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• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Ode to the New, Part 1 Seeking adventure.

  

  When I was little, I went on what I proudly called “adventures”. I ... started “The Digging Club”: I led two friends to a patch of grass on the ... treasure. We didn't. I haven't eavesdropped on my parents in recent memory

  • by Anna H. '14
  • September 28, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Opera No, not the browser

  

  'm working on a shorter, catchier title). Aside from the brilliantly practical ... great article on the Opera of the Future over on the MIT News Office site

  • by Dave McOwen
  • September 10, 2010
• Blog / Events

  MIT goes APE. Not your average Sunday night.

  

  took both of my calculus finals. But on February 21st, the building was ... making y’all dizzy. :P A tidbit of info on this electrobop ... @ MIT with their new song, “Go Ape.” On a similar note, the Student

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • February 27, 2010
• Blog / Admissions

  So How Does It Feel? Now all you have to do is wait.

  

  repeated reassurances on College Confidential that my tiny error would not ... trick-or-treating for Halloween, and stalked the application tracker on my ... chance. And now I'm wondering - To all of you who just clicked 'submit' on

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • November 2, 2009
• Blog / Miscellaneous

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

  

  go with the SPAM joke?” Will he follow through on the Monty Python ... ’ve been getting more than usual on the blogs lately, and it’s a trend that concerns me. So we’re going to try something called ReCaptcha on the blogs

  • by Dave McOwen
  • October 6, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  Outside the box In which I start a new life at pika, etc.

  

  takes on average 20 seconds to wriggle the drawer back into its proper place on the hierarchy of desk assembly, and it took me at least 45 ... outside my door on moving day at Random Hall. At personal expense, I am

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • May 25, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Update We plan to release Early Action decisions on Monday, 12/15.

  

  on Monday, December 15th. In the next few days, we will send EA applicants an email on how to access the decisions online; I will also post a copy of that email here. We'll have more details on the decisions in the

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 8, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Tunes of the All-Night Tool Just a little night music from me.

  

  Finishing up those last problem sets you've been working on all ... 20 minutes off from working on genetics and thermodynamics to show you a few of the top hits on my playlist right now. Some of these are old

  • by Paul B. '11
  • September 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  In which I am only slightly less boring than usual The title says it all, no?

  

  the blogs- it can be blamed on one of two things: 1) The Shift and A keys on my computer's keyboard have been acting up since January, making ... around the Shift key is easy enough, as there's another one on the right

  • by Keri G. '10
  • July 12, 2008
• Blog / Events

  SNOW SNOW SNOW! And other festivities.

  

  So yesterday I saw the first real snow of the season!! (come on, the snow on November 21 wasn't "real snow" - it melted all before noon!) I ... country where it never snows. :) On a equally festive note, my dorm, i

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 3, 2007
• Blog / Hacks

  The things I do with my Friday afternoon Really, though - how could I resist?

  

  Building is 54, and the Dot is McDermott Court) to check on some cell ... ridiculously quickly, but this is now on the Dot outside the Green Building: It's a chair! But wait, there's a sign on the back! I ran home

  • by Keri G. '10
  • November 9, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  MIT TechTV: Incredible videos from the MIT community YouTube has nothing on us.

  

  I have three final exams this week, so what better time to be watching videos! No, not on YouTube, but on MIT Tech TV (http ... creative juices flow, think again. On May 18th, they announced the winners

  • by Melis A. '08
  • May 20, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Final Countdown Duh nuh nuh, nuh... duh nuh nuhnuhnuh..

  

  on the ambulance this semester, one of which I'm currently on, and will ... you have a problem) and have one page left to write on the linguistics

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 16, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Peek at 8.033 – Relativity We think physics is pretty great.

  

  on my project since day one, but ALSO the week of our last mandatory ... excitement I thought I'd start the photo series on my classes this term (the ... 't take MY word for it. Read on. It's 12 units like most classes here and it

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • December 6, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Who you gonna call? The Mythbusters @ MIT!

  

  concert. Mythbusters on stage. Now, what you might not know is that the ... see a number of mirrors all lined out on the grass. Last year, students ... not able to recreate the flame. More on MIT and the Archimedes Death

  • by Bryan
  • November 5, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  MIT ‘10: Ervin Puskar Bosnia, Ohio, Cambridge. A video news report on Ervin Puskar '10.

  

  Bosnian refugee is going to the nation's number one engineering school on a ... math, and now it's paying off. He's preparing to leave for Boston on a ... link to the news video; click on the picture of the video camera]

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • August 2, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  I Wish I Was an Astronaut I was a nerd even back in 3rd grade.

  

  my name, Planes and space is my game, First American on the moon, that ... space is my neighborhood, On July 16, 1969, Apollo left earth with one thing on it's mind, To boldly go where we've never gone before, Armstrong

  • by Bryan
  • July 27, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  ISEF Review Photos from the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair.

  

  & Engineering Fair in Indianapolis, Indiana. On Thursday, we had a reception at ... Faye '10, Sukrit '10, and Ian '10 address the crowd. On Wednesday night ... ISEF is a huge fair, with nearly 1500 students from 40+ countries. On

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • May 14, 2006
• Blog / Athletics

  Back Bay 5K Cool running... so cool that my legs were numb. (11 pictures)

  

  "freaking." While Sam '07 pins on his bib, I warm up my hands... ...so I can pin another bib on Veena '06. Don't let our smiles fool you. It is ... , Melis. (But you do have beautiful eyes :P ) I went on a warm-up jog and

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • April 10, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Preparing for CPW

  

  not writing a whole lot this evening -- I'm still on Stockholm time, and ... to the Meet the Bloggers event on Friday, from 8:30pm-10pm. It should ... more information on events you really won't want to miss. :-) I'll post

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • April 2, 2006