Planete Fortier

Living Room RTA, Call the CAA!

Francois J Fortier — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:44:19 +0000

Every once in a while things get a little crazy in our living room. Just this week, there was an incident involving this sports car and a train. After taking a breath test, we can confirm that the driver of this sports car had in fact just finish a full 8 oz bottle of full [...]

Stereo Maddy See

Francois J Fortier — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:29:19 +0000

To the left To the right, Step it up, step it up Alllright!!! The girls worked on their balance training this week in their skiing lessons, which means they needed to hold their arms out a lot and even ski on just one ski. Things most of us seasoned skiers would really struggle with, yet [...]

Ninjas Ski as They Please

Francois J Fortier — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:11:08 +0000

The girls and I love to go skiing and on the way up we tend to listen to either some Gilles Vigneault’s Un Dimanche à Kyoto, The High School Musical 3 sound track or my personal favourite the Barenaked Ladies kids album SnackTime. This week we made our way up to Vallée Bleue listening to [...]

Les Boys are 10 Months Old

Francois J Fortier — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:17:03 +0000

Les Boys are now 10 months old. Freddy weighs about 30lbs and can now crawl about 4 feet in front of him but only if there is a doughnut waiting for him, even if it is just a toy one. He can sit himself up and although he still prefers to roll or slide backwards [...]

Hey You! Get Into My Car!

Francois J Fortier — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:52 +0000

We went to a birthday party at a friend’s house this weekend and Les Boys really took to the red Little Tykes car that you have all surely seen in most backyards and day care centres across North America. But Freddy was having so much in the car that I just had to take some [...]

Go Josiah Go!

Francois J Fortier — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:33:13 +0000

A fellow photog and mac addict, Stephen Hackett, of ForkBombr fame has been going through a pretty tough year! His son Josiah, who is just over a year old has been fighting a brain tumor. He’s such a remarkable little guy, and even though I don’t Stephen and his family personally, Josiah’s story has really [...]

Fall Foliage

Francois J Fortier — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:03:59 +0000

Considering the last two posts, I just couldn’t resist. If you haven’t read XKCD before, click on through and enjoy. I can’t promise you won’t be reaching for the High School physics or chemistry books though.

Bloody Hands and Threading the Needle

Francois J Fortier — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:00:10 +0000

It’s been about 9 or 10 years since I chalked up my hands and laced up the old Boreale booties and tried to haul my aging butt up anything steeper than than a 5.4. Yet the harness is still in great shape and the booties still fit, and as chalk is already about 1000 years [...]

Valois Bay Panoramas

Francois J Fortier — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:33:15 +0000

I was reading a Scott Kelby book on Safari online books and in one of the chapters he talks extensively about Adobe’s Photomerge feature. A feature I’ve been using for a while but it wasn’t until I read Scott’s book that I realised I have been missing out on a great trick. You see when [...]

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Francois J Fortier — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:39:29 +0000

Getting ready to head home in few hours. We had had a wonderful time and the most glorious weather. Thanks to all in Blighty for reminding of how great this place is and why it was so difficult to leave all those years ago. We’ll mis you all and you’re all welcome to came and [...]