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  You should get this bundle right now definitely clickbait

  

  I'm taking a break from playing all the video games in this video game bundle to tell you that you should buy it. Here's a list of some of ... Linux it'll probably work everywhere else?) Luck be a Landlord [caption id

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 8, 2021
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Another one! The return to campus, round III

  

  promise you: the excitement never wears off! Even after a day full of airport security and suitcase-wrangling, I just couldn’t help but feel a bit of a thrill upon seeing the Dome for the first time in months. As soon

  • by Taylor V. '19
  • September 11, 2017
• Blog / MIT Life

  Caps Lock Pancakes DINNERISH.

  

  For the past four and a half years I’ve lived on an all-women’s floor ... tea, and a few times a semester we bring two thirds of that activity to a summit in a co-cooking, potluck-style floor dinner. Ready? Go.                             

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • April 13, 2015
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What is Battlecode?

  The 6.9610 Battlecode programming competition is a unique challenge ... Battlecode real-time strategy game. This is a one-month hardcore coding skills contest for both beginner and advanced coders. It's a programming project
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How does pass/no record work?

  is graded on a pass/no record basis: if you pass the class you get a ... second semester is similar, except that if you pass, you get a letter grade of A/B/C. As part of the flexible pass/no record grading option, you
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “This is not a smoking gun for superfluidity. This is a cannon.” Physics Breakthrough at MIT

  

  So today at work, I had a little "free time" so I decided to peruse ... , a faculty member, is actually one MIT's Nobel Laureates. He won the Nobel along with two other MIT alumni a few years back. From the MIT News

  • by Bryan
  • June 22, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Making A Splash on July 4: The Celebration in Photos July 4th - A Photo Essay

  

  (and maybe a little text here and there) So pretty much July 4th was ... where I lived my freshman year. Here are a few pictures and videos from ... : Movie 1 Movie 2 Tom is a grilling MACHINE. Some friends pose while

  • by Bryan
  • July 6, 2005
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Solar Car Pulled Over The MIT Solar Car Team got in a little trouble.

  

  Yesterday's Boston Herald had a story about the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team (SEVT) getting into a little trouble:   A group of MIT students were taking out the Tesseract - a solar powered car that took third

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 1, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  Home! I'm back in the US after three weeks in Asia.

  

  After a long vacation in Southeast Asia, I'll be officially back in the swing of things tomorrow. It will be a little strange to be back ... trip to Florida starts in less than a month! Forthcoming blog entries

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 10, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  “Hello! I would like to schedule a meeting with Senator Markey.” Exciting spring break plans

  

  A little over a month ago, the American Astronomical Society posted the following announcement: I originally became a AAS member in order ... . On Valentine's Day, I got a message saying that I'd been accepted, and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • March 7, 2014
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Random’s 13th happy birthday random hall!

  

  a dorm to me -- it's a living space that houses some of my most ... on February 29th, [annotation note="A shame. One year away from a truly glorious date."]1968[/annotation]. Random Hall also has a tradition of

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 2, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  A few weeks ago, I started seeing Staceyann Chin's face in the Infinite. MIT SAFER^2 was advertising a "One Night Stand for Student Rights," a night of spoken word, collective art, and informative camaraderie. I

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

  A Week in the Life of a Student-Athlete feat. women's soccer & meche

  

  . The season is flying by, and we’ve played a whopping total of 18 games ... journey of that week, and what it's like to have both a mix of soccer and ... Engineering! At the beginning of this semester, we were given a problem, a

  • by Emiko P. '25
  • October 31, 2023
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  A Very McGann Christmas Happy holidays.

  

  The Christmas holiday is a pretty big deal in my family. On Christmas Eve, Santa visits our annual family gathering, with 40+ McGanns in attendance. Just a few miles from my house is the famous Big Duck, which

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 25, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Recollections of a Stranded Traveler IHTFP: I Have To Find a Plane. In the meantime, I reflect on happier interpretations…

  

  Amidst a Dali-esque landscape of finals-related drudgery and holiday ... exams underneath the melting clocks), there resides a species of creative ... roommate received a package in the mail labeled only as “Maxwell's Equations

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • December 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a week of class notes airplanes, ethnography, and some bonus doodles

  

  classes started last wednesday! here's a cross-section of my ... .06 - Principles of Automatic Control this is a required class for the course 16 ... ; this can be as simple as making sure a toilet doesn't overflow or as

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 11, 2016
• Blog / Challenges

  I had a terrible week Also, I think that making puns about the President is Obaminable.

  

  's a harsh claim. Perhaps you might soften it down until it's fluffy like a throw pillow*. Alright: Let's just say that the week of October 19 ... gently massage this phrase (“fluffy like a throw pillow”) into a

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 26, 2009
• Blog / Challenges

  Anatomy of a Late Night There are some problems caffeine can't solve. But only a few.

  

  2 liters of Mountain Dew: $2.75 Mint Milanos: $3.39 Artichoke Spinach Hummus: $2.99 Wheat Thins: $2.29 Getting all your work done… priceless And now, I sleep, perchance to dream…

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 17, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m A Famous Rockstar The title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous…

  

  That title is misleading - I'm famous, and I'm a rockstar, but I'm not famous for being a rockstar. :-) First, the "rockstar" bit. We had ... to fill with people. It was AWESOME. A great way to start my mini

  • by Ben Jones
  • July 29, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  a not-so-cruel summer this one's for the girlies

  

  // watched Qala a little too late and cried a little too much // cut my hair ... (Taylor’s Version) announcement on a livestream in my bed // made Spotify ... // cry and cry //    i love being a girl // let me be // 

  • by Fatima A. '25
  • August 10, 2023