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
Ciabatta – Tupperware method !
Found this recipe and method on the internet and had to try it…really a cool and easy way to make a superb Ciabatta from scratch. Check out my Bread making top 10 tips as well. (note half of yeast and … Continue reading
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Tesla Powerwall and Octopus Energy pricing
Trying to do a bit of coding to optimise the use of electric prices changing every 30 minutes. Red line in the graphic is “average price” and clearly you could charge the battery at cheap rates overnight or during non-peak … Continue reading
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Quiche Lorraine / Shortcrust pastry
Too easy to make ….to not make it from scratch… Ingredients : 250 g Plain flour 110g Butter / 2 to 3 Tablespoons of water for pastry Pinch of Salt 3 Eggs … Continue reading
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My First Cheese – Mozzarella
Been a long time coming, bought the kit to make cheese probably 18 months ago….found the time and patience to try my first Mozzarella. I am very pleased with my first go, however, it is quite fiddly and definitely needs … Continue reading
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Back to origins…
A few years ago, I started playing with Processing as a language. Recently discovered that the language has evolved and more importantly you can now run sketches from anywhere on the Cloud/web. Magic…
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Nice Chicken Liver Pate or Parfait
I use this recipe but I do not use cinnamon and I used red port instead of the white one recommended in the recipe.
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Stringing Tennis Racquet
This post is to have a reference point for stringing tennis racquets with the stringing machine. Install the racquet on the stringing machine. Do not do this too tight! Just so that the racquet is not moving when pulling on … Continue reading
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More trivet designs
Made some new Trivet designs, as well as a, incent burner inspired by a Japanese design that my mum has at her house. There are more designs to come…
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Vol au vent
This is a recipe that used to be the “standard” at weddings and other large family occasions. Over the years it has disappeared from the chefs’ menus to be replaced by a lot simpler chicken dishes to optimise costs and … Continue reading
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Dry yeast versus fresh yeast
This is for reference only : Fresh yeast quantities are usually 2.5X to 3.0X the equivalent in dry yeast. 17.5-21g fresh = 7g dry 30-35g fresh = 10 – 14g dry
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Digital Fabrication / Manual Labour
Helped a little bit Noe to make his own TV stand for his bedroom. He created the design in Fusion360, we then had the woodcut out of 18mm plywood by a local CNC Workshop, we then used Festool connector system … Continue reading
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Fusion 360 Tutorial
Made some video tutorials to teach how to use the Fusion360 software for my friends. Here !
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Quilling – Many Years back
When I first bought my Lathe (back in the USA 2006….), I had a few projects to cut some aluminium. Then bought a laser cutter probably in 2009. I also discovered Quilling which I thought would be something nice for … Continue reading
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Baguette 2019
[More updates…April 19] Feb. 2019 : I m back at it! Trying to make a real French baguette….been trying this since 2012….check my initial effort. Best one so far …. It is all in the Flour, need to buy T55 … Continue reading
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