I woke up late and barely had time to prepare myself for yoga class. I left my house just in time to arrive, but when I saw the bike station there was only one bike left, and I knew it wouldn't work because a solo bike is a dead bike. However, it's important to test fate, so I walked over and verified that the red light indicated it was unavailable.
It was not. So I pointed at the QR and the app said unavailable. Tried with NFC and the same (you'd be surprised to know how often the double check works). Walking to the next nearest station would leave me with zero minutes to arrive to class, so I cancelled and came back home, to sit down and write this.
In the background of these events I was thinking that I would prefer to publish my writing live, to be able to write a paragraph and through an intent have it publish without having to go to my ancient Movable Type CMS. However, I see the documentation and it has no REST API, that's gonna be tough and yield very little gain for the time invested. Let's scrap that.
Now there's nothing to do. Let's step back and situate ourselves in the present moment. I'm sitting on a stool and I'm hunching, ah that's much better: the body must participate in intellectual activity: at work in front of the computer, a well integrated person will look more like a virtuoso piano player in front of the computer rather than a gargoyle.
There's two noises in the background: the AC and the washing machine. The washing machine must have one hour to go. I already had breakfast. What can I do in an hour? I know, but I'll start by publishing this, and pass on to the activity...
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ChatGPT, tell me the early history of Madrid. It's origins and foundations. Where does the name "Madrid" come from?
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Thanks, why did Phillip decide to move to Madrid? I know the royal court was in Toledo.
Ok these were itinerant courts and Toledo was one of the seats. Motives political and being in the center of Spain is convenient for governance. The Spanish nation became centralized at this time.
It would probably be beneficial to the current Monarchy to re-establish their itinerant court, to spend time in Bilbao and Barcelona, Sevilla and A Coruña. They would be reproached for their expenditures but if they want a cohesive nation, the ought to live within the different cultures that their kingdom encompasses. Latin America would have not sought independence having a king willing to spend a significant amount time of living there.
What was Phillip II know for? I think there's a famous sculpture by him at the Prado?
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Holy shit that guy was on top of the world. A true King fitting for the sculpture of Leoni Leone:
I just did composed that from internet pictures on Pixelmator, let's see of ChatGPT would have done it for me:
Erm... thanks for the effort ChatGPT. Washing Machine is beeping, time for a break.
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Gemini, I have sportswear that smells strongly of sweat, and washing it does not remove it completely. I've already tried adding baking soda and soaking in warm water with vinegar, what is the next escalation in the war agains bad odours?
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I'm in Spain and many of these recommendations are for brands that are not available here, can you recommend something I would find in Spain?
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Ok, percarbonato de sodio and powder detergent, I must make a run to the supermarket.