he windy/gusty day (and the storm that brought it) seems to have mostly passed. The winds have come almost to a halt. Tomorrow should be the same, so it’ll be a very long bicycle trip for me. I realise there are some routes I’ve not explored for more than half a decade and I could really use some outdoor exercise.

Before too long, trees will be without leaves and it’ll be too cold outside. Tomorrow it will be 16 degrees outside. Not cold, not damp.

November is very near. A week into November we have an anniversary to celebrate and before too long it’ll be Christmastime preparations, including all the decorations and festive music throughout the day.

I look forward to spring. The clock will change again, but it ought not.

oday I was trawling through pages about Court of Appeal judges. One said that “judges at most levels, and certainly those in the Court of Appeal, [have] far more work [...] to be done out of court than in court.”

This other page states: “The Civil Division hears appeals from the High Court, County Courts and Tribunals. Its President is the Master of the Rolls. Cases are generally heard by 3 judges, consisting of any combination of the Heads of Division and Lord/Lady Justices of Appeal.”

Appointments are made by the British monarchy or approved by it (formality upon or after recommendation): “All Court of Appeal Judges are senior judges with lengthy judicial experience. Appointment is by The King on the recommendation of a selection panel convened by the Judicial Appointments Commission.”

Since I focus a lot on patents (for 20+ years already) I can easily recognise the name Sir Colin Birss, which stands out (to me) in this list.

Sir Mark Warby is for KDB. How I wish I could tell him how much the KDB has been lied to by Americans who engaged in lawfare as reprisal because I had spoken in the interests of the UK (or Europe).

No way to spin this in their own site.

etting humiliated at home, in front of its home fans, wasn’t unforeseen or unlikely (in light of recent performance).

The search for Michael’s successor likely has begun already.

What a mess.

his morning there’s a major storm (Storm Boelo), but the birds still nest here. Durian and Sweepy are on the handles and they seem intimidated by the gusts. It’ll intensify further at 9AM and won’t end any time soon. Maybe in the late afternoon we can visit the local park. Maybe not even that.

Michael Carrick’s Reds have a match today. It’s against Bournemouth when the winds slow down a bit.

Quoting Manchester United: “Bournemouth have received a major boost with the news that highly-rated forward Eli Junior Kroupi, who bagged the equaliser in last season’s Old Trafford goalfest, is potentially in line to feature at the weekend.”

Carrick will likely be separated from the team, prematurely, before the season ends.

Old Trafford has past glory; it cannot regain that.

Start of this month: Brett Wilson LLP Has Had No Annual Report in 16 Months

hose of us who never registered or ran a company in the UK do not know the process of reporting. I have a friend who had a company and he complained about the fees involved. He also needed to issue reports.

The year is ending in 2 months and the above law firm has issued no report for any period after March 2025.

There are “late filing penalties”. Quoting the official publication:

This guidance applies to UK registered: [...] limited liability partnerships (LLPs)

[...]

Private companies and LLPs

If your first accounts cover a period of more than 12 months, you must deliver them to Companies House within 21 months of the date of incorporation, or 3 months from the accounting reference date – whichever is longer.

[...]

In subsequent years, a private company or LLP has 9 months from the end of the accounting reference period to deliver its accounts. A public company has 6 months.

[...]

If you’re a director of the company, or designated member of the LLP – you’re personally responsible for delivering your accounts before the time allowed runs out. Delivery means actual receipt at Companies House in the correct format.

A penalty is automatically imposed if the accounts are late.

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wenty-two-year-old sites or blogs are rarely still active (or online at all). My personal site (not in this domain) turns 25 next year, but this blog is 22.

With about 7 days left in this month, the traffic this month is the heaviest (or highest) this year. The blog’s readership has also gone up, as I write here more regularly again.

When I resumed regularly blogging (here, not elsewhere) I didn’t know if it would catch on. It’s no longer 2004 and many people waste away their lives in social control media.

I wish more people would start or resume blogging. It takes more time (to choose words carefully, add links and so on), but it tends to pay off.

wenty years ago I finished my thesis (but not my viva), about year after I began public speaking. My first talk as a Ph.D. student was in London, I think 22 years ago.

It never ceases to amaze me how fast time goes by. I started my Ph.D. more than 23 years ago.

oday the weekly plan has definitely changed. It’ll be a rather different Sunday. We might not even manage to go feed the birds at the park.

This awful wind, which makes a lot of noise, makes walking and driving unpleasant and dangerous.

Umbrellas in this wind? No way.

I managed to sunbathe a lot this month, but this past week the weather was rather bad and next week it’s Halloween already.

he highlights of the match are now out (in BillBC at least). As noted earlier, big G (Donnarumma) made no saves. None at all. It relates to what I wrote last month. Stopping at least one of those shots should be trivial.

Even if you make fantastic saves sometimes, getting the basics right is critical.

If it’s of any solace or consolation, the team played well.

There’s this video rant about Donnarumma

ODAY we are two weeks away from 20 years of Techrights and above is my birthday cake for 40.

For nearly half my life I’ve written for Techrights. That says less about my age and more about how important Techrights has been to me.

I sometimes say that the Web won’t last for much longer (several reasons for this, not the subject of this blog post), but Techrights can outlive the Web and I hope to do it for another 20 years.