I'm back baby!

Wow, it's been 14 years since I last posted something here! It was the same date, but in 2007, I posted a video from the band Kludge Leute. 

I'm very surprised Google hasn't killed Blogger. I'll have to do some maintenance, lots of links must be broken / dead.

So, yeah, I'm back baby !

Rainbow in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade

L'invention

Photos Red Bull Crashed Ice 2007 - Finals

Oh their god, I wasn't alone at the Red Bull Crashed Ice 2007 finals (around 75 000 spectators). I arrived too late because I wanted to post the photos of the qualifications.

Fortunately, I got a call from a friend that was at a party in an apartment on Place Royale. We had a decent view of the last stretch of the course, where the skaters seemed to fall a lot. Someone found an almost live feed on the net, so we where able to follow the race.

Here's the photos of the finals:

www.redbull.com/int-en/event-series/red-bull-crashed-ice

Photos Red Bull Crashed Ice 2007 - Qualifications

Here's some photos of the qualifications for the Red Bull Crashed Ice 2007 in Quebec City. They really have balls of titanium to participate in that crazy race. I'm off to the finals, more photos to come...

www.redbull.com/int-en/event-series/red-bull-crashed-ice

Feliz Navidad by Patrujo

feliz navidad, originally uploaded by patrujo.

Patrujo (J Rakieski) from Pittsburgh is one of my favorite photographer on Flickr. He creates very weird and intriguing moments. Here's a slideshow of his work http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrujo/show/ Enjoy !

First day of winter

On the way to Montreal, first day of winter...

Autumn afternoon in Quebec City

Shakey Face

matt_B-2, originally uploaded by BrandonVoges.

I've found a very interesting set on Flickr by Brandon Voges . It's basically portraits shot when peoples are shaking their head. Very unusual results !

Here's a slideshow of the the set: Shakey Face

Les Convertibles

Here's some photos I took of the Les Convertibles event: 

  www.flickr.com/photos/simonroy/sets/72157594286882856/ 

 

New geotagging on Flickr

I first used Geoblogger to geotag my photos and it closed when the author got hired by Yahoo. I then found the excellent Flagr. The developpers of the site are great and open to new ideas. The website is getting better all the time. Now, Flickr offers geotagging as well (probably with the help of the geoblogger guy). It's a shame that the satellite photos are still in low resolution for Quebec City... I'll hang around Flagr again for a little while. I can now see the possibility to digitalize the whole planet as a probable thing. Microsoft is working on Photosynth, a software that let's you build 3d objects in real time with the combination of many photos. Google will eventualy jump on the wagon and combine it's power with Photosynth and Flickr. We will then be able to navigate digitally around every little square centimeter Earth has to offer. Imagine a Google Earth that zooms-in from space and let's you see the dime on your basement's coffee table.

***Update***

If you use Firefox and Greasemonkey, I highly recommend using GMiF . With that combination, you can use Googlemaps instead of Yahoo ! maps.

Photos Osez! 2006

I was in St-Jean-Port-Joli for the Osez! 2006 event. Here's a selection of my photos. Click on the photo below to see the slideshow.

   

An original idea by Karine Ledoyen

Choreographer: Ginette Laurin 

Music: Jérôme Minière and Pascal Asselin (Millimetrik)

Between St-Roch-des-Aulnaies and St-Jean-Port-Joli

St-Jean Baptiste, in the morning.

Boudoir + Versa Opening

Tonight I tried to go to the opening of the Boudoir and Versa terraces on de l'Église street, but it was too damn jam packed. 10 minutes of feeling like a claustrophobic sardine was enought for me...

Faubourg en Fleurs

I went down St-Jean Baptiste street today and it was the Faubourg en Fleurs event. It's a tradition in the neighborhood every year. The street is closed and all the shop have outside displays. The bars put their tables in the middle of the street, you can buy hot dogs and shish taouk sandwiches from some restaurants. Bands are playing along in the street (The Void where playing some Metallica, Iron Maiden and AC/DC). I love where I live !

Homemade Stop-motion movie

While doing some cleaning on my hard drive, I found a video I made some time ago. I used my old Sony Mavica FD91 (that camera used floppy disks !!!) and Adobe Premiere. The soundtrack is by Misstress Barbara.

Extreme bike jump

Here's two compositions I made of a crazy friend jumping with his bike.

Red Bull - Crashed Ice 2006. The course.

Here's some photos I took from the course of the Red Bull Crashed Ice 2006. I'm off to see the finals, I'll post more photos soon...

Click here to see the slideshow

Photos moved to Flickr !

 

I've transfered the photos I had on Pbase.com to Flickr ! Have a look at flickr.com/photos/simonroy/sets/