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• Blog / How to Human

  Jargon

  

  Activities Period. The month of January at MIT, and the most fun time to be on ... students and alums, you should learn a bunch of the jargon that we MIT folks ... .i. To be in the process of not doing something.   Smoot - A unit of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 6, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Night Vision Funny how "photo"graphy throws you into the dark

  

  curious about all those settings on my camera -- and the meaning of ... -- where else can you close your eyes, dream, and still be productive? Here ... the semester, we were thrown into the darkroom. It might as well be a

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • May 8, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  nice moments on campus things are okay, actually

  

  that make the grind of MIT bearable, and make me glad to be on campus ... ’s halfway through the semester, and I’m in this weird mood lately where I ... around and admired the flowers that are suddenly in bloom. I have done

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • April 10, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  World Cup Final in Boston An MIT- and Boston-centric look at the Italian victory.

  

  Street, the North End's main drag, had to be closed to traffic. You can see ... the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and elsewhere [...] on the ... Congratulations to Italy on their World Cup victory. The celebration

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 10, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  [Guest Post] The Southbound Train by Kylee C. '23

  

  an American train and take in the natural splendor you can find all ... used to be all the rage in country music. Purported to be on the first ... , when the route was on the brink of being decommissioned. 1971 was also

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 10, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Rethinking the Paris Metro I'm taking an awesome grad class that includes spring break in Paris. (Yeah, they're paying.)

  

  for newly automated tasks, how can they be put to use in new and ... , the authority's research and development staff will be hosting us in ... some on-site research, exploring the metro and its integration into

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • February 25, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  DarkMatters, Green and Wild, Chocolate Cake and Raspberries around here lately (with pictures)

  

  read Chin's book about five years ago, and was madly into it at the time. She's equally (and differently) impressive in person. The whole night ... sexism, and when we in the audience (everyone in the audience) clapped and

  • by Natasha B. '16
  • March 6, 2014
• Blog / Admissions

  Spot the Blogger where you'll find bloggers during CPW, and some bonus tips!

  

  navigate across campus and on the Boston side where you might find events ... this CPW: I will be... at Activities Midway on Saturday at the ... enjoying some of the best (and most elaborate?) dinner on campus at my

  • by Connie H. '15
  • April 9, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  It isn’t what you know, it’s who you know The rules of the networking game

  

  ? The idea is that you happen to be in the same elevator as the CEO and ... you'll use. The MIT Career Development Center collects statistics on the ... collect information on is some kind of networking. The only rule of

  • by Becca H. '12
  • July 12, 2011
• Blog / How to Human

  oh, the places you’ll go

  

  friend. For the next two years, I continued to be a BME major and swore I ... auditorium with her book and not even being able to fathom the fact that 6 ... determined to be right and sure all the time, since future me was so vastly

  • by Cami M. '23
  • October 9, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Juggling Act When you're used to life in Hell...

  

  This semester, almost all of my classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ... , proximity to the Infinite Corridor, and - most relevant to this blog entry ... . Each semester, the Math Department (and most other majors at MIT) hire a

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 10, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Hi again (and goodbye) (For real this time!)

  

  seriously in the professional world, I had to be literally serious and kind of ... When Petey messaged the blogger alums about coming back and posting for the 20th anniversary of the blogs, I originally hadn’t planned on

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Events

  Happy Birthday, ‘Murica! (Even though Boston celebrated Independence Day Eve)

  

  On this day celebrating eagles, barbeque, and the adoption of the ... of thousands of onlookers died down, the police loudspeaker came on and ... ), the City of Boston is shrouded in fog and a light sprinkle of rain. This

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • July 4, 2014
• Blog / Challenges

  how to move carts not an athletics post

  

  pushing allows you to keep an eye on both the cart and the direction of ... adjust? what if the road your cart travels on is irregular and uneven? if ... sidewalk in a straight line. you can set off in the right directions and end

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 23, 2022
• Blog / How to Human

  regression and imposter syndrome let's talk about computer science!!

  

  that you can't work on with other people. It's 100% against the ... happy with who I am and look in the mirror and be proud of what I see. But ... of late and it has me feeling really guilty. Blogging used to be

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 11, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  So apparently the Media Lab figured out how to 3D print glass and it's pretty glorious

  

  . Details and complete information on 3DP+ can be found  at here. The patent ... chemistry and techniques - often remain closely guarded secrets. Glass can be ... structures. The Kiln Cartridge operates at approximately 1900°F and can contain

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • August 24, 2015
• Blog / MIT Life

  Happy New Year! how i celebrated the coming apocalypse

  

  cannon and/or set on fire.   Ma! Pa! Big news from the big city ... he'll be just fine. And I'll have a place to watch the (zombie) Bruins ... 'll be reading the first round of Regular Action apps. I can't wait! Happy

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • January 3, 2012
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  A Half-Century of Hacking MIT's original hackers are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short…

  

  are still alive and well, right on campus and just a short walk from the ... anywhere on the layout - here's a spot in the vicinity of Middle Heights. And ... applications might come to mind. And either way, it wouldn't be hard to assume

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • August 16, 2006
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Back Why is it that breaks go by so quickly?

  

  I can't believe winter break is over. My time spent on vacation flew by ridiculously fast, and now, I find myself back on campus, wondering where the last two weeks went - and getting excited about IAP :) As Jenny

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 3, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  On sleep There's nothing certain in this world but sleep and taxes.

  

  , darn it. Being a biology major and dataphile and Excel-lover, I have ... 's often in the back of people's minds when they're thinking about MIT: do ... thing, you're talking to someone who loves sleep. Sleep and food are two

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • November 7, 2005