Category Archives: Home Life

Homopolar Motor

So simple to build but hours of fun to “shape” your own version of this little electric homopolar motor. You only need a AA battery, a few Neodymium magnets, and some copper wire. I ordered the magnets on Ebay and … Continue reading

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Aubergine Farcie

Here is another classic in the family. Always a winner with the kids, really nice with some french fries or a green salad. On the lower grill, the “extra” for a small meat loaf.     Ingredients : 500g Pork … Continue reading

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Tarte au Sucre – Traditional – Update 1

Today I made some good old “Tarte au sucre”, family tradition style. Here is the recipe from “Marraine de Quievrain“, collected in person on a piece of paper that was lying around on the day…about 14 years ago (sometime in … Continue reading

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Perfect Breakfast…

Nothing can beat a Sunday morning breakfast home made croissant and home made caramel au beurre sale…Happy Sunday.  

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A New Bicycle ! (update 3)

Yes but not just a simple bicycle, an amazing technology feast… It is an electric bike, but a mountain bike one… It is electric but it is not a motorbike, you must pedal and the electric motor will “Help”. The … Continue reading

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22 years in London, never getting bored of it !

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Posh lunch in London with the Prince’s trust

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We are connected !

My brother (we are related but not connected yet) fooling around with the Oculus Rift from Samsung/Google… Amazing immersive toy… We all tried the device : 1- I laughed for the whole time 2- My wife screamed for the whole … Continue reading

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Here we are atp finals !!!Yepee …Murray/Raonic

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Palace to Palace 45 miles on Bicycle…

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Pingu is going to the circus …!!

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3D Printing a bottle Opener

I made a variation on a model I found on thingiverse for my 3D Printer. I am using a 21mm X 2mm slot for a 1 Penny coin to be inserted into my model during the print. I simply pause … Continue reading

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Early start of my holidays !

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Hydroponics & Proper Lighting Chillis

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I have been playing around with Hydroponics. Got myself a few seeds of Chillis, Sweet Peppers and Tomatoes. The whole subject deserves several posts but simply can’t be bothered to write it all up today. However, I can share a … Continue reading

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Babolat Play & Connect

I am very interested in all the new gadgets that are internet enabled or “connectable”. Here is the new Babolat Tennis racquet. The Play and Connect. I am impressed by the seemless technology and the social sharing that joins internet … Continue reading

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New Macbook Pro

Here we are at last, new Macbook Pro to replace the Thinkpad brick. Managed to re-install most software required and even have parallels working for the critical PC apps I need for laser cutting and Inventor. So far so good. … Continue reading

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Ready for 6 Zero !

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Party !

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I got the numbers !

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Foie gras French fried…

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