Author Archives: Olivier Dehon

Sorting Skittles !

I like skittles, especially the crazy sours ones, I also like to eat some colors more than others. I am often found sorting them out in my hand. After seeing a video on youtube of somebody building a skittle/M&M sorting … Continue reading

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QuadCopters – Update 1

Almost Xmas ! As usual, I am getting myself a few toys…this year one of them is a new QuadCopter kit from Team Black Sheep. I have purchased half of the parts from USA and half from UK. In particular … Continue reading

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Friday Pizza

It is a lot of fun to build your own Pizza ! Kids can pick whatever they want, they get to roll-it, load-it, cook-it and finally eat-it ! Very easy recipe, the trick is in the making the well and … Continue reading

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Perfect Breakfast…

Nothing can beat a Sunday morning breakfast home made croissant and home made caramel au beurre sale…Happy Sunday.  

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A New Bicycle ! (update 3)

Yes but not just a simple bicycle, an amazing technology feast… It is an electric bike, but a mountain bike one… It is electric but it is not a motorbike, you must pedal and the electric motor will “Help”. The … Continue reading

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22 years in London, never getting bored of it !

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Posh lunch in London with the Prince’s trust

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We are connected !

My brother (we are related but not connected yet) fooling around with the Oculus Rift from Samsung/Google… Amazing immersive toy… We all tried the device : 1- I laughed for the whole time 2- My wife screamed for the whole … Continue reading

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Here we are atp finals !!!Yepee …Murray/Raonic

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Chicken Tagine

With winter almost on our doors and the visit of friends for the weekend, it felt necessary to have a nice dinner dish. The key requirements were : it would be simple to prepare for 9 people, it would need … Continue reading

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Palace to Palace 45 miles on Bicycle…

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Pingu is going to the circus …!!

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Tarte aux Prunes

My mum did this tart when we were in Lyon during the month of August 2014. It was very special as it was one of the first made in their new flat in Lyon after selling the family house. Everybody loved … Continue reading

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Pied de Cochon & Grattons

Another couple of favourites when I go to France…with a Belgian Leffe beer obviously…. Grattons and Pied de cochon (grilled pig trotters)

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Caramel au Beurre Salé

Just back from Holiday and our friends in the south of France introduced us to “Caramel au beurre Salé !”. It is a recipe from Brittany. It is now an addiction for the entire family. I had to try to … Continue reading

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3D Printing a bottle Opener

I made a variation on a model I found on thingiverse for my 3D Printer. I am using a 21mm X 2mm slot for a 1 Penny coin to be inserted into my model during the print. I simply pause … Continue reading

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Early start of my holidays !

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Hydroponics & Proper Lighting Chillis

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I have been playing around with Hydroponics. Got myself a few seeds of Chillis, Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes. The whole subject deserves several posts but simply can’t be bothered to write it all up today. However, I can share a … Continue reading

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Babolat Play & Connect

I am very interested in all the new gadgets that are internet enabled or “connectable”. Here is the new Babolat Tennis racquet. The Play and Connect. I am impressed by the seemless technology and the social sharing that joins internet … Continue reading

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New Macbook Pro

Here we are at last, new Macbook Pro to replace the Thinkpad brick. Managed to re-install most software required and even have parallels working for the critical PC apps I need for laser cutting and Inventor. So far so good. … Continue reading

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