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kannel monitoring
by Lennox Moshe 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hey Good people does any one know of a kannel monitoring tool, i.e can receive an alert when it goes down , any ideas will be appreciated thanks -- Lennox Moshe Cell: 0711691957

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Cisco HWIC-1FE 10/100Base-TX WAN Interface Card
by Gideon Kirui 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Where can I get this urgently and at how much? Cisco HWIC-1FE 10/100Base-TX WAN Interface Card __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4550 (20091028) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com

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In Industry First, Voting-Machine Firm Will Publish Source Code
by Mbugua Njihia 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Interesting development though the movie Trojan comes into mind.

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Dell Latitude D 610 Screen
by Geofrey Karani 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi All, Am looking for a screen of this laptop. Any ideas where I can get one? Jeff jeffkarani(a)gmail.com

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Two things that made my week
by [ Brainiac ] 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

1: Geocities is out: Ive never believed in a business model like that, so anyone in kenya considering even "extremely cheap hosting" might want to consider long term. 2: Openbravo installing a breeze: They finally did something with open bravo and ubuntu, so now all you do is add sources and apt-get install openbravo erp and everything installs. youll just need to wait and have memory in excess of a gig.

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Use Of UML
by Samuel Waithaka 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Which of the UML notation is most indispensable? How much is it being used in development or what's the convention? -- Samuel Waithaka Techiepreneur | http://groups.to/techiepreneur http://www.linkedin.com/in/waithaka http://twitter.com/samwaithaka

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HTC TyTN II accesories
by Peter Karunyu 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Anybody know where I can get the usb sync cable (a.k.a HTC ExtUSB 11-pin mini-usb cable) for the aforementioned device locally? I am also be interested in an external GPS antenna, specifically model GA S120. Much thanks. -- Sent from my mobile device

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pesapal
by Gichingiri Kuria 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Looking very interesting - beta.pesapal.com -- Gichingiri Kuria _________________________________________ www.gichingiri.com / www.sokoletu.co.ke / www.website.co.ke / www.buyanzi.com

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Re: [Skunkworks] all.co.ke sites are inaccessible
by Steve Obbayi 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi guys, does anyone have the 411 on whats happening. I am in USA, now since yesterday i have been unable to access any website with the *.co.ke as the address. Is there something happening that someone has not noticed? Is there anyone else on this this list who isnt in the country and is having same issues as I? SKYPE: sobbayi US: +1 202 297 6831 +1 202 470 0525 KE: +254 722 627 691 http://blog.sobbayi.com

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One PC for several users
by Job Muriuki 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi skunks, a while ago we had such a topic and many options were given out. Am looking to setup a cybercafe using N-computing gear running on Zencafe OS. I haven't used N-computing before so if anyone has any idea if it will work.Better yet what other cheap option so you recommend. Have a Bright Monday.

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Re: [Skunkworks] Google Wave
by John Macharia 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi pple, Anyone got an invite for the google wave??

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Fusion 220
by Evans Sibilike 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi, Anyone with info on how i can acquire Fusion 220 locally, Its Urgent. Thanks Evans

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Kenyan .ke domain
by kennedy waweru 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Greetings skunks. just a quick one. Any other way you think the .ke domain should be managed to effectively brand Kenya on the internet. regards, kennedy

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SIP phone for samsung SGH-F480
by Athar Ahmad Bhatti 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Dear Friends I wish you a lovely day. Could anyone please recommend an opensource (java based) or freeware application that can provide SIP functionality. Thanks in advance Best regards Athar

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Refurbished Comps
by Joe Murithi Njeru 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hello Nerds, Can anyone point me to where I can buy refurbished computers for a school in a rural environment? -- Regards, Joe Linux User: #361092 SIP: joe.njeru(a)ekiga.net

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PK Alias
by Ogure Obunga 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi, My database table looks like this *TransactionID* *TransactionNo * *Register* 1 23/2009 Probate 2 23/2009 Administration 3 25/2009 Finance 4 26/2009 Strategy TransactionID is the primary key and is autogenerated. A register can only hold a unique TransactionNo though different registers can share the same TransactionNo. Is there a way that I can make TransactionNo field to be unique, and is there a way of coming up with a Primary Key Alias to represent the unique TransactionNo for each Register? Regards. Ouya Obunga

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QUESTION
by James Muendo 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi, Scenario: I want to configure outlook/Mozilla Thunderbird to be recieving my emails.One of my email accounts is on gmail,which has about 41,000 emails. Question: Does anyone have a clue of how we can restrict the downloading of all these emails.I want maybe emails of up to last week.the rest if I need I can always refer to gmail itself.Any clues,idea or suggestions are welcome. 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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CIC Insurance Suppliers
by Gitonga Eric 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

CIC Insurance is looking for suppliers of various goods/services. There are a few IT related items on the list. Check the link for details. Deadline is Friday October 30th. http://bit.ly/piJUC Eric http://egmgem.com http://gitonga.imagekind.com

