Category Archives: Home Life

Plants have been delivered

I ordered a few “cooks” plants at couple of months ago from a nursery : Plants for Presents, I had them delivered in a nice box and all the plants look good except the curry leaf plant which is really … Continue reading

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Bamix Mayonnaise

Simple Mayo Ingredients : 1 Egg / 300mml of oil (peanut or other vegetable) Salt / Pepper / Herbs (if wanted) 1 Tablespoon Vinegar / 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice 1 teaspoon Mustard How to Make : Mix all ingredients and … Continue reading

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Update on Hydroponics

Here is a few pictures of the current state of the plants in the garage. The Lemon balm has been growing quite well. However it seems to have lost most of its scent…very disappointing. I need to research the reason … Continue reading

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Preparing Hydroponics for 2015

I have been updating my Hydroponics setup for 2015. I have modified a little the hanging hooks and purchase a new set of propagation lights from Growell. I took some 4X T5 lights as it fits well with the wooden … Continue reading

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Couple of Cycle Ride

Went on a couple of cycling trips today, 15km this morning, then a 2 hours tennis game with Manu in the local tennis club ladder (we lost first set 6/7, 10/12 on tie-break but won second set 6/2, so net … Continue reading

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Nice Koi Fish

It is mid-winter in UK and temperature is hovering around Zero. Freezing during the night and slightly positive during the day. The water in the pond for the Koi carps is not freezing because it is well agitated by the … Continue reading

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Sunday Ride to burn fat

Today I really enjoyed a local 15km bicycle ride around the house. It is amazing what you can discover locally when you are on a bicycle. There is a lot of place that I would  never visit if I did … Continue reading

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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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