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. Sharing time with someone is the greatest gift you can receive.
Author Archives: Olivier Dehon
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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Ski
A few days in Alpe D’Huez at the Club Med., very nice weather and great relaxing with the family. Snow was rubbish and slopes disappointing because the nicest runs were closed. (Sarene and the Tunnel) Next year, back to Park … Continue reading
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The future
I had a problem today, I solved it and I learned a few new skills, it was a good day. I recently added a secure bolt to the bottom of one of my outside doors to make it more difficult … Continue reading
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Fruit liqueurs for March…
I said I would do it, so I did. My Grand Dad recipe for fruit liqueur. Recipe is on the box, just need to wait 30 days now… Our elders did not teach us to flap our wings but … Continue reading
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Internet Enabled Thermal Printer
This is another Arduino project. I am using an Arduino Ethernet with a prototyping shield. Everything is in a Radio Shack box. I also use 2 Stainless steel led buttons. A green one, which is wired so that it is … Continue reading
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Did not play Tennis
This morning it is raining. Well it’s the UK so what do you expect. Actually, we played almost all winter, cold and windy it is still ok, rain …no. Note that in the UK there is less rain than in most … Continue reading
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Internet thing
This is my new Thing. It is connected to the internet and is checking at regular intervals if there is any Tweets FROM my Twitter account or TO my twitter account. If it finds one, it retrieves it and print … Continue reading
Processing test
This is a test to see if I can link a post to a Processing sketch. It works on my local system. I Need to test remotely, very cool !
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School today
This week boat build for my 7 years old school project. I know it is not very clever but I was given a total build time of about 2 hours and only 12 hours “notice”. (including office time) It floats, … Continue reading
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New Toy
Living it up west street style. Respect. Second One (feat. MC Olive).
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New drawers
Installed new Ikea Drawers for my Office. Simply used the Kitchen units from Ikea, got them delivered directly. I like the functionality of lots of drawers. I used stainless steel fronts and walnut side panel. took me about 2 hours … Continue reading
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Logging to thermal printer
Playing some more with my arduino and shields. Got the Thermal printer working by following the LadyAda website tutorials. It is work in progress at early stage… First objective is to build a temperature logging that allow to print the … Continue reading
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Playing with ScaleXtrics
Got a new car for the Scalextrics but it was not a digital ready one. Big disappointment as we got home. Anyway, got a digital chip and started installing it in the “not compatible” car. I had to workout the … Continue reading
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