t] +254 20 359 6305 [c] +254 721 668 709 [e] mbugua(a)symbiotic.co.ke [w] www.symbiotic.co.ke [b] http://blog.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/ This message may contain information, which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, you are notified that any distribution, use or copying of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately

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Re: [Skunkworks] CSS issues
by Dennis Kioko 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Sorry, forgot to include the PHP code. <?php class Paginator{ var $items_per_page=20; var $items_total; var $current_page; var $num_pages; var $mid_range; var $low; var $high; var $limit; var $return; var $default_ipp = 25; var $querystring; function Paginator() { $this->current_page = 1; $this->mid_range = 4; $this->items_per_page = (!empty($_GET['ipp'])) ? $_GET['ipp']:$this->default_ipp; } function paginate() { if($_GET['ipp'] == 'All') { $this->num_pages = ceil($this->items_total/$this->default_ipp); $this->items_per_page = $this->default_ipp; } else { if(!is_numeric($this->items_per_page) OR $this->items_per_page <= 0) $this->items_per_page = $this->default_ipp; $this->num_pages = ceil($this->items_total/$this->items_per_page); } $this->current_page = (int) $_GET['page']; // must be numeric > 0 if($this->current_page < 1 Or !is_numeric($this->current_page)) $this->current_page = 1; if($this->current_page > $this->num_pages) $this->current_page = $this->num_pages; $prev_page = $this->current_page-1; $next_page = $this->current_page+1; if($_GET) { $args = explode("&",$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']); foreach($args as $arg) { $keyval = explode("=",$arg); if($keyval[0] != "page" And $keyval[0] != "ipp") $this->querystring .= "&" . $arg; } } if($_POST) { foreach($_POST as $key=>$val) { if($key != "page" And $key != "ipp") $this->querystring .= "&$key=$val"; } } if($this->num_pages > 10) { $this->return = ($this->current_page != 1 And $this->items_total >= 10) ? "<a class=\"paginate\" href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=$prev_page&ipp=$this->items_per_page$this->querystring\">« Previous</a> ":"<span class=\"inactive\" href=\"#\">« Previous</span> "; $this->start_range = $this->current_page - floor($this->mid_range/2); $this->end_range = $this->current_page + floor($this->mid_range/2); if($this->start_range <= 0) { $this->end_range += abs($this->start_range)+1; $this->start_range = 1; } if($this->end_range > $this->num_pages) { $this->start_range -= $this->end_range-$this->num_pages; $this->end_range = $this->num_pages; } $this->range = range($this->start_range,$this->end_range); for($i=1;$i<=$this->num_pages;$i++) { if($this->range[0] > 2 And $i == $this->range[0]) $this->return .= " ... "; // loop through all pages. if first, last, or in range, display if($i==1 Or $i==$this->num_pages Or in_array($i,$this->range)) { $this->return .= ($i == $this->current_page And $_GET['page'] != 'All') ? "<a title=\"Go to page $i of $this->num_pages\" class=\"current\" href=\"#\">$i</a> ":"<a class=\"paginate\" title=\"Go to page $i of $this->num_pages\" href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=$i&ipp=$this->items_per_page$this->querystring\">$i</a> "; } if($this->range[$this->mid_range-1] < $this->num_pages-1 And $i == $this->range[$this->mid_range-1]) $this->return .= " ... "; } $this->return .= (($this->current_page != $this->num_pages And $this->items_total >= 10) And ($_GET['page'] != 'All')) ? "<a class=\"paginate\"href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=$next_page&ipp=$this->items_per_page$this->querystring\">Next »</a>\n":"<span class=\"inactive\" href=\"#\">» Next</span>\n"; $this->return .= ($_GET['page'] == 'All') ? "<a class=\"current\" style=\"margin-left:10px\" href=\"#\">All</a> \n":"<a class=\"paginate\" style=\"margin-left:10px\" href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=1&ipp=All$this->querystring\">All</a> \n"; } else { for($i=1;$i<=$this->num_pages;$i++) { $this->return .= ($i == $this->current_page) ? "<a class=\"current\" href=\"#\">$i</a> ":"<a class=\"paginate\" href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=$i&ipp=$this->items_per_page$this->querystring\">$i</a> "; } $this->return .= "<a class=\"paginate\" href=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=1&ipp=All$this->querystring\">All</a> \n"; } $this->low = ($this->current_page-1) * $this->items_per_page; $this->high = ($_GET['ipp'] == 'All') ? $this->items_total:($this->current_page * $this->items_per_page)-1; $this->limit = ($_GET['ipp'] == 'All') ? "":" LIMIT $this->low,$this->items_per_page"; } function display_items_per_page() { $items = ''; $ipp_array = array(10,25,50,100,'All'); foreach($ipp_array as $ipp_opt) $items .= ($ipp_opt == $this->items_per_page) ? "<option selected value=\"$ipp_opt\">$ipp_opt</option>\n":"<option value=\"$ipp_opt\">$ipp_opt</option>\n"; return "<span class=\"paginate\">Items per page:</span><select class=\"paginate\" onchange=\"window.location='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page=1&ipp='+this[this.selectedIndex].value+'$this->querystring';return false\">$items</select>\n"; } function display_jump_menu() { for($i=1;$i<=$this->num_pages;$i++) { $option .= ($i==$this->current_page) ? "<option value=\"$i\" selected>$i</option>\n":"<option value=\"$i\">$i</option>\n"; } return "<span class=\"paginate\">Page:</span><select class=\"paginate\" onchange=\"window.location='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]?page='+this[this.selectedIndex].value+'&ipp=$this->items_per_page$this->querystring';return false\">$option</select>\n"; } function display_pages() { return $this->return; } } 2009/7/2 Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> > hi guys, I am doing a pagination script whose screenshot is shown above. > problem is that the CSS for the buttons that select the pages will not take > any other color other than white. > > According to the CSS script, they are supposed to be black. > > The other screen shot is for the HTML page source of the affected area, and > below is the CSS code. > > Please help solve: > > > .paginate { > font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; > font-size: .7em; > > } > > > > a.paginate { > padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; > margin: 2px; > border: 1px solid #CCCCCC; > /*text-decoration: none; no underline */ > color: #FF0000; > } > a.current { > border: 1px solid #000000; > padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px; > margin: 2px; > color: #FFF; > > } > > > a.paginate:hover { > padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; > margin: 2px; > border: 1px solid #999999; > > font-weight: bold; > background-color: #999999; > > > } > span.inactive{ > padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; > margin: 2px; > border: 1px solid #EEE; > > color: #DDD; > } > > > > -- > with Regards: > Find out about Demonstrators 2.0 at my blog: > http://gramware.blogspot.com > > > -- with Regards: Pornography and Technology: Buddies for Life? Find out at my blog: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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Needs Laptop around 30K, Atleast Pentium 4 or same AMD, 1GB RAM, 100GB HDD
by wesley kiriinya 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

A friend would like to buy a laptop with the specs below: Kindly recommend a place to purchase: 1. Price Around 30K 2. Atleast Pentium 4 or similar AMD, 3. Atleast 1GB DDR 4. Atleast 100GB HDD. 5. If not new, must be in almost new condition and must have not exprienced any screen or mainboard issues. 8~)

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east africa's population in 2050
by Richard Bosire 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

according to this estimates, Uganda's population will be equal to or more than of Kenya's and Tanzania's combined http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ranks.php i fear what will be happen if museveni will still be the president

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Re: [Skunkworks] Skunkworks Digest, Vol 4, Issue 35
by carlos ageng'o 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Re: [ Meeting Announcement; Afya Project When and wher is the meeting again, I seem to have missed the announcement On 7/3/09, skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke <skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send Skunkworks mailing list submissions to > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > skunkworks-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Skunkworks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Meeting Announcement; Afya Project (Crystal Watley) > 2. east africa's population in 2050 (Richard Bosire) > 3. Re: Michael jackson (Okechukwu) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:36:29 +0300 > From: Crystal Watley <crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org> > To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Meeting Announcement; Afya Project > Message-ID: > <ed3de3d20907030136r6d15e38g482d7d9a3fdee22e(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > No problem. Town would be good. I will be at Ambank House in the > morning. If someone would be willing to help me find my way (I am new > to Nairobi) we can meet anywhere in city center. > > > > On 7/3/09, Samuel Waithaka <samwaithaka(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I agree. Better work with a central place like town. I think the time >> is perfect. >> >> -- >> Samuel Waithaka >> http://www.brighterdayweb.com >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/waithaka >> http://www.brighterdayweb.com/seo-articles.xml >> http://www.brighterdayweb.com/news.xml >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > -- > Crystal "Naliaka" Watley Kigoni > Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development > crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org > http://www.voicesofafrica.org/ > > "You must be the change you wish to see" - Gandhi > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:37:45 +0300 > From: Richard Bosire <richard.bosire(a)gmail.com> > To: skunkworks Works <skunkworks(a)my.co.ke> > Subject: [Skunkworks] east africa's population in 2050 > Message-ID: > <eb7e745e0907030137s351370e0hf2e154b543ede0ba(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > according to this estimates, Uganda's population will be equal to or > more than of Kenya's and Tanzania's combined > > http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ranks.php > > i fear what will be happen if museveni will still be the president > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:46:36 +0300 > From: Okechukwu <okechukwu(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Michael jackson > Message-ID: > <29db90930907030146t441e3cdesaf0e910be24131fd(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Not wanting to let this die...just read this joke: "I dont feel any emotion > for MJs death... Guess he never really touched me > when I was younger" hehehehe > ./Ok3ch > > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 11:56 AM, excuseme yespliz <xgetbusy(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Without a doubt, there are few people in history that affect >> others like Michael Jackson did and still does. While there >> are people who idolize him, there are others who are >> sickened by the sight of him or the mention of his name. >> His passing probably only strengthens how each camp already >> sees him. >> >> The Truth is no one in the entertainment industry had or is close to have >> a >> command like MJ >> His recent UK tour (that neva came to be) sold out *800,0000 tickets in >> hours* men tell me any that u have heard off. >> World known magazines produces special copies a tribute for this guy >> (TIME,NEWSWEEK) >> He almost Brought down the internet. >> >> and you say still...... I think you are on the wrong path >> >> If you still dont feel him you need to brighten up.buy or borrow a copy >> of >> his live tour performances and from there you can comment and may be we >> can >> listen >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> >> >

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Re: [Skunkworks] Recruitment: Opportunities Available - Technical - BSS team - Closing date 9 July 09
by John Macharia 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Should you be in a position to refer candidates who are meeting the minimum requirements for these positions, we want to encourage you to ask them to send an updated copy of their profile to hr(a)yu.co.ke<mailto:hr@yu.co.ke> by no later than Thursday the 9th of July 2009 clearly stating the position that they are applying for in the subject line. BSS CLUSTER LEAD (KISUMU & MERU REGION) The Cluster Lead is responsible for the Roll out, O & M and Transmission planning for a particular area, and will be responsible for the management of a team. This includes BTS, BSC, MGW, MW, Lease lines and OFC network, as well as Passive Infrastructure implementation and management. Other responsibilities will include: * Efficiently rolling out the cluster BSS as per the business plan in terms of time, quality and cost . * Monitoring and managing the Cluster Network to ensure OPEX limits are managed and benchmarks adhered to * Transmission planning for network roll out in the Cluster. * CAPEX & OPEX budgeting and ensuring that OPEX saving targets are achieved. * To achieve Network Quality KPI’s as per organizational and regulatory benchmarks. * Compliance with the relevant Regulatory authorities * Technical Manpower planning, recruitment & development. * Preventive and curative maintenance. * Regular MIS reporting and the maintenance of relevant records The successful candidate will typically have the following competencies and qualifications: * A Bachelor of Science degree in Telecommunications/ Engineering with a minimum of 5-8 years experience. * Sound knowledge of GSM technology, BSS & Transmission & O&M standards. * A working knowledge and proven experience of the implementation of GSM O&M standards, performance benchmarks, ITUT standards & regulatory norms. * Previous leadership experience in mentoring and coaching a small team. CLUSTER ENGINEER (KISUMU & MERU REGION) The BSS Cluster Engineer is responsible for the Roll-Out, O & M and Transmission planning in a particular area and will be reporting to the Cluster Lead. Suitable candidates will be supporting a wide range of technology including BSS /NSS Network, BTS, BSC, MW, MGW, Lease lines and the OFC network. The Engineer will have the following accountabilities: · Responsible for surveys & BSS rollout as per business plan to ensure time, quality and cost requirements are met · Management of BSS (BSC, BTS, OFC equip & MW) fault rectification operations to ensure availability of all equipment and elements · Monitoring all infrastructure to ensure organization benchmarks and OPEX guidelines are adhered to · Transmission planning for network roll out for a specific area · Achieving Network Quality KPI’s as per organizational and regulatory benchmarks. The successful candidate will typically have the following competencies and qualifications: · A Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. · 3+ years experience in the Telecommunications industry. · Sound experience in the rollout and operations of the GSM network. · Ability to mentor junior team members. CLUSTER TECHNICIAN (KISUMU & MERU REGION) The Cluster Technician will be supporting the Engineering team with the Roll-Out, O & M and Transmission planning in a particular area and will be reporting to the Cluster Lead. Suitable candidates will be supporting a wide range of technology including BSS /NSS Network, BTS, BSC, MW, MGW, Lease lines and the OFC network. The Technician will have the following accountabilities: * Supporting surveys and the roll-out of the network infrastructure * Fault rectification operations to ensure network availability * Transmission network roll out. * Maintain site uptime, to achieve Network Quality KPI’s as per organizational and regulatory benchmarks. * Preventive and curative maintenance of sites. The successful candidate will typically have the following competencies and qualifications: · A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. · 1+ years of experience in the Telecommunications industry. CLUSTER ENGINEER NSS (NAIROBI, MOMBASA, KISUMU & MERU REGION) The NSS Cluster Engineer will be responsible for the NSS (MGW & MSS Architecture) implementation, its O & M, Regulatory and Quality compliances as per the business requirement and will be reporting to the Cluster Lead. Key accountabilities are: · NSS (MGW & MSS Architecture) implementation as per business plan in terms of time, quality and cost. · To achieve NSS Quality KPI’s as per organizational and regulatory benchmarks. · Managing the NSS operations for availability of all network functionalities as per benchmarks and OPEX requirements · POI commissioning, augmentation- coordination with PSTN and other operators. · Regulatory audits and compliances. · Coordination with IN, VAS nodes and Roaming coordination. · Regular MIS reporting The successful candidate will typically have the following competencies and qualifications: · A Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. · 3+ years experience in the Telecommunications industry. · Having experience of rolling out and operations of NSS, IN & VAS network. · Knowledge on GSM technologies in Switching, VAS & IN. · Ability to mentor team members_._,_.___ * *

