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  Meet TOFU Warning: post may contain dangerously high amounts of "daaaaaaaawwwwww"

  

  First of all, apologies for the radio silence. I've been sequestered ... , but it is no different. But before I once again immerse myself in the awesomeness that is all of you, I wanted to share this different awesome thing

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • February 27, 2011
• Blog / Decisions Day Threads

  Minecraft: Discuss Open thread.

  

  is, so maybe this will: I play alpha/survival, which means that during the day I run around and kill pigs and chop down trees and run away from creepers and during the night I hide away in my bunker and dig dig

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • December 14, 2010
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  (un)Empty Nest Welcome Back!

  

  . It’s been months since I could wander through Lobby 13, enjoying an ... ’t believe me if I told you’ serendipitous moments that make up a normal day on campus, I can’t wait for summer to end. I missed you guys!

  • by Dave McOwen
  • August 26, 2010
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Doonesbury and MIT Meet Alex Doonesbury, MIT '10.

  

  I skipped 4 days of school to go to Seattle and Vancouver to learn ... people ever tell you how pretty your cities are?!?!) I have about 200 pages of reading to catch up on. The last thing I should be doing is blogging

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 8, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Stand Back! I'm going to try . . . well, you know the rest.

  

  are totally beyond me) and I've been having a great time in it. I ... and I were assigned? Force Gauge. Excellent. The lab that most people ... their own experiment. Pall and I are convinced we had the best setup for

  • by Snively '11
  • December 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  This week in verse There's a song that describes exactly what I'm feeling right now.

  

  Rather than write a real blog entry, I instead urge you to consider the following: An MIT surveyor came upon the gates of Hell, He looked the devil in the eye and said, "You're looking well." The devil looked

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 30, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  The Calm Before the Storm After 6+ months of planning, over 2,000 prefrosh and parents are headed toward Cambridge, Mass...

  

  -before" craziness today, I thought I'd take a little break to relax and write a shameless plug for the event I'm running! You all should definitely come to ... actually used to be in the Chorallaries, and I used to be in the Logs (back

  • by Mikey Yang '05
  • April 15, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  February updates Midyear grades and more.

  

  Hello! I wanted to take this opportunity to provide an update on the ... anything you send in as a supplement. I think it is important to remember ... release of admissions decisions. When we know, I promise you we will

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 24, 2009
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  Sooo, I'm back in Boston. And, to be really honest, I miss Japan a lot. Boston is cold, gloomy, and (maybe because I'm just lazy) school ... Shibuya (I actually just figured out what song it was today -_-) 53

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  Distractions Don't stress out!

  

  . PhD Comics Can't believe I originally forgot this gem! Called to my attention by Nick '12. Games Armor Games I recommend GemCraft, among others ... distraction, right? TVtropes One of the most addicting and hilarious sites I

  • by Paul B. '11
  • December 15, 2008
• Blog / Athletics

  Gobble Gobble Geeks with guns

  

  (dodgeball, flag football, air pistol). Not a lot is said about these, I guess ... don't ever blog about what we do. Laura did field hockey, I'm in pistol ... , and I'm sorry if I missed any of the bloggers, but the point is

  • by Snively '11
  • November 27, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Copyright, Subpoenas, and You I prefer to keep the "you" part out of the picture.

  

  When I first got to MIT I got a little pamphlet entitled "Copyright, Subpoenas, and You." I laughed. Of course they'd have to remind MIT students ... illegal downloading operations running throughout campus. I believe the

  • by Snively '11
  • August 28, 2008
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Building 56 It's really boring. You may not even want to bother reading it.

  

  , MIT is like "I WANT WEIRD STUFF, GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!" Of course ... freshman you may have a class or two in 56. I had my HASS class there and a physics recitation first semester and I know bioethics has their recitation

  • by Snively '11
  • June 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT Meetings with Brown & Yale in CA, IL, MI, NV, OH MIT Admissions starts to look forward to the Class of 2013 (!).

  

  admissions. Counselors can RSVP at brownmityale.org. I know that many blog readers are seniors, so for you, I have this mission (if you are in the ... breakfasts. I should note that in addition to the west coast and midwest, MIT

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Snow lovers, unite! The sky is falling...

  

  exam study days. From my desk at Hayden Library, I watched the snow fall ... when I first got into MIT…when I complained about Boston’s cold winters ... some pictures from this evening: I'm ready for the snow...

  • by Melis A. '08
  • December 13, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Pottermania hits MIT Excitement for the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows.

  

  , Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. I don't know what will happen this ... culture." Here are some of his thoughts from his blog entry: Shortly after I arrived in New Orleans, I was interviewed on camera by a producer for

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 19, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Fireworks over MIT’s Great Dome Fireworks and music and Dome, oh my.

  

  As I noted two entries ago, MIT has a front row seat for Boston's 4th of July celebration -- one of the biggest and best fireworks shows around. And now, you can watch a excerpt of the fireworks over the Dome

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 12, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  More HS Summer Programs Some academic and research opportunities for students to consider.

  

  State Governor's schools Governor's schools directory I do not recommend ... students do these programs. Like I said in my earlier entry, a summer of working and spending time with friends & family is a great option, one I

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Video: Friendly Robots! Professor Cynthia Breazeal shows off her interactive robots.

  

  human children: sons Ryan and Nathan. This one, I think, is definitely

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 25, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Sign of Things to Come If Paul Revere went to MIT, he'd say, "The psets are coming. The psets are…

  

  I guess summer is coming to a close. My schedule was posted on WebSIS. :-( [In all honesty, I'm actually really looking forward to this semester. The classes I'll be taking are really good, and I've wanted to take them

  • by Bryan
  • August 22, 2006