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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Open Sesame A look at Brewster Kahle '82 and the Internet Archive.

  

  library in 1996, for the simple reason that ''nobody else seemed to be doing ... lending a book out can approach $2 for some libraries; printing out a black ... 're happy to be open and available for you.

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 15, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  MIT Dating Research A news story today looks at Media Lab research on dating.

  

  There's a story on the AP wire today (look for it in your local paper ... are developing software for cell phones that would analyze speech ... speed-dating conversations. He can now predict the verdict for 80 per cent

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 11, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  Paint Work I Ruth and I paint our rooms. First in a seven-part miniseries directed by Ken Burns.

  

  trying to study for the 5.43: Advanced Organic Chemistry final. Just come ... with two coats of Parisian. Ruth is opting for a subdued combination of ... xanga. EDIT 08/09/05: Ruth and I painted for five hours tonight. My room

  • by Sam M. '07
  • August 8, 2005
• Blog / MIT Life

  I’m a pedestrian! I’m a motorist! Pedestrian! Motorist! Read on, my children, and you shall see of our midnight ride to IHOP.

  

  To begin: "If it weren't for my horse, I never would have spent that ... for the portions. Still, how can I resist the prospect of a random three ... very underutilized angle for pictures." --Ruth. I actually wanted to be

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 14, 2005
• Blog / Events

  Welcome Susan Hockfield A recap of Susan Hockfield's inauguration.

  

  event for you as best I can. The ceremony took place in Killian Court. It ... , Paul Gray, and Chuck Vest. Finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for ... day." It's a new era for MIT. And a very exciting one. Anyway, that

  • by Ben Jones
  • May 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Nibble of Music

  

  the Last Dance For Me. I must say that I do like the crooners. (Michael ... course, a big reason for the it being named that, aside from the popularity ... ), This One Jazz Bar. A freshman yelled at me this year for supporting women

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 22, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

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

  

  , who immediately wanted to write a script for it. They added narration ... committee for three years, this is extremely foreign to me. Nowadays, there ... provides us with a medium for discourse outside of interactions with our

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • October 12, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Atomic Friends a comic

  

  in-between of novels and movies. Novels allow for endless words ... more on its pictures to tell story rather than its dialogue. For our first assignment of the class, we were challenged to write a script for a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 17, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  101 questions we’ve asked ourselves at MIT we're all just trying to figure it/life/ourselves out

  

  decisions for me and suddenly I miss the innocence my parents had wrapped me ... road trip to take for a three day weekend? What makes a good partner ... ’m stupid for asking so many questions? How can I ration the number of

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • March 27, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freshman Year vs. Senior Year The same, but different...

  

  Chinese literature class, looking frantically for potential thesis advisors ... modern Chinese. I’m scared for my life (and my grade) but also looking ... defense this was recorded during class anyway (I’m assuming for some MITx or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • September 16, 2017
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Waterfall Camping in Shenandoah National Park Snakes and fireflies.

  

  't about to settle for an official camping site. We parked outside the first ... , Jennifer peed for the first time in something like 24 hours (seriously.) and ... evening, I saw "127 Hours" for the first time, and was very glad that I saw

  • by Anna H. '14
  • July 11, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I want to be when I grow up Did I go with the baseball announcer idea? Or the Daily Show script writer? Read…

  

  me. I studied Spanish for about 7 years in high school, but after my ... . Okay, so I get this major in robotics, and then what? I work for i ... 've forsaken for years in order to bang my head against various engineering

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 6, 2008
• Blog / MISTI

  The train in Spain is ungainly, take a plane I'm an MITblogger, get me out of here!

  

  ticket for the Super Special Hotel Train, leaving Ling '07 and I stranded there waiting for one of the two or three daily trains to get us into ... work with Amtrak and studies in Course 11, I think I have a job for you

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 23, 2006
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Robots, Space, and the Stories In-Between Using Sci-Fi to Procrastinate

  

  -fi is part of where I get my inspiration for wanting to be a part of the ... that the entire galaxy is about to enter into a state of chaos for several thousand years but is exiled for his predictions by the sitting

  • by Richard O. '28
  • July 30, 2025
• Blog / How to Human

  Womanhood

  

  soft-spoken. Be docile. I did this every weekend for the first 17 years ... woke up the next day and laid in bed for 15 minutes, feeling sparkly. I ... vindication I felt, being able to root for her, was strangely freeing. I wonder

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 28, 2022
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  who else is watching infinity train?!?! *a fangirling hub that we will update every day this week*

  

  could we not love this?! Luckily, we were not the only ones crazy for ... ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXPZzXeGD6s[/embed] Two weeks ago, the trailer for the actual show was ... coming out every day for the next four days!! We loved the first two

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • August 6, 2019
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  MIT.01: Intro to the Institute, part 3 (Finals) You may begin at the sound of my voice. You have an hour to answer…

  

  President Reif's convocation. MIT had an awesome birthday gift for me: The Math Diagnostic Test for Physics Placement. After a fairly gloomy ninety ... birthday wishes, and, in the case of my youngest brother, request for a

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • September 26, 2013
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  a super timely post about spotify wrapped bloggers wrapped 2018

  

  -called personalized stats were just wrong or only partially correct. I for one was a ... inevitably care for me in my old age to play music that I actually like.   For Funsies, here are the bloggers wrapped and then unwrapped (because I

  • by Abby H. '20
  • February 4, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Movie Marathon, Pt. I Watch ALL the things!

  

  have no excuses! (I've also realized that there is a Spongebob gif for ... unpredicatble moments (no "GASP!!!!!" moments except for ones involving some insane special effects) for me, but I was curled up in the fetal position

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • May 30, 2013
• Blog / How to Human

  Sensations On Having Feelings

  

  behind and I cook the vegetables for a few minutes only, the fewer the ... incomprehensible. But, perhaps the best reason I can give for my love of Ladies and ... . Colors are really the best approximation I have for what’s happening

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • October 9, 2022