Category Archives: Home Life

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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Charity Sports Medals

Made some medals for the office charity event from the Graduates. Don’t know yet how the event went but I a sure everybody had a good time !   As usual, I used the laser…   Made the design with … Continue reading

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Cycling with my Brother

Very nice day cycling with my brother in Saint Albans. Lovely and pure fun when the electric motor kicks in for the hills…. Pure pleasure !          

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Ipad Tablet Stand

I have been using my laser cutter quite a lot recently ! One of my recent design was from a request from my wife to have a small simple stand for her ipad mini to use in the kitchen. Although … Continue reading

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Bicycle Shock Sag

This is a typical thing that I would think about during the week and then make during the weekend. As I have to review Selling, Admin and General Costs (SAG) all the time in the office, I wait for the … Continue reading

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Laser Lamp

I continue to love my laser cutter. Probably one of my preferred electric tool in the workshop. It is bulky, and a bit scary to use but it feels like cheating or magic. It is the kind of tool that … Continue reading

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Avocado Growing

Wanted to add a new plant to my hydroponics experiments. I have had plenty of setbacks recently with my lack of attention to watering….! I really need to get moving on that Raspberry pi controlled watering system, it has been … Continue reading

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Tartiflette

This is definitely comfort food! (Please read again, this is not for anybody on a diet or anybody with high cholesterol…) It is a traditional French Savoie dish made with Reblochon cheese. I have not made this recipe many times … Continue reading

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Xmas Trees

I played with my laser cutter today and got into the Xmas spirit…made a couple of fun things below. 1 – An overlay screen for my Raspberry Pi frame… Need to code some sort of animation to play behind it … Continue reading

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Consecutive Conundrum

I built this last week. It is for my brother’s Xmas gift. It is a small game, where you need to put the pegs into the slots but the numbers cannot be connected to each-other if they are consecutive. It … Continue reading

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Quiet on a Sunday

Just 19 seconds of chillaxing…

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PIZERO

When I look at this magazine, it reminds me of the days I used to play with my TRS-80 from Tandy… You must visit this page if you want to get a bit nostalgic and code for a few minutes … Continue reading

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Cardamom plant

I purchased some cardamom plant a few months ago and have managed to keep it alive. It is doing well although some of the leaves are yellowing. It might be because I left the plant outside too long into the … Continue reading

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I feel more French than ever

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50g of what ?

    I just changed the pedals on my mountain bike, I thought I would get something lighter to help me go further and go up those hills with more elegance. I swapped the already light Haibike pedals for the … Continue reading

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The Singularity is Near

Well maybe not…

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Digital Manufacturing – Embroidery

We are all makers at heart, building something from scratch is so much more rewarding than purchasing from the Internet. With recent technology enhancement, machines that would have been only available for big companies with deep pockets can be purchased … Continue reading

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Nice juices at Home

After 6.5 years since we have been back from the USA, Manu found the centrifuge machine we bought when we were in Westport ! Been making some very healthy juices with apples, pears, strawberries, bananas etc…. Very healthy for everybody … Continue reading

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Cycling in Corroy-Le-Grand

Went to Belgium during the weekend, spend some long overdue quality time with the family. On the Saturday we did a nice cycle ride (15.5km) in the countryside close to Corroy-le-Grand, which happens to be very very close to the … Continue reading

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Oli(ves) and Pancetta Cake

A very easy and very delicious recipe for a savoury cake. This one is made with black olives and pancetta(bacon). The hardest thing in this recipe is the oven time. Making sure it is cooked but still moist. That is … Continue reading

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