tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:47:37 +0000beerpassingPortlandYankeestributecousinThreadlessrental carPre-PaidYakimapintFairbanksbikeVia DeliziajobKellyrackiPodSummer SolsticefamilyAnchorageDave Matthews BandCanadaDave's AdventureWeb sitedirtyCaralterationsworkcarssnow winterobituaryGreen Grocerbaseballbitchy motherbombNew YorkaccidentssoccerFlathead LakeNike EmployeeWinterFuturamaWarehouseUSB driveaccidentWinterfreshkayakOneontaFlugtagFlash gameinterviewCole HanncustomtheftDMBZeldahikeLoveinsurancerollercoasterLabor DayracePack of Gumalesserevil.comlandAlaskaSummermovingRoy LichtensteinNew YearDouble UppersRoad TripCell PhoneZambonieNikeMontanaSueTrial by FireComposerNintendoKennethdrivingShoeskilometerdeductibleicyEscape from SuburbiavacationNike CampusMotorolaGorgejourneyHurleyLegoConverseRosereponsibilitydata entrysearchSeasonsCortesicoffeeWalkerrunDelta Management<b>Welcome to Matt Walker’s blog where you can expect to find…anything.</b><br> <i>This isn’t one of those fancy daily blogs or even a weekly. Just be glad he remembers to write in it at all!</i>http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (M@)Blogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-3056659011303519458Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:29:00 +00002009-03-05T14:35:31.383-09:00pintDelta ManagementbeerVia Deliziadirtycoffeeworkinterviewdata entrysearchjobhikeOkay... so it's been awhile. I've been busy trying to get work. I've been only working 24 hours a week since the start of the new year and I'm barely breaking even. However I have good news and a great story to go with it. The following is a note I wrote on Facebook because so many were asking about what happen.A lot of people are asking about my new job and the story that goes with it. So let mehttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-interview.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6408529542374545151Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:50:00 +00002008-12-05T12:59:28.977-09:00alesserevil.comWeb siteAfter several edits and re-designs I have finally uploaded the new design to a lesser evil production. Check it out! www.alesserevil.comHome - a cleaner, more readable look. Plus a listing of Today's Specials. Prices may very.Information - with links to this blog, favorite Web sites, my email and a little history of a lesser evil production.Photography - up and running much like the previous http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/12/version-3-is-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-3300995349582143328Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:06:00 +00002008-09-08T14:09:05.556-08:00Labor DayDMBGorgeDave Matthews BandWarehouseThe week of my Cousin Kelly’s tragic accident I meet a wonderful family and new friends; the Rinaldo’s (Gavin Rinaldo was my cousin’s boyfriend) They’re good people and I will forever consider them apart of my family.Vito Rinaldo, Gavin’s father, is a huge fan of the Dave Matthews Band. I kid you not that he wore a DMB shirt every single day I was there. Towards the end of the week I found out http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/09/labor-day-weekend-2008-dave-matthews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6527987307130375672Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:36:00 +00002008-08-03T21:45:49.935-08:00PortlandFlugtagI know you're thinking WTF but it's an event. A big event. 80 thousand people were reported at the 2008 Flugtag in Portland, Oregon. It's was entertaining to watch these people and there crafts sail of the edge of a pier built at Waterfront Park but the crowds were such that I couldn't get close to the action.Flugtag is German for "Day of Flight" encase you were wondering.http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/08/flugtag.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-4188645946442104627Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:58:00 +00002008-08-03T21:53:34.136-08:00New YorkpassingobituarycousinRosefamilytributeKellyCortesiLoveMay 30, 1992 - July 23, 2008I wrote earlier this year about my grandfather's passing and how I was unable to make it to the funeral. His death hurt but was expected because of his health and age. He lived a long and full life. The tragedy of loosing my younger cousin last week is still, and will remain for some time, a complete shock.My family received the call of the accident on Sunday, July http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/07/kelly-rose-cortesi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-2481077423691863655Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:40:00 +00002008-07-18T12:38:08.533-08:00Below is the email I sent our for my Uncle's 50th birthday describing what I did to celebrate. This was so much fun it may become tradition!I wanted to do something special for Doug's 50th birthdayand so I made him a cupcake.And got some candles; lots of candles. I had to buy three packs.It's a very nice birthday cupcake for my Uncle.Hmmm... that is a lot of candles.I decided to go outsid just tohttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-uncle-turns-50.