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Consumer protection to top ICT body’s agenda
by maina martin 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

hi all read http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/618420/-/ite… Alex once again Congratulations more on swine flu send *swineflu* to *8998* regards martin sms word DOCTOR to 8998 and follow instructions. QUICK CONTACTS &TIPS ON: Emergencies,FirstAid,Diet,Latenightchemist, Clinics,HIV/AIDS,FamilyPlanning,Specialists and much more The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light

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Wordpress blog themes
by Shiro Njagi 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Hey guys, I know I've asked this question like a million times and I'll keep asking till someone helps me out How do I customize my Wordpress blog theme? when I search i just get instructions on FTP and stuff which of course I don't really get and can't really do since I don't have a site hence no username or password...it's just a lot of jargon Someone please answer...even if it's not possible to do so just tell me. thanks

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Quotations Invited: ICT standards web portal
by Gakuru Alex 03 Jul '09

03 Jul '09

Local Software Developers/ICT Solution providers, You are hereby invited to submit quotations for the provision of: 1. Open Source website Content Management System (CMS) services 2. Open Source website Document Management System (DMS) services Your quotation should include, among others, CMS: a) customisation costs, b) cost of template, c) deployment costs d) cost of training 4 persons (administrator and 3 users) e) post installation & training support costs f) etc.. DMS: a) customisation costs, b) cost of template, c) deployment costs d) cost of training 4 persons (administrator and 3 users) e) post installation & training support costs f) etc.. If you feel that you can offer above ICT services please send your quotations by email to the undersigned addressed to: Alex Gakuru, The Chairman, Working Group, SC 34 Technical Committee(TC), Kenya Bureau of Standards email: gakuru(a)gmail.com

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Alex Congrantulations
by maina martin 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Consumer Rights Constituency" at ICANN. Alex I take this early opportunity to commend you for the good work you doing behind the scenes. Kenya joining Consumer Rights Constituency at ICANN. is great. I saw this *"Come join me on Consumer Rights Constituency-in-Formation on Noncommercial Users Constituency (NCUC)"* you are such a fighter.you are the Today Vigilant people that we require to salvage this country from rip offs and unfairness in the industry. We hope that we consumers will be saved from poor services,crosstalk's,delays in delivery of sms,denial of info from this telecos,ISP and poor customer service something that has buffled me, though I cant fully prove it, is how borrowed credit gets used up quick than the kawaida.also retrived points behave the same. hope that with this new mandate will help us get fair realistic deals post the letter to skunks please -- regards martin sms word DOCTOR to 8998 and follow instructions. QUICK CONTACTS &TIPS ON: Emergencies,FirstAid,Diet,Latenightchemist, Clinics,HIV/AIDS,FamilyPlanning,Specialists and much more The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light

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Amazing facts
by Space Engineering NOC 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi all, On August 7 , 2009 At 12hr 34 minutes and 56 seconds on the 7th of August this year, the time and date will be *12:34:56 07/08/09* * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9* This will never happen in your life again! Space Engineering NOC.

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self study videos on
by david gathu 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

microsoft sharepoint server 2007 training microsoft exchange server training you can reach me via . 0722721743 -- regards DAVID

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modem for sending sms
by Peter Muchemi 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi, What's the best modem to use in an app to send/receive sms. -- Regards http://www.software.co.ke ------------------------------------------------------------------ "What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. It is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved"

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kannel Again! connecting a modem to it
by I. Ati 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

hi guyz i have installed kannel to server , that am accessing remotely , am trying to connect to this server the issue is i dont know how to link the modem from my local machine to the kannel n ideas thanks -- Q: Why are politicians proof of reincarnation? A: You just can't get that screwed up in one lifetime.

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Skunkworks on Twitter???!!
by steve moha 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi guys, I was just tweeting and then I came across skunkworks on twitter. http://www.twitter.com/skunkworkskenya

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Re: [Skunkworks] modem for sending sms
by David Kago 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Wavecom is also good, I prefer a serial one with a high baud rate (at least 115200) so that I can send messages fast -----Original Message----- From: Zack Githinji [mailto:zachgithinji@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:29 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] modem for sending sms Hi, Fusion 100 is very reliable. On 7/2/09, George Njoroge <themburu(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > They shud all send ama what do u mean best? > > Cheerz > Themburu > > On 7/2/09, Peter Muchemi <pmuchemi(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> What's the best modem to use in an app to send/receive sms. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> http://www.software.co.ke >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> "What makes it remarkable is how well the software works. This >> software never crashes. It never needs to be re-booted. This software is bug-free. >> It >> is perfect, as perfect as human beings have achieved" >> > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Regards, Zack K. Githinji Technical Officer, Cell:+254 722 649199 E-mail:zachgithinji@gmail.com "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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(US) Government launches website to track IT spending
by Christopher Kiagiri 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Remember last month when Obama's CIO announced data.gov (which has already grown from 47 data sets to over 100,000)? ... Well, VK didn't stop there. Now there's USAspending.gov (details below). http://www.washingtonpost.com/<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR200906300…> wp-dyn/content/article/2009/<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR200906300…> 06/30/AR2009063001370.html?<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR200906300…> hpid=moreheadlines<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/30/AR200906300…> Government Launches Web Site to Track IT Spending By Kim Hart<http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/kim+hart/> Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, June 30, 2009; 10:29 AM NEW YORK, June 30 -- Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, on Tuesday announced a new Web site designed to track more than $70 billion in government information technology spending, showing all contracts held by major firms within every agency. The revamped site, USAspending.gov <http://usaspending.gov/>, was launched early this morning, and Kundra unveiled it at the Personal Democracy Forum conference on technology and politics. The site shows detailed information about whether IT contracts are being monitored and budgets being met. "Everyone knows there have been spectacular failures when it comes to technology investments," Kundra said. "Now for the first time the entire country can see how we're spending money and give us input." The site is the latest effort by Kundra and the Office of Management and Budget to make data about the government's projects and performance visible to the public. Citizens and Web developers can parse the data, combine it with other data sets and publish the results on Web feeds or their Facebook profiles. The data also show which contracts were won through a competitive process or in a no-bid method, which has been criticized by good-government advocates for excluding firms from business opportunities. Each prime contractor is listed as well as the status of that project; sub-contractors are not yet shown on the site. Last month, Kundra launched Data.gov <http://data.gov/>, a repository for data feeds that are publicly available but often hard to find. The site started with 47 data sets. Kundra said there are now more than 100,000. Kundra's announcement was met with cheers and a standing ovation from the Twittering crowd at a Lincoln Center auditorium. The launch fulfills one of the promises Kundra made to Congress, in which he pledged to develop a new way of monitoring federal technology spending by the end of June. Launching a site that makes spending practices open to the public met some opposition from the agencies' chief information officers and government contractors, some of whom were nervous about letting citizens who aren't familiar with the contracting process and technology needs of the government judge the spending decisions. Kundra said he met with every agency and dozens of company executives over the past six weeks. "I talked to the CIO Council and saw the data change overnight," Kundra said. "It was cleaned up immediately when people realized it was going to be made public." A federal report last year found that $30 billion worth of IT projects were not going smoothly or were in danger of failing. Kundra pointed to a $6 million project to use wireless devices in gathering information for the U.S. Census. After two years, it was deemed unsuccessful and census takers reverted to using the old paper-based system. "We've seen this with system after system," he said. "Vendors over-promise and budgets have run away in terms of excessive spending. We're trying to provide you with the tools to let American people show us a better way." Because the data change frequently as IT contracts change, the feeds run the risk of containing inaccuracies. Maintaining and updating the databases is also labor-intensive and some agencies say the initiative creates an enormous workload for them. "There is a good chance you'll go through this and find places where the data is wrong, and that's okay," said Macon Phillips, new media director for the White House. "I'd rather have this up and out there than not at all."

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OT: gamers : CRYSIS and directx 10
by aki 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

( Pls note some may find the games preview disturbing. ignore links below if you have not played First person Shooter games ) Believe this is the ultimate in graphics and a good benchmark? Water waves, Trees shadows and mega depth details. Quad Core for speadsheet and email use? what a waste ..... :-) Game story line : The game is based in a future where an ancient alien spacecraft has been discovered beneath the ground on an island near the coast of the East Philippines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis Introduction to the original http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3vO01xQ-DM&feature=fvw Other scenes : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w1CHff8bxM&feature=channel Youtube quality does no justice to the graphics. ( anyone remember duke nukem 3d, 1996. a funny game it was when pixels showed their squares...) I don't have CRYSIS but have been following its sequels.

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ORACLE 11g
by Trey 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi guys, Another one for anyone interested in this great PDF contact me offlist. Thanks

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EPSON TM-U950 MODEL M62U4 PRINTER
by vada dava 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

I need this printer urgently.Give me some pointers as to where i can get it.

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off the shelf hospital management system
by James Mutuku 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hello, Does anyone know of an off the shelf hospital management system? -- Best Regards, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke mutuku.wordpress.com

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Orange and Yu in money transfer
by Watson Kambo 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi guys, I think soon banks will be obsolete with this trend in Kenya of Phone companies getting into this business ... or is it just extra cash?? http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/-/539550/617396/-/u9k… -- Watson wanjohi kambo

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How times have changed....
by Phares Kariuki 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

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HTML, XHTML & CSS
by Trey 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi, Anyone Interested in the above PDF for Dumies contact me offlist. Thanks

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CISCO 1841router urgently
by richard muteru 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi Skunks, Anyone knows were i can get a cisco 1841router urgently and prize. regards Richard

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AMD vs Pentium processor.
by nyarotho kennedy 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi, i urgently need to purchase a Toshiba L305. So i walked into one of the distributors shops and alas! I find the said laptop but two with similar specs but different processor. Happy people i had to walk out coz the guyz there were not very clear. Somebody tutor me on the pros and cons of having one and not the other performance wise. Thanks n God bless. -- People should know when they are conquered.

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Logitech Cordless Controller for PLAYSTATION(R)3 for QuickSALE
by Joshua Gichuhi 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hi Skunkers, I am selling a Logitech Cordless Precision™ Controller for PLAYSTATION®3. If you're interested contact me off list Joshua Kinuthia mobile: 0722579550 -- Self-reflection is the school of wisdom

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Xbox
by Mark Mwangi 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Hey guys . . Anyone know where I can get an Xbox (not 360) + 4 pads at a reasonable price? Doesnt have to be brand new. . . -- Regards, Mark Mwangi http://mwangy.wordpress.com

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GNU / GPL License?
by Areba Collins 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Just wondering, when government uses Joomla to offer downloads of documents like this ministry of energy sessional paper: http://www.energy.go.ke/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=17&task=summ… Is it correct to post its license as GPL? Does it mean i can modify it and distribute it? Just being petty i guess..... -- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. George Bernard Shaw

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? thanks Paul
by Barrack Otieno 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Thanks for your response Paul, i am looking at it from point number 3 in your list, given the challenging nature of Projects conducted in teams, the ICT board could create a Special Purpose Vehicle, that would identify the needs of each project and try to match them with available expertise on the lists, the board can also provide guarantees to the client and once the project is delivered, the board can take its cut in the form of management costs (something similar to the way KBS manages peoples matatus), this would help to bring more focus into the projects, my thoughts are based on the number of Collaborative projects that have been brought up on this forum but they dont seem to take of despite their economic viability. Those are my thoughs Thank you On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCRUM is an idea. > > > I suggest setting up a wiki where everyone can register with skillset and > availability.... > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Pride <pride.njukia(a)swiftglobal.co.ke>wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Nyc one, i have been toying with the idea too, and am more than willing >> to contribute even in the least level, not yet a pro developer but i got >> the interest and will to go the extra mile. >> >> So when do we start? >> >> P >> >> aki wrote: >> > Hello. I'm glad you mention it. Project X was an idea too that I wanted >> to >> > share about the creation of kenya's first distributable Open Source >> > Corporate solution ( a commercial concept ). I even went into all the >> > details of how the suggested work flow would work. There was some >> interest >> > but my serious handicap was that I'm not a developer ( give me a few >> years ) >> > nor did I get any feedback from developers. The project is still open to >> > anyone who'd want to implement it. I know of a brazilian company who >> would >> > have easily done it for me at a cost ( including private labelling ) but >> > this is not my interest and that would defeat its creation. In brazil ( >> I've >> > never been there ), open source solutions have a very strong market >> > presence and many companies customize them. >> > >> > A recap of Project X : create a local distribuatble DVD linux/freebsd >> > solution to contain Mail Server, Firewall Server, Squid Server, 2 >> Network >> > card Interfaces, NDIS, NTLM or OLDAP, Web Interface etc. >> > >> > Sales : Distribute the DVD to super markets or any outlets. Purchase >> cost is >> > eg Ksh 300/-. Silly self install system DVD, anyone can create a full >> server >> > in a matter of minutes, no foss knowledge or experience required. ( ISO >> > installer ) >> > >> > Support : Annual support billable. This revenue would create chances for >> new >> > developers while existing developers would get revenue. This also >> creates a >> > professional approach to offering the above. >> > >> > I moved on to other things in my personal time so I hope someone will >> > implement it one day... :-) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:46 AM, James Muendo <timrick(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Personally, >> >> Crystal Offered to do something not many can do.He is ready to get a >> team >> >> of skunks and skunkettes to form a team to work through project >> X(Aki... >> >> what happened to these project?),and am sure if they team up with >> Walu,then >> >> Project Management isnt an issue. >> >> >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Skunkworks mailing list >> > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > Other lists >> > ------------- >> > Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> >> >> - -- >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Pride Njukia >> Systems Administrator >> Swift Global (K) LTD >> Parkside Towers, 6th Flr, Mombasa Road, >> P.O.Box 42164 (00100) Nairobi. Kenya. >> Tel: 020-6921000 >> Fax: 020-6921500 >> Email: hostmaster(a)swiftkenya.com >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAkpJt+UACgkQgqy4IpTiVIr5cgCg5Zs10Vi1vLytxoEK06gZcK7b >> g04AoPOYzDV+UPEn/jS+UIWs3A2x2N+V >> =4onG >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > > -- > With Regards, > > Phares Kariuki > > | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: > kariukiphares | > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > -- Barrack O. Otieno ISSEN CONSULTING Tel: +254721325277 +254733206359 http://projectdiscovery.or.ke To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. Alan Paton, South Africa

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i-mate accessories
by John Maina 02 Jul '09

02 Jul '09

Anyone who knows where I can get i-mate accessories in Nairobi? In particular I need housing for an i-mate jasjam. Regards, John

