Tool of the Week: Using Google Forms for Research

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I love google docs, it's an awesome way to collaborate on word processing files and spreadsheets, and have them available from anywhere.  I have a few google spreadsheets I use daily in the lab with calibration curves and other important info, but I wanted to talk about a less obvious google doc that i find invaluable: Google Forms.  You may have already heard...Read More

Blog of the Millenium: Courtney Holden

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[caption id="attachment_527" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="She's Cute Too!"][/caption] Ok...  So I'm a bit biased.  But my awesome girlfriend, Courtney, writes a seriously funny and entertaining blog. check it out at http://courtneyholden.wordpress.com/, I'd highly recommend you subscribe to the feed.  Also follow her on twitter: @CourtneyJHolden

Trip Report: Gilpin and Gold Creek Lakes, Mt Zirkel Wilderness

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800" caption="Our Camp exactly 1/4 mile away from Gilpin Lake"][/caption] Disclaimer: I can't go into too much detail on this trip because Court is trying to pitch it to backpacker magazine for their fall issue. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="307" caption="I caught 9 beautiful fish. it was cool, there were very different but both beautiful types of trout in the...Read More

Tool of the Week: Pretty(er) Matlab Plots

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Matlab can generate some notorisoly ugly plots... but for many grad student's it's our bread and butter. So here are a couple tricks I use to generate better looking matlab plots: 1) Use Matlab's built-in LaTeX interpreter for your figure titles and labels It produces really nice looking titles and axes labels, even for non-math text. title('$rho=frac{left< c_1^prime c_2^prime right>}{sigma_1...Read More

Cool Picture: Sunrise on Marshall Mesa

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[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="640" caption="Boulder in the Fog"][/caption] This morning my friend Andrew and I got up early to do a quick ride on a local favorite, Marshall Mesa.  It was foggy and cold, and looked like pretty crappy weather to go riding in.  However, not 3 mins into our ride I asked "Where'd all the fog go?" and looked...Read More

Trip Report: Mt Evans

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[caption id="attachment_486" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Elevation Profile for Mt Evans from Idaho Spring"][/caption] Looking for a long ride with a good bit of elevation gain?  Look no further than Mt Evans.  The 55 mile ride covers almost 7,000' of elevation gain, taking you up to 14,000 ft. In my opinion, Mt Evans is a ride that every CO road biker needs to...Read More