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Mt. Hood in December

Hard to believe it’s been almost a year since I last updated the blog. After a very busy summer of biking (over 3300 miles this year!), it’s now time for ski season again.

Mt. Hood Meadows opened Thanksgiving weekend, and the last half of December has been marked by an impressive series of storms. By December 15, we had a 49″ base, and as of right now (December 27), it’s up to 107″!

It is really amazing to have over 100″ before January. Looks like it should be a great season!

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Main Canyon at Mt. Hood Meadows from the Blue lift on December 8, 2012.

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View of Mt. Hood from the top of the Shooting Star lift on December 14, 2012.

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Beautiful view of the clouds below from the top of the Shooting Star lift on December 14, 2012.

Tuesday, December 18, was one of the best powder days I’ve ever had at Meadows. Waist-deep in many spots, and the snow just kept dumping all afternoon long. Hard to ask for anything better (well, maybe having Heather Canyon open, but that’s since been taken care of).

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Deep powder day on December 18, 2012.

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Untouched powder (waist-deep in many areas!) on December 18, 2012 (untouched except for me!).

I can’t wait to get out there for some more!

OSU-USC: 27-21!!

I just got back from the Oregon State vs. USC football game at Reser Stadium. OSU beat the No. 1-ranked Trojans 27-21!

Here are a couple of pictures from the game and aftermath (when the students rushed the field). I couldn’t resist the chance, so I waited for the madness to calm down a bit, and then joined them!  I apologize for the quality of the photos, as I took them with my iPhone in a large raucous crowd.

OSU-USC game after the fourth quarter interception

OSU-USC game after the fourth quarter interception

More photos after the break.

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Of Dancing Beavers and TekBots

While attending TA training yesterday, I got to see the results of a really cool project that a couple of sophomore undergrads in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) worked on over the summer.  I’ve embedded a YouTube clip of the project below:

I was surprised that after only a year of classes and some mentoring, the students were able to put together something this complex. The key is the TekBots system that Oregon State has developed, which provides hands-on application of classroom knowledge in the labs. It would have been great to have something this hands-on when I was an undergrad.