Author Archives: Olivier Dehon

Day out in London

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She wins it all !

Note to self : “Do not play Poker against Wife, unless ready to loose it all “…

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Home front

The House needed a new light, this square design made of stainless steel should last at least 6 months (…) in the United Kingdom where 80% humidity is a daily occurrence.   This gave me the opportunity to use a … Continue reading

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Liqueur de Cassis Recipe

  This recipe for a fruit liqueur was sent to me from my uncle from Belgium. It is a recipe from my Grand Dad, note the beautiful writing. I am definitely giving it a go this weekend. Obviously I will … Continue reading

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Wife is teasing me

Manu is in Paris with the kids, taking pictures…and eating well with Friends and Family.

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Perfect after shopping meal

Hakkasan is a nice place to relax after a long day of shopping. It is close to the crossing of Tottenham court road and Oxford Street. (Here) 1x Fried Soft Shell Crab 1x Mixed Dumpling Platter 1x Steamed Rice 2x … Continue reading

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3D printing a Nerf Gun !

This is my Makerbot printing a Nerf Gun for the kids. The source file was downloaded from Thingiverse. I “pimped” my bot with some blue led strips which make the red ABS plastic more visible when we are printing.  

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M40 – Midnigth – 4th Feb 2012

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Cutting Tray

Made a gift for House Warming of Friends. A cutting tray for the days we have a nice pice of meat to eat straight off the BBQ. It is made from 12(ish) pieces of 58cm X 3CM American Red Oak. … Continue reading

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Making Bread ?

[Initial Post 4th of feb 2012]   Trying to make French bread for 3 weekends in a row now…           Objective : Make a French Baguette / Crunchy / Medium sized holes like this. So Far … Continue reading

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Tech deck …

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Jules sailing

Only just a few degrees over Zero this morning for Jules training at HOAC. Still Jules goes with a big smile on his face….  

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Crayon

The link between Instagram and my blog is now working quite well. Not 100% sure yet how it all works but pictures seems to make their way to my blog OK. Then I can edit at leisure…

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Python -QT ?!

I have been trying to Program some simple applications with my MAC OSX machine and Python but using a modern GUI feel. I found Python to be easy syntax and wanted a similarly easy interface building tool. I found that … Continue reading

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Python Programming on Mac

Have been trying for weeks to get QT Creator to work on my Mac System. I want to program in Python and build easy user interfaces with QT Designer. Currently struggling with : Got Python 2.7 working Got Qt Creator … Continue reading

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Playing with Arduino

I love my Arduino electronics. It is simple to program It is open source It is cheap There is plenty of Shields There is plenty of books So far, I have built Temperature monitors/loggers , internet shields, gps trackers, led … Continue reading

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Brighton

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