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Hostgator in Kenya?
by Alex Wanjohi 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Looks like Kenya softnet <http://www.kenyasoftnet.com/aboutus.htm> is owned by Hostgator.. scroll down and take a look at the management team section.. Always thought Africa was a small market for them. link-> http://www.kenyasoftnet.com/aboutus.htm -Alex

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Fwd: Mapping Party tomorrow
by jude mwenda 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Think this would be of interest to the geo peeps around. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mikel Maron <mikel.maron(a)gmail.com> Date: 2009/10/27 Subject: Mapping Party tomorrow To: map-kibera(a)googlegroups.com Short notice, but hope many of us from the team can attend :) http://www.mapkibera.org/blog/?p=16 We’re throwing a mapping party tomorrow, October 28, on invitation from ActionAid <http://www.actionaid.org/>. Rock on! We’ll start at 10am with presentations on Map Kibera and OpenStreetMap, quickly followed by mapping around Westlands with GPS units and Walking Papers. We’ll meet back for lunch, and some editing as group, and discussion about the experience and possibilities for open data. The location is MS Kenya <http://www.ms.dk/sw1947.asp>, on Rhapta Road in Westlands<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-1.26501&mlon=36.79087&zoom=15&layers=B0…>, “just after Liza Apartments”. The invitation is open to anyone in Nairobi interested in learning about Map Kibera and OpenStreetMap. Send your RSVP to , or call at +254 (0) 724899738. -- Regards, Jude Mwenda Skype id: jmwenda Twitter: www.twitter.com/judemwenda Web: www.africangeogeek.com "Was ist mein Leben, wenn ich nicht mehr nützlich für andere." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Looking for Logistics Company
by Kevin Ouma 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi all, Does anyone know any reputable logistics company based in the US that can handle airfreight ( preferably one managed by Kenyans) of IT equipment from the US to Kenya. I checked with DHL and Fedex and found their rates too high. Regards Kevin

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Little Bobby Tables
by saidimu apale 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

http://xkcd.com/327/ [image: exploits_of_a_mom.png]

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Back to : Safaricom Free Unlimited Internet [for 14 days ???] at [Ksh. 200 ???]
by ndungu stephen 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

I bought two scratch cards for Ksh. 200.. Then I decided to download "star trek TNG season 3" - I was told its 8.88 GB, so i figured with 3G speeds, I should be able to get the whole thing in about 8800 seconds.. [i.e putting it at an optimistic 1mbps to 500kbps] Which is about 3 hours...... to 6 hours... So, I washa the 3G card, load my 2 soc at around Saturday midnight, and I imagine that the speeds will be so good then, I will have the whole file by Sunday morning... Shock on me... I started with speeds on 0 - 12 kbps ... I waited it out for an hour without improvement... I began to wonder, do we really have the right to say we have high internet speeds in Kenya, or it a myth based on network usage ? What about capacity and dimensioning ? Because I would have thought, that if we as a network has N - number of subscribers and we need each guy to have 1 mbps, then we will get a little over 1xN mbps from the fiber holders... But this seems not the case... I woke up at 3 am, things had improved a little, it was around 150kbps, but still not good enough, because the file had only done 2.2%.. That meant I was to get the whole file in 24 hours.. So I said, ooh well, they said 14 days, so I can let the computer run as I await the file.. In the morning, I had 7.1%... I went to church, visit friends, zurura town, got back home at around 9pm ,iT HAD REACHED 7.7%.. It had only done 0.6% AFTER 12 HOURS !!!! Now that is what we call glacial progress in this age of Kenya being connected right at the heart of internet... In south africa, if they tell you that you will get 3.6 mbps - you really get 3.6 mbps, but you also get a low of around 2.4 mbps, which is very acceptable... but 0-12 kbps,,, for 3G ?????? Anyway, I decided to discontinue the "star trek TNG' download for a few minutes so that I could do other things, before resuming... and thats when the SMS came: "Your 14 day unlimited internet access has just expired, to continue enjoying the 'free' services, please load another Ksh. 200" I THOUGHT THEY SAID 14 DAYS !!! ==== So, lets do the math.. 7.7 % of 8800 MB = 680 MB [approximately] 200 divide by 680 = Ksh. 0.3 per MB Conclusion : I guess in the end if I want that "star trek TNG" it will cost me Ksh 0.3 x 8800 = Ksh. 2640.... And it will take me 13 days to get it, barely making the last 14. Have we got free unlimited internet ?? At what cost ??

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Software developers : a tiny question
by aki 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hey list, I'm looking for a software tool that can help with flow charts and/or program flow for M$ based machine. I've seen a few on the net, just looking for other recommendations or affordable versions for personal use. Best Rgds.

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Tech Development
by David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd 26 Oct '09

26 Oct '09

It's been an interesting start to the day. I got to learn that Amazon.com has been making inquiries about M-Pesa with a view to using it. And HTC have released the source for the Hero Kernel available at http://developer.htc.com. I hope the trend continues, we are at an inflection point. Rgds 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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