One of the primary reasons to design a new ClassicPress theme from the ground up was so that I would understand how it worked. That, in theory, would make it easier for me tinker and so, by and large, it proved. The last thing I knew I had to do¹ after it went live about 10 days ago was to add t...

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The chat at indieweb.org has been quite busy lately with people brainstorming about taxonomies, specifically about how to classify places that serve coffee. This isn’t something I am interested in, although the broader topic of classifications and taxonomies I do wrestle with from time to time. What triggered this post is the discussion over there that focused on emergent versus deliberately designed taxonomies.

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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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