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		<title>FREE DOS!</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2011/06/10/free-dos</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was so lucky to see this advertisement today as I was walking down Wayaki Way after work. At first it was the &#8220;Core i3&#8243; that caught my eye, and then the words &#8220;FREE DOS&#8221; leapt out at me. Holy cow, each new Dell Inspiron comes with a complimentary copy of DOS! How Dell limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubuntu, mobile broadband in Kenya, and you!</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/10/14/ubuntu-mobile-broadband-in-kenya-and-you</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using mobile broadband with Linux in Kenya just keeps getting easier and easier. The days of manually editing text files and dialing with wvdial on the command line seem to be over. For some time now (in Ubuntu at least) it&#8217;s been sufficient enough to just plug in your modem or phone then setup your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlock your Huawei E160</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/09/29/unlock-your-huawei-e160</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use a Safaricom-branded Huawei E160 USB modem to connect to the Internet over 3G from my apartment in Westlands. It works great but Safaricom has locked the device so it only works on their network (an anti-consumer move they probably learned from the likes of AT&#38;T). We have four different mobile providers in Kenya, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the East African Community</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/06/celebrating-the-east-african-community</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/07/06/celebrating-the-east-african-community#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw this Swahili kanga on Google the other day, a celebration of the East African Community: Umoja ni nguvu, utengano ni udhaifu The phrase is some deep Tanzanian Swahili, but I cracked the code with a little dictionary magic: &#8220;Unity is strength, separation is weakness.&#8221; I asked one of my buddies about it and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sita Sings the Blues</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/05/28/sita-sings-the-blues</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 21:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone seen the movie Sita Sings the Blues? It&#8217;s an animated full-length movie which has some interesting ideas behind it; a note from the artist on the official website: I hereby give Sita Sings the Blues to you. Like all culture, it belongs to you already, but I am making it explicit with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RSG Seminar a Success</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/04/19/rsg-seminar-a-success</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/04/19/rsg-seminar-a-success#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a group photo from the Introduction to Linux seminar I gave last weekend. The seminar was held at ILRI, Nairobi on April 17th. The Regional Students Group of East Africa seems to be very active in Kenya (especially at ILRI, where the seminar was organized). The intended audience of the seminar was students doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar: Introduction to Linux</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/04/14/seminar-introduction-to-linux</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/04/14/seminar-introduction-to-linux#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m giving a seminar on the Linux operating system at ILRI on Saturday, April 17th. The audience is around thirty aspiring bioinformaticians from the Regional Students Group of East Africa. Most of the participants are from Kenya, but we&#8217;ve had confirmations from students in Uganda and Cameroon as well. I haven&#8217;t taught since I left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/01/22/reflections</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2010/01/22/reflections#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that five months ago I was living in Tala, working as a VSO volunteer. Life was good then, simple; I was living in a rural area of Kenya, hakuna matata (no problems). I didn&#8217;t particularly enjoy teaching, but I loved my colleagues and the pole pole (slow) life was easy to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work is good</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/31/work-is-good</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/08/31/work-is-good#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been at my new job for almost a month. I&#8217;ve been pretty busy and the work is challenging. I&#8217;m a consultant, so the pressure is on to deliver results consistent with my terms of reference. I was lonely at first, but I&#8217;m slowly making friends now. For instance: I am investigating joining the running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I got a new job&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/24/i-got-a-new-job</link>
		<comments>http://alaninkenya.org/2009/07/24/i-got-a-new-job#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My two years as a VSO volunteer are coming to an end: I&#8217;ve accepted a position as a Linux system administrator with a Kenyan-based non-governmental organization, ILRI. I&#8217;ll be working with ILRI from August &#8211; December, and then we&#8217;ll see after that. I&#8217;m done with VSO. That means I&#8217;m done with teaching. I&#8217;m done with [...]]]></description>
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