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• Blog / Academics & Research

  Spaghettuna and Lego aircraft If my first week of IAP is any indication of how 2011 will treat me,…

  

  at a dining hall, but now that I have the time to let out my inner Iron ... can be a turn-off. I guess I’m just used to it by now; you see, I ... local television, my dad mentioned the word “fridgey” when referring to a

  • by Maggie L. '12
  • January 10, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  We bring the sketch to you! The internet is full of weirdness!

  

  I don't know if you've heard of this website, but there's a new ... chat-room-esque in nature, except it's a 1 on 1 conversation, and it's with a complete and total stranger. Most of these conversations consist

  • by Snively '11
  • February 4, 2010
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I don’t like SPAM! Technology to the rescue!

  

  subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now with Bacon!*)? Perhaps a photo of SPAM carved to resemble some bit of tech like a computer or iPod? Or will I unexpectedly shift gears into a

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / Community Projects

  Vroom Vroom! Hey! I know him!

  

  I have a friend named Charles Guan '11. He was my lab partner in 2.004 and I've worked with him on a variety of other projects. He's always ... never really looked into what they meant. . . There are a variety of

  • by Snively '11
  • June 29, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  've had a harsh life. Why complain? I can afford the luxury of reattaching ... -vacuum air. By then, I had hit the road in a rented SUV headed for the woodsy ... public. Watch until the end; there's a small surprise.) (The Curious

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Hacks

  Hack or Treat A time for tricks.

  

  To celebrate the spirit of All Hallow's Eve, MIT hackers left a special treat (or perhaps a trick) near the Great Dome. I saw the hack ... , sadly, it had made like a ghost and vanished by early afternoon

  • by Paul B. '11
  • October 31, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Things That Are 20 DID YOU KNOW? 1988 was a leap year.

  

  regime in Czechoslovakia. * Sub Pop Records, a Seattle record label known ... ). * The time it took for Billy Mitchell, father of three and president of a hot sauce manufacturing company, to obtain a perfect score on Pacman

  • by Jess K. '10
  • July 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  The CPW LiveBlogging Project A big experiment.

  

  As you've likely read, Snively, Paul, and Bryan will be hosting a ... 's entries! I've decided to add to the CPW coverage by creating a CPW tumblr account. For those of you who are unfamiliar with tumblr, it's a great site

  • by Ben Jones
  • April 3, 2008
• Blog / Class Projects

  Product Design Lab Wakka wakka wakka

  

  the 3rd floor of building 35 you ask? Well there used to just be a ... build toys without a shop, so the powers at be went out and bought a ... ordinary classroom into a better-than-average shop. Before the debate

  • by Snively '11
  • March 11, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Weather Machine We wish you were still here!

  

  So supposedly, there's a weather machine that comes around every CPW ... , its timing was off by a week, but fortunately (for me, not for you ... course of writing this entry (and all I wrote about was something about a

  • by Jess K. '10
  • April 22, 2007
• Blog / Athletics

  The ‘Game’ Supporting inter-collegiate relations.

  

  So last week, I made a trek out to the school down the street for The ... have a weird dancing face) Mitra, Steph, and Me Now the game was one ... to Yale.) And WAIT! This really is not just a rivalry of two schools

  • by Bryan
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Take Your Blog to School Day Vol. 1 Standing waves and FIRE!

  

  So today we're going to take a little trip to 3-370 for some Measurement and Instrumentation. Basically, this is a lab class where we learn ... as velocity profiles in a pipe or internal pressure of a soda can

  • by Bryan
  • November 9, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  From across the Web… Recent happenings across the Web.

  

  -Intelligencer. MIT scientists Ian Garrick-Bethell, Jack Wisdom (what a name!) and Maria Zuber may have figured out why the moon has a funny shape. [NYT] [Science] An MIT researcher has developed a technique to deblur shaky camera

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 12, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Gotta Catch ‘Em All! A DUCT TAPE COW!!!

  

  Boston is a living GameBoy game this summer with the Cow Parade. All across ... involves a bunch of artistic cows placed over the city. A friend of mine has ... must have been someone after my own heart. A DUCT TAPE COW!!! Duct tape

  • by Bryan
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / MISTI

  “Heroes” The second in a trilogy of Berlin photo entries, featuring Michael Jackson.

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Conservative pundit Ann Coulter once described on a VH1 special how she smeared herself with purple Crisco before a Grateful Dead concert. As promised, the second part of a picture entry. Check out

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2006
• Blog / How to Food

  Recipe for Fun Learning how to cook is as easy as 1..2..3!

  

  A couple of you asked for the recipe for my plantain crusted salmon ... sides of the salmon with salt and pepper. In a blender or food processor ... yams in a can. Blend the sweet potatoes with a little water or milk. Add

  • by Bryan
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  No more school, no more books Professors are people, too. Importantly, they're people who give free food.

  

  , just a test review led by the TAs. I don't believe in test reviews (I think I've attended a grand total of one since the end of my freshman year ... 'm sure a lot of you high school seniors are. On one hand, I've had a super

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • May 17, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Dass ein Ende mit mir haben muss ...und mein Leben ein Ziel hat.

  

  with a chance of you're not going to get a blog entry this week. I want ... MIT students. So, in case I get a little verklempt, figuratively, with ... 'll give you a topic. The peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. Discuss.

  • by Sam M. '07
  • May 8, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  CPW 2006 Day 1 Campus Preview Weekend has begun! [photos]

  

  : Registration began at 9am with a huge influx of people. It was great to see so ... concluded with a huge Festival, which included... Liquid nitrogen ice cream! A resident of Random Hall prepares a dry ice (!) drink for me. TEP

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  tired of missing class, considering that I have two tests and a pset due ... program. It's gone/is going a little something like this. Saturday, Feb 25 ... a shuttle across the bay to Berkeley. Dinner is pizza and beer at the

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006