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by wesley kiriinya 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hey Al Kags, It's been a whole working day since u posted your request and so far no real progress, just words of advice here and there and I don't think you'll get more than that. Give this thing 2 more days. If people aint stepping up or are not available, take the budget, find a company that can do it (Kenya, Africa, the World, even Martians) and get the work done. It's great that you threw in the idea in the list. I do hope a Skunk(ette) team will take it up. BTW: With freelancers you have a risk: People have their own psychological, behavior, etc issues. I hope the time line of the project includes time for the freelance team to get to know one another. Wesley might decide to walk out in the middle of the project because Aki snores too much when he's writing code. --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Samuel Waithaka <samwaithaka(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Samuel Waithaka <samwaithaka(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 4:27 PM This discussion has been quite intensive and throwing this challenge the way Al Kags did will get us into action-oriented thinking mode. I might not have given this as much thought as some have but I what seems to emerge is that leadership is the issue here. The expertise and the capacity is evidently not. In getting down to it, Crystal Watley seems to be getting closer. Cause after all is said and done it's the action bit that counts. I hope Crystal becomes the first example to show this leadership; getting busy on it now? It's the risky part; not every other persons role (personaly I don't feel upto the task at the moment) but it's the most rewarding... Murigi, Your approach is quite insightful and technical. I'm only wondering who the starter would be. Feels like we're coming back to 'the external hand' again On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Murigi Muraya<mmskunkworks(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Al Kags, > > Anything is possible but here are my opinions. > > Freelance developers should be bound to some form of technical business > organization. Most developers burn out of projects in 6 to 36 months anyway > so unless a non technical organization wants to become a software house.... > There must be an institutional system or memory to maintain or improve a > software project. > > Contracted technology firms should be required to train and pay software > developers in a way that makes it more probable for them to deliver on what > is required. Many find it too expensive to train, certify or hire up to date > techies. This means that the contracted firm should also not be underpaid. > Training and equipping techies is not cheap at all. > > Some of us have seen how creative techies can inspire others to produce in > projects, informal forums, communities, seminars or classroom settings. Any > developer or techie worth noting participates in a technical community or > organization that can vouch for their passion, competence and reliability > (goodwill). Team members should be consulted before adding anyone to their > group. What if a new hire 'stole' your star developer's x? > > Let us hear about the projects your contacts have in mind and then we can > compete in gaining their confidence as individual, community or corporate > teams. Since software project requirements are rarely static it should be no > surprise that what is initially agreed on rarely comes to pass. Features are > cut or modified to finish whatever becomes the software within a specified > time period and budget. > > --------- > > MM > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and >> companies not giving much work to developers who do are not >> companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts >> etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their >> concerns are:- >> >> 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. >> 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - >> that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed >> time >> 3. That they require too much supervision >> 4. That they over promise. >> 5. The development of a website/application requires several >> competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention >> is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. >> >> Here's a question: >> >> If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ >> tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a >> team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? >> >> The sub-parts of these question are:- >> >> a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure >> everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer >> (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well >> with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer >> to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is >> seamless? >> >> b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - >> including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, >> documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and >> would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) >> >> c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a >> seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the >> project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and >> companies can use to contract you? >> >> d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other >> developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure >> that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible >> quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what >> is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? >> >> >> Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related >> professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and >> they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the >> 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a >> chance. >> >> Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on >> interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting >> individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. >> >> I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So >> before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, >> >> what is possible? >> >> -- >> Al Kags >> ----------------------- >> Founder, The Desturi Trust >> http://www.alkags.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > -- Samuel Waithaka http://www.brighterdayweb.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/waithaka http://www.brighterdayweb.com/seo-articles.xml http://www.brighterdayweb.com/news.xml _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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CCNA wireless and voip training and certification.
by Job Njogu 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Where can i get the above? If possible charges too. -- Sent from my mobile device Regards, Job Njogu Muriuki, Phone: +254736333075, +254202360107 Address: 42665 00100 Nrb

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Attention Pastor Phares :-)
by Odhiambo ワシントン 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hello Pastor Phares<LOL>, I greet you in the name of our beloved saviour, Jesus Christ. After the greeting, I'd like to share with you some very important information on the developments taking place in Kenya, and request you to share your wealth of knowledge with your flock, also known as skunks. After reading this article - http://tinyurl.com/mwwkkg - and the below security bulletin sent to some NGOs, please advise your flock on what they need to know about their surrounding. *"*Dear all, Nairobi and other major towns are experiencing an increase in carjackings and abductions. These carjackings are prevalent late evening and at night and along deserted roads at all times of the day. Numerous reports of carjackings have been reported along the several by-passes especially the one from Mombasa Road, Carnivore - Langata - Kibera through Ngong Forest to Dagoretti Corner. Kilimani area especially the area around Yaya Center, Orange House, Muringa Road and Riara Road towards The Junction have also recently become danger spots. If possible avoid these areas and those where you are forced to drive slowly in secluded areas. We have also received information that robberies and muggings have increased in most estates in Nairobi and the robbers kill at little or no provocation. Please plan to reach your house early and avoid unnecessary drive or leisure walking within your shopping centre or estate. Above all, remain alert. You may have also read about criminals who kill and throw dead bodies at moving vehicles. If something of that nature happens to you, do not stop but drive straight to the nearest police station and report the same. This is not to alarm but to caution you to be alert and cautious as you go about your business. Current crime rates are alarming and it is important that you have emergency telephone contacts for your nearest police station (see attached). I understand a number of them are in good working condition. Note that your safety and that of your family will depend a lot on your degree of vigilance and inquisitiveness of your surroundings. *"* Amen. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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ISOC Fellowship to the IETF
by Vincent Ngundi 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

[on behalf of Connie J Kendig, ISOC] Dear Colleagues, The Internet Society has announced that it is seeking applications for the next round of the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program, part of its Future Internet Leaders program (www.isoc.org/leaders) The program offers engineers from developing countries fellowships that fund the cost of attending an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) meeting. As you know, the IETF is the Internet's premier standards-making body, responsible for the development of protocols used in IP-based networks. IETF participants represent an international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers involved in the technical operation of the Internet and the continuing evolution of Internet architecture. Fellowships will be awarded through a competitive application process. The Internet Society is currently accepting fellowship applications for the next two IETF meetings: * IETF 76 being held in Hiroshima, Japan, 8-13 November 2009 * IETF 77 being held in Anaheim, USA, 21-26 March 2010 Up to six fellowships will be awarded for each IETF meeting. Full details on the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF, including how to apply, are located on the ISOC website at : http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship Fellowship applications for both IETF meetings are due by 31 July 2009. The Internet Society formally launched the ISOC Fellowship to the IETF program in January 2007 after successfully piloting the program during 2006 at IETF 66 in Montreal and IETF 67 in San Diego. Forty seven individuals from 29 countries have participated in the program since its inception. I encourage you to pass information about this program to individuals involved in your regional operators' groups that have a keen interest in the Internet standardisation activities of the IETF. You also may consider being a reference for the applicant. If you have questions, please do not hesiate to contact Connie Kendig <kendig(a)isoc.org> or Mirjam Kuehne <mir(a)isoc.org>. Kind Regards, Connie J Kendig ISOC -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Correction:TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Wanted: One team
by Al Kags 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

*Wanted*: One team of freelance/ Independent Web Professionals *Deliverable*: Phase one of an Online Health Information Platform (Project Afya) An entrepreneur group is seeking the services of a team of freelance/ independent web professionals that would work together to deliver Phase one of an online health information project. This project will have about four phases and the team would continue to the next phase only if they successfully deliver the preceding phase on time. The team muct consist of a project manager to understand the business aims of the project, ensure timely delivery and detailed documentation of the project, designer who can deliver global quality CSS based designs from scratch (not plagiarised from other sources) and a developer who has indepth understanding of PHP5 as well as the strong ability to integrate open source applications especially those that are google based. The team must be able to incoporate other members as the case may be - especially in the future phases, which are larger scale. Interested? Send your expression of interest in the project, currently Codenamed project Afya stating clearly the following: - Give your team a name - Names and detailed profiles of all members of the team - including portfolios, experience and project referees - Skills sets and expected roles of each member of the team - Detailed Contact information Send this information to *Patricia*, who is your contact person for purposes of any aspectr of this project at *p_mukundi(a)yahoo.com* Only successful teams will be invited to meet with the Client team to review the project. DEADLINE: 10th July 2008. Al Kags ----------------------- Founder, The Desturi Trust http://www.alkags.com On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Quick suggestion. All who are interested in said project could show up for > a meeting. A project lead can be picked and the project kicks off. Anyone > interested to send in CV and apologies early. I propose this weekend. The > document, structure etc can be banged out then. > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Apologies, >> >> *July 10th 2009* >> Al Kags >> ----------------------- >> Founder, The Desturi Trust >> http://www.alkags.com >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I also thought my calendar was asleep until now. My guess is the call >>> is closed, Kags? >>> >>> On 01/07/2009, judith mulinge <judith.mulinge(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Kags, >>> > >>> > 10th June 2008? >>> > >>> > Hasnt this ddl passed? >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> >> *Wanted*: One team of freelance/ Independent Web Professionals >>> >> *Deliverable*: Phase one of an Online Health Information Platform >>> (Project >>> >> Afya) >>> >> >>> >> An entrepreneur group is seeking the services of a team of freelance/ >>> >> independent web professionals that would work together to deliver >>> Phase >>> >> one >>> >> of an online health information project. This project will have about >>> four >>> >> phases and the team would continue to the next phase only if they >>> >> successfully deliver the preceding phase on time. >>> >> >>> >> The team muct consist of a project manager to understand the business >>> aims >>> >> of the project, ensure timely delivery and detailed documentation of >>> the >>> >> project, designer who can deliver global quality CSS based designs >>> from >>> >> scratch (not plagiarised from other sources) and a developer who has >>> >> indepth >>> >> understanding of PHP5 as well as the strong ability to integrate open >>> >> source >>> >> applications especially those that are google based. >>> >> >>> >> The team must be able to incoporate other members as the case may be - >>> >> especially in the future phases, which are larger scale. >>> >> >>> >> Interested? Send your expression of interest in the project, currently >>> >> Codenamed project Afya stating clearly the following: >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> - Give your team a name >>> >> - Names and detailed profiles of all members of the team - >>> including >>> >> portfolios, experience and project referees >>> >> - Skills sets and expected roles of each member of the team >>> >> - Detailed Contact information >>> >> >>> >> Send this information to *Patricia*, who is your contact person for >>> >> purposes of any aspectr of this project at *p_mukundi(a)yahoo.com* >>> >> >>> >> Only successful teams will be invited to meet with the Client team to >>> >> review the project. >>> >> >>> >> DEADLINE: 10th June 2008. >>> >> >>> >> Good Luck. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Al Kags >>> >> ----------------------- >>> >> Founder, The Desturi Trust >>> >> http://www.alkags.com >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> Skunkworks mailing list >>> >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> >> Other lists >>> >> ------------- >>> >> Skunkworks announce: >>> >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >>> >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >>> >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Solomon Mburu >>> P.O. Box 19343 - 00202 Nairobi >>> Cell: (+254-0) 735 431041 >>> >>> Man is a gregarious animal and enjoys agreement as cows will graze all >>> the same way to the side of a hill! >>> >>> AND >>> >>> It is better to die in dignity than in the ignomity of ambiguous >>> generosity! >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skunkworks mailing list >>> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >>> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >>> Other lists >>> ------------- >>> Skunkworks announce: >>> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >>> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >>> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> >> > > > -- > With Regards, > > Phares Kariuki > > | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: > kariukiphares | > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > >

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Size of /var?
by Nicholas Loki 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Wassup Skunks, Got this strange reading from my 'df -h' output on Sol 10: Filesystem size used avail capacity Mounted on ... /dev/md/dsk/d30 9.6G 8192E 0K 92365229983016% /var ... >From 'du -sh *' of / it shows that the size of '/var' is 1.7G. Any ideas what the output above means? KR, Loki "Excellent people exceed expectations".

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Re: [Skunkworks] Skunkworks for dummies
by Trey 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

I guess that one we will have to leave it to the pro's to tell us. :-) On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Do you have Skunkworks for dummies... for the people who discuss skunkers' > personalities and the others who ask to be unsubscribed after subscribing. > Also for those who subscribe, send an email asking to be subscribed, then > send a test messsage to confirm that they are indeed subscribed and others > who threaten to sue skunkers ;-) > > Trusting that you are all having a good day, > > > Me. > > 2009/7/1 nyarotho kennedy <kenyarotho(a)gmail.com> > > VOIP for dummies. >> >> On 7/1/09, vada dava <vadavada10(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > I am interested. >> > Terms and conditions? >> > >> > >> > On 7/1/09, Trey <caddillac1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi guys, >> >> >> >> >> >> Anyone interested in: >> >> >> >> 1.Ubuntu Linux for Dummies >> >> >> >> 2.VOIP for Dummies >> >> >> >> 3.SQL Server 2008 for Dummies >> >> >> >> 4.Building a Website for Dummies >> >> >> >> 5.Linux complete Reference for Dummies >> >> >> >> Have any other one you need? Let me know. Thanks >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Skunkworks mailing list >> >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> >> Other lists >> >> ------------- >> >> Skunkworks announce: >> >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> People should know when they are conquered. >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > > > > -- > שִׁמְעוֹן > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > >

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Anyone from Access Kenya?
by amanya 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

hi Can anyone from Access Kenya kindly get in touch offlist thanks -- they must find it difficult ... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority /gerald massey

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HP Printers "Drought"
by Odhiambo ワシントン 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Hello list, There seems to be a printers "drought" in the market. No supplier seems to have them. I am interested in an HP Printer - the 2600n (yes, I know what you are about to say). Does someone know where I can get this one? Or it's HP "replacement" (what do they call it? Successor?) Please contact me off list if you do. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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attack of the clones
by aki 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

I watched a preview of this movie, wanted some action too. Somehow Phares Db for Skunks has triggered an event?

