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Weekend Mind Cleansing

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

Just a few things done during the weekend to clear my mind …

Quick pint with the kids, trash talk, laughs, (the best).

Longboarding in the sun (second best, especially with the right Playlist)

Raspberry pi Programming, painful on my old brain but rewarding
(ultimately for the Tesla charging app)

3D Printed Bracket for music speaker on the bike. (Preparing for summer rides)

Digital Embroidery of new “Boule Club” of Jules. (He made it, I am so proud)

Laser cut tracker for fish feeding…Fusion 360 Design to Finished product in 3 hours.
(Action trumps perfection)

I still feel I have done very little of what I could do.

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Weather Warning – Risk to life

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

Amused by all the commotion around some cold weather front…feels like a lot of emotion and not much process…I am in Aberdeen….not playing tennis tonight…

Update : Was probably to “flippant” about the weather, my “karma” got adjusted this morning with the boiler not working and freezing conditions….12 degrees celsius inside at the moment and dropping.

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Lent 2018

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

I have given up croissants !….until Good Friday…

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25 Years at Xerox

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

Still cannot believe I have spent 25 years, or half of my life, working for Xerox…

Started on a 6-month non-renewable contract, thanks to a very clever manager that saw some potential in a young and

in-experienced lad.

Some days I think I was lucky, others I think I worked hard…

When I look back, I am always proud of the legacy I am still building and grateful to the “giants” that coached me and thought that I could be trusted with the keys of the business .

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Strong souls

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

Some people leave deeper footprints than others

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Mind like water

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

In the office, I use regularly the expression “Mind Like Water”
from the book: Getting Things done.

I have used the concepts many times and feel it is worth sharing.

For me, my “restful” picture in my mind is a large powder field which I have either just been down or about to rip. It requires complete attention to only one thing and clearing everything else out of your mind.

mind_movie

Because I had a severe accident skiing in the past, clearing my mind before a steep slope and enjoying the moment is very powerful.

Last week, the return to the office from a week’s holiday was not great and these images were very helpful to keep me going. They do not make me happy in themselves, just remind me of the state of my mind that I should be in.

What is your mind image?

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Replacing D-Cells with 28650

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

Been trying to consider how to replace my 2D Maglite battery powered to a modern Lithium 28650 – 5000mah.

2D Cells was 2X1.5V=3V total

2X 28650 Batteries give 2X4.2V=8.4V at full charge, dropping to around 7.6V when flat.

Had to replace the led bulb with a new one, made a couple of battery holders to keep the Lithium cells in the middle of the torchlight, used a 3 X 8mm disk magnets to connect everything together and then had to make a new end cap spring to accomodate for the new length of the batteries.

It all works and it is substantially brighter than the previous setup.

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Traffic

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Olivier Dehon

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Mid-life crisis…

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

I am not buying a Porsche…..

I am selling it….

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Manual Machine

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

Built this with Now during the weekend. It is a training tool for making wheelies without pedalling which are called “Manuals”…so this is a “Manual Machine”…

It is made so that it can be dis-assembled easily to put in the garage.

There is a single nut to hold the balancing arm, which we 3D printed.

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Slicer Nut

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

The Berkel slicer is very nice and very precise for cutting thin slices of ham, however it is a pain to clean as there is some sort of nut which is difficult to remove.

Here comes 3D printing to the rescue. Made a few versions of a removal tool and settled on the final simple design of a “Captured” nut.

It works very well and the white PLA print, looks appropriate for food and “white goods”.

In the background some paper “thinking” about a manual machine for Noe ! Soon to be built ….

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Leo is dead…need a nice memorial plaque !

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

Tonton qu’est fou had to do a memorial for Leo…as he is now…6 feet under.

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Brioche – Everybody likes it

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

I really like the brioche that my mum makes when we go on holiday in France during the summer. It is just a pain to wait 12 months to have some brioche! Decided to get a new bread maker from Panasonic (the old one still had an American plug and we have been back from the USA for 8 years now…)

The Brioche recipe is very good and works very well with the automatic bread maker.

Ingredients :

400g White Flour
1 Teaspoon Salt
1.25 Teaspoon Yeast
2 eggs mixed with water so that it makes 280g
4 Tablespoons of dried milk
4 Tablespoons of sugar
50g of butter early in the recipe and then 70g of butter later. (cut in 2cm pieces). Make sure butter is cold from the fridge.

How to make :

Mix all the ingredients (with the first batch of butter). Ideally all of them at room temperature.
You should get a nice dough ball.
Then mix the extra butter by kneading for 3 to 5 minutes.
Leave to rise for a couple of hours.
Cook in over / breadmaker.

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Fish Migration

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

Fishes have moved house during the garden refurbishment…they now live in the garage…it was not easy to move everything and keep the carp in the bucket!

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Is it really necessary ?

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

First drive, ever, in first car, ever, ….is it really necessary to be a Lambo…or was it a Jag…growing too fast

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More Ham

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Olivier Dehon

I am continuing my experiments in spices and cooking temperatures as well as a method for cooking such as sous-vide or slow roast etc…

Latest is normal roast in the oven with a temperature probe inside the ham to check “when” it is done rather than relying on weight etc…Target temperature was 63 Celsius.

Interestingly, once the ham was removed from the oven, the temperature continued to rise for a little while. As a consequence, a 63 Celsius in the oven ends-up being more like 65/66 once out. This is very different compared to sous-vide cooking which only cooks at the exact temperature.