The other side had to hire an expensive counsel

HE fight against British racism and corruption (fought by Daniel Pocock in his capacity as a political candidate) is not over. He’s still pursuing a case in the United States, having lodged an appeal there.

In the UK, when lodging an appeal, the process can be slow and cumbersome. That’s partly by design.

Leba Hotel

oday it’ll be another cold, rainy day. That’s fine, we could use some more water and the fish are OK now (heated up water, just in time for winter).

I don’t suppose we’ll go to the park today (to feed the birds). With umbrella and coats it won’t be the same.

I guess it’s really winter already, except in Japan.

In the Techrights site we have progressed further with a long series that might interest Linux users. This series will last until next month, maybe even December.

I wonder what RMS thinks of it

ix years ago, in October 2020, I worked on making a text-only (bulletin) version of Techrights. The sister site would have the same thing 3 years later.

In the same month I experimented with putting these bulletins in IPFS, then I looked into more protocols (like Gemini Protocol, which I had already explored before but did not adopt).

So there’s a sort of anniversary in late October. It coincided with the COVID-19 stay-home directives.

Free software (like IPFS) has since then stagnated somewhat. Like blockchains, we barely hear about it anymore.

It still exists, but how many people use it?

I don’t think RMS knows much (or anything) about IPFS. He’s not a fan of fake-coins, so he would probably find IPFS off-putting.

Local news

t is 4 degrees here right now, 2 hours ahead of a very sunny day (same as yesterday afternoon; I managed to sunbathe twice). It seems like “going tropical” [1, 2] was well timed. All the shells/snails stay at the bottom.

Today there’s a home match here, one that should be a lot simpler than the PSG battle. It starts at 3 (kickoff), so we’ll mostly manage to avoid the rush of fans.

We’ve managed to stay focused, productive and relaxed lately. That’s what we expected. The journey to the Court of Appeal in the coming year or years is paved with growing certainty. It’s something we are positive about and look forward to.

About time

his week we began documenting what happened almost 3 years ago. The following 4 parts will be followed by plenty more:

There’s a happy ending, sort of. But it’s unfair that people go through this for doing good work, for free.

No more sunny days in the garden

oday I wanted to sunbathe but it was too cold, partly sunny, and even if it was fully sunny (bright and clear), it would be too cold to sit outside comfortably.

So I suppose my last post that said “end of 2026″ or “goodbye, 2026″ was right. It’s too late now. Soon the clock will change (it should not, DST is nonsense) and then it’s too late to get a tan.

Feels a bit festive already

he winter or autumn here has gotten cold (tried to find heater for the fish; there’s a plan B) and Xmas is just two months away. The days will get longer again, not shorter.

This year, unlike last year, both Rianne are available (no other engagement that day) to shop together on Xmas Eve.

What will we buy this year? Well, I still need to find a new Xmas sweater for Rianne. The Sunday Market has none until it’s nearly Xmas; they say it’s very hard to sell these once Xmas has passed.

I miss the days Xmas had some real “charm” (maybe 80s and 90s).

Due to lousy economies a lot of habits have changed.

To many people, expectation of extravagant consumption became a pesky burden. Social media (popularity contest) makes that worse.