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Cloud Computing
by Steve 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

What is Cloud Computing <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>I need some simplified answer any ideas?. Also just read these article http://tinyurl.com/mjfd72

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Stickers
by Arthur Buliva 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Am looking for someone or a company that makes laptop stickers. Good quality ones at that - like the ones stuck on laptops for Intel or Windows Vista. Any idea(s)? arthur

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domain registrar (.co.ke)
by Alex Wanjohi 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

who can register for me 4 domains(.co.ke) and what price? am looking for the cheapest.. limited budget :) kind regards -Alex

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Pricewars are here
by Phares Kariuki 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

AK has just called us at work. From next month, we get 4 times the bandwidth at the same price... And they will terminate fibre to our office for free.... Huh... Yay! -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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SafCON 3G Modem
by James Wachira 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

Guys. Anyone interested in the above Modem, to contact me offlist. Am letting it go for 3k. All contact details are as below! Cheers -- With Regards, James W, Nairobi, .ke |tel: +254 728 024 897 | gtalk: jwaciira | yahoo: jamoke | twitter: jwaciira | ----------------------------- The Geek shall inherit the earth. - Linus 5:5

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Re: [Skunkworks] Quotations Invited: ICT standards web portal
by Walubengo J 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Alex, isnt your invitation to quote violating the very clauses you have been preaching exist in our laws i.e. (govt organs (KBS is?) should not bound solutions on specific platforms - whether open source or proprietery? maybe i need some education. walu. --- On Tue, 6/30/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Quotations Invited: ICT standards web portal To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 4:24 PM ooops! I am already being asked "when is the deadline"?.. How much time do you need? 14 days or 21 days? Alex On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Gakuru Alex<alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Local Software Developers/ICT Solution providers, > > You are hereby invited to submit quotations for the provision of: > > 1. Open Source website Content Management System (CMS) services > 2. Open Source website Document Management System (DMS) services > > Your quotation should include, among others, > > CMS: > a) customisation costs, > b) cost of template, > c) deployment costs > d) cost of training 4 persons (administrator and 3 users) > e) post installation & training support costs > f) etc.. > > DMS: > a) customisation costs, > b) cost of template, > c) deployment costs > d) cost of training 4 persons (administrator and 3 users) > e) post installation & training support costs > f) etc.. > > If you feel that you can offer above ICT services please send your > quotations by email to the undersigned > addressed to: > > Alex Gakuru, > The Chairman, Working Group, > SC 34 Technical Committee(TC), > Kenya Bureau of Standards > email: gakuru(a)gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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24: The never released pilot episode
by Billy 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMLH_QyPTYM -Billy

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Joomla Help
by jude mwenda 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Ji all, Got a question to the joomla experts out there. Is there a way of having multiple sites running on the same joomla installation? Or even let say there is a joomla installation on the root with the other running as a sub directory but one instance.. -- Regards Jude Mwenda "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Looking for 10KVA 3 phase Diesel generator for hire,
by Areba Collins 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hi guys, I am looking for a diesel generator for hiring for about three months. After that, should there be an option to buy, Ill be willing to do so, Kindly contact me off list if you have something like that. Regards, Collins. -- If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas. George Bernard Shaw

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Looking for a Navision, MS SQL , .NET, PHP Developer - Freelance
by Chris W. 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hello all, Need to get in touch with someone good and experienced in MS Navision, MS SQL server .NET,VB,JAVA, PHP and MySQL to assist me in a small project. Proficiency in all the languages is not a must but the developer should be in a position to work on an application that can work in both in a *NIX and a Windows server environment. Kindly get in touch with me off list stating your capabilities. Regards, Chris_w. dabnix(a)gmail.com

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Skunkworks SkillSet Database
by pkariuki＠gmail.com 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out online: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cm92YXB5V28yS0JuV1VYMlNzTmJ….. Skunkworks SkillSet Database This is form is a precursor to the Wiki we are setting up Name * Email Address * Email Contacts Certification Possesed Kindly list all the certification you have eg CCNA, CCNP, VTSP etc, separate each entry with a carriage return Programming Languages one can code in Kindly separate each with a carriage return OS Experience Separate each with a carriage return Other skills possesed Powered by Google Docs Terms of Service - Additional Terms

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Safaricom Modem and Orange line
by info＠compulinekenya.com 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hii All, Does anyone have an idea how to configure other lines(Orange,zain)on the safaricom modem.....sometimes credit just disappears in the middle of the night when ur using it....and need to use credit on the orange line... Najua kuna ma guru kadha on this site.. rgds Chege

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by wesley kiriinya 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Yes. I second that suggestion. Phares can u set up/open it? Or u can give me a link of where I can set one up. --- On Tue, 6/30/09, Phares Kariuki <pkariuki(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Phares Kariuki <pkariuki(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:07 AM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCRUM is an idea. I suggest setting up a wiki where everyone can register with skillset and availability.... On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Pride <pride.njukia(a)swiftglobal.co.ke> wrote: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nyc one, i have been toying with the idea too, and am more than willing to contribute even in the least level, not yet a pro developer but i got the interest and will to go the extra mile. So when do we start? P aki wrote: > Hello. I'm glad you mention it. Project X was an idea too that I wanted to > share about the creation of kenya's first distributable Open Source > Corporate solution ( a commercial concept ). I even went into all the > details of how the suggested work flow would work. There was some interest > but my serious handicap was that I'm not a developer ( give me a few years ) > nor did I get any feedback from developers. The project is still open to > anyone who'd want to implement it. I know of a brazilian company who would > have easily done it for me at a cost ( including private labelling ) but > this is not my interest and that would defeat its creation. In brazil ( I've > never been there ), open source solutions have a very strong market > presence and many companies customize them. > > A recap of Project X : create a local distribuatble DVD linux/freebsd > solution to contain Mail Server, Firewall Server, Squid Server, 2 Network > card Interfaces, NDIS, NTLM or OLDAP, Web Interface etc. > > Sales : Distribute the DVD to super markets or any outlets. Purchase cost is > eg Ksh 300/-. Silly self install system DVD, anyone can create a full server > in a matter of minutes, no foss knowledge or experience required. ( ISO > installer ) > > Support : Annual support billable. This revenue would create chances for new > developers while existing developers would get revenue. This also creates a > professional approach to offering the above. > > I moved on to other things in my personal time so I hope someone will > implement it one day... :-) > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:46 AM, James Muendo <timrick(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Personally, >> Crystal Offered to do something not many can do.He is ready to get a team >> of skunks and skunkettes to form a team to work through project X(Aki... >> what happened to these project?),and am sure if they team up with Walu,then >> Project Management isnt an issue. >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general - -- Kind Regards, Pride Njukia Systems Administrator Swift Global (K) LTD Parkside Towers, 6th Flr, Mombasa Road, P.O.Box 42164 (00100) Nairobi. Kenya. Tel: 020-6921000 Fax: 020-6921500 Email: hostmaster(a)swiftkenya.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpJt+UACgkQgqy4IpTiVIr5cgCg5Zs10Vi1vLytxoEK06gZcK7b g04AoPOYzDV+UPEn/jS+UIWs3A2x2N+V =4onG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares | -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Operations Engineers Needed
by Tony Likhanga 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Guys, http://www.jinny.ie/about_us/operations_engineer_kenya.401.513.careers.html Also check DN Thur 25th.

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High quality Kenyan UI designers- 2 examples
by Peter Karunyu 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

This is a collation of some responses to Al's post on another thread. I've just seen the portfolio of this skunk Michael Wambua here http://www.michaelwamb.net23.net/work.htm and I almost passed out coz of the pure awesomeness (borrowed from KFP). I especially like Mahogany, EAC, Camp Trekkers and Tujenge. The latter one oozes pure awesomeness! Also just checked out Andrew Kinai work at http://keen.co.ke/portfolio/Dotsavvy has just been relegated to position 3 on my list of kick ass interface designers.

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Meeting tonight?
by Crystal Watley 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Is there are meeting tonight? If so, where? I am in town and would like to attend. Many blessings, Crystal -- Crystal "Naliaka" Watley Kigoni Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org http://www.voicesofafrica.org/ "You must be the change you wish to see" - Gandhi

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by wesley kiriinya 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Aki you've brought out the basis of my skepticism (on whether Al can get that team here) and I will expound: 1. As far as I know, there are very few, if at all any projects that have been developed from guys who met in the list despite this list existing for atleast 3 years. (If I'm wrong on this then the more the reason my argument is wrong). 2. It's not that Skunk(ette)s don't want to work together on a project, I think the issue (which I mentioned on my first reply) is guys don't have time. Personally I would like to participate in development of many projects mentioned in the list lakini time is on my back like a bad rash! 3. I feel most of the members in the list have not participated in any IT/Networks/Hardware/Software development/any other techie stuff, or are just fishing (I know that's not the spelling but I have a craving) for ideas. Given the above it would be good to know who is in the skunkworks list? I hear we have a few thousand people in the list but who are they and what do they do? Only 10-15 people seem to contribute regularly. Others (recently Al Kags) and myself have posted job vacancies for developers but no replies! With member information people like Al can be more focused in their search. In the long run this leads to a formal body of skunk(ette)s such as a society, which I've ranted on and on ... --- On Tue, 6/30/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 8:33 AM Hello. I'm glad you mention it. Project X was an idea too that I wanted to share about the creation of kenya's first distributable Open Source Corporate solution ( a commercial concept ). I even went into all the details of how the suggested work flow would work. There was some interest but my serious handicap was that I'm not a developer ( give me a few years ) nor did I get any feedback from developers. The project is still open to anyone who'd want to implement it. I know of a brazilian company who would have easily done it for me at a cost ( including private labelling ) but this is not my interest and that would defeat its creation. In brazil ( I've never been there ), open source solutions have a very strong market presence and many companies customize them. A recap of Project X : create a local distribuatble DVD linux/freebsd solution to contain Mail Server, Firewall Server, Squid Server, 2 Network card Interfaces, NDIS, NTLM or OLDAP, Web Interface etc. Sales : Distribute the DVD to super markets or any outlets. Purchase cost is eg Ksh 300/-. Silly self install system DVD, anyone can create a full server in a matter of minutes, no foss knowledge or experience required. ( ISO installer ) Support : Annual support billable. This revenue would create chances for new developers while existing developers would get revenue. This also creates a professional approach to offering the above. I moved on to other things in my personal time so I hope someone will implement it one day... :-) On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:46 AM, James Muendo <timrick(a)gmail.com> wrote: Personally, Crystal Offered to do something not many can do.He is ready to get a team of skunks and skunkettes to form a team to work through project X(Aki... what happened to these project?),and am sure if they team up with Walu,then Project Management isnt an issue. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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www.kenyaengineer.or.ke
by BOOKER OMOLE 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Kenya engineer online edition, You may register in the website to receive a notification only when a new issue is uploaded, your mailbox will not be jammed because we will only sent one notification in two months unless you include weekly news updates as an option. For those who had trouble accessing this page, it might be your browser so try once more. I will be glad to get some feedback on how the website is, negative or positive will do. It may range from design to content it doesn't really matter. Regards Ngesa Omole Bookerjournal(a)kenet.or.ke/ ken-eng(a)africaonline.co.ke 0733984272/2219823/2216595 www.kenyaengineer.or.ke _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx

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hacking internet consumer protection..stumbled upon v.good e-evidence:-)
by Gakuru Alex 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Folks, It's always been very difficult, if not impossible, to convince someone how much 'down' one has been if their flat rate Internet has NOT been connecting... But some good news... Linux users can review *all* their failed Internet connection attempts, and all other computer activities log. Serves as quite some incriminating evidence - both ways (e.g. if been visiting ...movie sites...) because every IP address visited is logged as well... and since e-evidence is now legal courtesy of KCA, 2008. If you run Ubuntu( Linux) Operating System, have a have a look at your current /var/log/messages file. Once the file gets large it's archived and a new small one created. An e-record of all failed Internet connections/downtime register now exists. Poor Internet Services Providers chungeni. Sasa ni kubaya sana! Alex

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Orange data - have become really baad!
by Gakuru Alex 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

I take back all praise I had heaped on Orange "broadband" service. I have painfully suffered since last Friday, no internet yet I am up to date on payments. My calIs to customer care are actually disconected by their operators. How terrible! On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:38 PM, aki<aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > maximum data bundle now available is Ksh 850 for 250 Mbytes ( Ksh 3.4/byte ) > from its earlier Ksh 1/Mbyte. I'm not complaining, as long as they can > sustain much cleaner and reliable services than experienced earlier. > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > >

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Free Divx-->DVD
by Odhiambo ワシントン 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hello Skunks, I have a few .divx files that I'd like to write to DVDs, to be playable via standard DVD players. I have google-ED and seen a few apps, all commercial. Since this is a one time thing, I don't intend to invest in any software, so I'd do with pointers to a free one:) -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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PC to TV video splitters
by Peter Karunyu 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi people, I have an application installed on a PC which generates about 10 graphs of real time data, I would like to output these graphs to about 4 sony bravia TVs. My preliminary investigations indicate that a video splitter would do that. I have never used one before, any skunks with more details? Any local suppliers? What if I wanted to have the 10 graphs be like kawaida TV channels so that I can tell users something like; "Switch to channel 5 to see report X", any leads on I can do that? Thanks!

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Fedora 10
by Mr. Lawi 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi guys, Anyone with FC 10 (not 11) and located on Msa road? (vision plaza area, to narrow down further). I wil bring my dvd/disk to copy if an iso image.

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Looking for partners for mobile content service
by Davenport, Luke 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi Skunks, I am looking for a partner to help me launch a new SMS content service. The person should have experience or at least an interest in mobile content and technology, some experience in starting or at least managing a business, and some knowledge of business-to-customer marketing. This person would need to be comfortable in an entrepreneurial role - getting involved in many different aspects of the business and being paid on an incentive-for-performance basis. Must be reliable. If anyone is interested or could suggest someone who might be interested, please contact me off-list and attach a CV. Thanks! Cheers, Luke Luke Davenport 0716-086-600

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Searching for a string inside a tar file
by Walter Onyango 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Good evening, I have several tar files each containing a number of text files in a debian box. is it possible to search for a specific string in the files and output that line plus two lines before and after that? Kindly assist. -- Wakello

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Sonny digital camera
by Penninah Kyulle 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

hey fellow skunkers i own this camera that I so love it broke its zoom only it cant take photos but it goes on and can view photos in gallery anybody know where i can repair coz i cant really afford one the prices should be fair too your help shall be highly appreciated

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The kenya engineer online edition
by BOOKER OMOLE 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Skunk and Skunkettes check this out and tell me if you like it. http://www.kenyaengineer.or.ke/index.php/kenyaengineer/index _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. Check it out! http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009

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CURRENCY TRADING
by Caddillac 1 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi guys, Anyone interested in Currency Trading for Dummies in PDF can contact me offlist. Thanks

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Can you build teams... if?
by Al Kags 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi all. Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and companies not giving much work to developers who do are not companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their concerns are:- 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed time 3. That they require too much supervision 4. That they over promise. 5. The development of a website/application requires several competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. Here's a question: If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? The sub-parts of these question are:- a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is seamless? b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and companies can use to contract you? d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a chance. Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, what is possible? -- Al Kags ----------------------- Founder, The Desturi Trust http://www.alkags.com

