Ideapad
Ideapad
David Wertheimer
The Ideapad debuted on November 1, 1998, and is one of the world's oldest continually publishing blogs.
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The news that Typepad is shutting down raised some eyebrows in my corner of the internet. Typepad was a bit of a niche service, but it was an interesting attempt at both democratizing and monetizing blogging. While it’s sad that it’s...
The end of summer brings reflection, so here are a few of my thoughts as we head back into the workaday. ➸ Sunday marked 100 days since I hit my target weight, and I checked in two pounds lower than I was in May. The embarrassing pile of...
There’s an interesting conversation occurring around conversational AI, and the thought that humans, as a species, aren’t properly equipped to handle their existence. Consider these perspectives when next reading about blind trust in...
“If you could go back and listen to one song for the first time again, which song would it be?” I came across this prompt in another blog post, and it got me thinking about what song I’d like to experience that with. The answer for me...
I was delighted to be contacted by Manuel Moreale for his long-running People and Blogs interview series, which went live today. If you didn’t come here from there, here’s our conversation. The archives are full of interesting people and...
Noah Smith wrote about his weight loss journey, and came to an interesting conclusion: that for him, the issue was noticing whether or not he was full: I started paying attention to how much I ate. If it was “time to eat”, but I wasn’t...
I haven’t really been a paying member of anything since my college fraternity. (The gym does not count.) My wife and I find it mildly amusing that we live in Manhattan with children who play golf and tennis; if we were in the suburbs,...
Because it’s really all I think about in my spare time lately, and I need to get it out of my system. I’m still losing weight. I am way below the target I mentioned in this space last month. I did some homework, and realized that broader...
I have posted a handful of quick-and-dirty recipes in this space over the years, a practice I should probably resume, given that I cook a lot more, and have both a stable of go-tos and a willingness to experiment. In recent months, my...
On December 6, 2024, my dear friend Rob Koretz passed away from heart complications. He was just 51 years old. Three weeks later, I went in for a calcium score test. It’s a medical diagnostic that uses CT imaging to see if plaque is...