function [ ] = pimpmyslide() 

% Jesse Dill, 2009

% beef up the axes 
  set(gca, 'LineWidth', 2) 
  set(gca, 'FontSize', 16) 

% beef up the graph title and the axis labels 
  set(get(gca, 'Title'), 'FontSize', 24) 
  set(get(gca, 'XLabel'), 'FontSize', 20) 
  set(get(gca, 'YLabel'), 'FontSize', 20) 

% beef up the lines 
  set(findobj('type', 'Line'), 'LineWidth', 2); 

% set the figure background color to white
  set(gcf, 'Color', [1 1 1])

% eliminate the right and top edges of the graph
  box(gca, 'off')