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Paul Graham and his disciples breaking bread :-)
by mbugua＠symbiotic.co.ke 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by Walubengo J 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

just been working backwards thro this thread...it appears Al Kags asked some qtns, and despite his many disclaimers - that his question was personal - the ICT Board still got some bashing...;-) Nway, my take is that in general the techies in Kenya are extremely good at an individual level. But we are yet to see them organise and take on the big (corporate/govt) jobs (yes, a few at KRA did that, but thats more an exception than the norm)... but again, its not entirely the Techies fault. Flash back to 1980 @ M$ - Bill Gates the techie needed Steve Ballmer to setup the institutional framework that he needed to break into the corporate world. I think there are some institutions (IFC, Govt Incubators, etc) that are trying to play Steve Ballmer for the young and technically savvy. What I dont know is how successful this has been. walu. --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 1:28 PM On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Al Kags<alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Colleagues, > > From Alex's rejoinder and from Barrack's response under a variated subject > line, I am left with no choice but to think that this team does not have the > capacity to work together as a team viz my specific questions - not without > government leadership from what I understand. I think this might be considered summarily harsh and conclusive... Hope the Board is not out to prove "how fragmented skunks are":-( It has happened before, and severally... ask why skunkwork@innovation got to be organised Board should not get touchy when their own capacity needs are pointed out... > I notice that no one bothered to answer the questions as asked and so on the > specific matters I raise, I am not able to know whether or not this team has > any capacity that I or the organisations I mentioned may need. Please > correct me if I am mistaken, but the following questions have not been > addressed:- > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is > seamless? > > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) > > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and > companies can use to contract you? > > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? > > To this end, it occurs to me that the easiest option is to simply ask for > companies to express interest and go that "usual route"? Interestingly a > number of companies have been quick to send me expressions of interest > (which defeats the purpose, if the original proposition was to give > developers who are freelancers a chance? > > By the way: I really do think we should not create an impression that > government should hand-hold the ICT industry in terms of enterprise > development. That should be the role of entrepreneurs. Government should be > following the money makers - not the other way round. My views. > > Cheers. > > > Al Kags > ----------------------- > Founder, The Desturi Trust > http://www.alkags.com > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Actually it's the ICT Board that needs a senior staff member with >> knowledge on the subject in order to offer leadership. This has been >> lacking for a long time. >> >> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags<alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi all. >> > >> > Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and >> > companies not giving much work to developers who do are not >> > companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts >> > etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their >> > concerns are:- >> > >> > 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. >> > 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - >> > that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed >> > time >> > 3. That they require too much supervision >> > 4. That they over promise. >> > 5. The development of a website/application requires several >> > competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention >> > is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. >> > >> > Here's a question: >> > >> > If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ >> > tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a >> > team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? >> > >> > The sub-parts of these question are:- >> > >> > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure >> > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer >> > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well >> > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer >> > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is >> > seamless? >> > >> > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - >> > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, >> > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and >> > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) >> > >> > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a >> > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the >> > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and >> > companies can use to contract you? >> > >> > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other >> > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure >> > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible >> > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what >> > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? >> > >> > >> > Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related >> > professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and >> > they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the >> > 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a >> > chance. >> > >> > Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on >> > interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting >> > individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. >> > >> > I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So >> > before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, >> > >> > what is possible? >> > >> > -- >> > Al Kags >> > ----------------------- >> > Founder, The Desturi Trust >> > http://www.alkags.com >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Skunkworks mailing list >> > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > Other lists >> > ------------- >> > Skunkworks announce: >> > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> Other lists >> ------------- >> Skunkworks announce: >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce >> Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science >> kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Mick Wilson/UNEP/NBO/UNO is on management training
by Mick Wilson 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

I will be out of the office starting 29/06/2009 and will not return until 03/07/2009. I am off-campus learning how to be a proper manager and will rarely be checking this mail. If you need an intelligent reply before I get back then please contact caroline.mureithi(a)unep.org

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Does Kenya have high quality UI designers??
by Al Kags 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

I have been going over www.templatemonster.com and marveling at the quality of designs that I have seen there. I have been asking myself whether Kenya has such designers that can do that level of work? Or should I just buy from template monster? -- Al Kags ----------------------- Founder, The Desturi Trust http://www.alkags.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by wesley kiriinya 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

"...why are there so many people complaining about the lack of government funding and start up capital?..." Complaints about lack of gvmnt funding might not necessarily mean funding for start-ups and anyway I dont think the government should be funding start-ups in the first place. The funding complaints could mean funding for infrustrure to create a good IT environment for everyone. I believe anyone strong enough to get gvmnt fundin is strong enough to get the funding from other sources. Of late I've noticed an increasing number of people willing to fund innovative ICT ventures. Perharps this topic should be discussed in another thread... --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Crystal Watley <crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org> wrote: From: Crystal Watley <crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 12:14 PM In response to your questions: a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is seamless? So there is a question if this team can be formed. Let's test the idea here, right now. The question is how many good programmers are out there without employment. So why not test this idea right here. Can one Designer who is good at CSS make their presence known today? Can one Developer who is good at Google Aps make their skills known here today? And can we find one Mobile developer to create the mobile apps? This appears to be a four person team. I would be more than happy to provide the Project Management as that is my field of expertise. b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) If the team can be developed from the Skunworks members, I am sure that a bid could be created with more information about who the funding is providing the funding, the goals with the site development, and their organizational objectives. Project details are not difficult to put together once a team has been formed. c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and companies can use to contract you? This would be a resounding yes. If a team could be established and would be able to put together the proposal, which I have all confidence could be done if the talent comes forward. Implementation comes down to individuals working on a team. A team of four to five can be done in Kenya without issue as long as everyone know the rules of the game. d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? I have previously proposed that skunkworks create a directory of companies, products, services, and individuals ont he list to be able to faciliate growth in the industry. I would buy a product from someone I had heard and recognized on the listserve before I would buy from someone else and I have consistently done so. As far as gaining support from other Skunks, I have found them to be some of the most friendly and useful people I have meet in Kenya as it is one of the few places you can find an industry semi-organized by the same interests. So I would ask my collegues, if we created a team to do this project, would ya'll be willing to help? If people with the skills u're looking for exist, it will be strange that they are freelancers i.e. they don't have companies already set up. Follow your 'usual route'. I would like to same something about this comment: If everyone who has the necessary skills in the ICT sector is employeed by various companies or have started their own successful business, why are there so many people complaining about the lack of government funding and start up capital? While I agree wholeheartedly with the previous comments that state that the government has not donem enough, that shows there is need. If the private sector is willing to pick up the ball and provide opportunities, they would be providing Kenya with a service that has been largely ignored. So... Can we do it? Yes we can... But will we? Many blessings, Crystal --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 11:05 AM Colleagues, >From Alex's rejoinder and from Barrack's response under a variated subject line, I am left with no choice but to think that this team does not have the capacity to work together as a team viz my specific questions - not without government leadership from what I understand. I notice that no one bothered to answer the questions as asked and so on the specific matters I raise, I am not able to know whether or not this team has any capacity that I or the organisations I mentioned may need. Please correct me if I am mistaken, but the following questions have not been addressed:- a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is seamless? b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and companies can use to contract you? d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? To this end, it occurs to me that the easiest option is to simply ask for companies to express interest and go that "usual route"? Interestingly a number of companies have been quick to send me expressions of interest (which defeats the purpose, if the original proposition was to give developers who are freelancers a chance? By the way: I really do think we should not create an impression that government should hand-hold the ICT industry in terms of enterprise development. That should be the role of entrepreneurs. Government should be following the money makers - not the other way round. My views. Cheers. Al Kags ----------------------- Founder, The Desturi Trust http://www.alkags.com On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: Actually it's the ICT Board that needs a senior staff member with knowledge on the subject in order to offer leadership. This has been lacking for a long time. On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags<alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and > companies not giving much work to developers who do are not > companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts > etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their > concerns are:- > > 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. > 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - > that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed > time > 3. That they require too much supervision > 4. That they over promise. > 5. The development of a website/application requires several > competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention > is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. > > Here's a question: > > If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ > tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a > team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? > > The sub-parts of these question are:- > > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is > seamless? > > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) > > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and > companies can use to contract you? > > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? > > > Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related > professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and > they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the > 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a > chance. > > Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on > interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting > individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. > > I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So > before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, > > what is possible? > > -- > Al Kags > ----------------------- > Founder, The Desturi Trust > http://www.alkags.com > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- Crystal "Naliaka" Watley Kigoni Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org http://www.voicesofafrica.org/ "You must be the change you wish to see" - Gandhi -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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KDN butterfly free?
by Dennis Kioko 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

There is an article in our favourite Standard Newspaper on page 25 which quotes KDN CEO Kai Wulff saying that "home and office users can use the company's wi-fi connection (butterfly) for free." how true is this? On to other stories, who manages mirror.ac.ke ? They can be of much help if they uploaded fedora 9 repositories and other up to date Linux distributions, assuming that the mirror is hosted locally . -- with Regards: Are you one of us?: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION
by ann mwaniki 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

@ Gathanji, We have had the same problem for some time now, and we were finally informed that there is no VAT registration nowdays for businesses,that you can operate on PIN only, is that so? Best Regards, Ann --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION To: Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, "Richard kra" <Richard.Hadegu(a)kra.go.ke>, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke Cc: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>, bidiiafrika(a)googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 1:44 AM Guys, Please help me register for VAT for this company i have tried for over 2 months now without success. COMPANY NAME: DIVERSE ICT LTD PIN : P051302486C Attached find copy of the KRA PIN CERTFICATE Kindly guide me on what i need to do. With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles +254710852974 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if?
by wesley kiriinya 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

That's a great opportunity but I doubt you will be able to get those freelancers: 1. People with the skills you are looking for likely exist in the list but they are likely engaged in other projects. 2. I think smart people/businessmen have set up companies and they've hired IT guys with potential. If people with the skills u're looking for exist, it will be strange that they are freelancers i.e. they don't have companies already set up. Follow your 'usual route'. --- On Mon, 6/29/09, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Monday, June 29, 2009, 11:05 AM Colleagues, >From Alex's rejoinder and from Barrack's response under a variated subject line, I am left with no choice but to think that this team does not have the capacity to work together as a team viz my specific questions - not without government leadership from what I understand. I notice that no one bothered to answer the questions as asked and so on the specific matters I raise, I am not able to know whether or not this team has any capacity that I or the organisations I mentioned may need. Please correct me if I am mistaken, but the following questions have not been addressed:- a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is seamless? b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and companies can use to contract you? d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? To this end, it occurs to me that the easiest option is to simply ask for companies to express interest and go that "usual route"? Interestingly a number of companies have been quick to send me expressions of interest (which defeats the purpose, if the original proposition was to give developers who are freelancers a chance? By the way: I really do think we should not create an impression that government should hand-hold the ICT industry in terms of enterprise development. That should be the role of entrepreneurs. Government should be following the money makers - not the other way round. My views. Cheers. Al Kags ----------------------- Founder, The Desturi Trust http://www.alkags.com On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: Actually it's the ICT Board that needs a senior staff member with knowledge on the subject in order to offer leadership. This has been lacking for a long time. On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags<alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and > companies not giving much work to developers who do are not > companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts > etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their > concerns are:- > > 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. > 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - > that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed > time > 3. That they require too much supervision > 4. That they over promise. > 5. The development of a website/application requires several > competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention > is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. > > Here's a question: > > If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ > tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a > team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? > > The sub-parts of these question are:- > > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is > seamless? > > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) > > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and > companies can use to contract you? > > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? > > > Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related > professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and > they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the > 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a > chance. > > Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on > interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting > individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. > > I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So > before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, > > what is possible? > > -- > Al Kags > ----------------------- > Founder, The Desturi Trust > http://www.alkags.com > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Installing joomla
by Simon Wainaina 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Can someone assist me with info on how to install joomla. Do i have to have a control panel on a running website??

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Re: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION
by ann mwaniki 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

@ Gathanji, We have had the same problem for some time now, and we were finally informed that there is no VAT registration nowdays for businesses,that you can operate on PIN only, is that so? Best Regards, Ann --- On Sat, 6/27/09, Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION To: Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, "Richard kra" <Richard.Hadegu(a)kra.go.ke>, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke Cc: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>, bidiiafrika(a)googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 1:44 AM Guys, Please help me register for VAT for this company i have tried for over 2 months now without success. COMPANY NAME: DIVERSE ICT LTD PIN : P051302486C Attached find copy of the KRA PIN CERTFICATE Kindly guide me on what i need to do. With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles +254710852974 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Re: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION
by ann mwaniki 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

--- On Sat, 6/27/09, Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] VAT REGISTRATION To: Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, Jediel.Miriti(a)kra.go.ke, "Richard kra" <Richard.Hadegu(a)kra.go.ke>, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke, Callcentre(a)kra.go.ke Cc: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke>, bidiiafrika(a)googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009, 1:44 AM Guys, Please help me register for VAT for this company i have tried for over 2 months now without success. COMPANY NAME: DIVERSE ICT LTD PIN : P051302486C Attached find copy of the KRA PIN CERTFICATE Kindly guide me on what i need to do. With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles +254710852974 -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Laptop freezing when installing xp and windows 7.
by Job Njogu 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Hi good people. Over the weekend i tried installing windows 7 on ma laptop. The installation freezes or the untouch pad and keyboard dont responded but an usb mouse persons. The same happens when installing xp. The funny thing it came with vista but running ubuntu currently. Its an acer aspire 5050 with 1gb ram, 80 gb drive, ati radeon xpress graphics card, 2.2 ghz amd turion 64 bit. So wise people shida iko wapi. -- Sent from my mobile device Regards, Job Njogu Muriuki, Phone: +254736333075, +254202360107 Address: 42665 00100 Nrb

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? Walu what do you say?
by Barrack Otieno 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Absolutely Alex, i was looking forward to your opinion on this subject, i just didn'nt want to mention organizations on the list. Walu we seek some wisdom from you on the same matter are you there :-) On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Actually it's the ICT Board that needs a senior staff member with > knowledge on the subject in order to offer leadership. This has been > lacking for a long time. > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags<alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and > > companies not giving much work to developers who do are not > > companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts > > etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their > > concerns are:- > > > > 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. > > 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - > > that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed > > time > > 3. That they require too much supervision > > 4. That they over promise. > > 5. The development of a website/application requires several > > competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention > > is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. > > > > Here's a question: > > > > If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ > > tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a > > team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? > > > > The sub-parts of these question are:- > > > > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure > > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer > > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well > > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer > > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is > > seamless? > > > > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - > > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, > > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and > > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) > > > > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a > > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the > > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and > > companies can use to contract you? > > > > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other > > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure > > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible > > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what > > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? > > > > > > Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related > > professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and > > they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the > > 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a > > chance. > > > > Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on > > interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting > > individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. > > > > I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So > > before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, > > > > what is possible? > > > > -- > > Al Kags > > ----------------------- > > Founder, The Desturi Trust > > http://www.alkags.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > Other lists > > ------------- > > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Barrack O. Otieno ISSEN CONSULTING Tel: +254721325277 +254733206359 http://projectdiscovery.or.ke To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. Alan Paton, South Africa

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Whny own an iPhone
by Gathinji Mwangi 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

