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• Back In The Day…

  Posted: January 25, 2011, 6:13 pm by kipsang

  Back In The Day…

• Caps Lock Problem…

  Posted: January 24, 2011, 10:37 am by kipsang

  Caps Lock Problem…

• The Israelites As Seen By Google Earth…

  Posted: January 19, 2011, 5:49 pm by kipsang

  The Israelites As Seen By Google Earth…

• Code Monkey II…

  Posted: January 18, 2011, 2:37 pm by kipsang

  Code Monkey II…

• Gicagi…

  Posted: January 13, 2011, 4:12 pm by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: This is the first ever produced karate movie in Kenya by Muchiri Mentor. Running for 1:33:32, it’s based on a real village life of a young man Phillip Muchiri (Kebanga) who encounters the bullies of the village… A day is set for the grand fight (Kumite) & there can only be one champion [...]

• Who Killed Captain Alex?

  Posted: January 13, 2011, 3:58 pm by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: Uganda first action movie from Ramon Film Productions… Cinematic Gold I tell you!

• Pale Blue Dot…

  Posted: January 11, 2011, 5:29 pm by kipsang

  Pale Blue Dot…

• Q & A: Chaka Sichangi…

  Posted: January 11, 2011, 5:17 pm by kipsang

    Chaka Sichangi, author of Neo-Cicero & Poetry Philharmonic… Chaka Sichangi (also known as the Great Elephant) is a law student currently pursuing his degree in the United Kingdom… If you aren’t reading Neo-Cicero & Poetry Philharmonic, you’re missing out on some great insights! The 411…: Can you give us a picture of yourself? Chaka [...]

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon Trailer…

  Posted: January 11, 2011, 10:51 am by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: All the Cybertronians on this ship – The Ark – are in fact either dead OR in stasis lock (most likely!) & the movie will focus on who can get to them first especially the main bot in this trailer since he IS a Prime as you can see from the mark of [...]

• Orangemaniacs – Episodes 1, 2 & 3…

  Posted: January 10, 2011, 5:27 pm by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: The animation series from Orange Kenya documents the life & thrills of Stevo & Max in campus… Stevo is always switched on through vast affordable & reliable data services while Max is always trying to catch up with him! EPISODE 1: EPISODE 2: EPISODE 3:

• 15 Scary Facebook Statistics…

  Posted: January 7, 2011, 1:28 pm by kipsang

    1) With 350 Million active users (as of Dec 2009), If Facebook was a country, it would be the 3rd Largest in the World, beating the US by a hefty 50 Million, and the total number is expected to double by the end of 2010 2) An average user will spend an hour (55 minutes) a day [...]

• Inefficiency…

  Posted: January 7, 2011, 12:00 pm by kipsang

  Inefficiency…

• Facebook Now Has 30,000 Servers…

  Posted: January 7, 2011, 11:30 am by kipsang

    How many servers does Facebook have? For some time now, the stock answer has been “more than 10,000 servers,” a number the company began using in April 2008. Facebook has continued to use that number, even as it has soared past 300 million users & dramatically expanded its data center space. Full story: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/10/13/facebook-now-has-30000-servers/

• Inside A Facebook Server Farm…

  Posted: January 7, 2011, 11:14 am by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: A few I may not agree with Time’s choice for Person of the Year but I can still respect a good Data Centre. These pictures from Time are worth a gander though the IT-minded among you will likely be frustrated at the lack of juicy details like storage codecs, protocols, server models & [...]

• Kenya Police website hacked…

  Posted: January 7, 2011, 10:18 am by kipsang

  AUTHOR’S NOTE: The Kenya Police website is still down, three days after hackers attacked the site indicating just how unsecured it has been. Following the initial entry, the site has suffered a series of hacks with different disparaging messages posted on each occasion. International technology blogs picked up the story, driving more traffic to the [...]

• 10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT…

  Posted: January 3, 2011, 2:28 pm by kipsang

  If you are preparing for a career in IT or are new to IT, many of the “dirty little secrets” listed below may surprise you because we don’t usually talk about them out loud. If you are an IT veteran, you’ve probably encountered most of these issues & have a few of your own to [...]

• 2010 in review…

  Posted: January 2, 2011, 10:00 am by kipsang

  The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010 & here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers… A helper monkey made this abstract painting, inspired by your stats. About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was [...]

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