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Spring Break! Spring Break Broke.
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Blog / Academics & Research
It’s alive! I built a little car.
For better or worse, my 2.007 car actually drives. It's not quite as cool as Melis's, but it will do. Pictures and reflection about the design process tomorrow, once I actually finish designing and building it -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Public Art Projects An art piece that captures the essence of the title of my blog.
This was today's surprise as I walked down the Infinite. I think the title of this art piece could be "Hitchhiking across the Infinite." What do you think? I really *want* that sign. I think this project was -
Blog / Admissions
Stress
Two pieces that stressed out parents and students may want to check out... Boston Globe article: College applications add to holiday stress NPR Morning Edition story: College Admissions: What Not to Do (with MIT -
Blog / Academics & Research
A brief history of 2.007, the MIT class that inspired FIRST Robotics Complete with 1970s-era footage of Woodie Flowers
If you're like me (and I'm willing to bet a lot of our readers), then ... before about FIRST, which was a transformational experience for me as a high school student, and which I have been involved with as a student -
Blog / MIT Life
Simmons Cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat
I love being back in Simmons after a long break. I get to hang out ... rearrange the modular furniture like giant Lego blocks. Perfection itself as a dorm. Well, maybe not quite perfection. After all, Simmons isn’t a cat -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
[joint post] give us your words you have words. we want your words.
writing thesis. Alan: Every Sunday, Fatima brings a poem which is invariably in some new form, as the class requires. Every Sunday, I bring a sestina. Fatima: If you didn’t know, a sestina is a poetry form consisting -
Blog / MIT History & Culture
10 (more) reasons why MIT is beautiful part tvte?
Part 1 here (1) Because sometimes when you’re heading home after a long day of classes, you turn around and see this: A photo posted by ... ) Because sometimes it’s Christmas in April: A photo posted by Michael -
Blog / Academics & Research
When The Omnipotent Hand Of Google Fails You How some classes at the Institvte are justifiably hard.
source: http://xkcd.com/863/ Last night, I had a convincing ... year. I'm not making any of this up. It probably stems from a talk I had with a double 18/6-3 yesterday, rather than some unconscious, lurking -
Blog / Academics & Research
It’s Legit Black Holes, Bandaids, and Nobel Prizes
Because my roommate is in a sorority, she receives a whole slew of informative, interesting, and often inane e-mails. As she does a great job ... things through her. Things like hacks :) It was a matter of some dismay to -
Blog / Events
Mystery Hunt 2008 Begins! The annual campus-wide puzzle solving competition will be going on all weekend.
short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long competition at MIT where students ... finding a coin hidden somewhere on campus. For a more in-depth description ... Hall Team;" also, a likely description of our progress this weekend -
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Blog / Events
IAP & Mystery Hunt preview Four Mystery Hunt puzzles for you to try.
Period, is a special four-week mini-term full of interesting, fun and ... Food: Ancient and Medieval Cooking, Experiencing Health Policy: A Week in ... activities is the annual Mystery Hunt. In short, Mystery Hunt is a weekend long -
Blog / Academics & Research
Fuel from the Fields: MIT Charcoal Project a "simple and affordable solution" to charcoal production in Haiti, 21 pictures
impoverished regions earned her a place among the 2004 MacArthur fellows. ''Usually a degree in engineering means you'll eventually be working on cars or bombs," said Smith. ''I don't drive a car, and I don't kill people -
Blog / MIT Life
#9 Dream Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse! Ah, bowakawa, pousse pousse!
-out entry in the midst of studying for finals. Go read Mollie's blog; she's a senior, so she doesn't have finals. Today, Mitra awoke me with a knock at ... snuggled back into bed for another hour or so. Turns out that I was having a -
Blog / Academics & Research
Back to Life, Back to Reality Did you know that you can make an equation out of anything?
Name the song I stole the lyrics from and win a cookie. So this week ... chemoattractants in a microfluidic device - 2 problem sets 2.005 - Thermal ... " Needless to say with all those tests and psets, I'm having a math overload -
Blog / How to Boston and Beyond
Reporting from… Doha! 🐫🐫 ft: the first time I ever rode on a camel
Labs, a program that gives MIT students the chance to teach students in ... decided to visit Doha, Qatar, with Jade B '26, a friend also going to ... year. [annotation note="a correct assumption, as I went around the city -
Blog / Art, Literature, Music
Top Ten of All Time; 2024 Edition ft. Barack Obama aka Minesweeper Monday EP 2
In this episode, which was most certainly posted on a Monday, I talk about making a pizza, and how Simmons hall doesn't have a sheet pan in any of the 6 kitchens, but has a muffin tray in every single one?? None of