One of the highlights of the new iPhone 3.0 software (which will be released two days before the iPhone 3G S) is a feature called "Find My iPhone," which allows users to locate a lost phone........ Read more:http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/06/10/2009-06-10_iphone_tim… With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles - CG

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Full Circle Magazine - Issue 26
by Gakuru Alex 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Found it contains interesting articles. http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-26/ Alex

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Re: [Skunkworks] Can you build teams... if? YES BUT......
by Barrack Otieno 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Al Kags, i would wish to throw the challenge back to you as a government officer, what you are talking about is no doubt achievable going by the strides i have seen in this forum nonetheless, what is the government and or related agencies like KICTB doing to inculcate this culture among our youth? dont forget tax payers money is used for such agencies to act as our thinktanks, in my opinion, our strategies at the top level are the ones failing us because a tam can be put together but possibilities of unscrupulous businessmen taking advantage of "cheap labour " from our highly talented youth are high this is where we are failing... I stand to be corrected On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Al Kags <alkags(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > Much has been said on this forum about government, organisations and > companies not giving much work to developers who do are not > companies. having spoken to a few people who could give the contracts > etc., i understood them to say that the concerns were that their > concerns are:- > > 1. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers level of quality. > 2. They cannot be assured of the freelance developers delivery time - > that they will deliver everything they say they will at the appointed > time > 3. That they require too much supervision > 4. That they over promise. > 5. The development of a website/application requires several > competences - designer, IA, developer, integrator etc. The contention > is that you guys don't/won't work together as a team. > > Here's a question: > > If an organisation/ company was to decide to do a call for entries/ > tender of sorts for a significant web project to be delivered by a > team of freelance individuals from this forum, can it be done? > > The sub-parts of these question are:- > > a) Can you form a team consisting of Project Manager (to assure > everything is done in time, guide the proposal making etc); Designer > (who does outstanding designs in CSS); Developer(s) who can work well > with Google Aps - integrate Gmaps etc into the site; mobile developer > to develop mobile apps, etc; integrator to ensure that the site is > seamless? > > b) Can your team come together and bid for the project in detail - > including what you can put together, timelines, budgets, > documentations etc? (Each member of the team would sign a contract and > would be paid as an individual for their quoted rate) > > c) Can the team that wins the bid implement the project in such a > seamless and timely manner, delivering such high quality that the > project can stand up as a model that the government, organisations and > companies can use to contract you? > > d) Being that this is such an untried model, would the other > developers in the skunkworks arena support the winning team to ensure > that they succeed in delivering the project at the highest possible > quality and within the exact time they promised to do so? If yes, what > is the structure that skunkworks would use to do this? > > > Here's my thinking. A lot of the developers and other related > professionals here are passionate and really good at what they do, and > they often just need a chance. Not everyone can be employed by the > 3mice etc of this world and so its a challenge to give everyone a > chance. > > Given the concerns expressed by the client group, the onus is on > interested people here to prove to them that the model of contracting > individual freelance professionals here is a workable one. > > I know one organisation that would be interested in trying it out. So > before they make a further move, I bring the idea here to you and ask, > > what is possible? > > -- > Al Kags > ----------------------- > Founder, The Desturi Trust > http://www.alkags.com > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > -- Barrack O. Otieno ISSEN CONSULTING Tel: +254721325277 +254733206359 http://projectdiscovery.or.ke To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man. Alan Paton, South Africa

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Taking iPhine to the next level
by Gathinji Mwangi 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

http://www.nydailynews.com/tech_guide/2009/06/24/2009-06-24_new_iphone_app_… With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles - CG

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Help with Network manager.
by Job Njogu 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

Hi guys. Am trying to connect to the internet using network manager 0.7 on ubuntu 9.04 but i cant despite having an ip, gateway and dns . I try to ping and i get " operation not permitted". The browser reports it cannot reach the server. Despite this using applications like umtsmon or vodafone mobile connect for linux with a usb modem connects well. I had installed wicd to manage the wired and wireless connections but removed it in favor of network manager. I should also mention i had enabled nat (masquared) on ppp0. What could be the problem and how do i go around it? -- Sent from my mobile device Regards, Job Njogu Muriuki, Phone: +254736333075, +254202360107 Address: 42665 00100 Nrb

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Google and Egypt Signed a $10 Million Deal
by Mbugua Njihia 28 Jun '09

28 Jun '09

WebProNews reports <http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/06/25/google-and-egypt-ink-10-millio n-deal> that Google and the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology have signed a $10 million contract regarding business and workforce development in Egypt. According to the site the deal was signed in Washington D.C during the Egyptian Minister of ICT, Dr. Tarek Kamel, visit this week along with a representative for the Information Technology Industry <http://www.itida.gov.eg/> Development Agency (ITIDA) .WebProNews news says that The Google deal was made for the promotion of Egyptian products and services using Google's advertising platforms. And under the agreement, Google will invest 25% of the money back into the Egyptian economy. "Over the medium to long term, Google's USD $2.5 million investment agreement may include: growing digital media start-ups, incubation venture capital, angel funding of the ICT sector and potentially training students in online advertising." According to Wael Ghonim, Google's Product & Marketing Manager, Middle East & North Africa, Egypt will promote by using Google advertising technologies the following sectors: Tourism, IT and Industrial Business.Campaigns will have a global nature and will target audience in US & Europe as well as the Arab countries. He added nothing has been decided yet in terms of the details, but the ad campaigns are expected to be combination of text / display ads. Sources say MCIT will be managing this for all the different Egyptian ministries, and there will be different landing pages created to brand Egypt and specific businesses. Egypt has been doing a nice job online with sites such as Egypt Memory and Eternal Egypt web sites. <http://arabcrunch.com/2009/04/egyptmemory-offers-more-than-2000-free-high-q uality-images-online.html> As for the $2.5 million reinvestment, sources say it is part of MCIT policies (so it's not specific to Google), this is what Microsoft also do in Egypt ."We are really excited about this partnership as we are committed to add value to Egypt." Said Wael. http://tinyurl.com/n8drjs symbiotic_logo Mbugua Njihia - CEO SYMBIOTIC MEDIA CONSORTIUM | Design:Develop:Deploy [a] Muringa Court - Suite B2:Kilimani- Junction of Kirichwa and Muringa Road [t] +254 20 359 6305 [c] +254 721 668 709 [e] mbugua(a)symbiotic.co.ke [w] www.symbiotic.co.ke [b] http://blog.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/ This message may contain information, which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, you are notified that any distribution, use or copying of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately

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Zain Partners with Western Union to Deliver Mobile Money Transfer Via Zain's Zap
by Mbugua Njihia 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Traditional money transfer and credit card companies are trying to be part of the mobile payment loop in order not to lose their business, while mobile operators and software vendors across the world are deploying different schemes <http://arabcrunch.com/2009/06/videos-last-day-of-the-media-and-telecom-conf erence-mobile-payment-discussion-and-more.html> to capitalize into this opportunity. Putting ideas into action, Kuwait based Zain <http://www.zain.com> , which is considered the fourth largest mobile network in the world in terms of geographic presence, with a footprint in 22 countries spread across the Middle East and Africa with over 60 million active customers, and Western Union <http://www.westernunion.com> , a global leader in money transfer, recently announced that they will work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. <http://www.ke.zain.com/en/zap/> http://tinyurl.com/kk5adz symbiotic_logo Mbugua Njihia - CEO SYMBIOTIC MEDIA CONSORTIUM | Design:Develop:Deploy [a] Muringa Court - Suite B2:Kilimani- Junction of Kirichwa and Muringa Road [t] +254 20 359 6305 [c] +254 721 668 709 [e] mbugua(a)symbiotic.co.ke [w] www.symbiotic.co.ke [b] http://blog.symbiotic.co.ke/blog/ This message may contain information, which is confidential, private or privileged in nature. If you are not the intended recipient of the message, you are notified that any distribution, use or copying of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately

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Testing My Skunk Works Account
by Hussein Abdi 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Just Testing

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Simply Market Yourself!
by Murigi Muraya 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Why is it so hard for most of our software developers to present themselves like http://pjbeardsley.net? Transparency can be simply profound!

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Venture capital in Kenya.
by Martin Njuguna 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Hi Skunks, Has anyone dealt with venture capital firms/individuals in Kenya? Are there firms out there who do equity funding as opposed to traditional loans structure? Martin S. Njuguna

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mobile internet access never to improve unless tariffs go upward. Fiber to become a nightmare for inexperienced telcos?
by aki 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

To me it seems telcos here are very inexperienced in data services and in the process have burnt their fingers to offer reliable data services. Why? Simply, they modelled the data services similar to voice services. While on voice they could compress a number of voice channels per BTS capacity to say eg 8kbps, data is a different monster all together. TCP/IP alone has massive overheads and trying to squeeze it to work on 8-16kbps channels simply cannot work. The costs/profits to a mobile telco are based on the number of BTS channels utilized and congestion models that have predictive call behaviour. The congested internet backbone has until now helped them keep control on BTS overheads and channel allocations. For example, we can say that for an 8k channel allocation the business model for voice call is 1 Ksh and timed per second. During a voice call, the caller will naturally hang up asap and this allows another caller to use the same time slot. On data, the same 8k channel is timed per Mbyte. This Mbyte may take upto 10 minutes to clear. Therefore during this period, the channel cannot be used by anyone else and so queues build up proportionally to congestion. Once the fiber goes live, these BTS models will not be able to handle the demands. In many ways, not having the fiber has been a big advantage to telcos as the backbone self congested and slowed down. In fact if safaricom 3G don't follow certain rules, they may see a network crash within the first few hours of the fiber being lit. They seem to have learnt a few things and thus the reason for blocking smtp and torrents. Foolish and amatuer ways of network management ( I blame the sales management, not engineers! ). Orange has also adjusted their rate bundles. Yu has some sort of primitive channel controllers that drop packets if the speed rate/ports is exceeded. I believe tariff rates will have to go upwards if telocs are to improve on data delivery. Somehow safaricom seems to be the culprit. It comes up with cheaper rates and then not able to offer reliable services. Others follow suit and none can offer any reliable services. Teclos have tried to compete with traditional ISPs and their infrastructure will never allow it. Inexperience shines like a light on a dark street. my thots....

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Cisco Certified Voice Professional Required
by Kevin Oeba 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Folks, A pal of mine requires a Cisco Certified Voice Professional ( CCVP ) urgently. Please contact her on kuisarah(a)gmail.com Kind regards, Kevin

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Squid with tproxy option
by Alex Nderitu 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Anyone on the list who has managed to have IP Spoofing on squid with tproxy? My environment; Ubuntu 9.04 server Kernel - 2.6.28-11-server iptables v1.4.3.2 squid-3.1.0.6 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Skunkworks Digest, Vol 3, Issue 289
by carlos ageng'o 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

RE: Mobile Development for Social Change @edObie You sure should post the happenings here for those held up guys like me. Don't see too much tweeting about it On 6/27/09, skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke <skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > Send Skunkworks mailing list submissions to > skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > skunkworks-request(a)lists.my.co.ke > > You can reach the person managing the list at > skunkworks-owner(a)lists.my.co.ke > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Skunkworks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Swine Flu Alert (Dennis Kioko) > 2. Mobile Development for Social Change (Edward Obiko) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:53:20 -0500 > From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > Subject: [Skunkworks] Swine Flu Alert > Message-ID: > <2f1649800906270153p63c5ed82nada4fc48ce1f7118(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > A friend on facebook says that a case of Swine Flu has been detected > at AAR sarit and that MOH has cordoned off the area. > -- > with Regards: > The Nairobi city By-Laws that never were. > Only at my blog: > http://gramware.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:55:49 +0300 > From: Edward Obiko <edobie(a)gmail.com> > To: Skunkworks forum <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Subject: [Skunkworks] Mobile Development for Social Change > Message-ID: > <f4e2fbbf0906270155gea0486fs721da68ed0cf62e9(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > You are invited to participate in the Mobile Technology for Social Change at > Strathmore University gone live now! > > omingoobiko.blogspot.com > > -- > OO > > Omingo Obiko >

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Mobile Development for Social Change
by Edward Obiko 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

You are invited to participate in the Mobile Technology for Social Change at Strathmore University gone live now! omingoobiko.blogspot.com -- OO Omingo Obiko

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Swine Flu Alert
by Dennis Kioko 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

A friend on facebook says that a case of Swine Flu has been detected at AAR sarit and that MOH has cordoned off the area. -- with Regards: The Nairobi city By-Laws that never were. Only at my blog: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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VAT REGISTRATION
by Gathinji Mwangi 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Guys, Please help me register for VAT for this company i have tried for over 2 months now without success. COMPANY NAME: DIVERSE ICT LTD PIN : P051302486C Attached find copy of the KRA PIN CERTFICATE Kindly guide me on what i need to do. With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles +254710852974

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IT tutor needed urgently
by Gathinji Mwangi 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

LocationMombasa Education Diploma in IT related field. Cerificate in any of the below mentioned fields is a definate advantage. Skills Must be able to teach MS offcice(word, excel, access, PP, outlook, publisher) ,Desktop publishers ( corel, page maker, illustrator etc), Accounting packages(quickbooks, accpak, pastel etc). Comfotable in using internet Be familiar with the following and an expert of atleast one :- Hardware maintenance and PC repair. Web design and Programming. Networking and security. Personality self driven, works well with low or no supervison, well organized, good people relationship, out going and likable character Interested candidates get in touch with me offlist. This is very urgent. First Come First Served With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles - CG +254710852974

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IT tutor needed urgently
by Gathinji Mwangi 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

LocationMombasa Education Diploma in IT related field. Cerificate in any of the below field is a definate advantage. Skills Must be able to teach MS offcice(word, excel, access, PP, outlook, publisher) ,Desktop publishers ( corel, page maker, illustrator etc), Accounting packages(quickbooks, accpak, pastel etc). Comfotable in using internet Be familiar with the following and an expert of atleast one :- Hardware maintenance and PC repair. Web design and Programming. Networking and security. Personality self driven, works well with low or no supervison, well organized, good people relationship, out going and likable character Interested candidates get in touch with me offlist. This is very urgent. First Come First Served With Kind Regards Gathinji Charles - CG +254710852974

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airshow in austria..
by aki 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

if you have the time and connection, you may see the falcon F16 and flares in action... http://www.airpower09.at/EN/Aircraft/Overview/ and click on live feed.

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Theory: Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as salespeople
by I. Ati 27 Jun '09

27 Jun '09

Engineers and scientists will never make as much money as salespeople. Now a rigorous mathematical proof explains why this is true: Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. Postulate 2: Time is Money. As every engineer knows... Work/Time = Power Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money, we have: Work/Money = Knowledge Solving for Money, we get: Work/Knowledge = Money Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity regardless of the Work done. Conclusion: The less you know, the more you make. -- Q: Why are politicians proof of reincarnation? A: You just can't get that screwed up in one lifetime.

