Yesterday, almost nine months after starting, my from-the-ground-up redesign of the podcast website went live. Of course I was not working on it full time, although I have notes from 25 different sessions. Now that it is up and running, it seems like a good idea to reflect on the process. The primary reflection being, it is a pain.

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With a couple of hours to spare, I decided to try and upload a correct route for Monday’s ride. First I had to convert the data recorded by Compass into a GPX file. With the help of ChatGPT that was reasonably easy, resulting in a Python script that works. I ought perhaps to tweak it to name outp...

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On Monday, perhaps foolishly, I went for a bicycle ride despite a very iffy weather forecast. A friend from the Venice ride in May was in town and wanted to go for a ride together, and two previous dates had fallen through. Monday was our last chance on this trip, so we went for it.

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Sign-up spam is replacing comment spam as a source of annoyance.

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Nothing really stands out, which seems a bit odd. Neither positive nor negative, just chugging along.

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