Archive for October, 2009

A little trivia for you: I have two degrees and am licensed on both. I am a registered Medical Technologist and a Nurse. But I don’t work. For now. The kids come first and this is something I really do not have any choice for now.

However, for people who want to finish their degree but cannot for some reasons attend an actual university, there is an online university called Western Governor’s University that allows people earn their by giving them a chance to complete them online. They offer an online nursing degree if you are interested.

WGU has flourished into a national university, serving over 14,000 students from all 50 states. They have been built because they want to give adult learners a chance to have access to post-secondary educational opportunities without sacrificing the quality of education.

You can call me weird. Because I am as girly as you can get but I detest shopping at malls. I have always been the type who goes to the mall with a specific item in mind, buys it, then goes home. These days, instead of going home, I go eat and have a coffee. I hate walking, I hate window shopping and I hate the need to check out a dozen stores to compare which one offers the best item.

That is the reason why I think online shopping was made just for me. Nothing beats shopping in the comforts of your home at 2AM in your pajamas. I often wonder how much it takes to open up one’s online store. For one thing, just stocking the shopping cart and securing payment gateways must be tiring. I know since I worked for a hosting company before that a reliable hosting company is essential for a success of an online store.

JustHost.com has recently been names best ecommerce hosting company by Web Hosting Choice because not only do they take orders online and process credit card payments, their control panel is user-friendly enough for users to load their cart with stocks and take inventory. Plus their site is loading with tutorials and videos on how to get along the site.

Here are a few of their features:

• Unmetered Web Space and Visitor Traffic
• Unlimited MySQL Databases, Hosted Domains and Email Addresses/Space
• Huge Library of FREE Scripts
• REAL 24/7 Support
• Anytime Money Back Guarantee
• Free Instant Setup with No Strings Attached

I knew that there will come a time that surfing around endlessly will result to me saving a lot. I am a list maker. I love jotting down lists and it give me great accomplishment just to see them checked off one by one.

I spend a lot on planners too – but this is going to be making me save a few dollars. The lists are available in PDF file, making them printable! So if you want to have a lovely list that contains the things you need to buy from milk to diapers to dog supplies and bathroom cleansers, save yourself a few dollars and just have these printed!

Download them – here, here and here.

You got to admit – Americans love baseball! That is why these baseball bats sell like hotcakes!

It truly is America’s favorite past time. Even in movies, the baseball sport is always included.

Here are Hollywood’s Top 10 Baseball Movies:

1. The Natural (1984)
2. Bull Durham (1988)
3. Field of Dreams (1989)
4. Major League (1989)
5. Bad News Bears (1976)
6. A League of Their Own (1992)
7. Eight Men Out (1988)
8. 61* (2001)
9. The Sandlot (1993)
10. (tie) Rookie of the Year (1993), Little Big League (1994) and Angels in the Outfield (1994)

It’s obvious I’m not much of a baseball fan – I have only seen 4 out of the 12 movies that got in the Top 10 – three of them are at the bottom rung. I love Rookie of the Year, Little Big League and Angels in the Outfield because they are family movies, and are very light movies. While I watched Major League because of, you guessed it – Madonna!

Everything is being carded these days. Most restaurants and stores accept major credit cards so it will be easy to attract customers (It is just easier to charge everything to the card, right?). But along with credit card availability and its convenience, steps are needed to ensure that credit cards swiped are protected against stealing and stores are protected from fraud.

That is where Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard comes in. This standard was created to help organizations that process card payments prevent fraud through increased controls around data and its exposure to compromise.

The best PCI compliance solution was developed by Braintree Payment Solutions. They handle everything from online credit card payment processing to completely eliminating the handling, processing and storage of credit card data. All these are PCI compliant.

I personally would want all stores where I charge my card to to be PCI compliant. There are so much credit card fraud these days that I don’t want mine to be compromised.