http://www.matthallett.com this world of mine Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:11:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jigna and Matt J. were in Panama recently. A friend showed them how to take photography of distant wildlife using a binocular and digital camera in combination. This sloth is just chillin. http://www.matthallett.com/2008/07/29/sloth-photography/ When you have a dog with a beard, be sure to inspect for pills in peanut butter before calling it good. http://www.matthallett.com/2008/07/29/luna-tried-to-hide-her-pill/ Have fun... here are 472 favorites of our 5800 photos taken on this leg of our trip.. http://www.matthallett.com/2007/05/17/photos-from-our-europe-trip/ Take a look! http://www.matthallett.com/2007/05/17/photos-from-our-asia-trip/ So, I have been a bit more than lax when it comes to blog posting our trip. Mainly this is because of the combination of lack of time and internet connection when at the ends of the earth. I have wrote a few posts, but have them saved ... http://www.matthallett.com/2007/02/10/trip-of-a-lifetime/ Wow. Really long flight. 14 hours. Longest for me since a Los Angeles to New Zealand as a kid. Flew over the middle of Alaska, Way into Siberia, then just above of North Korea to Beijing China, then staight South. Stange... Most flight ... http://www.matthallett.com/2007/02/02/reeaaallly-long-flight-but-arrived-safely-in-hong-kong/ Well we have our itinerary a bit more locked in. Below is a photo of how the trip currently stands. We are still working out the details of the Angkor Wat (Cambodia) and Phuket (Thailand) trips.. but the Hong Kong, Bangkok (Thailand), & Pattaya (Thailand) stops are locked ... http://www.matthallett.com/2007/02/01/our-itinerary/ Well, here it begins! Asayo and I have just finished spending the past couple of days getting completely ready for our trip to South East Asia. I think we helped the local corporate economy a great deal with our stops to Bartel Drug, Barnes & Nobel, REI, and ... http://www.matthallett.com/2007/02/01/our-trip-begins-in-4-hours/ I thought this video was worth sharing, so I uploaded it. We heard an incredible racket outside, and after finding out what had happened, we had to take a video of it. She acts so nonchalant, it's hilarious. [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2305971668541686325&q=luna+milkshake[/googlevideo] http://www.matthallett.com/2007/01/29/luna-gets-her-foot-stuck-in-a-milkshake-cup/ Asayo and I have taken some time off work and we are about to go travel around the globe a little. First stop is Hong Kong, followed by Thailand to visit our buddy Scott for a couple weeks. http://www.matthallett.com/2007/01/28/travel-is-about-to-begin/ Nate & I traveled around Pike's place market on the 17th and practiced some photography. Mainly to learn more about basic photography concepts and take a few nice photos... we played with some silly zoom tricks too. Here is the result of our attempts. :-) 20070117_SeattlePikesPlaceCameraShootWithNate http://www.matthallett.com/2007/01/17/pike-place-market-photography/ Spanish company today announded they had a process to turn Plankton into Oil (which could be used by Diesel vehicles). It’s quite preliminary, but promising. There has been talk of this for some time, but no particular group that said they could do it reproducibly. More Info Here http://www.matthallett.com/2006/07/26/biodiesel-from-plankton-announced-by-spanish-company/ Asayo and I had our house painted.... it's looking really good now that's it's finished.. next I need to paint my lawn green. These guys were really reasonable in price (2,800) and very very good in their work. ppccss.com is their site... I can recommend their subcontractor directly if you like. That's ... http://www.matthallett.com/2006/07/26/we-painted-out-house/ The biggest hole in the world... in Eastern Russia. Pretty much unbelievable. Was dug for diamonds. Read more http://www.matthallett.com/2006/07/25/the-biggest-hole-in-the-world-in-eastern-russia/ ok... top notch weekend. Helped Asayo jump from an airplane in Snohomish Washington. My two feet stayed firmly planted to the ground. According to my life plan, a sky diving trip is not on order for me. For Asayo, it's a different story. She did ... http://www.matthallett.com/2006/07/23/amazing-weekend-watching-my-wife-jump-from-a-plane/ I thought this was a good article about how to be aware of people's perception of you. In both business and in life. read more http://www.matthallett.com/2006/04/19/how-to-change-peoples-perception-of-you/ I have been waiting for this for my whole paypal life..... no more socially difficult bill splitting problems... pay people immediately and safely with your cell phone and paypal accounts.... uses a combination of text messaging and cell phone call backs and pin codes... read more http://www.matthallett.com/2006/03/28/paypal-mobile-launches/ Ok... They try to explain the craziness of quantum physics through the use of a cute simple cartoon. It works really really well except for one problem, you might be able to comprehend the example, but not understand why... so it just drives you crazy... makes you kind ... http://www.matthallett.com/2006/03/20/quantum-physics-will-make-you-go-insane/ Quiz time! Can you guess which name is a Star Wars Character or for a new Web 2.0 start up company? Too funny!   read more http://www.matthallett.com/2006/03/15/star-wars-name-or-web-20-company/ I have tried out MANY, MANY extensions... These are the firefox extensions that I just can NOT live without. In decreasing order of importance.... Matt's favorite: read more http://www.matthallett.com/2006/03/14/my-essential-firefox-extensions/