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Orange data ; fyi
by aki 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

maximum data bundle now available is Ksh 850 for 250 Mbytes ( Ksh 3.4/byte ) from its earlier Ksh 1/Mbyte. I'm not complaining, as long as they can sustain much cleaner and reliable services than experienced earlier.

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Ubuntu Repo
by Timothy Kyalo 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi Skunks, What's the best Ubuntu repo(Jaunty Jackalope) ....latency speaking. Is there a local mirror? BR// Kyalo

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BIOS PASSWORD CHANGING PROGRAM.
by vada dava 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

somebody(kid brother) changed my bios password by mistake and i need help to clear the password .Can somebody give me some hints on how to reset/remove the password without sorting or removing the cmos / jumpers (laptop).Any directions to password changing programs is highly welcome. I'm receiving a message requesting a password to the cmos on a gray screen.

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ManUre want Mariga
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Am sorry to skunks who don't care for sports but when one of our own is about to make it to prime time it's news worthy. Even if to a team many dislike ;-) Man Utd following Parma midfielder Mariga 26.06.09 | tribalfootball.com Manchester United<http://www.tribalfootball.com/category/clubs/manchester-united>are following Parma midfielder McDonald Mariga. The Kenya international has been likened to AC Milan<http://www.tribalfootball.com/category/clubs/ac-milan>star Rino Gattuso and United boss Sir Alex Ferguson<http://www.tribalfootball.com/category/players/sir-alex-ferguson>has the youngster under consideration as cover for injury-plagued Owen Hargreaves. Parma sources say president Tommaso Ghirardi will demand Kiko Macheda in part-exchange for Mariga, though that is a likely non-starter. Rgds Kiania D -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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My mail
by steve mutuvi 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

stevemutuvi(a)gmail.com -- There is always a way where there is a will.>> MUTUVI

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Data on models of mobiles in the market
by wesley kiriinya 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hey good people, Probably this has been asked before. I need data on the models of mobile phones in the market. The operators are probably the best source for this data. Any advice on how to get this data? o_O?

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Web filters
by Tech List Kenya 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi guys, There is this story in the news that China has demanded PC manufacturers install web filters in all new machines in China or something close to that. Without getting into how good or bad that move is, can someone enlightem me on how that filtering can be achieved? As far as I know the filtering is implimented at software layer. How will pc vendors do it considering the pc can be used to run any of the many OSes and/or their variants?

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iPhone OS 3.0 unlock
by Okechukwu 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

For the iPhone enthusiasts - like me - this is some good news here. http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/23/iphone-30-unlock-is-go-dont-try-it-on-… I guess I'll be busy tonight upgrading to 3.0 and jailbreaking it :-) ./Ok3ch

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already registered
by steve mutuvi 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Will soon be there -- There is always a way where there is a will.>> MUTUVI

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TECH GEEKS - PANASONIC SA-AK40 Hi-Fi
by Roy Ashoya 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hello fellow skunkers, any tech-geek out there who might know where i can get this gadget(*Panasonic sa-ak40 hi-fi*), have a look at the picture attached.....i really need it. Anyone in possession.....kindly contact me, we can negotiate on the price!!!! Regards y'all

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Internet Usage Statistics
by James Gutu 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi. I am looking for a reliable resource for internet usage statistics, and in particular Kenyan statistics. It would be nice if can be categorised into Handheld / Leased Line / Dial Up e.t.c Is there a listing of most websites visited in Kenya? There are some resources online, but I dont know which is most accurate. Thanks. .jmg

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Citrix XenServer 5.5
by Patrick Kariuki 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Anyone having Citrix XenServer 5.5 working? http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686939

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Windows7 Pricing & Upgrade
by Odhiambo ワシントン 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Seeing the following atricle - http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/06/25/cnet.windows7.pricing.upgrade/… I was almost tempted to buy a few copies of Windows7, but how to do that is the question. Is this a case of "charity begins @home"? That MS decides to do things first in the US? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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MCSE Video Tutorial
by Caddillac 1 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Hi skunkers, Anyone interested in the above? Contact me offlist. Thanks

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Re: [Skunkworks] Fault in $afcom's billing system? Bug?
by wesley kiriinya 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

LOL! I dont think u understand the issue. I know (I was told and I've experienced) that calls and data will not happen in parallel in 3G but this can happen with CDMA. I'm not concerned whether or not I can make a phone call when surfing. The issue is that the billing is screwed up. Load 50 bob (or make sure u have a small number of units on your phone. This will make the process faster), connect to internet and dont do a heavy download or anything that would consume the 50 bob. Let's say ur calls are billed at 10 bob a minute, wait for 6 minutes to make sure the 50 bob would be used up IF it were a phone call (it's data now). Try and make the phone call or send text. At this point I get a message that I have insufficient funds but clearly I know I have credit coz I didn't surf all the 50 bob. After disconnecting from net, im now able to make the phone call. ON THE OTHER HAND I can make a phone call within the 5 minutes. O_O --- On Fri, 6/26/09, Nzomo Bernard <nzomosky(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Nzomo Bernard <nzomosky(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Fault in $afcom's billing system? Bug? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 9:11 AM When surfing, you are doing what is known as a data call! You can call and surf at the same time but that is limited to the phone model you have. If it can handle 2 or more threads (processes in Desktop world) at a go then you are good to go but if it cannot then the data call is 'paused' till the voice call is through! -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Re: [Skunkworks] Fault in $afcom's billing system? Bug?
by wesley kiriinya 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Yeah I know that. When a call comes in, internet goes out, then reconnects after the phone call but that's not the issue I was talking about. Im referring to the actual billing system of internet vrs phone calls. o_O --- On Wed, 6/24/09, A. Mecca | AXE360 LABS <axe360(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: A. Mecca | AXE360 LABS <axe360(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Fault in $afcom's billing system? Bug? To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 2:02 PM the channel for surfing and phone calls is same so both cannot happen at the same time On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:29 AM, wesley kiriinya <kiriinya2000(a)yahoo.com> wrote: I've noticed a hitch when using my mobile to surf thru $afcom's network. It seems like after making the internet connection, the phone call billing system is also activated. So if lets say I have 200 units and calling rate is 10units/minute and surfing is 8units per MB then I surf for > 20 minutes, I would have some credit so long as I've not downloaded 25MB, But the issue is if I try to make a call or send a text I get a message that I'm out of credit. But alas! I can see that I have credit! I usually disconnect the net connection and make the call and this time the $afcom system will tell that I do have credit. My thoughts are that the phone billing system is activated once the net connection goes thru and it assumes that a phone call is active as I surf. But it seems there is a separate surfing billing system which synchronizes with the phone billing when I disconnect. I was told that the channel for surfing and phone calls is same so both cannot happen at the same time, probably this might link with the issue. Anyway as long as the credit synchro is happening, I'm not complainin. O_O _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- ******************************************************************************************************************** Andrew Mecca Solutions Architect | AXE360 LABS INC. | Embrace Technology Advantage Cell | (+254) 720 972797 Email | axe360(a)gmail.com Web | www.axe360.hostse.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Software needed-JAWS and DTB
by Gathinji Mwangi 26 Jun '09

26 Jun '09

Skunks Anyone with these softwares or know where i can get them. Its very urgent 1. JAWS for windows prof screen reading software. 2. Duxbury Braille Translator for windows 10.7 rgds CG

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CID Computer Forensics Labs
by saich 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hey Skunks I heard in the grapevines that the Kenyan C.I.D have invested in the latest Computer Forensics Equipment and Software and that the Cyber Cops are really good with recovering data from any memory devices and Disks so beware skunkers.....anyone with 411 on this

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How does K24 and Metro TV make money
by Jacob Odada 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Guys anyone with any clue how these tv stations make money since i'm figuring they have no adverts but broadcasting equipment is very expensive so is the license i guess. Second thing do you think with fibre coming online radio may catch on in kenya? how does one make money through them?

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Re: [Skunkworks] CID Computer Forensics Labs
by fyodor 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Philip, >We need such a system >Dick Cheney say how increase surveillance and wiretapping has >helped prevent terrorist strikes which would have happened had these systems not This whole idea of what the CID needs or doesnt need is best explained by just looking at regular crime labs and forensics units. You would think that dusting for prints and handling of evidence in a manner as to preserve its original state would be a step in conveying justice. So how will the best Tech toys fight a perceived cyber-warfare in a country where even basic justice is an illusion? The whole Dick Cheney statement is just a publicity stunt which is best explained by a documentary id urge all to watch called "The Esoteric Agenda". As far as my limited knowledge is concerned our Govt's ability to tackle cyber-crimes is marginal at best. Those phone taps done using legacy systems are not in a position to tackle what goes around in 1st world countries. I knew some fellas at DoD and Chuks will attest to their ability to do a simple port analysis. -tyrus _IEEE Member -- Free information on becoming a Photographer. Click Now! http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/BLSrjkqkVvvjC0ziuorBU8IbYgVjYMFIO5nAS0LmEvZ5…

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Import Duty on Routers and Switches
by Michuki Mwangi 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi Skunkworks, I know some of you do import Routers and Switches. I wanted to check if you pay import taxes on these equipment or are they exempted. Any details on what categories they fall under would be appreciated. Regards, Michuki.

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Recover Debian Boot
by ambrose kimaiyo 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi, Recently I formatted my machine which was running windows and Debian. I reinstalled but now I can't access the Debian. Is there a way I can restore? Skunks for help. Regards, Ambrose Kimaiyo

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Wireless Networking - AP or Router
by Odhiambo ワシントン 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi Folks, I have a project to network some houses. These are in some sort of "villa" setup, with trees all around, if that matters. It's somewhere in the bundus but I already have Internet there. I'd like not to lay cables at all as that is so much work:) I'd like to deploy a WLAN so I am looking for an equipment that can transmit a strong signal within a radius of 500metres (max range, actually). I mentioned the trees just in case they may interfere with the signal - just in case. I am no expert in that area. Does someone know of an equipment that is good enough for such a project, yet not so expensive. If it doesn't have to be mounted outdoor the better, but still I am okay with it if it has to use an outdoor antennae. I suppose the antennae should be omnidirectional. The equipment can be either an AP or Router. Which equipment suppliers do I talk to? -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube

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HELP computer restarting
by Penninah Kyulle 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hey guyz Av bn having some problem av bn tryn to diagonise wats the problem when ur computer sudenly restarts in the middle of our work and how do u take care of that?

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Looking for Skunk Bikers
by Peter Karunyu 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Is there any skunk who owns or uses a bike on a regular basis? I would really like to know where I can get custom made 'motorbike outfit'? I would also appreciate some inside information on how to be safe, good mechanics etc. PS, By bike I mean the likes of Yahama R6<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YZF-R6>, Honda CBR <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2006HondaCBR600RR-profile.png>, Kawasaki Ninja, etc.

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DVB EMR-1600
by richard muteru 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi All , Any one knows were i can a EMR-1600 DVB Modem. Regards Richard.

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VMware/Virtualisation Job Opportunity
by Phares Kariuki 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi, A leading technology firm locally is looking for someone with *technical experience *with VMware or any other server virtualization platform. Kindly send CV to me offlist. Thanks -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Re: [Skunkworks] CHM TOOLS
by michael nyangweso 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

try this on debian system apt-get install xchm --- On Wed, 6/24/09, Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi(a)gmail.com> wrote: > From: Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] CHM TOOLS > To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 4:36 PM > > its archmage - sorry > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 1:22 PM, > Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > What OS? I hope it's not Windows. If Linux, try > kchmviewer or Gnochm > > 2009/6/24 Gathinji Mwangi <cgathinji(a)yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > Anyone > with a reliable CHM files reader. > > > With Kind > Regards CG > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > Other lists > > ------------- > > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > > > > -- > שִׁמְעוֹן > > > _______________________________________________ > > Skunkworks mailing list > > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > > Other lists > > ------------- > > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general > > > > > > -- > Ndungi Kyalo > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > Other services @ http://my.co.ke > Other lists > ------------- > Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce > Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science > kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general >

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Fwd: [Fibre-for-africa] Sea Pirates delay SEACOM launch
by Riyaz Bachani 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Abi <abi.jagun(a)gmail.com> To: APC - Private list for use by EASSY Workshop Participants <fibre-for-africa(a)lists.apc.org> Sent: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:47:13 +0300 (EAT) Subject: [Fibre-for-africa] Sea Pirates delay SEACOM launch Source: http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=2815 Sea Pirates delay SEACOM launch June 24, 2009 in Broadband SEACOM_brian2.jpgThe increase in pirate activity during April and May 2009, both in terms of intensity and geographical coverage, necessitated a change in SEACOM’s cable installation plans which resulted in a delay in the ready for service date from 27 June 2009 to 23 July 2009. The planned route required the ship to transit an area of increased pirate activity where other ships had been attacked or seized. The cable deployment in the troublesome waters has since been completed and splicing to connect the section of cable from Mumbai to Africa is expected shortly. Testing of the larger cable system will be finalised shortly thereafter. The cable section from South Africa (Mtunzini) to Kenya (Mombasa), including all south and east African landing stations, has already undergone successful testing. In the meantime, SEACOM is working with its contractor, Tyco Telecommunications, to find ways of accelerating the outstanding works and bring forward the ready for service date ahead of 23 July 2009. Brian Herlihy, SEACOM CEO, said: “Due to sensitivities around piracy issues, their impact on the project timeline was only fully established recently and whilst I am personally truly disappointed by the delay, it was imperative that strong measures be put in place to guarantee the successful completion of the cable system and the safety of the ship and its crews. “This setback should however be seen against the herculean efforts made by the team to see this project come to fruition over an incredibly tight schedule of only 18 months. We remain extremely excited and look forward to witnessing the huge difference that affordable, high quality and plentiful bandwidth will have throughout eastern and southern Africa.“ _______________________________________________ Fibre-for-africa mailing list Fibre-for-africa(a)lists.apc.org http://lists.apc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fibre-for-africa

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Sonos Multi-Room Music System
by Philip Musyoki 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hi All I am looking at purchasing a Sono Multi-Room Music System and I want to find out if there is anyone who has and uses such a system and can shed some light on the performance of the same.

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USB GPS Locator
by Thomas Kibui 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Hello all, Does anyone know where I can get a cheap portable USB GPS Locator ?. I need to input GPS coordinates to a GIS application that we are testing.

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An audit of tech related initiatives in kenya
by aki 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Time to put our tech sector progress on paper and see where we have reached and where we are heading. 1) my initiative is to call on govt to remove all taxes in ICT sector for a 15 year period ( to fast pace time lost ). For internet services and internet access, VAT should be scrapped to lower costs to end users and to create cheaper access to services. For areas that do not have infrastructure or have poor facilities, the govt should allow tax breaks to businesses who are willing to setup there. CCK should also have a licensing scheme to aid community and closed networks achieve infrastucture with minimum expense. Products that assist develop such networks should be exempt from all taxes. my take, corrections welcome. Please add your contribution too and lets see if we can passionately get this going with the help of everyone. Rgds.

