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

  

  Captcha is the box of wavy text at the bottom of the page, just above the ... go with the SPAM joke?” Will he follow through on the Monty Python subject line? Will he show a can of the eponymous meat-like substance (now

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

  Phew! BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY!

  

  it into the front page of The Tech! I made some movies of the adventure. The first is the straight fall, the second is of a spiral we made ... O.M.G. It's over, finally. For the last two weeks all of the

  • by Snively '11
  • September 10, 2009
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  You Heard It Here First Short Skirt, Long Jacket

  

  where they have a bunch of bands come bring down the house at the lovely cost of $0 for all the students. This year's lineup included: Chicken ... become the greatest band of all time (well, not quite) but they did make a

  • by Bryan
  • March 21, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Some Perks Of Life At The ‘Other’ Cambridge [by Mirat Shah '08] Along with ~40 other MIT students, I am studying abroad at…

  

  University as part of the Cambridge-MIT Exchange. I was disappointed to see no coverage of study abroad at MIT in the blogs, so I asked if I could write about my experiences here as a guest author. First off, some perks of life

  • by Cambridge
  • January 23, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  I “less than 3” the Chorallaries My relaxing and enjoyable vaction draws to a close. *sigh*

  

  the first words out of my mouth when I actually saw the waterjetted ... on Tuesday night. I spent the rest of the week showing her how the real ... admitted students meeting which happened to take place in the town of

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 2, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  New York Trips that we went on with Arts Scholars!

  

  floors of the museum, which each had their own theme. The first floor we ... One of the groups we are a part of is Arts Scholars. This is a group ... sort of art. The group hosts various art-related speakers, outings, and

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • March 5, 2020
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  A quick one, while he’s away I write reviews of things that I know nothing about.

  

  job as Dr. Wonka, but the whole thing detracts from the real theme of ... things and I thought I would relate them to you in the form of reviews. I ... me. First, I went to see "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" with

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 16, 2005
• Blog / Life after MIT

  The Post-MIT Trajectory College is not a destination.

  

  . Because for the first time in our lives perhaps, there is very little ... on some kind of maturation pedestal - and it is worthy of the hype I ... still a whole life of decisions to be made. It could be graduate school

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 4, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Targets shooting things and hitting them

  

  first day of class, we talk about the goals for the class, safety, and ... , the third day of class, was the first time I shot any kind of gun at any ... didn't feel like a single hand could support the whole weight of the

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 28, 2020
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Colors! Burton-Conner:12523 kbps1649 kbps140 ms

  

  blog. Some of my most prolific blogging streaks are when I'm actually the ... around Conner 2 (The floor on whichith I liveth). Well, the first isn ... . They've also been installing new Ethernet jacks in all of the rooms -- at

  • by Snively '11
  • September 15, 2008
• Blog / Classes

  Surprisingly enjoyable experiences exactly what it sounds like

  

  . This year, for REX, one of the things being built was a fort ... . The whole project just felt like something so huge and so untouchable ... being the actor in a movie you don’t know the plot of. I was pretty

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • September 15, 2019
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Radio Nerd Shenanigans i wrote this in october and forgot to post it oops

  

  , radios fell out of fashion. tetazoo I thought the ham population would be ... discover that nearly half of the entire hall have radios. On top of the ... , affectionately named “Dumbass Brigade”. When Josh first programmed the frequency

  • by Anika H. '26
  • February 25, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Year (In Numbers) This belated post was written in English and with numbers, the Institvte's nth language

  

  fire hose of learning was opened at full force. I'll try to sum the ... our impressions of the class and suggestions on how to make it better ... a lot of fun with the people at my table (yeah table 12!), it was

  • by Emad T. '14
  • February 13, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My UROP Experiences Research is kinda cool.

  

  opportunity to put some of your thoughts in a textbook. I've had the distinct pleasure of having three UROPs during my time as an undergrad here. The first ... What's up? Yeah, it's the end of term, and we're all hosed. The week

  • by Derrick B. '08
  • May 7, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  An interview with AoPS "What Kinds of Students Does MIT Look For?" but ASMR

  

   podcast hosted by our friends at Art of Problem Solving (AoPS). The title/framing of the episode, which was just posted, is "What Kinds Of Students Does ... , that my to the question of what we look for is the kind of thing you can

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • May 7, 2022
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Walking in Tim’s Shoes Trust me, those are some pretty big shoes

  

  ’s an entire website moderating the rental and upkeep of Tim. If you want a printable and check-able list of all the steps to becoming MIT ... itself. Beneath the plush exterior, there’s a whole infrastructure to keep

  • by Anelise N. '19
  • September 27, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  MIT: REGRESSIONS a documentary on MIT, and why it's so important

  

  M[/embed]   At the time of the first viewing, my living group was scattered ... was the only place with a whole dorm of us. I came to MIT because of ... ('22) and Wesley Block ('22) on the history of the Institute, spanning

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Admissions

  This one goes out to the parents It's been a while since I've written specifically for you.

  

  is not admitted to his or her first-choice school. In the face of ... , despite the small number of comments from parents, there is a large population out there of parents who are readers of the blog. While most of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 15, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Two Classes about the Brain That Blew My Mind and I just had to share

  

  On the first Friday of my last semester, I had a choice between two ... rushed coffee break in the middle of the 10am-4pm seminar block. I have ... and Diseases of the Nervous System, 1-4pm—the final elective I need to

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • March 6, 2018
• Blog / Events

  “It’s just so effortless!” Apples and ziti and pies, oh my!

  

  whole lot of food: Teamwork at its finest! April browns the meat, Rick and I put together the cheese mix, and Rob (just visible in the top of ... roll of aluminum foil and covered the first pan as Rick stared on in

  • by Laura N. '09
  • October 28, 2005