Time:
Like space but more personal and precious, although you are free to use it as you wish, it will force you to travel in only one direction. It will be fair to all equally but some will get less than others. Sharing time with someone is the greatest gift you can receive.
Author Archives: Olivier Dehon
New drawers
Installed new Ikea Drawers for my Office. Simply used the Kitchen units from Ikea, got them delivered directly. I like the functionality of lots of drawers. I used stainless steel fronts and walnut side panel. took me about 2 hours … Continue reading
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Logging to thermal printer
Playing some more with my arduino and shields. Got the Thermal printer working by following the LadyAda website tutorials. It is work in progress at early stage… First objective is to build a temperature logging that allow to print the … Continue reading
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Playing with ScaleXtrics
Got a new car for the Scalextrics but it was not a digital ready one. Big disappointment as we got home. Anyway, got a digital chip and started installing it in the “not compatible” car. I had to workout the … Continue reading
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She wins it all !
Note to self : “Do not play Poker against Wife, unless ready to loose it all “…
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Home front
The House needed a new light, this square design made of stainless steel should last at least 6 months (…) in the United Kingdom where 80% humidity is a daily occurrence. This gave me the opportunity to use a … Continue reading
Liqueur de Cassis Recipe
This recipe for a fruit liqueur was sent to me from my uncle from Belgium. It is a recipe from my Grand Dad, note the beautiful writing. I am definitely giving it a go this weekend. Obviously I will … Continue reading
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Wife is teasing me
Manu is in Paris with the kids, taking pictures…and eating well with Friends and Family.
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Perfect after shopping meal
Hakkasan is a nice place to relax after a long day of shopping. It is close to the crossing of Tottenham court road and Oxford Street. (Here) 1x Fried Soft Shell Crab 1x Mixed Dumpling Platter 1x Steamed Rice 2x … Continue reading
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3D printing a Nerf Gun !
This is my Makerbot printing a Nerf Gun for the kids. The source file was downloaded from Thingiverse. I “pimped” my bot with some blue led strips which make the red ABS plastic more visible when we are printing.
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Cutting Tray
Made a gift for House Warming of Friends. A cutting tray for the days we have a nice pice of meat to eat straight off the BBQ. It is made from 12(ish) pieces of 58cm X 3CM American Red Oak. … Continue reading
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Making Bread ?
[Initial Post 4th of feb 2012] Trying to make French bread for 3 weekends in a row now… Objective : Make a French Baguette / Crunchy / Medium sized holes like this. So Far … Continue reading
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Jules sailing
Only just a few degrees over Zero this morning for Jules training at HOAC. Still Jules goes with a big smile on his face….
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Crayon
The link between Instagram and my blog is now working quite well. Not 100% sure yet how it all works but pictures seems to make their way to my blog OK. Then I can edit at leisure…
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Python -QT ?!
I have been trying to Program some simple applications with my MAC OSX machine and Python but using a modern GUI feel. I found Python to be easy syntax and wanted a similarly easy interface building tool. I found that … Continue reading
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Python Programming on Mac
Have been trying for weeks to get QT Creator to work on my Mac System. I want to program in Python and build easy user interfaces with QT Designer. Currently struggling with : Got Python 2.7 working Got Qt Creator … Continue reading
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