Time:
Like space but more personal and precious, although you are free to use it as you wish, it will force you to travel in only one direction. It will be fair to all equally but some will get less than others. Sharing time with someone is the greatest gift you can receive.
Author Archives: Olivier Dehon
Millau
Return trip from south of France, incredibly nice road for 900+km. One of the highlights of this road is the Viaduc of Millau. Definitely a marvel of engineering. My favourite TV show, Top Gear made a short video, here.
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Vacances
My friend “Antoine” at his house, relaxing in the south of France thinking only about our next tennis games our next beer or the next trip to the beach with the kids…
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Airport waiting
On my way to the annual Senior Management Meeting. Waiting for the plane to go to Orlando, Gatwick airport full of kids and 2 hours delay on the clock, this is a bad start to my day… Done but of … Continue reading
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Making a Table for my Plancha
During my last trip to France, I bought a ENO Plancha. I did not buy the table/stand that goes with it because it would not fit in my car. Because I live in the UK, there is no store selling … Continue reading
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Trouble with 3D Printer
I have been frustrated at trying to get my 3D printer to work as it is supposed to. Recently upgraded the various firmwares inside the machine to latest versions and doing some test prints of test cubes. Have been finding … Continue reading
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Rocket launcher
This is a toy rocket Launcher for SAFE take-off. This is for small rockets such as the ones from Apogee. I built mine around an Arduino. The code is very simple and good introduction to micro controller coding in general. … Continue reading
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Communion
This weekend it was the First communion of my youngest son, Noe. We made a feast with the family, I roasted a small piglet in the BBQ. It was my first roast and it was very nice. Very sweet and … Continue reading
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Home made foie gras
Made some foie gras from a fresh duck liver. The recipe is very simple. 1- Leave raw foie gras in milk overnight in fridge. 2- Take out of fridge, let it rest 30 minutes then separate the lobes and remove … Continue reading
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Egg printing
Just an other robot I purchased for Easter….from the evil scientists here….good fun, all Arduino based, open source and simple to use as an extension to Inkscape. We had a few goes at CNC drawing on the eggs of we had … Continue reading
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Back home
There is nothing like coming back home (in London) from a long trip down to my parents. The car is always full of souvenirs to eat or drink… Unloading the car is always a bit of a pain and always … Continue reading
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