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Emerging Adulthood

I just read an interesting ten page article in the NYTimes about a psychologist named Arnett putting forth a new theory adding a stage to the development cycle: emerging adulthood.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?src=me&ref=homepage

Emerging adulthood is supposed to be a new life stage that in modern life comes between adolescence and adulthood. Adulthood has been traditionally defined as obtaining a job, getting married, and having children.… read more “Emerging Adulthood”

Magento – Disadvantages and Problems

Ecommerce websites are an effective way to make money online. But only few websites, like BigCommerce (currently the best), is SEO friendly and fulfill all the potentials required by search engines. Magento ecommerce is one such solution like BigCommerce (though not quite as good), which is both, open source and SEO friendly, and proves to be a better shopping cart than many other ecommerce solutions.… read more “Magento – Disadvantages and Problems”

Greenpeace Activist

Kenny and his greenpeace activist friend discussing rebelling against the evil Australian government.

Morning Jog in Venice

Headed to the GAP in Santa Monica to redeem the half off Groupon I bought yesterday.

Facebook Just Won

With facebooks new places, they just won the locations race. So simple, easy and fun to use. Good luck gowalla and foursquare.

New Purchases

Tonight I had a bit of a shopping spree:

Men’s New Balance 587 Size 12: $75 via amazon.com
Vibram Five Finger KSO Size 45: $85 via vibramfivefingers.com
Iphone replacement earbuds: $5.50 via amazon.com

Magento E-Commerce Review

New Magento vs Bigcommerce review for 2012

Magento is an open source e-commerce shopping cart by the company called Verian. Ever since it has hit the market, there are different views of its customers about it. In general, Magneto has a feature list which includes coupons, specials, multiple checkout and shipping coupons, tiered pricing, layered pricing, and a lot more. … read more “Magento E-Commerce Review”

Magento vs. Nopcommerce – What is Behind Each of Them?

Shopify competitor & 2012 reviews

The right shopping cart for one business may not be right for another one. Therefore, it is better to write down the desired specifications that one wants to have in their shopping cart solution. Magento and Nopcommerce are two shopping carts that are open-source and provide users with a massive variety of features.… read more “Magento vs. Nopcommerce – What is Behind Each of Them?”

Costco Tire Center Marina Del Rey

I bought four new Bridgestone Insignia all season tires for my ford contour last week for $273 and they just got in yesterday. This morning I have been sitting in the tire center office all morning waiting for my turn to have my tires installed. The wait is supposed to be up to 4 hours! Ugh

CoreCommerce Disadvantages – What Does it Lack?

2012 Shopify vs Bigcommerce vs Magento

Starting an ecommerce business can be very technical and tiring. CoreCommerce is one tool that tries guide you through all the steps necessary to get business online. CoreCommerce is a difficult to use software which offers web hosting, ecommerce tools and shopping cart. It is unreliable and ineffective and gives all basic features needed to maintain store. … read more “CoreCommerce Disadvantages – What Does it Lack?”