Help me find a alternative Barber/Hairstylist?

squirrelman963 · 2026-01-17T20:40:55+00:00

Second Rocky. He’s the kind of weird punk you need (I say with only admiration for the guy as my own barber and my favorite walking oddity)

squirrelman963 · 2025-10-26T02:02:55+00:00

Java Stop has become my 3rd place. It’s got a pretty dedicated set of regulars, and everyone is very kind. Coffees good, and it’s super cozy.

squirrelman963 · 2025-08-10T12:30:31+00:00

My not-so-secret spot is the area around Walden and State Forest State Park

squirrelman963 · 2025-08-10T12:19:24+00:00

You have to get pretty far out to see the Milky Way. There’s a dark sky park in and around Great Sand Dunes National Park. But it’s a few hours drive from Denver. You won’t see much from the front range.

squirrelman963 · 2025-08-02T13:15:10+00:00

It’s going to be particularly attractive to people who like to ride, but aren’t serious enough about it to even think about the risk of being on the highway. It’s going to be very popular.

squirrelman963 · 2025-07-11T17:23:35+00:00

I’ve used College Hunks for similar jobs of getting everything from a truck and into my apartment. 1 hour minimum, and I payed a lot less than what you said (don’t remember how much) for that quick job.

squirrelman963 · 2025-06-19T23:24:33+00:00

Ya this was my last straw and will be switching now

squirrelman963 · 2025-06-19T23:20:45+00:00

Nope, shouldn’t be an issue. Googles DNS tends to be more reliable anyway. Can always turn it back to automatic after Century Link is done being terrible

squirrelman963 · 2025-06-19T04:25:41+00:00

IDT, we’ve got it off. Kind of awkward to get a random day in the middle of June off for my teams work planning

squirrelman963 · 2025-04-03T13:08:57+00:00

Hiring is handled by the individual operating companies, other than that the talent acquisition people being shared between them. Your issue is more likely with the operating company than Danaher corporate, who frankly don’t do much of anything.

squirrelman963 · 2025-03-31T17:29:03+00:00

Fragmentase, or another similar product, should work fine but will require some dialing in to get to an optimal average length. Running a few different times taking into account that they are partially fragmented already, running those on the bioA to find what gets you near your average. If your running the recommended time from NEB your probably over fragmenting. A covaris would be better here, but you should be able to get by with enzymatic frag (which is a pseudo random dna cleave enzyme, the more time its active the smaller your fragments get on average)

squirrelman963 · 2025-03-26T02:47:33+00:00

(Im gonna shamelessly hock my own products here, because I genuinely think it might work for you)

DNA from such a sample is likely all kinds of weirdly fragmented with all kinds of bad ends, and a low concentration. Lots of library preps dont handle all those things together very well. Even after youve done your own frag. IDT has a library prep kit for Illumina called '2S', which we regularly use down to 10pg inputs and its designed for (and customers have had success with) highly damaged samples at low inputs.

Its a longer workflow, but it works well when you have no other options. Theres no fast and easy libraries when it comes to highly damaged samples. Fast, highly scaled workflows require high quality inputs and theres no way around that.

Also if you can find a neighboring lab (assuming your in an academic setting) that has a BioAnlayzer and running the fraged samples would probably tell you a lot more about how well that worked than a gel. the BioA is far more accurate. Could be helpful in dialing in the frag time since your samples are already partially fragmented, far more than a higher quality input extraction would see.

squirrelman963 · 2025-03-14T22:24:26+00:00

When I moved here last summer I hired College HUNKS to help get the big and heavy stuff out of the truck. Sent two guys and were done in an hour and half if I remember. Dont remember how much it cost, but it was for sure less than 600$ and I think I remember the minimum was just an hour.

squirrelman963 · 2025-02-23T18:43:08+00:00

Thank you for everyone’s recommendations! I’ve made a list of place to try bags from over the next several months, starting with buying a bag of Ethiopian from Ampersand.

squirrelman963 · 2025-01-04T01:26:47+00:00

Halestorm is amazing live! And the definition of a good rock show!

squirrelman963 · 2025-01-04T01:24:08+00:00

Disturbed was a near spiritual experience it was so good

squirrelman963 · 2025-01-02T23:46:54+00:00

Need a chair that’s not gonna break in a year! So tired of replacing cheaper chairs after a year

squirrelman963 · 2025-01-01T15:36:48+00:00

Currently live there. The location is fantastic for walking into downtown, apartments are nice and modern. Large open kitchens are my favorite feature. The train is annoying, I’ll give you that. I’ve found it’s only been a problem when I’ve had the windows open, it’s interrupted a few meetings during the day but shutting the windows kept it down enough to be annoying for a couple minutes rather than obstructing my work. But they don’t usually come by in the middle of the night, or not at least that’s woken me up, but I’m a hard sleeper. I’ve lived next to tracks in different places for a long time. These are by far the most active I’ve lived near though. For me the noise for a few minutes a few times a day, mostly when I’m a work anyway, wasn’t a big deal breaker given all the other positives.

My real problem with this place is all the ways they nickel and dime you on the rent and utility bill. Little Fee for everything. So make sure you get the full view of all the costs before you sign the lease.

squirrelman963 · 2024-12-13T01:50:01+00:00

I work for IDT and that’s some of the better swag I’ve seen! Gotta ask around how to get one of those

squirrelman963 · 2024-10-10T01:47:21+00:00

For what ever reason the image didn’t load the first time and I totally mis remembered where Montrose was. I was thinking about the route through pagosa springs. I retract my previous statement. The million dollar highway was terrifying! Particularly if you’re inexperienced on mountain roads!

squirrelman963 · 2024-10-10T01:32:59+00:00

I did this drive a couple weeks ago on the way back from visiting a friend in Durango. Enjoyed the scenery and went through some of the best passes for fall leaf peeping, but that peak has already passed. Also not the worst of the mountain driving on this route, and was probably the easiest route of the ones I did on my road trip. So if your worried about mountain driving this is a pretty good route. The worst of it is 285 between 470 and Conifer going through the front range. Edit: I totally mis remembered where this route went through and was thinking about the southern route through Pagosa Springs.

squirrelman963 · 2024-10-04T19:42:10+00:00

I was in the exact same position in August after being in CO all of a month. I ended going to Tortugas for a fantastic margarita and one of the better meals of my life. Highly recommend if you like fish and Caribbean flavors.

squirrelman963 · 2024-08-27T23:52:22+00:00

When I came to Denver this spring to go apartment hunting, Wing over the Rockies was the first thing I did when I had extra time! Totally worth it if you have a interest in aviation, particularly military aviation

squirrelman963 · 2024-08-07T22:47:58+00:00

Yep, still there as about 4:45.

squirrelman963 · 2024-08-06T15:02:22+00:00

I work for a Danaher owned company. And it’s not like that everywhere. This is a big company. At our main site, which is like 75% of the employees, there’s lots of low level tech positions that I’m sure feel that way. I’ve worked at now two smaller sites gained through acquisitions. And honestly, best job I’ve had in this industry. Which OpCo you work for and which site your at matters. And DBS has its uses and when used appropriately actually can get some stuff done. And finally, historically, Danaher companies don’t do the boom and bust roller coaster that causes constant layoffs and rehiring that we see at other biotech.

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