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-546417646931196861Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:48:00 +00002008-06-05T11:49:37.230-08:00LegoGreen Grocer I’ve been meaning to write about this one for a while now.About a month ago I bought a large Lego set, the Green Grocer, with no intension of building it that day. For those who know me this probably sounds absolutely impossible and in most case this would be true. I bought the Lego set as motivation.The idea was to cover the box with post-its with tasks that I needed to complete. Every time I http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/06/holding-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-8405304485306029445Tue, 27 May 2008 20:10:00 +00002008-06-05T11:48:26.519-08:00Cell PhoneI’ve been avoiding getting a cell phone for as long as I possibly could. But now that I’m about to move into a new place here in Portland I figured I join the rest of the masses.That and the new place won’t have a land line.For many years I have avoided getting a cell phone for a variety of reasons. My biggest reason/excuse was I never really used the phone all that much. Those who needed to get http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/05/welcome-to-21st-century-matt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-8880811144992334092Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:59:00 +00002008-08-03T21:50:30.022-08:00kilometerrunracePortlandAbout a month ago I decided to get my act together and run in the mornings. It was nice but hard to do since I haven’t run like that in a long time. I had only done a couple of morning runs when my aunt suggested that I sign up for the Shamrock Run on March 16.There was a 5K, three waves of 8K and the 15K race to sign up for. I’ve never done an organized run before and only had about two weeks tohttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/03/milestone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-1857418978358536898Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:28:00 +00002008-08-03T21:53:11.322-08:00New YorkWalkerobituaryKennethOneontafamilyI've never been to a funeral. Few members of my family have passed away during my life time and those who have I never spent as much time with as would have liked. My grandfather passed away late last week and I was unable to make it to the funeral in New York. I figured I could best honor him by re-publishing his obituary within my own blog.~ For my grandfather ~ONEONTA- Kenneth C. Walker, 82, http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/03/oneonta-kenneth-c.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-2030914389372616069Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:50:00 +00002008-02-29T15:14:55.029-09:00Double UppersNike EmployeeNike CampusCole HanniPodConverseHurleyNikeShoesLast weekend, my Aunt’s Fiancée’s daughter came to visit and on Sunday we showed her around the Nike Campus and shopped at the Employee Store. I didn’t go with the intension of buying anything but I couldn’t resist what I found.The store carries (of course) Nike products including the iPod products to go with your Nike+ shoes. It also carries the affiliates like Cole Haan, Hurley and Converse. http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/02/perks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6777724844762029528Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:21:00 +00002008-02-09T16:34:50.305-09:00Flash gameEscape from SuburbiaDave's Adventurealesserevil.comTrial by FireApparently I’ve been holding out on too many people so here are those games I’ve been talking about. I believe a re-design to alesserevil.com will be coming within the month.Play Dave's Adventure Escape from SuburbiaPlay Trial By FireIt helps to have the input so please tell me what you think.http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/02/flash-games.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6411811035081376725Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +00002008-02-04T14:31:05.881-09:00Flash gameEscape from SuburbiaDave's AdventureAbout a month ago I posted “Great News!” and now I would like to add an update: Dave sucks.After I had finished Dave’s Adventure Escape from Suburbia I let a few people play it. The consensus was unanimous, “Why am I playing this?” If you were not into the game, it became very tedious and boring. Overall the game was too difficult for some and too long for the simplicity of the tasks; Collecting http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/02/update-dave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6555707420162524157Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:57:00 +00002008-01-28T09:58:51.217-09:00icysnow winterdrivingZambonieAllow me to quote the local weather man; “Nordic Blast 2008!” This winter has been just too funny for me.It snowed today in the hills around Portland and by “snowed” I mean a layer of ice under and a crunchy flakey icy substance that resembles snow. I took the dog out first thing in the morning and I found the light layer of snow covered the thin ice. Most of the neighborhood was like this.The http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/01/winter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-7802183298044743079Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:01:00 +00002008-01-07T11:04:55.299-09:00Flash gameZeldaEscape from SuburbiaDave's AdventureNintendoI’ve completed* a version of Dave’s Adventure! Dave’s Adventure: Escape from Suburbia will be available online here and at alesserevil.com as soon as I can.The Dave’s Adventure series was started during the summer of 2006. I wanted to design a game similar to that of Nintendo’s Zelda series with the main character exploring a large world, solving puzzles and finding secrets to eventually beat thehttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/01/great-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-5919309185451895248Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:45:00 +00002008-08-03T21:51:17.960-08:00rollercoasterlandjobPortlandNikeNew