I mainly contribute to the french version of Wikipedia, where my nickname is Daubert, too.
Contributions
My main contributions, here and there, will be first on Samuel Champlain and on other pioneers or first inhabitants of New France, many of them being my ancestors.
Century, in 2008(Welcome anytime to beautiful Québec City !), my priority is to write a musical work (a cantata and its comments and references) with Samuel Champlain and a woman (his neighbour in Québec) talking (singing) together privately, in their old french language, in 1634. Will you hear them ? It will be first interpreted by two friends of mine, who are classical signers since up to 40 years. This historical, emotional, and funny cantata should be created 375 years after the agony and death of Samuel Champlain, at the end of 2010. I wish to publish it at that time into a book (in french, and maybe in english too), on a CD, and on a DVD — music scores apart.
I live in Québec City since 2002, after having been a french high school teacher (mainly of natural sciences and mathematics), then (from 1973 to 1999) a computer analyst devoted to Biomedical Research applications, near Montréal, where I was born during WW2.
If you want to reach me, do not hesitate to use (here aside) the "E-mail this user" link,
even to ask me any question on Samuel Champlain, or on Québec City, and so on !
Resources
Am I up to date ?
My English Dictionary is The Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, by A. S. Hornby, E. V. Gatenby, and H. Wakefield, London, Oxford University Press, 1958 (truly !), 1528 pages.
I also use a recent (French to English, English to French) Robert & Collins.
My French Dictionary is Le Petit Robert (1985), an analogic dictionary that also gives the roots and history of each word.
