Category Archives: Home Life

Never too late !

                    I am over 50 and I never ever played proper golf …..ever! I never wanted to play, because of the snob and self-centred idiots I occasionally had to meet in … Continue reading

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Message Board

I made an electronic message board using Raspberry Pi and RGB-Pixel boards. Something similar to my virus simulator but with a horizontal layout. I can display various information messages a bit like an airport arrival board or a share price … Continue reading

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Pizza !

Just bought an OONI Pizza oven for Jules birthday party! So getting the recipes to make the best dough and sauces…         For the dough, the quantities are a bit “odd” probably because of some Imperial to … Continue reading

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Making Some Beer with my little boy…

Jules is soon going to be 20 years old. He just finished his exams for his second year at University. He has been very disciplined all year to make sure he would not fall behind in his work. He has … Continue reading

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Gas left in Bottle

Made this super simple calculator, to find out how much gas is left in the BBQ Gas bottles….not that the weather has been any good this year so far… Almost end of May and very little sunshine, lots of rain… … Continue reading

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More Generative Art – Spinning

More computer coding … this one is trying to illustrate how some little details can change things dramatically between calm and chaos. I started coding this following a conversation with Noe about trigonometric maths and his revisions for an exam. … Continue reading

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Brain Teaser ! – April fool

I have not researched yet how this works but I find it fun….and perfect for an April’s fool day….     Pick in your mind one of the following 2 words. Brainstorm or Green Needle then push the play button … Continue reading

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Proud Dad

I could not be more proud of my son, who just participated in a Hackathon at Imperial University where he is studying Computer Science. https://ic-hello-world.devpost.com/ I love generative art as a way of using technical skills and mathematics for the … Continue reading

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Pi Day ! 3.14 and what ?

Was Pi day today! 14th of March or 3-14 in USA style date. It is a constant and an irrational number (its decimals goes on forever) and is defined as the number you get when you divide the circumference of … Continue reading

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Time Capsule

This is a post I will review regularly and update like a time capsule about time :         I have been interested in “Time” for a while. It is something that I find particularly troubling. It is … Continue reading

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Happy Valentine ’21

Happy Valentine in full confinement…although this round is a lot harder we can still try to have normal lives. I have been playing with the “Processing” language for many years. [probably something like 2012]. The recent evolution has been towards … Continue reading

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Machining Aluminium

I made a clamping tool for holding the wheel of my bike on my workshop table. I designed the part with Fusion360 on the computer and then started making it from a rough-cut from an aluminium bar. Cutting such a … Continue reading

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Pear and Chocolate Crumble

          Ingredients for 4 Ramequins: 80g flour 80g Sugar + some for the pears cooking. 80g Salted Butter + some for pears cooking. 4 pears 30g of Chocolate How to make: Mix flour and sugar Crumble … Continue reading

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Tax return time….or is it ?

Getting to this time of year when I struggle to get myself fired up and seems that days go too fast without very much done…         We had a fun snow day today, nothing like what we … Continue reading

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Untitled – on purpose

As I sometimes, use my blog for the purpose of a life diary, I feel compelled to note the final day of Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America. (20th January 2021). I despise everything he … Continue reading

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Monk fish and Chorizo

This is a simple and quick recipe for a very nice fish dish. It has this Spanish feel with the chorizo and saffron. Although Monkfish is usually expensive, I think you get what you paid for. You need to be … Continue reading

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Happy birthday to my Brother !

I have recently started using my Sherline mini-metal lathe and mill which I purchased in the USA in 2007 or 2008. I have been learning how to machine metal very slowly over the years. I love the precision and process … Continue reading

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Life recursion

  As 2021 starts on a low with more confinement, it feels like we are all trapped in some sort of recursion loop… Although recursion loops are an interesting coding approach to solve some algorithms problems, in real life it … Continue reading

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Gnocco Fritto

Since a trip to Italy to go and see our friends Anne and Louis-Carl, I have been wanting to make these Gnocco Fritto. We had some in a small restaurant close to a lake and it was simply amazing. I … Continue reading

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Brex-Shit has started

Day 1…must get used to full-on British food…! Only joking, I adore living in the UK and have so many great friends that make living in the UK an amazing experience, despite being far away from the rest of our … Continue reading

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