At work I have to go via a SOCKS proxy to make a SSH connection to my machine at home. It’s wasn’t immediately obvious how I could do this on OS X but some googling led me to an answer that works. The trick is to take advantage of Netcat that’s already installed and can [...]
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Oxford stag do. Nuns, guns, rums.
Matt took some great photos of my stag do in Oxford. Many thanks to him for taking these. I just wish I could remember them all being taken.
Henry is 6 months old
Well actually he’ll be 8 months old on 3rd October but this is the latest photo we have of him. Even since this was taken he’s changed again. He’s such a happy little chappy.
Truck off
Did I miss the driving lesson where they explain that lorry drivers decide where you can drive and when? Coming to a section of road at the weekend where two lanes went into one I was following the traffic signs placed there by the experts. 800m, 600m, 400m before the lanes join. I’m merrily going [...]
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Henry goes to the polo
We took the family to the Duke of Essex polo at the weekend. The weather was great and we made the most of it with a huge picnic. The adults went back later for the evening party. Polo party Essex style: plenty of fake tan, skimpy dresses and attitude wielding C-list slebs. Awesome fun was [...]
Zara wins The Suffolk Show
Another show and another win for Zara. So far she’s unbeaten this season. Last week on Rupert she won the first Hoys ticket of the year with a win at The Midland Counties Show in the wind and rain. Well done Zara, Rupert, Martin, John and Team Harvey.
Herts County Show 2009
Vic, Mole and Gemma head toward the ring for the Riding Horse class. Vic went on to win and take the Championship. And afterwards enjoyed a few large glasses of wine in the sunshine with the girls and Henry.
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2008/09 Winter Tours DDMC Competition
The predictive skills we thought we possessed left us for this winter series competition. Morris lost a whopping 96% of his stake on the 2nd India test and Clark dropped cash with a 51% loss on the 2nd WI test. Later in the series Clark began to pull back some wins with 7% and 10% [...]
Henry is 13 weeks old
The health visitor last week described him as ‘thriving’. He weighed in at 15lb 8oz. In the last week he’s started giggling properly, getting him giggling is very addictive, one giggle is never enough.