About me

Who are you?
My name is Martin Breton. My close friends call me brem.

Why BREM?
It’s a nickname my friends gave me. The exact origin of the nickname is obscure, but suffice to say that BRE are the 3 first letters of my family name (Breton) and M the first letter of my first name (Martin). BREM are also the 4 first letters of my health insurance number.

Some comments are in french, some are in english and yet some are in both languages. WTF?
No need for expletives. I’m french speaking, my wife is english speaking. I have friends who speak french, others who speak english, others are bilingual. This blog reflects how my social life is: sometimes french, other times english, …

Where do you live?
I live in St-Rédempteur, in the newly merged city of Lévis, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence river, near Quebec City, QC, Canada.

What do you do, in real life?
I have studied 3 years at Université Laval to become a computer science professional, then I have worked 5 years in the field of computer vision, more precisely I worked on a software to acquire 3D data from a 3D scanner. Following those 5 years, I went back to Université Laval to gain my Masters degree in Electrical Engineering in the field of Computer Vision. I am back to work and am now working as a computer programmer in the gaming industry.

I’m married since August 2004 to Carrianne Bell, a Vancouver born and raised girl who adopted Québec since a few years. We have bought a house on the south shore of Quebec City, and have a daughter named Mélodie Allison born in September 2008.

I love animals. I have a very manly Shih Tzu named Yoshi and a psychobunny named Summer. My other rabbits are now somewhere else or have passed away. RIP Bowser and Marvin.

I heard you play in a band?
I started playing trumpet in high school, some 20 years ago. I played in many bands, mostly Soul and R&B. I recently joined my former sax player in a ska band called The Skopitones.

I also play sometimes in other musical projects.