Category Archives: Home Life

Beef Casserole

With the recent turn of the weather to a very Wintery style…and the office in full Glacial mode…I am finding the weekend a great place to try comfort food…this one is a great simple slow cook dish. I use my … Continue reading

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Lemon Meringue Tart

This is a bit of a complicated or more accurately lengthy recipe. It is not difficult but it just takes a few steps and as a consequence you end-up spending a fair amount of time in the kitchen…however the final … Continue reading

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Pastrami – First Try

I have been waiting to try a few recipes where you need to cure the meat before cooking it. Such as Ham or Pastrami or even Saucisson. I am trying today Pastrami…. [Update] The pastrami is very nice but a … Continue reading

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Weekend activities busy bee

Well weekend was full of varied activities of all sorts, including fireworks and trying to repair front door of the house ! Manu used the kenwood blender to make some very nice almond butter. Essentially take fresh almonds, roast them … Continue reading

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Bon Appetit !

I made a few things this weekend ! I made a copy of something I did a long time ago for my sister in law. It is a chopping board made out of bamboo.It is actually a “file” folder/tray from … Continue reading

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I love this place – Hakkasan

A great lunch  place after some shopping in london : Hakkasan. This is Dim Sum Platter (varied and very nice) Aubergines and Oat and Mushrooms (amazing but needs to be a side dish) Salt Pepper Squid (not particularly special but perfect) … Continue reading

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Powerbank

Made a powerbank with some lithium batteries so that I can power a Raspberry Pi on a field trip…Currently testing how long it will last under battery power. It uses a 4200mah 4cells battery, delivering 14.8V to a UBEC 3A … Continue reading

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Vegetative or Flowering ?

For reference, the ideal time for the lights to be “on” during the day for vegetative growth is 18 hours of light for 6 hours of darkness. That is 5am to 10pm ! For flowering you want to move to … Continue reading

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I joined the revolution

I bought a Farmbot !…yes I am an early adopter of emerging technologies…this one has a lot of things that I like, it is open source hardware and software, it uses Raspberry Pi and Arduino, it is a Robot, it … Continue reading

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A few things I made this weekend

Desperately needed a bit of time off this weekend. Last week and next few weeks are going to be horrible at work. Went cycling on Staturday morning, then did a some DIY around the house and garden. Made a design … Continue reading

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Experiment in Solar – Updated Aug 2016

Just been recently thinking of using Solar Panels to provide power to recharge for my electric bike. The idea is to use a battery to store the electricity from the sun, use a DC to AC converter to power the … Continue reading

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Flowers from the Garden

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Incent Box

I made these following a “shopping day” of my wife and sister-in-law. As they came back from what was a “modest” shopping spree, they shared what they had bought and all the good bargains, including some incent sticks. The shop … Continue reading

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Helping a friend

I struggled with the laser to create this “easy” project. The aim is to create a template for soldering a train set “catenaire”. This is made of brass parts that require precise soldering. The wood template allows for the parts … Continue reading

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Quadcopter Legs

As I was building the new Discovery Pro quadcopter, I realised that it would be better if it had longer legs to accommodate for the fact that the camera tilting mechanism would hit the ground during setup. Also, it seems … Continue reading

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A bit of Summer

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Spring is here…

Spring is here !               Well not in the office… Lots of changes and nothing feels good. Hopefully we can start with new seeds and rebuild.           Recent news in … Continue reading

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Outside cover

Made this today

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Smoked Ham or Jambon fume

Last weekend I wanted to make some ham from scratch. Bought a large piece of pork and started the process. Ingredients : Pork (shoulder or other as you want). In UK it is called gammon when ham is uncooked. Cooking … Continue reading

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