YearI know I promised last year to make more of an effort to keep this blog up to date and this past month has been difficult. Hopefully now with a more regular schedule I will be able to keep up with things this year.A rollercoaster comes to mind when I think of this past year and this new one isn’t going to be any different. This year is staring of with some new things; a new home in Portland and ahttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-posts-for-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-2309461312149221364Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:09:00 +00002007-11-15T09:15:42.075-09:00Nothing. I'm only writing this cause I haven't written here in awhile.Seriously thought I've been having a good time here in Portland. I've had a few interviews with some designers at Nike. Mostly informational interviews but one thing always leads to another. I'm hoping the contacts I'm making there through my Aunt will eventually pay off. Who knows, I may be designing Nike's Snowboard gear in http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/11/as-of-yet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-1726924512329236707Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:58:00 +00002007-10-25T09:05:33.925-08:00My new bike is super sweet. I got it last Friday after spending a good week test riding, price shopping and fact checking. Specialized FSRxc Comp.I took it out to NW Portland at Forrest Park. The rain the day before had made the nice trail good and muddy.http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/10/new-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-7687869512089398023Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:02:00 +00002007-10-18T08:07:03.700-08:00I finished my trip journal and you can see it at fairbanks2portland.blogspot.com.http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/10/trip-journal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-5479229548976355752Sun, 14 Oct 2007 16:22:00 +00002008-08-03T21:51:39.159-08:00bikePortlandtheftIt was a beautiful day in Portland yesterday. Clear skies, warm weather and a nice bike ride that ended in tragedy.It was a really nice ride form my Aunt's house in Beaverton to downtown Portland. My Aunt, her boyfriend Rick and I were going to just take the train or drive downtown but it was such a nice day. We rode up hills, through neighborhoods and down a forest trail. At the bottom of the http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/10/beautiful-ride-damn-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-266172877660877371Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:06:00 +00002007-09-04T12:25:10.578-08:00MotorolaFuturamaCell PhoneComposerPre-PaidWell I finally got a cell phone. A little pre-paid thing I picked up at Wal-Mart; a Motorola C139. Crappy ring tones, lousy pictures and I can't shut off the beeping when I press the buttons. But I really wanted a better ring tone.I searched online for the notes to the Futurama theme song for a cell phone. That was easy. The hard part was trying to find the correct notes for my phone. After http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/09/cell-phone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-5863447029955637209Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:40:00 +00002008-08-03T21:51:57.607-08:00CanadaAnchorageFlathead LakeAlaskaRoad TripFairbanksPortlandThe first part of this is a reply to my cousin’s question but for the most part I guess everyone ought to know. Sadly no: The plan right now is I'm leaving Squarebanks on the 15 and heading to A-Town (that's Fairbanks and Anchorage respectively to all the cool kids; whatever). I'll be in Anchorage for a week working a conference and I'll be leaving Anchorage either the 22 or the 24, depending http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/08/first-part-of-this-is-reply-to-my.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-4675001192946087100Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:14:00 +00002007-08-27T16:16:29.156-08:00Roy LichtensteinbombThreadlesshttp://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/08/hes-at-it-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-6711431640016341252Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:37:00 +00002007-08-21T10:41:33.543-08:00Sueaccidentinsurancedeductiblebitchy motherreponsibilityThis was a little amusing to be honest. If you have read my back blogs you would know I was in a car accident a while back. The 18 year-old girl that hit me had no insurance. The deductible was $250 and the car rental was $427ish bringing the grand total to $677ish. Now I waited a good six weeks just to get my car back. During this time I was juggling the phone with the girl and my insurance http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/08/responsibility.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35142692.post-1082021949442830893Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:40:00 +00002008-08-03T21:50:59.167-08:00CanadaAnchoragemovingMontanalandFlathead LakeAlaskajourneyFairbanksPortland“You must be crazy.” That’s what I keep hearing from those I’ve told that I’ll be moving to Portland. I’m done with Fairbanks is the basic reason. There are a few other reasons but being done with Fairbanks should be sufficient enough. As of now I have no job when I get there but I do have a place to stay. I’m not too worried about the job situation besides I have about two months before I get http://alesserevil.blogspot.com/2007/08/move.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (M@)2