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HELP
by James Muendo 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Dear all, Greetings; Am having an issue with connecting a printer HP 4700 series to a vista machine via a "mini-server" - that is running on XP.these mini-server currently has a wireless Access point connected to it,through which I was hoping it would broadcast the signal to the other machines(Laptops) such that they can print in wirelessly.Now I can see all the machines well and even access them.But when it comes to connecting a the laptops(Whose OS is in Vista),it brings an error.You can actually see the printer,but you cant connect to it. Any one with positive ideas? -- James M. Muendo Timsoft Technologies & Solutions Ltd. P.O Box 28016 - 00200, Nairobi. Mobile: +254725567508 skype:tim.rick http://rickdeesadvantage.blogspot.com/

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Mileage interpretation
by christiano kwena 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Skunks, what does a 2.5 litre engine refer to interms of fuel consumption of the vehicle? -- Sent from my mobile device christiano kwena +254722243459

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Re: [Skunkworks] CHM TOOLS
by fyodor 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

You left out which OS you running, if its linux try Chsee.... apt-get install chmsee -tyrus _IEEE Member -- Workers Compensation Legal Advice. Click here http://tagline.hushmail.com/fc/BLSrjkqkGLIxFb9LPbQiJLNSsdmzXA61bbhzXjzjlbrP…

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Seacom Delay
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Last month in Kampala I watched the Seacom CEO Brian Herlihy, swear verily verily that he would launch on the 27th of June, it now turns out that they'll delay by at least a month (It's official). It's like waiting several years for a date and just when you have dressed, polished your shoes and greased your face she calls to say she'll have to meet you next month. Am concerned that the announcement comes 3 days prior to their launch and it's really a sad precedence. Of course the Prof and his TEAMS passie are thrilled by this stumble. Make no mistake about it, winner takes the most. Whichever submarine system launches first will have the most customers. I guess the wait will have to wait much longer. Kiania D. -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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Vote to bring Telemedicine to Rural Kenya!
by Kriti Bajaj 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Hey Everyone! I am a recently graduated Masters student from Stanford University (USA). Our group of Oxford University and Stanford University Masters and PhD students have come together to create a nonprofit startup that plans to use telemedicine to allow individuals in rural Kenya to manage their own healthcare. We are finalists for a $10,000 prize from Advanta Corp. Winning this competition will give us the money we need to do the initial fieldwork and set up the pilot project. Please help us get this money by voting for our idea on the competition website: http://www.ideablob.com/ideas/5535-Telemedicine-for-Rural-Kenya (The link also has more information about our project) You need to register on the website to vote, but its really quick and you only need to enter your e-mail address (don’t worry they don’t spam you). We have already made it to the finals and now we really need every vote we can get to win the money. Voting ends on the 30th of this month so please click on the link now! Thanks so much! Kriti http://web.mit.edu/mna/Public/Health2Home/

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ICT Park
by Evans Ikua 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Listers, I believe we do have a number of guys on this list from the ICT Board. Can someone please shed some light on the status of the ICT park at Athi River? I am interested to know the progress and the timelines that they have for completion or the milestones that they have. As an entrepreneur, this information is important. Any insight will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Ikua

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Air France: Turbulence brought it down?
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Am freaked, I understand that turbulence brought the Air France down off the coast of Brazil? Is this actually possible, I was under the impression that turbulence can not down a plane. Does KQ adhere to this, I have been in pretty scarcely situations. It's just a matter of time, may ditch our national carrier, this is not funny. My two cents Kiania -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon

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Tariff Battles, Zain should Quit
by Phares Kariuki 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Orange have just introduced a new tariff, 4 shillings on-network (to Telkom Fixed, Telkom Wireless and Orange Mobile) and 8 shillings to any other network. Yu has a flat rate of 7.50 to all other networks. Zain increased their extranetwork charges to 12 shillings. Now, Safaricom can afford to be arrogant because, if you are on Safaricom you are calling 80% on network, hence saving. The other operators have to keep call rates low to other networks. Somehow, Zain pioneered this model and is really taking a beating because of the same... Anyway, it keeps getting interesting. -- With Regards, Phares Kariuki | T: +254 734 810 802 | E: pkariuki(a)gmail.com | Twitter: kaboro | Skype: kariukiphares |

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Dell D630 Suppliers
by Alex Ngatia 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Hello people, Anyone who can supply a few (like 5) Dell D630 machines? Please contact me offlist -- Regards, Alex If the grass looks greener on the other side, most probably the water bill is higher too

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Quotation needed - Kaspersky Business Space Security
by J. N. Kimani 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

I seek to buy Kaspersky Business Space Security for 50 PCs to be installed on one server for centralized management + definition updating. Whoever can supply please contact me offlist. -- J. N. Kimani

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Ubuntu Server
by amanya 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

hi all would love to lay my hands on Ubuntu Server -- they must find it difficult ... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority /gerald massey

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CHM TOOLS
by Gathinji Mwangi 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Anyone with a reliable CHM files reader. With Kind Regards CG

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Who uses UUnet?
by Dennis Kioko 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

I have been collecting statistics on ISPs , their service delivery and their customer satisfaction levels. So far, I have been able to get info on all the major ISPs other than Uunet. strangely enough, I am yet to come across to anyone who confesses to been a uunet client. Any skunkling who is ready to confess? promise we won't stone you. -- with Regards: Are you one of us?: http://gramware.blogspot.com

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Coup in Kenyan Prisons?
by Daudi Were 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Has the Kenyan Prison Service been taken over by the Ministry of Lands? Have a look at the screen shot -- Pamoja e:daudi.were@gmail.com <e%3Adaudi.were(a)gmail.com> skype: d.were

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Outlook 2010
by jude mwenda 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

this is interesting http://fixoutlook.org/ i also like the use of twitter API.. -- Regards Jude Mwenda "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Outlook will not open any attachment
by Thomas Odol | Amalvin Limited 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Hi Guys, Does anyone know what the problem could be? Regards, Thomas.

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Pidgin and Yahoo
by Arthur Buliva 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

For some reason, my Pidgin refused to connect to Yahoo! If you are having the same issue, read this for the work-around for your problem http://www.celticwolf.com/useful-information/faqs/26-pidgin-yahoo Rgds, Arthur

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Fault in $afcom's billing system? Bug?
by wesley kiriinya 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

I've noticed a hitch when using my mobile to surf thru $afcom's network. It seems like after making the internet connection, the phone call billing system is also activated. So if lets say I have 200 units and calling rate is 10units/minute and surfing is 8units per MB then I surf for > 20 minutes, I would have some credit so long as I've not downloaded 25MB, But the issue is if I try to make a call or send a text I get a message that I'm out of credit. But alas! I can see that I have credit! I usually disconnect the net connection and make the call and this time the $afcom system will tell that I do have credit. My thoughts are that the phone billing system is activated once the net connection goes thru and it assumes that a phone call is active as I surf. But it seems there is a separate surfing billing system which synchronizes with the phone billing when I disconnect. I was told that the channel for surfing and phone calls is same so both cannot happen at the same time, probably this might link with the issue. Anyway as long as the credit synchro is happening, I'm not complainin. O_O

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Re: [Skunkworks] An audit of tech related initiatives in kenya
by wesley kiriinya 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

That's all great and I believe this is usually presented to the Finance minister (or respective government bodies) a few months before budget is read out. I watched the chairman (I think) of BIDCO talking about the process in an interview in TV. My conclusions are that it can be done if whoever is making the proposals understands the effects the propasals will have on the country and can convince the gvmnt bodies. I think such ideas are to be forwarded by a recognized body of people/professionals in the industry. I've 'ranted' atleast twice about skunkworks members having such a body. Skunkworks coz I dont think there is a better grouping of techies in this country (and region). 8~) --- On Wed, 6/24/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] An audit of tech related initiatives in kenya To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 11:08 AM Time to put our tech sector progress on paper and see where we have reached and where we are heading. 1) my initiative is to call on govt to remove all taxes in ICT sector for a 15 year period ( to fast pace time lost ). For internet services and internet access, VAT should be scrapped to lower costs to end users and to create cheaper access to services. For areas that do not have infrastructure or have poor facilities, the govt should allow tax breaks to businesses who are willing to setup there. CCK should also have a licensing scheme to aid community and closed networks achieve infrastucture with minimum expense. Products that assist develop such networks should be exempt from all taxes. my take, corrections welcome. Please add your contribution too and lets see if we can passionately get this going with the help of everyone. Rgds. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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MEDIA CENTRES
by James Muendo 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Hi all, Am looking for media centre(s) desktops.Please send me your quotes or places where I could get them apart from Ebrahims.I think they are a bit over priced over there. Regards; -- James M. Muendo Timsoft Technologies & Solutions Ltd. P.O Box 28016 - 00200, Nairobi. Mobile: +254725567508 skype:tim.rick http://rickdeesadvantage.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Skunkworks] OT : back from a trip and disappointed
by wesley kiriinya 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

No bashing from me because you are very right. As much as Nairobi is one of the greatest cities in Africa, it's currently a joke compared to it's potential. A simple example is that Nairobi has TERRIBLE slums which are the largest in Africa and I think the largest and probably the worst in the world (I'm told Brazil has the largest though but Kenya is most likely ranking at top 3). It's shocking to have about 3 huge slums with a total population of about 800K people who live as families in small shacks made from soil, no toilet, no bathrooms, no kitchen, no water, no security. I think politics in Nairobi and generally Kenya has too much influence in economic growth and the general welfare of society. Politicians, their families and relatives seem to call the shots on almost all basic issues, which would not have been bad if they we making the right decisions for the entire country. The fear is that by the time the change comes, other countries could have taken up the opportunities. I heard Tanzania's port is handling a lot of traffic that used to be handled at Mombasa port. Other eastern Africa countries will have fibre access, if Kenya doesn't put it's act together, then business might shift to the other countries including Kenyans setting up businesses there instead of Kenya. 8~( --- On Tue, 6/23/09, aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> wrote: From: aki <aki275(a)googlemail.com> Subject: [Skunkworks] OT : back from a trip and disappointed To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:50 PM I'm sharing my opinion on tech sector, so any bashing welcome. :-) I spent sometime in joburg. it was one city I wanted to know more about, and I did. arrived back and disappointed with our progress in tech sector. Eg, I could buy an HDMI cable in a smaller but well laid out city called bloomfontein than I can in nairobi. Policy makers and planners travel all the time to conferences etc. have they ever questioned themselves on how things should be? An eg : BMW have an assembly plant in SA, while we have a GM plant that mostly deals with buses! Our tech sector is more like a inward internal operation than a global one. My impression is that of disappointment, our tech sector is very weak and has a bleak outlook besides things like micro solutions and short term stay alive injections of many solutions. We are missing a very vital link to the rest of the world. Something is wrong with our approach, method of doing things and a large portion of something holding us back. Or whatever serious proposals are most likely collecting dust. This is a disturbing trend. We are trying to become a global player. Someone please tell me how we are achieving this? A simple techie view.... -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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ICANN 35 - Sydney: Conficker Summary and Review
by Vincent Ngundi 24 Jun '09

24 Jun '09

Dear Skunks, You can find a summary & review of the Conficker Worm by ICANN¹s David Piscitello at http://syd.icann.org/files/meetings/sydney2009/presentation-alac-piscitello- 23jun09-en.pdf. Very informative reading! It brings out how the DNS community can collaborate to contain global Internet security threats. Regards, -Vincent -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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OT : back from a trip and disappointed
by aki 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

I'm sharing my opinion on tech sector, so any bashing welcome. :-) I spent sometime in joburg. it was one city I wanted to know more about, and I did. arrived back and disappointed with our progress in tech sector. Eg, I could buy an HDMI cable in a smaller but well laid out city called bloomfontein than I can in nairobi. Policy makers and planners travel all the time to conferences etc. have they ever questioned themselves on how things should be? An eg : BMW have an assembly plant in SA, while we have a GM plant that mostly deals with buses! Our tech sector is more like a inward internal operation than a global one. My impression is that of disappointment, our tech sector is very weak and has a bleak outlook besides things like micro solutions and short term stay alive injections of many solutions. We are missing a very vital link to the rest of the world. Something is wrong with our approach, method of doing things and a large portion of something holding us back. Or whatever serious proposals are most likely collecting dust. This is a disturbing trend. We are trying to become a global player. Someone please tell me how we are achieving this? A simple techie view....

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Dell service center
by Alex Ngatia 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Hello people, Anyone have an idea where I can get the above? The Dell website isn't being helpful. -- Regards, Alex If the grass looks greener on the other side, most probably the water bill is higher too

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Re: [Skunkworks] Anyone using Redhat
by Arthur Buliva 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

> and what is the difference of deploying fedora in place of Red Hat? Fedora is designed as a desktop OS rather than a server. Think of it in this context: You can use Windows XP as a web server, but wouldn't you rather use, say, Windows 2000 Server?

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registering a .ac.ke
by James Mutuku 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Hellos, from kenics website, the say "KENIC will require either a copy of the Certificate of Registration from the relevant Ministry, a copy of the College Charter or a copy of the Act of Parliament that was passed to establish the Institute. The documents MUST bear the name of the Entity. The document should classify the Entity as a Tertiary Institution: Polytechnic, Technical Institute, College or University.**" my question is, is it possible to get a ac.ke for a university club? -- Thanks, James Mutuku Ndeti Agile Systems Limited +254722490994 www.agile.co.ke mutuku.wordpress.com

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LIVE VIDEO Streaming on the Internet
by Steve 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

hi how easy is it to stream live video feed through the internet. Do you just need a computer, a video camera and a broadcasting software with internet connections. google gave me these<http://www.nchsoftware.com/broadcam/index.html>........... any ideas of how these can be achieved. thanks

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Twitter hashtags
by Christopher Kiagiri 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

I just discovered the #WGSDIA hashtag today (so far just one blog post plus several retweets) and so I'm going to be following it going forward. What interesting Twitter hashtags do you follow? Cheers, - Chris

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Simply Life
by Clement Ongera 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Hi All, Not IT, simply life and would like suggestions(Humour is welcome too) on http://www.compskenya.com/cnongera/conpolicy/ Many Thanks. Regards, Clement Ongera

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Datacenter
by thea maina 23 Jun '09

23 Jun '09

Morning? Am looking for a datacenter that provides a server where i can do online backups / storage for my organization. All details appreciated esp. how they work rgds -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thea Maina Nairobi Kenya http://www.mafans.com skype: thea.mnairobi

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