Hello World!

Today at 23:01 in Switzerland, a message I wrote and sent via Internet was projected on the famous Jet D’eau in Geneva. Big green laser letters over a Swiss landmark. The letters appeared and were probably quickly replaced by another message. I wonder if anybody stopped to read it and if they wondered where it came from.

Light pollution or urban poetry?

I’ve always loved the idea of the « message in a bottle ». I think it could even partially explain why I blog.

December in Montreal

On Friday, you could still see the grass everywhere. The strange lady, who uses a stroller to walk her dog, was taking her usual midday stroll in my street. My neighbors had not yet put the tarp over the skeleton of their unsightly abri Tempo.

And then we had the first real snow of the season.

Big, light and fluffy snowflakes like you see in Hollywood movies.

Lisa, a Montreal expat who now lives in England, recently wrote a post about her snow nostalgia, so I took this picture of our house for her.

Hey, Lisa, wanna come over and help shovel? Take your time. The driveway should look like this until April…

Need your videogame knowledge

I’m finishing the last revisions on the second draft of the screenplay I’ve been working on, and I need help with a geeky subject matter.

Does anybody have any idea if there were pocket videogames in 1992, something like an early version of the Gameboy (or any other brand)? If so, do you happen to know if one of these pocket players offered a version of the arcade game Frogger?

I’m researching the subject but I’m lost in all the videogame history sites and I’m in a bit of a hurry, of course. Thanks in advance!