Box and Whisker Plots on Excel

http://peltiertech.com/WordPress/excel-box-and-whisker-diagrams-box-plots/

Reset customized property values in Matlab

In Matlab, property values such as 'ColorOrder' can be customized using the set command. This is applicable to most property commands.

>> set (0, 'ColorOrder',[0 0 0; 0 0.5 0.5; 0 1 1];

In order to go back to the default Matlab settings, use to 'remove' tag. This will reset the property value to pre-defined Matlab values.

>> set (0, 'ColorOrder','remove');

Thanks to Maria for this nugget!

Inserting equation numbers in Word 2010

http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2006/10/20/equation-numbering.aspx

Store directory contents into text file in Windows

To store the directory contents with full path into a text file in Windows:
dir /s /b /o:N "Path" > "text filename"

Create a Matlab figure without any borders or box around the figure

set(gca,'visible','off')
    set(gca,'visible','off')
    set(gca,'xtick',[])
    set(gca,'ytick',[])
    set(h,'InvertHardcopy','off')
    box off

Expense splitter

I found a very nice website to calculate trip expenses shared among a group of people. The link is here. I like this website for its easy to use interface, ability to use without a login and ability to move around expenses to minimize number of transactions.

Xcopy command on Windows

I used xcopy today to copy merely the file structure of one directory without having to copy the files within the subdirectories. xcopy also has a number of other features for copying files, and it is cool that Windows comes preloaded with this function, without having to install a third-party application. The Windows help page for this utility is here.