Koplowicz.com

Nathan Morris Belkin Koplowicz was born in 2008 between Christmas and New Year's.  He has a working mommy and a stay-at-home daddy who likes to do things on the web.  Here are some fun things to do:

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The following sites get my seal of approval.  Want to be listed? Link to me and I'll return the favor.

Blogroll:

Let's see where this goes: A Methodist outreach blog started by my friend Julia

Laurie in Holland: My wife's cousin who married a nice Dutch man and moved to Holland

I don't really use Windows any more, but you do.  I've updated this page to reflect the latest in awesome Windows software that you should have.  This is the bare minimum that your computer should have in order to be productive and safe.

New tip: There's a website called Ninite that lets you choose all the software you need and download it all at once.  No fuss, no hassle.

I was reading an article on Yahoo! news that mentioned that all three credit reporting agencies are required by law to give you one free credit report per year. Last time I ordered a credit report I ended up paying like $60 because I didn't read the fine print. Ridiculous. The article also mentioned that there are other web sites that offer you a "free" credit report . . .

I've never really known what the difference was between Hispanic and Latino.  Given how sensitive racial sensibilities are in the modern world, I felt bad going around using one term if the other one was really appropriate.  For some strange reason, I don't have any friends who are Latino or Hispanic so I wasn't able to ask (and I never felt comfortable walking up to a stranger to ask).  That's where good ol' Wikipedia comes to the rescue:

Hispanic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turns out, in order to use th

I checked this out and it's real. FYI for anyone who is going to work in an office (it doesn't work at home).

http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/jailcall.asp

--Koppie

Thanks to Sam Belkin for the original warning (see below).

Why is this here?

I used to host my own web site on my own server in my apartment in Haight-Ashbury. It was a fun hobby and I had some pretty cool software running (CGI, PHP, etc.). But then the server died. I realized I could either buy new computer parts, which would take time AND money, or just pay for a professional host. Powweb.com is GREAT. And cheaper, faster, and better than building my own server again.