# aptitude install ia32-libs-gtk # dpkg -i –force-architecture –force-depends  skype-debian_2.1.0.47-1_i386.deb

dpkg -i –force-architecture skype-debian_2.0.0.72-1_i386.deb

VideoLAN Client

Download System Rescue CD 1.2.0 from Softpedia.

Details here What now for MySQL? MariaDB perhaps

See here for details of the geeknic in Dublin (Stephens Green) on May 9th

JSON & Couch DB

Irish Developer Network ICT Portal

One of the best shows on TV in a long time is being canned by ABC. This is just unbelievable, or maybe not, remember Paramount repeatedly canning Star Trek, only to have multiple returns, and spin-offs. Click here to Save Eli Stone. not from his brain anurism, but from the Television execs.

I’ve recently been playing with the django web framework, and although I’ve only just gotten my toes wet (so to speak), I’m really impressed. The persistence component is really fabulous, with it’s transparent multi-database support, you can do your testing using the embedded SQLite3 database, and deploy using MySQL, or PostgreSQL. The syntax for the …

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