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  • webERP Virtual Machine

    I’ve been investigating ways of improving our business systems to keep up with our growth.

    One system I’ve been investigating is the open source “Web ERP” which is a system using PHP and MySQL. It looks good and I’m now at the stage of deeply investigating how it works and how moving onto it would affect our processes. In order to do this I needed to install it on a server. I really don’t like installing things on our production server so VMWare comes to the rescue once more. VMWare is a piece of software that lets you have a virtual computer running on top of your regular operating system (Windows XP for my laptop). So, to test weberp I installed my favourite Trustix Linux operating system.

    As Web ERP is open source, I’ve shared my Virtual Machine to save others the time of creating their own server to test on.

    If you’re here to get the Virtual Machine, here is the current link:
    weberp.zip (84Mb)
    The zip file includes some important instructions you should read before you virtually power on the server. Remember, you’ll need VMWare player or equivalent from http://www.vmware.com (about 30Mb) in order to run the machine.

    Let me know any feedback or questions. If demand is high I’ll set up the FTP server, otherwise I expect the http service will suffice.

    I should also warn you that the normal free software caveats apply (use at your own risk, no warranty etc).

  • Best foot forward

    It’s been a week since I broke my foot and today is the first day I feel I can concentrate enough to get some work done. It seems my broken foot addled my brain slightly. I went back to the hospital this morning so they could have another look. They decided to put the foot in a plaster cast and have told me that in the next few days I should be able to walk short distances on it.
    They modern cast is fibreglass rather than plaster of paris. When the roll of fibreglass is made wet it starts an exothermic reaction. The heat drys the fibreglass in minutes so a short push on my foot by Paul the technician and my foot is set in the best angle.
    Now I’ve had both my wrists in plaster and one foot, I guess I can look forward to breaking the other foot one day in the future.

  • Sharpe's Devil (Bernard Cornwell)

    It’s taken me a month or so to add this to my recent reading list. I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other sharpe books. It is the last in the series, bringing Sharpe and his Sergeant out of retirement to search for a friend who is missing. En route they meet Napoleon, survive a sea battle, capture some fortresses adn beat a tyrant. All in a books work for our not so young sharpe, he deserves that retirement after this.

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