I saw Trading Eye quite a while ago but did not have time to have a good play with it. Now I have, so downloaded the trial localhost version and got busy.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a geek/nerd/whatever but installation was not easy. It needed a PHP loader module adding to my local MAMP setup before it would even let me do anything. Then it wouldn’t accept the license file, and I think it was because I used the wrong program to extract the files from the downloaded installer zip. Not very smooth.

However, with the help of the Trading Eye forums and a large dose of stubbornness I got it installed and working. The admin system is gorgeous yet simple and has all the functionality I or my clients will need for running a small shop.

I am hoping that an upcoming project has the budget to use Trading Eye as I would like to offer this as standard due to its accessibility and standards compliance straight out of the box.

More to follow when I have had a good look…

Nick

Men and women seem to be coming from opposite directions some of the time. There are a number of frameworks for understanding this, the most popular being John Gray’s Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. While an interesting read, it doesn’t quite cover the reality of men and women’s interactions, because of one fundamental assumption – that all men are thinkers and all women are feelers. This needs unpacking a bit.

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Been-Seen.com:: Cool Stuff – Guerilla Drive-In.

I HAVE to go to one of these

Ok, I am officially old. I never really enjoyed going out on the piss much, only the alcohol made it bearable. That sounds odd, but I hate town, I hate pubs and I pretty much hate people. It’s all so pointless for me. I want to get stuff done, not talk bollocks for hours on end and then feel crap the day after. It’s over.

So I am going to get stuff done. I run a business to keep myself busy and keep myself sane. I find it fulfilling, satisfying and I make some money too. Seems like a better thing to do than listen to people witter on more than I already have to