Nathan used the potty today.

By "used," I don't mean "sat on it, nothing happened, and he got off."  I mean, successfully used.

Today was his first day of potty training.

If you think this was too much information, at least I didn't include pictures.  Be grateful.

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Earlier today, Nathan was digging through my drawer and found my old recorder flute.  I played a couple simple tunes for him and he LOVED it - he's never really seen me create music before.  Well, my silver Bach Stradivarius trumpet happened to be lying right under the bed.  So I pulled it out for the first time in ten years.  I oiled the valves and played a couple simple tunes on it.  Even with my rusty lips, the horn sounded pretty good, and Nathan was enchanted.  I'll admit:

Macs are kind enough to ship with built-in backup software.  How considerate, right?  Well, not really; it's just another excuse for Steve Jobs to dig his claws into your wallet.  See, the fancy Time Machine software only works if you buy another Apple product to go along with it.  But what if, like me, you've got a Windows or Linux-based media PC?  Can't you use that as a network drive?  Of course you can.  Here's how.

Nathan is two years old and three feet tall.  To celebrate, here are new videos!

My sister recently asked me how to buy a set of wine glasses that would actually make the wine taste better.  I thought other people might benefit from this advice as well, so here you go.  If you don't care about the history and the science, then skip down to "What to Buy."  (Although if you care enough to buy nice glasses, shouldn't you care why?)

I've been busy.  Koplowicz.com is now hosting two new sites.

My computer was starting to get a little funky (the printer stopped working - totally not the printer's fault), and I had a brand new version of Ubuntu sitting right here, so I figured, what the heck.

I was in for a treat.

A recent article from the Business Insider--which was reprinted in the SF Chronicle--claims a new storm's a-brewin' between the new heavyweights of Silicon Valley: Apple, Google, and Facebook.  Microsoft is dismissed as a has-been dinosaur.  Here's what's wrong with that entire argument.

Don't want to bother checking my site every couple of weeks, waiting for that unreliable new post?  Now you don't have to - just subscribe by email!  There's a handy block on the right side of the page.

Credit for this feature goes to Karsten; I saw it on his blog.

If you're interested in the technical side of all this, read on.  If you're not, then this post is done.